Lawson Gardens

Anyone interested in seeing the ceremony venue? It's gorgeous. This is just a quick little video, I have approximately 10 tons of photos, too, which I may upload when my computer is being less slow.

Obligatory Shoe Post

My shoes came, my shoes came! I am doing a little "got a package in the mail" dance, its a shame all you blog readers can't see it.

Item #1: uncomfortable as all heck, I knew they would be, but they were advertised as containing "shoe petals," which I thought might work. They do "absorb shock" as advertised, but don't do anything for my wider-than-average duck feet. They are also ridiculously tall...that hidden platform in the sole is misleading. I hunched while wearing them for fear I'd hit my head on the door jamb (slight exaggeration).















Item #2: love love love. So cute. So sassy. So red! I need to put my own Dr. Scholl's brand "shoe petals" in them, and I probably won't be able to dance the night away in them, but there's no way I'm returning these bad boys! (In fact, I sorted the recycling while wearing them. I didn't want to take them off.)




I've been trying to keep with a "DIY" theme for recent posts, and I certainly didn't make any of these items... but I DID make up the idea. Ok, that's a lie too, I subconsciously stole it from this wedding. Oh well, I still love my shoes!

Jill Does It Herself (JDIY)

More craftiness from Jill - DIY Programs! The original plan was to post them on the wedding website and the guests can print them themselves, because I know I never really want a program and just end up making paper airplanes out of them. But I chose the cheapest (cough, free, cough cough) wedding website host, so I can't post pdfs. Oh well. It'll cost a few dollars to print them at Kinkos. This particular one is clearly a work in progress, I promise the "official" programs won't have purple colored pencil writing all over them (maybe).

I think I need to buy a bigger ribbon...

Crafty Jill Strikes Back

Observant readers may notice wedding planning isn't my favorite. I would call myself a details person, but when the details themselves don't interest me, my short attention span wins the battle and I stop caring. But there are aspects of wedding planning I enjoy. I'm getting in touch with my inner crafty self.

(I can hear veterans of my craft projects groaning, but I swear I'm only making little things, not anything structural, heavy, or capable of collapsing and injuring anyone.)

My recent foray into Do-It-Yourself-Land resulted in flowery hairclips. They're not exactly like what I was oogling online, but they haven't fallen apart and I think they're cute. The hair stylist thinks I need to have a giant flower in my hair, but I'd rather not be bonking friends and family in the face all night with a giant fabric gardenia.

Six Weeks

It was brought to my attention that:

1) there are six weeks until the wedding, and
2) I haven't updated this blog very much at all, even though it is linked to our personal wedding website.

My response to both observations: I don't want to hear about it. Cue pouting.

I'm not exactly overwhelmed by wedding planning. I'm a hard-core list maker, and according my calculations and checklists we are right on track. The best summary of my wedding planning emotions right now would be underwhelmed. I don't care about napkin colors, or tea light brands, or the daily (natural!) fluctuations in my weight. It will all take care of itself. I just want to see all my friends and family drinking and dancing together. Bring on the party!

I'll probably be singing a different tune in 5 1/2 weeks.

Status Update.

As many may know by now, the invites are sent. The garden and restaurant are booked. Menu is set. Cake is reserved. Dress is bought. Photographer is under contract. Flowers are being consideration.

I think it's time for the surprised face again.










All that's left to do now is little stuff, like reserve hair appointments, buy gifts, and set the wedding day schedule. The stuff that I am worst at. Bleh.

The Brains Behind the Operation

I would like to dedicate this post to the planning tool that makes my life easier. You're more portable than the internet, have more storage space than my brain, and never make judgmental comments about my planning choices.

Best of all, I bought you at a thrift store for $1. Don't be embarrassed about this. That $40 wedding planner/transformer at the craft store has nothing on you. It didn't even have pockets! Your thrifty background makes me love you even more.

You came with a pen that didn't work very well, and usually just scratched holes into the paper rather than transfer ink to them. So you promptly let it slip out of the holder, never to be seen again (it's probably still floating in the dog's digestive tract). Now your pen loop holds my favoritest pen, the one that says Kikkoman, and I smile when I use it.

You're stuffed with papers, yet your closure strap never complains. The funky lined paper in the back is perfect for making budgets. The vaguely blank tabs are actually perfect for customizing for my own needs.

Your ugly pleather exterior actually matches our colors, without even trying. Thank you, thrift store planner, for all that you do. I should have picked up your 5 siblings while I was there.:-P