Pocketfold Creation has Begun!

Yay! A pocketfold! Actually I think we've completed 5. So that's a good start I think. :) Roger was helping me so I'm looking forward to more of his help. I think I'll end up having to do a lot less by myself than I thought. I'm really glad that he's wanting to help out.

It took me FOREVER to decide on the colors of the pocketfolds. I knew I wanted to make my own rather than buying them already made for $1+ each. Crazy!

I really wanted a pretty blue for the pocketfold, but I couldn't find the right shade and then I opted to just do white pocketfolds with a bright blue mat and then have the outer envelope match the mat - so they'll be bright blue as well. They'll be sure to stick out in the mail once they've been sent. :)

I should note that we're currently just cutting the pocketfolds, we aren't scoring or folding them yet. I just want to get them all cut out first, that's the hardest part.

Tonight we'll be carving the remaining 2 pumpkins of our initial 6! I'll post pics of all of our pumpkins as soon as I've taken some. I can't wait to see them in the dark and lit up with candles!

Disappointed with David's Bridal :(

<---This picture says it all. (well, I'm kind of smirking a bit because I knew the picture was going to be taken and I did really love the veil, but I really was exhausted and annoyed.)

David's Bridal exhausted me. None of the bridal gowns jumped out at me, and neither did any of the bridesmaids dresses. Now I'm thinking about checking out Raylia Designs for the bridesmaids dresses. There are some shops around here that offer that designer and the turquoise or sky blue looks really pretty. Plus they seem to have a lot more different styles of dresses that I like.

Looking on the bright side...I found the size/style of veil that I like! I want a white, layered elbow length veil. I've seen some on eBay with butterfly satin embellishments on them for like $15. That'd be perfect! No need to spend $69 on a veil from David's. (In my opinion)

As far as my bridal gown goes, I'm sticking with DaVinci #8220. I love that dress! It has the sweetheart neckline that I love, it's fitted on top, full on the bottom and embellished, just the kind of dress I wanted. :) And did I mention it's also the cheapest one I've tried on? Gotta love that!

DJ: Booked!

Ever since we announced our engagement and wedding plans to my parents, they had a friend of theirs in mind to use as our DJ. My dad has been friends with him for years and years but I had no idea that he was a DJ! He ended up having to cancel another wedding because he was already booked for that day, but accepted our request, so YAY! A part of me feels bad that he'll have to cancel and those people will have to book another dj, but hopefully they won't have any problems.

So now we officially have the ceremony and reception venue and our dj booked! As each day passes I find myself getting more and more excited!

I also received some of my paper for the invites I'm doing and I'll post pictures and directions once I'm able to start them. For now what I can tell you is that I'm making square pocketfold invites in white linen and then I'm using a bright blue mat, and then the invite wording will be on white linen as well. I think it'll have a real 'summery' feel to it and that's perfect!

Here's a picture of the mock up of the inside (just the mat and then the invite on regular copy paper). It's nowhere near finished at all yet, but as soon as the other paper arrives, I will take a photo of the mock-up!

Wedding Dress Shopping - with Bridesmaids!

Tomorrow I have an appointment scheduled at David's Bridal so that my bridesmaids and myself can try on dresses! I went a couple of weeks ago to look at bridal dresses and I found one that I really like. But...after getting advice from my bridesmaids, I will not be making the purchase until after we go to David's - just in case I find something I like better there. Plus I think if I get my dress there, my bridesmaids would get a discount and that would rock. =)

I'm 97% sure that I want to get their dresses in the Cornflower blue color shown on the pic from David's on the left. I'm letting my maids choose their own style, but I do want them all to be wearing the same shade and probably the same hem length too.

I'll be sure to post pictures!

DIY RSVP Response Card Design!

Last night I was working on the design for our RSVP response cards and this is what I came up with so far.

We are going to send them as postcards inside the invitation because the postage will be cheaper than ordering envelopes to go with them and purchasing postage for them. Plus, it'll be one less step for the guests to follow when replying. All they have to do is mark their answers and throw it in the mail!

I created this template in MS Publisher using Black Chancery font and a butterfly clip art image. =)

I found THE wedding dress!

I found my dress this past weekend!

I ventured into The Hope Chest Bridal on Saturday morning where I had previously sent them 2 dress styles via e-mail and then they picked some other dresses based on the styles of the ones I sent them. Needless to say, the only 2 I tried on were the ones I picked out. I'm glad it was so easy for me to decide! What's really nice is that they had all of the dresses in a room for me, waiting until I got there.

The dress I have chosen is DaVinci style #8220. The one I'm wearing in the picture is ivory, but I will be getting the dress in white. (see pic below) I haven't ordered it yet but I will be very soon!!

Butterfly Stamp for DIY Invitations

Our wedding will have a butterfly theme and since I'm doing the invitations myself, I decided to get a butterfly stamp. I'll either use it on the outer enclosure flap on the pocketfolder or on the invitation itself. I haven't fully decided, but I just got it yesterday and I'm so excited! I also bought a few other butterfly stamps, but I haven't received them yet.

I think I might order my paper this weekend from paper-papers.com. They have the color I want and can't find anywhere else in big enough sheets! It's looking like I'll be doing at least 100 invites, possibly as many as 150 so I want to get started right away so I don't feel like I have to rush through them!