Random...

Updates! Today is going to be a productive wedding day, I can feel it!

First, I'm going to buy those Target invitations I talked about last time (Cheap Wife, I responded to your comment but I totally found those Letter Impress because of your blog and your invites, so THANK YOU! I love the ones you used by the way, another reason to wish pink was a larger part of our color scheme...)! There was some major drama with them: they weren't available online. When I went to the Target store in our area that supposedly had them, they were completely out. The woman who helped me said they weren't available at all- anywhere. I was so bummed, I came home and tried ebay and amazon and no luck. Finally, I googled (love that this is a verb) them out of desperation and got a hit! Where you might ask? TARGET. They were available online again. So long story long, once I realized how bummed I was about not being to get them, I knew I had to have them. I showed them to my mom (F was with me for the Target thing, he so loves to help but he just doesn't get stationary haha) and she agreed that they are amazing and we talked about how to use them and then dress them up a little bit. So it's like semi DIY without half the hassle. I'm not going to discuss my plans now-especially since I don't need to send out invites for another year or so (so I'm ahead of the game?).

Second, we're going to purchase F's ring today! It will probably look something like this:
He really likes the look of the Tungsten Carbide and we had talked to the jewelers where I got my e-ring and they had quoted a price around $500. Ok... that seems like a lot for a plain band. So, I think it was a Bee on Weddingbee, though I'm not sure which, but I was then tipped off to the idea of purchasing a ring on amazon. Voila! There are so many choices, and the one pictured above is $29.99. Seriously. Next to Platinum rings, they are apparently one of the best choices. And Platinum rings, holy cow- so expensive! F likes how these look better, and if there is any issues with it (like he loses it) it only costs $29.99 to replace. I think he is excited about wearing it, because he keeps asking me if I've bought it yet...

Third, we are going to visit a venue today! F set up the appointment for noon today... even though it looks like this outside:
Ok, it's not that bad... but it is pretty gross. Oh, spring in the Northwest.

It is called Hidden Springs and it really is hidden! It's a wedding venue that is just a little over 4 miles from my house that I have never heard of before! I talked to the owner at this little community bridal show I went to, but I'd done so much online research and it never showed up. It's a big piece of manicured land that the owners live next to and maintain, so I'm excited to see the possibilties. I promise to take a camera, even though it's yucky outside.

Judaica

Just found this treasure... great prices for a Ketubah

We're probably moving the wedding up to early spring 2010, and the format will most likely be a small ceremony and reception (50 or so guests) followed by a larger potluck reception (125-150) about a week later. It was the only way we could afford it and make everybody happy!

Dress: Not yet
Colors: Rethinking the whole "colors" thing
Location: Even if we move to California, most likely the Squalicum Boathouse

That's all for now!
~Anna

Invites

Wow! This makes me wish that pink was a bigger part of our color scheme...


These invites are FREE! You just download, enter your own text, print, and voila!

http://www.empapers.com/floral-wedding-invitation.html

Speaking of invites, I found these on the target website last night and I'm considering going out to the only target store in the area that has them (they are sold out on the website, and only limited availability at one of the stores around here)


Green, dandelions, semi-letterpressed (the dandelions) on really nice paper.

Problem is I don't know how much they are... because they are out of stock it's not listed. And I've for so long thought I wanted to DIY the invites, but I guess I could buy them and do some added DIY to them? Buttons and belly bands... What do you guys think?

how can I DIY these?

I don't know how I'd use these but I love them!

Ok, this is the last one I swear.

I promise this is the last long image filled post dragging on and on about movies, but as soon of you know, when you get engaged everything starts becoming fair game for inspiration (literally everything lol, eating out becomes ideas for reception food, every bouquet I see gets a second glance, just in case). Today... Mamma Mia! I love this movie and it's appropriately based around a wedding!

I love this simple, casual look

Who wouldn't want to get married in a place as pretty as Greece?

See? Beautiful! And I love the idea of having candles or lights lining the walkway

This is what I want my bachelorette party to look like, although maybe minus my mother though that could be fun too

One of my favorite parts of the movie is when they are preparing for the wedding is when they are setting the table and Meryl Streep says something like "God knows there is no plan" and they are just putting random plates in any random order and I love that idea! Everytime I go to a thrift store I consider just buying a ton of random dishware and just using it all random and mismatched.

Look how simple and beautiful it is!

I also really want to do this, it would be so easy to get some mason jars and wire them up. Although I would also love to have Pierce Brosnan hang them. Is that possible?

Look how beautiful when all lit up!

And I would never want this to happen at my reception, but at the same time I really really do! It looks like so much fun!

I also love how despite the fact that not everything went perfectly, everyone had an amazing time. This is something I'm going to make myself remember, if everything isn't perfect it's not the end of the world.

Amanda Seyfried is beautiful and I love this dress!

Ok, wedding stuff will be back in the next few days. Have a wonderful Saturday!

Taking a break from wedding posting

So lots of decisions have been... well, um... decided. I can't can't anything other than that because we haven't really acted on anything, other than the paint samples that I made F look through with me. Actually that was really funny because I cut out all the paint chips and we laid them out and each eliminated two until we got down to 4 green and 4 brown. F probably would have been happy just to let me choose, which is why I turned it into a game! (Preschool teacher much?) ANYWHO

I went and spent some quality time with my mom a weekend or two again and we went to see He's Just Not That Into You. I, being the romantic sap that I am, really liked it. I loved the stories (although being the English major that I am, I can understand some of the criticisms of the movie like there wasn't enough attention paid to each story).

Most of all, I loved the people in the movie. So many people who inspire my fashion (ok, don't blame them for my lack of fashion). But people I just love anyway, if you haven't had a chance to see this movie... make time to. It's a great movie to go see with girlfriends or mothers. Maybe even the man in your life, although one of the funniest things that happened was at the end during the credits, one of the guys in the theatre pretended to sob really loudly which made all the women laugh.


First off, Ginnifer Goodwin
I absolutely love her! I think she is as cute as a button, and she stars in one of my favorite shows... Big Love!

Second, Scarlett Johansson
So, she's not the world's best actress, but she is stinkin' cute, and everything she wears looks good on her. Plus, I'm so jealous that she can rock any hair color.

Third, Jennifer Aniston
Who doesn't love her, honestly? From Friends to now, she has always looked classy. She even rocks a salmon colored bridesmaid dress in the movie!

Fourth, Drew Barrymore
Her company produced the movie, but she is not in it a lot herself. But the scenes she's in are hilarious, and if I'm being honest, I have watched her True Hollywood Story and think she is pretty amazing to have survived the childhood she had, AND become a smashing success. Plus, she's beautiful!

Last, but not least, Jennifer Connelly
I don't know much about her, but she reminds me of a young Demi Moore. I think she has a classic beauty and she rocks business fashion in this movie.

Now for some eye candy.

Bradley Cooper.
So often he plays an ass, but I still love him! He's adorable and he's good in another one of my favorite shows... Alias!

Second up for eye candy, Ben Affleck!
My mom and I both love him, but say "he's so cute, you want him to succeed", but yet, he does so many crappy movies. Poor Ben. Just stand there and look cute.

Third up! Kevin Connolly
He's honestly just so cute. He's great at playing earnest characters who you always relate to and cheer for, like in another one of my favorite shows... Entourage!

Last but not least, Justin Long
He's not my idea of eye candy, but he's really funny and you gotta love a man for a sense of humor (I know that was the first thing I loved about F).

Check out the fashion!


Ok, so now that you all think I'm ridiculous AND addicted to television, I apologize! I needed a little break to get all the weddings things organized so I can present you with REAL stuff, yay!

I have some other movies that I'm going to blog about, but those are movies that are wedding inspiration, so they aren't quite as off topic.

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Monday!

Progress!

F and I sat down and talked about all things wedding today, it was so nice! I had been feeling really frustrated thinking that I would have to do this whole thing by myself, and that F didn't give a flying hoot about the wedding. Well, we sat down today (which he suggested) and discussed all things wedding! Many decisions were made, but the one I'll share today is... our color scheme!

I've been so inspired that I've been having a really hard time narrowing it down to just two or three colors, so I decided, why?



According to Home Depot's paint section, our main colors are Pucker Up (which I will probably refer to as apple green) and Revival Mahogany, with accents of Palace Rose, Celestial Sun, Autumn Glow and Candlelight Ivory. So basically, green and brown with accents of pink, yellow, orange and ivory. Why do I need to narrow the colors down? Who says that you should only have two or three?