I've been bad...

...with my blogging. 18 days since my last post? Ouch.

I've got my usual excuses...wedding and work...those two things are turning my hair gray, lol.

Anyways, my invites are almost done printing. I already started making my pocketfolds.

I've only folded them because I'm waiting for the actual invites to make the pockets. I could probably start addressing them, but I've been lacking on the motivation lately.

D and I have also been getting ready for our engagement pics with 13:13 Boutique Wedding Photography. We were up by 6am this morning, and headed to the Everglades by 8am. I chose the Everglades because I didn't want the typical 'Vizcaya" or beach images. The Everglades goes hand in hand with our nature-y, rustic wedding.

Let's just say, this morning was probably one of the best. I LOVE MY PHOTOGRAPHERS. I'm seriously trying not to get overly excited because I have to wait a few weeks before we get our pics (there will be lots of retouching due to some stressful weeks, lol). I really want to jump up and down and just sit by my computer constantly checking my email, but I'm going to be strong and try not to think about it. Ha, let's see how that goes. I'll go into details when we get the pics.

After our (amazing) pics, D and I had some lunch at Taco Rico. D had never been there. We ate there but he took home another quesadilla for dinner, haha. After lunch I headed up north to order my flowers. Went to Fields of Flowers in Dania and met with the wedding consultant. Figured out my flowers, which by the way, flowers don't really do anything for me, hence my lack of excitement and pics. But they were extremely helpful and I think I'm good to go.

Next up, finishing/sending my invites, figuring out my whole cupcake crisis, renting chairs, and a whole bunch of other things. Ugh, less than three months to go and I'm free from wedding planning!

My pocketfolds....

I just did something that I may regret later on.

Let's rewind.

Last week, after finalizing my invite design, I went to order my pocketfolds and envelopes. If you have no idea what a pocketfold is....look here....

Pocketfolds allow you to have your actual invite and any other "extras" (i.e. RSVP card, map/directions card) in one place, nicely organized.

So I went online and tried to remember which place I had ordered my samples. Turns out I ordered samples from a couple of places. And turns out the one pocketfold I really liked (more the color than anything else) was NOT the one I had designed the invite for. See I had accidentally designed using another pocketfold which had different measurements. WHOOPS.

I refused to panic so I just chose a similar color hoping it would look good. The pocketfolds and envelopes came in yesterday. And. I. Hate. The. Color. Last night I told myself to suck it up. Today, I told myself to somehow get what you want.

Enter Google. And "diy pocketfolds." Turns out, with the help of a scoring board, making pocketfolds is actually really easy. So I went on the site with the color I liked and instead of ordering the pocketfolds that won't fit my invites, I ordered the same paper they use to make their own pocketfolds in the color I love.

Enter my soon-to-be headache. I'll be hand-making 60 pocketfolds.

But right now, I'm kind of really excited. I'm starting to like this crafting stuff and I think I can actually do it.

But that's right now. :)

P.S. I'm returning the other stuff I hate and this new project is actually coming out cheaper! Of course, that doesn't include the cost of my labor....but that's another story....

3 months + 1 week to go

This wedding is fast approaching. And I have a few more big to-dos list before it's smooth sailing (I think).

My mason jars came in. That little thing made me so happy. My mom and grandmother couldn't understand why I was getting so excited over some jars.

It signals the start of getting my centerpieces ready!

Next big to-do crossed off the list?

Our wedding bands! That's D's. The pic doesn't do it justice but it's really nice. D and I went straight for it.

Next up....cupcakes, chair rentals, flowers, decorations, D's and groomsmen attire, and so on.

You got to love online shopping!

Two nights ago, during my to-do list panic attack, I ordered a couple of wedding-related items.

First purchase was.....MASON JARS! Not just any old mason jars, I ordered aqua mason jars!!
I tried to stain normal jars but that totally failed so I went on Ebay and scored 15 quart jars. I'm going to use these throughout the tables with white flowers.
If my wedding was at night, I'd totally put candles in the jars.

The next purchase involved my wedding day attire. I had purchased heels a couple of months ago but I wanted to be comfortable so I returned those. I found these and thought they were very "me."

My mom's not crazy about them - it's not very traditional but nothing is very traditional with me. :)

My sister is googling what type of pen to use to hand-address my bridal shower invites.

Apparently, it's a popular question.

110!

I signed on to my registries a couple of minutes ago to update some stuff and I realized that I have 110 days to go. Oh dear.

I opened up my to-do list to see how I'm doing. Good news is I crossed off 5 things, one of which was a epic fail. Bad news, aside from the epic fail, I added another 5 things to my list.

Cupcakes, tables, and decorations are coming up next....

OMG I have to schedule my engagement session - crap! Another thing to add to the list. :-/

One big to-do!

I have finalized my wedding invitations. I think. I'm nearly certain. Everyone's approved. I think. Enough with the thinking. I'm pretty sure they're good to go. Now I have to print them. But I don't think I bought enough paper. I think. We'll see.

And no sneak peek. For now. I think. :)