April 2007 - Posts
Posted Saturday, April 28, 2007 1:57 AM
So, I've finished taking 3/4ths of my invitations through Stage 1, which is the basic invitation stage. As soon as I grab a bit more adhesive, I'll finish the last 25. In the meantime, I have been trying to think out exactly how the insert pieces will
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Posted Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:23 PM
I'm so excited! I have finally placed the order for our favors! We're going to give out these awesome sugar butterfly creations from Sugarworks LLC in blues and greens along with pairs of chopsticks (bad picture): I'm excited...but I have no idea how
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Posted Wednesday, April 18, 2007 5:27 PM
I was feeling kind of down after my exam this morning and since I had taken the rest of the day off, I ventured over to the SF Flower Mart to check it out... of course, that means I came home with a bundle of flowers that I had to play with (how can anyone
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Posted Tuesday, April 17, 2007 7:33 AM
...after having briefly strayed from the path of being insane with wedding projects, I have (while procrasting for my exam on Wednesday) returned to the fold of wedding-manic DIYers. I think I need some little blue pills. After much deliberation today,
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amnesia
Filed under: napkin rings
Posted Monday, April 16, 2007 5:07 AM
I think I've finally prompted my FI to discuss some of the ritual aspects of the wedding with his parents, which is important to the ceremony planning because we need to make some decisions on what sake set to purchase and we also need to coordinate the
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amnesia
Filed under: ceremony
Posted Friday, April 13, 2007 8:15 AM
We're finallly (*sigh*) making some decor progress. We will have 8 foot banquet tables, covered in ivory tablecloths and set with navy cloth napkins at each place. Besides the centerpieces, we'll have candles (but I'm currently contemplating what those
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amnesia
Filed under: reception
Posted Friday, April 13, 2007 8:03 AM
Here are the finished rehearsal dinner invites... which I am very pleased with... the details will be filled in later using a white chalk pen. This red is the same as the cardstock inside, but it photographed badly.... Now for some other fun stuff...
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Posted Monday, April 09, 2007 8:51 PM
Checked off my list are the dresses for the bridesmaids and flower girls. The MOH and other bridesmaid will bear the style on the left, by Bari Jay, in navy with an ivory offset color. The two flower girls will wear the dress on the right, by Watters,
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Posted Sunday, April 08, 2007 6:46 AM
Things keep on moving forward... there are plenty of items I need to be working on, but it seems hard to approach them in order. This week, I picked out FI's and groomsmen ties (a low cost investment from Marshalls-- Claiborne ties in a champagne-like
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Posted Thursday, April 05, 2007 4:48 PM
1. I'm still stuck on a bouquet. I'm not convinced I need to have live flowers... each attempt at my bouquet has been tossed out so far. I was considering this option, only with navy and green ribbons as the primary color pieces. You can order these (as
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Posted by
amnesia
Filed under: bouquets, jewelry
Posted Tuesday, April 03, 2007 5:03 AM
...so I just started putting together our wedding website. First, I should start off by saying that I looked at all of our various options based on what the ladies on the local board said they were using, and I eliminated most of them because the style
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amnesia
Filed under: wedding website
Posted Monday, April 02, 2007 7:26 AM
I had two small projects for tonight, other than a bit of continued work cutting up pieces of paper that will be used for the pew decorations (so that is not too time consuming later). 1. Paint the hair color on the cake topper. I was originally going
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amnesia
Filed under: DIY, paper, cake topper
Posted Sunday, April 01, 2007 3:53 AM
The seamstress has been fantastic to work with! I was so excited today! She forgot the sash at home today but the dress fits perfectly! I look forward to working with her over the summer on the two other dresses (reception and rehearsal dinner)... Here
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amnesia
Filed under: veil, dress