a spin on the traditional wedding band

I saw this ring in an Etsy email and immediately thought weddingband!!

For me.

For Cam.

I don't care, I just want to see it as a weddingband. I'm not convinced the band has to be ultra-perfect and pretty and thin and blah blah blah...

this particular one is by Etsy seller metalsmitten and is unfortunately sold out right now. but I have a feeling it will come back in time. Or you can find one elsewhere. Or maybe this would just be the coolest engraving ever.

Thoughts? Did you go for a traditional or different weddingband? What about engraving? Did you do it? What did it say if you did?

I think I just met my new best friend

Seriously. She's on Weddingbee. And her name is ProudPeacockBride. Well, on there.

And she posted a response to someone else's wedding question with this link!!

Since I know alot of you aren't going to click the link to see what it is, I'll tell you:


It's a tutorial for how to make a CONVERTIBLE DRESS!!


What's that? I can MAKE the dresses I've been pining over for weeks? And a WHOLE LOT cheaper than I can buy them? Yeah, that's what I thought. Win ALL AROUND!


Check out the pictures:




It's that easy people! Seriously. I'm gonna start trying this NOW!




Take a look at this dress. Then click on over to the Twobirdsbridesmaid website. See any similarities?



Here's one of the styles in action!

So, yeah, I'm really excited!

Who's a doll?

Chaotic Bliss makes me happy.
And here's why:
She gave me the Fabulous Sugar Doll Blogger Award!




It's cute, eh?



Now, a few quirky things about myself. This list could go on for days ...

1. I always have a hairtie (or two) on my wrist.

2. I have a rubber ducky collection I plan to use in my future childrens' nurseries someday.

3. I over use exclamation points, elipses, and sometimes adjectives.

4. I learned graphic design through an interneship and F&M and fell in love.

5. I work part-time as a florist during the holidays.

6. I have 5 tattoos and am hoping for more.

7. I am working on writing my first book. It's a memoir of sorts. It terrifies me.

8. One of my favorite things to do is wrap presents.

9. Karaoke will forever remain a pasttime for me and I plan to somehow incorporate it into our wedding.

10. At work a stuffed liger keeps me company at my desk.



And now, some bloggers I think are worthy of this award.
1.Lauren
2.MisMikado
3.D.Marie
4.The Professional Bridesmaid
5.Born to be Mrs. Beever
6.cakewrecks
7.Layla
8.Bride On A Shoestring
9.Dreamer
10.Plus Size Bride

Just note, these are in no particular order - but they're all super awesomely amazing bloggers!!

two birds, one dress?

Has anybody else heard of twobirds bridesmaids? If you haven't, check it out, they're awesome. My bridesmaids come in all shapes and sizes ... short, tall, thin, curvy...you name it, my amazing girls have got it. So finding a dress to flatter them all? Impossible. I don't like matching dresses anyway. I just don't.

As I was browsing the interwebs for fabulous bridesmaid dress ideas I stumbled upon these dresses. Basically, it's the same dress wrapped/tied/what-have-you different ways. So, the bridesmaids can choose the best style for them!!

Check out some of their options:

What a pretty teal! And a cool way to wrap the dress!


I swoon over these rosettes. How cute would these be with the flower girl in the tutu with rosettes? Can we say romantic?


The red here is just striking - and look at all the different ways the girls can style themselves!


This look would be great for one of my more-conservative bridesmaids. The sleeves are simply, pretty, and romantic!


I love this option because I would want to separate my MOH (more on that dilema later) from the other girls - because it's such a big responsibility and (in my opinion) honor!

*all pictures taken from twobirds website*

So - I love these dresses. I've been sitting on the thought of this post for quite some time. They come in any color I could dream of, can accomodate every girl's style, keeps my idea of matching-but-not-matching (are you still with me?) dresses, but have one problem.

They're priced at a minimum of $270. How can I actually expect my girls to shell out that much money for me? I know I sure as heck can't afford that. Even though the dresses are really practical and I'm pretty sure I'd let each girl choose her own color ... I'm not sure they'll go for this. Each of them has their own interesting disposition but only 2 of them could easily drop this money on a dress for my day.

So, I ask you, what's a girl to do? I love the whimsy, romance, and flexibility of these dresses ... but I just.can't.justify.the.price. Any other ideas ladies?

the flower girl

I'm pretty sure I know who our flower girl will be.

Her name is Echo. Echo is the only daughter of one of my best friends, Misty.

And she rocks. Seriously. This kid is too cool.

How cute is she? Seriously - and she is hillarious!

And I recently came across My Couture Bebe, where I'm pretty sure I'll be outfitting her in one of these beauties:

This one's called Blooming Paradise - the name even screams flower girl!

These are exactly some of the colors I envision for our wedding - and it has a flower on the side - a fun accent for a flower girl!

Petals on the bottom? Too cute!

I just really loved this one, too!

I'm thinking simply pairing one of these with a cute tanktop and some fun costume jewelry will really make Echo feel special and more like she's playing dress up then she's doing a favor for her "auntie" Alisha. She may even need a tiara and I may let her have one.

Did you have a flowergirl? If so, how did you decide who it would be and what she would wear? If not, why?

May 14, 2011

That's our projected wedding date.
It coincides with our anniversary-of-sorts. Or, the day we both agreed on for our anniversary because we're just not the kind of people to know when it actually is.
I wish I could remember what day he first told me he loved me.
I wish I say I wrote in my diary the day he asked me if we should just date already.
But the reality is, I can't. I've never been good at that kind of stuff.
I probably wouldn't remember his birthday if it weren't exactly 7 days before mine.

So, we sat down and figured out that it was around May 13 that we officially started dating.
And that works for us.

So I'd like to get married around that date (I'd say on the 13 but it's a Firday in 2011 and Sunday in 2012 and I want a Saturday to be honest though this may change because of our smal budget).

This puts our wedding both WAY in the future and steadily approaching. I'm not in hyper-planning mode but I always feel like there's somethign I could be doing to get things going.

But all that has to wait until he asks both my father and stepfather for their blessings .... that way my mom is happy.

It sucks knowing you're going to get married, considering yourselves future husband and wife, and not being able to plan things for the future entirely. It's a very very thin line between being batshit crazy pre-planning and ultra-prepared planner.

The Groom

We all know outfitting the groom is just as important as outfitting the bride - seriously.


And USA's new show White Collar gave me inspiration for exactly how Loverboy should look on this day. Enter: Neil Caffrey (or Matthew Bomer):

Okay, maybe it's that he's deliciously adorable as well. But I love this look. And I know Loverboy can pull it off. He loves hats like this and looks AMAZING in them( for proof see previous post).

How did you (and your groom) decide he would dress? Does anybody else find themselves with interesting inspiration from television or movies?