Wedding songs!

Ray and I have been working hard to come up with wedding songs for the ceremony!

The one place we are stuck- is with a hymn! See, he's a bit more into traditional church music, where I'm more into contemporary praise music. So since I picked out the contemporary (actually not a church song!) music that my lovely sis-in-law, Lindsey, will be singing, I've asked him to pick a hymn. There are lots he likes- but he can't think of them unless he's in church and says- Oh, I love that song!

So any suggestions, would be great!!

We're also working on songs for the pre-wedding slideshow! We're going with all oldies...including this song that just popped into my head tonight! So take a listen, enjoy, and then post a comment with your suggestions!!

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Oh, also any reception song suggestions! :o) I've asked on myspace too, but most of my friends have been silly about it!! Keep the songs comin!!

"Green" Thank-you cards and favors

Thank you cards have been on my mind a lot lately! (By the way, giving a bride a gift of cute thank you notes- great idea!! Thanks, Mom and Kerri!) So far, I am completely caught up on writing all my thank-you cards, after three showers! I know there are much more to come!! I've always heard about how long it takes and how tedious it can be, but I had no problem at all- except actually finding time to sit and do it! But I know how important it is to make sure that everyone who got you all those spectacular gifts is thoroughly thanked! And quickly!!

Anyways, while reading on Weddingbee.com today, I noticed a post about "plantable" thank you cards!-Thank you cards with flower seeds embedded in the paper! What a cool idea! How likely is it that people keep the thank you notes around forever, so what better way to thank them than by something they'll be able to use and look at and enjoy to remind them of your thankfulness!

So I did a bit of research and came up with some great ideas,that aren't too outrageous!

From Flowerseedpaper.com........



And look at their adorable favor boxes!! On sale now for $1.64 each!



I don't know about you, but my favor boxes almost always go in the trash after I eat/use whatever goodie is inside! With these you can use the box to put a favor in and then the box is a favor too when they plant it! Instructions are printed on the bottom of the boxes. I couldn't tell if the paper around the boxes is plantable too or not, but it looks like it might be!

Flowerweddingfavors.comhas some great options too, although it seemed to me that their stuff might be a little less modern than the above site- meaning, they look more formal/Victorian looking than modern- but that's just my opinion!

Place cards.......



Bookmarks


Some other sites that offer plantable favors/thank you cards

Love Blooms, Plantable Favors
Botanical Paperworks

And Swallow Tail Farms has super cute Daisy's that could be used as favors/name cards



I bet there are some local paper/stationary stores that carry stuff like this! I think my ordering online days are numbered as the wedding approaches quickly! :o) This isn't something I've looked for before, but I bet there are lost more options out there!

What a great idea!

That's me you'll hear "flip-flopping" down the aisle!

Awhile ago, I picked out these shoes to wear on my wedding day......

Cute, comfortable, sensible and affordable- Payless ($14.99)......but they just aren't me!

Ever since I bought them several months ago, I've still been searching!

Then, I was inspired by my new blogging friend Linda and her "something blue" shoes she'll be wearing on her big day coming up very soon!

So I began a search for blue, sparkly shoes and found these at New York & Co.

(They are actually a little less bright than the pic shows them to be!!)

Since my mom wasn't too thrilled with me wearing blue flip flops down the aisle, I got some silver ones too....

However, I am way more in love with the blue! It remains to be seen which ones will be on my feet down the aisle, but if the silver ones are, those blue babies will definitely be with me out on the dance floor later!! :o) Both pairs together cost $15 (on sale 2 for $15) so two pairs cost what the other one pair cost!

Now, my feet are finally happy!!! Plus with those others, you wouldn't see the cute pedicure that you know I'll be rocking on the big day!!

I realize not all people will think it's appropriate to wear flip flops at a wedding, but it is BEACH themed! And it's MY wedding! So this is one area where I'll put my foot down (hehe!) and wear flip flops!!

Beach stickers!

While at the beach a few weeks ago with Kerri, I came across these adorable stickers and picked some up for my jr. bridesmaids/flower girls at Wing's, one of our favorite stores to visit at the beach (yep, each and every one!). I didn't notice them until our 3rd or so Wing's visit, though!

 

I completely forgot though to look for  the "Lauren" ones at another store (they were out at the first one), and they didn't have Gabriella or Caylie (they did have Kaylee, which I needed too!) so I picked up a Princess one and forgot to get another!

So I looked up the company- Holden International, Inc. and sent them an email. They don't have anyway to order online, but they did let me order over the phone!

Here are some more pictures from their website, including some boy ones and some other types they have with names.

 

 

 

If you live near a Wing's or similar store (or headed near one for a summer trip!) look for this display!

 

 

Or if you are interested, but can't make it to a store, visit their website and email or call them for more info! I tried filling out the contact form and kept getting errors, so I just emailed them directly with my phone number. They called the next day and left me a message, and returned my call again today (I called over the 4th weekend so they were obviously closed!)

They were soooo helpful and easy to work with! They even looked up names for me and listed off all of the generic ones they have! They also have ones that are blank- where you can fill in the name, but I didn't want to write the names 144 times and they are too little for the girls to write that small!

They were only $2.99 a piece and $2 for shipping and handling- which I did all over the phone! Fantastic! :o)

Under 20 days to go!!

Yipes!! Twenty is such a small number! It's hard to believe it's almost here!!

I'm starting to calm down a bit as some of the huge projects are being tackled and taken care of!! I've still got plenty of time since wedding and moving are all I have to do the next few weeks! (at least I keep telling myself I have plenty of time!!) ;o)

Retail Therapy= Bride Therapy

I've been a little stressed out lately....did I say a little? Should've said a LOT!! I'm just realizing how many teeny details haven't been done or even thought about yet! Who knew there were so many??!!

So today, I decided I needed a little bit of a break- a shopping break!! Actually, I got a lot done that I needed to do- returned some stuff to different stores, bought a few bridesmaid gifts, bought some patio furniture...ok, so maybe I didn't need to do that last one, but we did need it and it was on clearance at Pier 1

 

This is it in the store.....mine is actually still in boxes...in the back of my car...awaiting the arrival of my fiance- or I should say the pick-up of the fiance whose car went dead for some strange reason and I had to go get at 5am to take to work!

After getting that and doing a bit of shopping/returning at the mall, I headed to Green Hills to drop off paper samples to Susanna- our lovely calligrapher! And because she lives so close to the new Hill Center, I just HAD to stop in at Swoozies! I was forced!! Haha- by myself!

I've raved about Swoozie's before, as have many friends, and today wasn't disappointing! As soon as I walked in there was a huge table full of fun bride stuff! I never saw this kind of stuff when my friends were getting married (the 10 whose weddings I've been in!), but I probably just wasn't looking in the right place- although there is way more of it now!

It's so hard to not buy all this stuff for myself!! But I'm not supposed to be the one buying stuff like this, right??!! :o)



I did however pick up this...on clearance, which perfectly matches my new home's decor!!

 

Ahhhhh, it was nice to get some shopping in! :o)

Unity Sand Ceremony Kit!

I'm finding that closer and closer to the wedding, I'm having to relinquish many of the "details" I originally wanted to DIY or otherwise do myself! One of those things is the Unity Sand Ceremony kit! I was going to find the jars myself, color the sand myself....and well, who has time to do that the month of the wedding??!! Not me!! Enter The Knot.....

The other day, I ordered this set, that I may have mentioned before........

Here's hoping it turns out to be all I wanted! It comes with 3 colors of sand, 3 smaller vases and the larger one with hearts. It also comes "personalized" which a reviewer said was simply a ribbon with a tag with your names on it. We'll wait til I see it, but I might not be using that!! Even if it was on the vase, who is going to see it!!

I ordered the exact colors shown, however there are lots of different color combinations! We'll be using the darker blue for his family, the lighter blue for mine, and the white for the spiritual foundation (which our pastor will pour in.)

Too bad this isn't something we can really do a "trial" run of! I'd like to see how it works out since I sincerely doubt the top layer will be as well mixed as the bottom, but oh well. Again, it will only be seen from afar and is more for us than anyone else!!

One more thing checked off the list!! It wasn't cheap- a little over $60 with the discount code- SAVECASH which saved 10%- better than nothing! And worth not having the hassle tracking down all the items myself!!

It wasn't hard to order from them when I bought my bubbles (which I still plan to blog on!!), and they came quickly! Here's hoping this one come quickly too!!