update on wedding dress shopping

so we went to Low's today and it was fun...didn't try on the dress...but did see one that i want to try on next time, i really like the last dress that i saw but just didn't feel like trying it on...
oh, and didn't take any pictures...didn't really feel in the mood for pictures and didn't love any of the dresses so sorry about that...next time hopefully i will be happier, and enjoy shopping even more.

love you all.

wedding dress shopping

so tomorrow mom and i are going to arkansas to take my grandfather to visit fome family and while we are over there mom and i are going to do our first round of wedding dress shopping. we have an appointment at Low's at 1 and i am excited as well as nervous.
my whole plan is to loose about 15-20 lbs by the wedding, if not a few more, but hey, let's be realistic here. and i am nervous that i am going to get really depressed tomorrow after i try on dresses...i haven't had the best of luck with trying on clothes lately-today i cried in the dressing room at Kohl's because i couldn't find jeans that fit...but anyways.

i am going to browse through dresses online while mom and i watch the 4th Harry Potter...and ill be sure to post some on here.

keep mom and i in your prayers tomorrow--and wish us a little luck too!!

love.

asile runners...

so the carpet at Mullins is blue...and i like blue, just not blue carpet for my wedding, so jamie and michelle said they could fix that with an asile runner...so i started to look up ideas...here are some of them.

so i am at home for a little while and we started talking about wedding planning stuff...here is just a brief overview of what we have talked about.

*the processional song--i let mom listen to the processional song, didn't really want to until closer to the wedding but we already started talking about it. I want to walk to walk down-acutally have the whole party walk down to A Page is Turned by Bebo Norman--mom absolutly loves this!!

*we talked about the ceramony and having certain people sing songs...

*talked about a unity thing...and i thought of painting for our unity thing, like having two different colors of paint and using both of them to paint one thing, or something like that, but turns out you can't paint at church, but maybe i can beg and plead...maybe

*and we talked about asile runners...which is why i have posted pictures below...

so a year from today...drew and i will be married and we will be at our reception and celebrating with all our friends and family!!
getting soooo excited!

so...i was talking to mom and then drew about the grooms cake...and about a week ago my mom sent me the picture of the guitar pick favor things so i got to thinking...
what if we had a guitar pick logo designed for us (could be used in other areas, like a isle runner, invitations, decorations...)and have a small sheet cake made and decorated like the guitar pick would be and then have cupcakes (in order for everyone to get a serving) with chocolate icing and the guitar picks in the top of each cupcake...then the extras as "decoration"...what do you think?

took a break from writing my sr. thesis and creeped on facebook and found these pictures from a photographer...

*reason # 4567 that i want sparklers...so freakin cool!

*these first two are amazing decor ideas...i am liking this shade of green and the natural type of decor. i also LOVE the simple table linens and decorations...simple flowers and candles are what my mom and i have talked about...

*love most of this, i don't like the parts at the very bottom and i am pretty sure that i would want the cake to be colorful, not just plain white...

*LOVE LOVE LOVE this, it's so earthy and cool looking, so so sure how it would look on the glass doors of the church, but i love it still...

*paper lanters...is all i have to say about this picture. also note the groom's shoes ;)

*Bridesmade's Dresses*

love the style, not the color, and with these if someone didn't want to go strapless there could be a shaw to cover the sholders... for the moh(s) a different color ribbon, or flowers, or something.

mom is paying for the church today...wahoo!!!
and i think we have officially set a time for the wedding and reception...
and we're planning on meeting and talking specifics about flowers and food and cake stuff over christmas break...WAHOO!!

it's so wierd to think this time next year i will be #1 teaching in a classroom and #2 getting married in 4 days...holy cow!!

keep drew in your prayers as we continue to plan the first day of the rest of our lives together and keep Gary in your thoughts and prayers as he recovers from gastric bypass sugery.

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*so this is hughes pavilion at the dixon...and hopefully, if all goes well with signing the contract and what not, this will be where our reception will be. it will have to be a 1/2 inside, 1/2 outside but when we went to visit they had a tent set up and they were getting ready for a wedding so we got to see the venue like we would want it...and it's awesome!!

also, right outside, to the left of the picture is an open area with grass and there is a statue/scuplture thing and it's where we took our kindergarden pictures and video so that's really cool and we have already gotten it cleared to take pictures over there..so mom is excited about that...

*more updates soon...

some pictures from the photographer's facebook page...i think these are all from one wedding, but they are some ideas that i like...

*this is a "photo" tree, and i LOVE the idea, but possibly, instead of photos make it be the wish tree, or something like that, i don't know, i'm just rambling

*updates*

*pretty sure we have decided on site for the reception...drumroll please...The Dixon Gallery in Memphis. it's an art musuem with pretty gardens and what not but they built a new pavilion, building thing literally in the middle of the woods a few years ago, and with the help of a tent, and some heaters during late november we will be able to fit our guests into this beautiful area. another plus to this is, in order to book it and have anything at The Dixon, you have to buy a membership and so my mom will be able to go visit the musuem whenever she wants and get some exercise in by walking around and what-not, she's excited about that.

*i also believe i have won the photography battle...i can't "officially" call it yet, but my mom told me today that she has agreed with me the whole process with my favorite photographer...she says "there is just something about her photos..." and i agree, her pictures just make me feel good, and i can actually picture myself, drew, and the rest of my firends and family being photographed by her and i am soooo exctied for when i can finally message her and tell her, but i have to wait for mom to meet with the wedding planners...

*also, on some not so positive note, mom talked with the chruch today and asked about the backdrop that is in the sanctuary...it's a pretty cross, with a wreath and dove on it...it's pretty, but i don't like it, and i really don't like it for the backdrops for my wedding...but the church says we can't do anything about it...boo. so we will have to figure out how to make it work, but that's what jamie and michelle are for


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