Meltdown

So last night I couldn't sleep. I had so many things running through my mind. Thankfully, I've been a good planner and gotten A LOT of things done up until this point. However! There is still a lot to do! I pretty much know everything that needs to be done. I've made mock ups of all the wedding stuff, so once I get all the supplies in my hands it should be a piece of cake. I just need to keep reassuring myself! We are down to 4 months now, time is just flying by! Now that I have regained composure, I will continue with my day in peace.

Drumroll Please...

My favor dilema has been solved!!! Our sample for the mini candy bin came in the other night and I quickly rushed off to the candy store to find some candies in my wedding colors. I ended up with jelly beans (my fav) that are a PERFECT match to our aqua color! Yippee! Rhandy and I couldn't be happier with the way they turned out! They are just so unique and different. And that is exactly what I was looking for. I wanted something that the guests would actually take home and keep as a memento. I think I've met my match!

It was kind of hard to capture the "true" color of the jelly beans, but you get the just of it.

Samples, Samples EVERYWHERE!

So I have a bunch of samples of different things coming in today. My mini candy bin favor, my bridesmaid gifts, groomsmen gifts, and some paper for the programs! I've been extremely productive lately... which is a good thing I guess because it is crunch time! Less than 5 months now! I don't don't feel as overwhelmed as I expected I would.

My next project is to make a full mock-up sample of my favors. Hopefully this one is "the one" cause our luck so far has not been that great.

Calm Before The Storm

So I haven't had too many "projects" lately. Just little things here and there. Yesterday was exactly 5 months until the wedding! Yikes. So far things are going pretty smoothly. But I feel like this is the calming before the storm. Let's just hope not. Most of all the important things are taken care of. We booked our limo last weekm very excited about that, and finally mailed off our registration for our Engaged weekend retreat thingy. Oh goodie. Next month I am going to order my invitations and have my designer start printing. And I need to get my rear in gear on the programs.

My list of items to purchase has grown very short. Not much left. Little things like the candle, pillow, and other stuff.

My girls finally set the date for my Bridal Shower. I am pretty excited about this. It should be fun. It's going to be an awfully big shower, like 50 people. Which means... LOTS OF PRESENTS!!! I'm all about the attention. I fully admit that I am an attention whore. LOL!

Monogrammed Aisle Runner

I did it! I can't believe how good the aisle runner turned out. After 3 back-breaking hours it is done. And I feel pretty good about it! I did have a little boo-boo, the kids next door screamed and it scared me so I dropped the brush. I covered it with some white paint and it looks a little crappy, but it's all good. I don't think anyone will mind, the rest of it looks nice so it makes up for it. Needless to say after I got interrupted by noise, I put put my ipod on and turned up the volume! No mess ups after that!!! I really enjoyed painting this and think I am considering making them for other brides as well!

The green lines on the side are the tape holding down the wax paper underneath.. NOT PART OF THE DESIGN!

Photo Frame Card Box

We finally did it! We are both SOOOO proud of our photo frame card box! It was a lot of preparation, but once we got going it all went pretty smoothly. Minus the 3 trips to ACE Hardware in a matter of 1 hour. But it turned out really good! I'm so proud of Rhandy! He did an AWESOME job of putting this thing together.

It was really pretty easy to make. You just need to be crafty with a drill and screws and all that jazz. Which I am not. That's where Rhandy came in! If you are thinking of making one of these, which I HIGHLY recommend because it is SO cute... here's what you'll need.

4 Frames (we used 10x13 because we are having a large wedding and need a lot of space. but

8x10 frames would work just as well, and is probably cheaper. I got my frames at

Michael's for $10 each)
16 L Brackets (this is the part we struggled on, the sizes really depend on your frames, we ended
up using 2 different sizes, word of advice, take your frames with you to the store.)
Foam Board

1 yard of Fabric (just to be safe)

1/2 yard of Batting

Lazy Susan (Ikea $6)- if you want it to spin

Stapler

Exacto Knife

First things first, you will need to put all the brackets on the frames. This is where I handed it over to Rhandy cause there was NO WAY! I would be able to do this and still have it look nice. He ended up have to drill all the brackets on, then taking 1 side off so he could drill in the screws and brackets on the last frame. It's almost impossible to get the drill inside the box to screw that last frame on, so you will most likely need to make the holes, then go back and screw them in by hand on the last one. But just play with it, you will figure it out as you go along.

If you would like some more detailed directions, I can post them, but as for now, I will just post the finished project. After you get the frames all screwed together, the rest is pretty easy.

Big Project Weekend

This weekend is the start of the blog and the start of our wedding projects! We've done a lot already. But this weekend we are really focusing on some DIY projects we've been wanting to do. We're going to be making a Photo Frame Card Box for all our cards at the reception. I'm "attempting" to paint out monogram on our aisle runner. And put together our Unity Candle, which should be simple.

It's going to be a nice hot weekend so we can sit outside by the pool in our backyard and work the day away! I will post pics and instruction of how everything goes once we get finished. Hopefully all will go well!