Bubbles and Glow sticks

As the big day approaches, lots of details are being finalized!

We ordered bubbles from The Knot and they look great! That was the only place we could find the blue bottles- at least for a decent price! We ordered 4 boxes and they got here really quickly!

Can't wait to see the bubbles flying al around! They will be passed out by my adorable little cousins, Jordan and Anthony (whose little brother is my ring bearer!) after our cake reception exit!

Then at our dinner reception- we ^might* be using sparklers. We have them, but not sure how to get them all lit quickly!! Any ideas anyone?? For the kids we have glow sticks from Target and Michael's that they can wave around instead of playing with fire!

My next post will also be about something ordered from The Knot that I am also SUPER happy with!! Aside from hating their online database- loving the stuff I've ordered from them!!!

Girl's just wanna have fun!!

Headed out to party with my girl's tonight!! Looking forward to my "last" single night, and hoping I remember it all!! Tehe! Just kiddin!! :o)

Hair trial!!

Today, I went in for my last little hair trim and to get my hairstyle for the wedding down pat. I've had the same hair stylist for nearly 20 years! She's been with me through bad perms, prom up-dos, friend's weddings, and now my own wedding!

She's pretty fantastic! I can usually take her a picture of what I want, and it comes out exactly how I imagined! Although on occasion, she has told me my hair just won't do what I'm wanting, so I listen and go another direction! I have the finest hair in the world!! But she looooooves fixing it and playing with it! And I won't let anyone else come near it with a pair of scissors. I have had my hair fixed by others when I've had to (ie been out of the country or in another state for weddings!), but I won't let anyone else cut it! Even when I lived in Honduras, I got my hair cut at Christmas and in the summer when I came home! NO ONE else has cut it since she started! And I hope to keep it that way!!

Not everyone may have a trusted, long standing relationship with a hairstylist, but even if you do, I still  highly believe in the importance of a hair trial!  I knew that she'd do a great job, I just wanted to make sure it really was what I wanted and had imagined...........it was!!!

When she put the tiara and veil on my head for the first time after my hair was finished, tears started to come to my eyes because even though I've had my dress on many times and already took bridal portraits, I truly felt like a bride at that moment. I fixed my own hair for bridal portraits (which were very informal- taken by my MOH on the beach!), and I didn't have a veil or tiara at the time.

So......here is a preview....minus the dress!!

Veil in front....

Veil behind shoulders.....

Side view......

Honestly, I don't think the pics do it justice! (and I wish mom had gotten in closer!!But I do love it! And I think this veil will look good with the same material in my dress! The tiara is still TBD (this one was borrowed for hair trial!), and we'll see what I come up with!

Bring on some cooler air!!

Current forcast for wedding day.......since it's still a bit out, hopefully it will cool down a "bit"!!

90°FMostly Cloudy

 

High 91°
Low   70°

Precipitation chance 10%

More cake decisions!!

Ok....don't yell at me anyone....but the cake for my cake reception is still TBD just a couple weeks out!! No worries though, I have lots of ideas that I'll be working on with my cake maker (and friend!) Cake by dake this week! I have full confidence in her abilities! :o)

These are a couple of my current inspiration ideas..........

Too late for the topper, I think, but I am loving this "water effect" which I might get Jen to add some sand to on the top.....possibly along with this cake topper from Target. More confident in Target's ability to get me this quickly than the random websites and eBayer's selling the starfish!

 

My cake layers will all be separate, so I'm thinking maybe just the white and blue "water" fondant for those, with maybe some white chocolate or fondant seashells? Definitely want to keep it simple!!

This, of course, is all separate from my cupcakes, much talked about by me on this blog!! But just in case your just coming around to reading this......here's my cupcakes for my dinner reception from Cakes by Shara.

What a week!

This is what my place looked like and my life FELT like until I got all moved into our new place this weekend......

Multiply that by 4 other rooms at my place and every room at our new townhouse and...ugh!!!!

And for awhile, our new place get much better with the influx of my stuff!! But wonderfully, Ray got most of the week off and was able to help! Not wonderful for him because he spent 6 days straight off of work essentially still working! But wonderful for me!! The plant he drives for takes the week off for the 4th, so he still got paid and it didn't count as "vacation time" which he's saved for the wedding/honeymoon! Yippeeee!!

And now....everything is out of my place except what I can't live w/o the next couple weeks and whatever we are getting rid of- like lots of furniture, much of which is spoken for and will head out on Mon. after the wedding!

Although I have LOTS of details to take care of this week, they are mostly little details! I feel a great amount of relief having taken care of our places! Also we'll prob spend Monday after the wedding completely getting out of my apt. since we don't leave for the honeymoon until Tues- due to stupid blackout dates from our free flights my parents earned for us!! It's a good thing though! Saves us over $1000 and we should be more organized before we head off for a week of relaxation in COSTA RICA!!!!!

Franklin Bridal Ball

If you are a Nashville bride-to-be, you won't want to miss this event! If I have the time, I plan to go just to check out all the cool stuff and maybe get some (very!) last minute inspiration! I'll have two maids in town that day (only one lives here right now!!) so the 3 of us might hit it up for some bridal fun! Good clean fun, to make up for all the wildness that will ensue at my bachelorette party two days after!!

It's at the Factory in Franklin, which I loooooooove and actually considered a bit as a venue in my own wedding planning! I can't wait to see how they have it all set up!

Check out the info below, and visit www.franklinbridalball.com