My lovely Bridesmaids

 Well now that I have officially asked all of my lovely ladies I can write this post. So the groom, I feel, has it easy when it comes to his groomsman. A simple text message, phone call, punch to the shoulder, "Wanna be in the wedding?". Maybe they high five and its done. Measurements must be in 1 month before the wedding. Thats the extent of a groomsmans duties. But now a bridesmaid, thats a whole other story. There is a lot a of thought and planning that goes into a being a bridesmaid. Mostly they are there for moral support. The appointments, late night brainstorming sessions, cake tastings. Well normally a lot of these are done with the groom but since Allen cannot be here to help with those (which I secretly think he is thankful for) I am relying on my girls.
  Now since I put a lot of thought into who I would have by my side I did not want to just ask them in any boring way. My craftiness and ocd kicked in and I made these lovely gifts for the girls.

I bought plain wooden cigar boxes from the craft store and painted them in our wedding colors. Each one was decorated a little different than the other and I personalized with each of their names.

When they opened it up this is what it said. But I did not just give them an empty box...

On the inside I placed different little trinkets. I included a little poem asking them to be a maid. A ring pop that said "my turn to pop the question". Tissues for the "tears of joy". A notepad. I also put together a swatch of our wedding colors using scrap book paper.  There was also a note explaining our venue, theme, and what I ask from them as a bridesmaid. Mostly that I understand life, family, and money may get in the way sometimes but what is most important is that I have them next to me on our special day. I need them more for moral support than anything else.
  So thank you girls for being there for me and Allen as we take this next step. It really means a lot to me that you are willing able to help.
Happy Wedding Planning :)

The Dress Hunt is Finished!!!

 So a quick recap of the last post. My mom and I flew to sunny San Diego to look for a wedding dress, hang with one of my bridesmaids, and go to wedding show down there for ideas. Well the trip was a success! Other than there being no sun the entire time we were there, it may have been sunnier here in Idaho.
But for the most important part of the trip, drum roll please..... I FOUND MY DRESS! And it was way easier than expected. So easy in fact it was the first dress I tried on, at the first store. We had 3 appointments scheduled for that day and I didn't even go to the other two. That's how fantastic my dress is. It was a little hard to make that commitment so early, a little hyperventilating in fact. I looked to others to make the decision for me but ultimately it was all on me. The girl I was working with was amazing and knew all the right things to say to convince me it wouldn't get any better. I think the moment I knew it was the dress happened when I first walked out of the dressing room. They were really busy and there were probably 25 other brides/entourages trying on dresses. But when I walked out everyone got really quiet and stopped and stared. It was a little embarrassing at first but then I remembered, that's the look I'm going for.

So...Do you want to see it?

Or is it?

Actually its none of these. You didn't really think I was going to show everyone my wedding dress? That is the one secret, sacred thing that I get to keep to myself. Other than that you will have to wait til the wedding to see it. On that note as well, if you were one of the wonderfully special people who were able to get a sneak              peek at the dress, please do not share it with anyone. Even if they are family or a stranger at the grocery store. It was meant for you and you only.
I will say this is the man who made my dress

I think they said this was taken back in the 70's but I don't care. He makes amazing dresses.

 Now that the biggest stress of the wedding is over what will be next? Everything is falling into place so easily I am afraid I will wake up and it will all be a dream. Until next post. Happy wedding planning