wedding dresses on the cheap

Fiance and I just got back from a wonderful camping trip in the California Redwoods. To be honest, I haven't been doing too much wedding planning over the last week or so. However, I was doing a little research and found three dresses that range in price and are overall very inexpensive. I suppose with the wedding a little less than a year away I should be trying to find my dress, but it's so much more fun to shop for imaginary people instead. I just have faith that my dress will reveal itself when the time comes.


$50.00 from Target. I don't think this would flatter my body type, but I think that somebody with narrow hips and a smaller bust line could pull it off. The front of the dress didn't win me over, but the "V" in the back with the small bow is quite elegant.


$295 from J. Crew. Contrary to the style above, I think that this dress would look beautiful on somebody with curves. The dress shape is feminine and reminds me of a Neoclassical painting.


$118 at Nordstrom's. This would be very chic for a more relaxed afternoon wedding/garden party deal.

More free things!

I've been very busy as I have two lovely ladies visiting me from England, but I had to post these...

Free free free!! You download the zip file and they have a link for the font that you can download too. They are posted in navy today, but they are asking for people to leave comments for what colors they want to see and they are going to post this same set in different colors?

Who is doing this? Wedding Chicks!!

Just found this website

I just found this website, and I'm really loving it so far! I love the different combination of palettes...

http://theperfectpalette.blogspot.com/

I did it!

One major experience in my life is finally over and done with... I'm a college graduate! Holy cow! It was a whirlwind of a weekend, but it was amazing. Still a little unreal to be done, but oh well...

Here is a shot of my graduation outfit in action (ok, so this was the drive home and I didn't wear jeans or flats to the ceremony, it was just too cold afterwards!)
Before I left for graduation, I came home from work to find this exciting package sitting on my counter! Yay invites! Now I have to find a place to store them for another year... haha
Aren't they adorable? And Mom and I are so excited to start working on the DIY portion of these!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!

t- one year

On sale at JCrew.

Last night Fiance and I consulted with one of our many elves that is going to make this wedding happen for us. She suggested moving the wedding to nighttime, since it most likely won't be sunny in March anyway. The boathouse has a big fireplace, which would look very romantic. The excellent rationale behind all of this is that it is much easier to decorate the room for night (smaller candles go a long way) than for day.

The other idea I am toying around with is a dessert buffet and cocktail reception instead of a traditional dinner. This means that the wedding would be at around 7:00 (after dinner) with photos taking place during the afternoon.

Hmmm, things to consider! My next project is playing around with paper for invitations, save the dates, etc. Scratch that. My next project is reserving the venue.

~Anna

Shopping divert

So I went shopping last weekend, and it was one of those days (rare and far between but amazing none-the-less) where almost everything fits well and looks cute. My mission was a graduation outfit (I'm graduating this weekend, crazy!), but I got more. I love them, so I'm going to show them off...

Ok, first here is what I decided on. I know it's ridiculously cold and stormy here because it's just about spring in the Northwest, and that this dress kind of looks summery... but it was so flattering! 13.99 from Ross (LOVE Ross, when it's good)

Then I thought, I can't wear a strapless dress in March, so we headed to Target where I picked up a kelly green cardigan to wear over the top. My mom was skeptical, I put it on and proved her wrong!
Another cute cardigan from Target- On sale for 18.99 (with a red tank and some black pants?)

Last but not least my best deal of the weekend... I picked these boots up from Goodwill with the tags still on for $6.99. Our Goodwill has some sort of agreement with the Target near it and there is always a ton of clearance stuff from Target there. These boots had a Target clearance tag marked at $29.99...
There was also at least 20 round tableclothes in an off white linen fabric for $2.99. I told my mom if my wedding was in the next couple months, I might have purchased all those tableclothes.

I'm happy with my purchases...

heh.

The woman cutting my hair today told me all about her wedding which will be happening in Lynden this summer (the local Washingtonians will understand what this connotes).

Here's just a few "highlights":
-Denim bedazzled ballgowns for the junior bridesmaids.
-Cowboy boots. Lots of them.
-Mechanical bull.
-Spicy rib BBQ.

Well, I am being a little bit of a snob reporting this out, but at least this gal picked a theme and went for it.