Bridesmaids Dresses: CHECK!

This past Saturday my matron of honor and I went on a search for bridesmaids dresses and we found 'the one'!

Now I must say...turquoise is the hardest color to find for wedding crap. All turquoises, aquas and pool colors are all so different. The dress color is Bahama Breeze, which is a bit lighter than I wanted because I was looking for TURQUOISE! Every turquoise I have come across is more green than blue. My idea of turquoise is a lot more blue than green. SO frustrating.

But, we did find a dress we liked and it came in Bahama Breeze. We are ordering the dresses from Wedding Chapel Bridals in Crystal, MN.

Our dress is the sample in black, the dress next to it just shows the Bahama Breeze color. I should note that this pic was taken inside the dressing room hallway, so it's far from being close to natural light. It's a gorgeous color in person.

My Matron has ordered hers, now I need to get the other 5 girls on the ball so we can get these ordered!

Also, I hope to be able to post a much better picture soon. I don't know if I'll be able to find it online, so I may have to wait until they come in but I will post a picture and the style and designer information as well.

My Wedding Dress - Davinci #8220

I received my wedding dress today!! I ordered it in October or November from eBay seller priyantogunardi. He custom ordered it for me and had it delivered to my doorstep! Being that it was special ordered, it took a little over 3 months, which is standard and I'm so pleased with my purchase and also pleased that I saved over $300 on the purchase price from local retailers.

My wedding dress is Da Vinci style #8220 and I got it in white/white.

DIY Wedding Invitation Pocketfold Instructions

In an earlier blog post I stated that I have completed my wedding invitation pocketfold! Instead of typing out all of the instructions here on my blog, I have written an article on eHow called, "How to DIY Pocketfold Wedding Invitations". It's complete with each step you need to take to make your own pocketfold, along with images of each step along the way. (Click on them to enlarge)

I'm working on getting an actual template of the pocketfold up so you can just print it out to use as a template of your own to cut out the pocketfolds from the 11 x 17" cardstock. I hope to complete it soon and will be posting it here on my blog.

Less than 8 months until our wedding day! Time is going by a little too fast!!

*Our Monogram*

I've attempted to design our monogram a few different times in the past few months and after fartin around for about 10 minutes this evening, I think I've got it! It looks nothing like the other designs I've come up with, but this one is my absolute favorite by far.

This is a very rough copy (photo) of it. I still have some tweaking to do, but I've decided that this will be the overall design.

My Square Pocketfold

I finally assembled a pocketfold today! (The proof is in the pic!) On the first one I did, I even taped the pocket completely closed. Whoops. :/

Our pocketfolds are white and square and have a bright blue mat. The invite itself will be white as well. Since our wedding is in the middle of the summer, I wanted the invites to have a crisp, clean look to them. Also, the outer envelope will be the same blue as the mat.

I can't wait to see how they look when they are finished!

This weekend I also started to work on my lovely pain-in-the-ass butterfly paddle fan/program idea. They are a bit challenging, but I'm confident they'll be worth it in the end. =]

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!