creative friends are the best.

The best part of having creative friends is that they can design fun images quickly and easily.  And I joke that they're earning their invitation to the wedding.  :D   I have a crazy talented and just crazy friend Lindsay Jo who threw together this logo for our welcome bags and a few other wedding related objects.  I love it for many many reasons.  1.  Because it is of the state of Georgia and we're getting married in Georgia and the heart is actually over McDonough. 2. Because they it is navy and one of our colors is navy. and 3. because I think it will look so super fabulous on our wedding welcome bags given out at the hotel. 

little detail #1–axed.

remember this post about all the little details that were running through my mind. sadly, one of them [and one that I thought was super cute and would add a really nice vintage touch] is not going to happen. 

remember the place card frames that were white and vintage and going to potentially tell people where they were sitting – yeah they’re TINY.  Like teeny tiny like I am unsure how theknot.com thinks that they’re big enough to hold someone’s full name.

They were on sale at theknot.com’s store – so I purchased a few to get a good look at them and was sadly disappointed.  I am marrying someone with the last name “Shanahan” and I have family members with the last name “Winkeler” … both that last names are WAAYYYY too long to fit in those tiny things.  So, I am back at square one on place cards if we end up using them.   And those “samples” I bought are on their way back to the store for my little refund.

Rawr.

save the dates (with worries) & little extra touches.

it is the little things in wedding planning that seem like the biggest accomplishment.  save the dates.  such a small little thing, such a big hard decision.  But with Kyle's help I pulled the trigger on a photo and ordered our save the dates!  (I really think without him and my mom this wedding would not be planned….)  I so so so badly want to post a picture of the final design because they’re oh so cute, but I do not want to spoil the fun for those receiving one.  I know, I know that is no fun for those who aren’t invited – but maybe later on I will post the final product.

I also ordered super cute personalized stamps for the envelope which I am really excited about even though I know the stupid post office will mark all over it.  But, when your envelope comes, look at the stamp.  I take great pride in it and when I found out you can create your own stamps I got crazy excited. 

AND…. I ordered a super cute and fabulous return address stamp.  So with the cute postal stamp you will get to see a super cute return to address stamp.  It is all about 1st impressions to make you excited.  And we all know I LOVE the little details.

so keep an eye on your mailbox this month/next month there should be a little something arriving shortly. provided your save the date is not stuck to the side of the blue mail box outside the Chamblee post office.  EEEE, that is the “worry'” …. you see our save the dates are magnets and a few hours after dropping them in the box fear set in that the magnets were stuck to the side of the blue box.  So, I may have committed a felony when I drove back to the post office and stuck a dog toy in the mail box to “move” and “encourage” any potential stuck save the dates down into the box.  (Kyle informed me that tampering *but I do not think I was “tampering” per se* with  a mailbox is illegal)  But then I called the post office and they said they check for stuck mail.  So, I REALLY hope everyone gets their super cute save the date.  Oi.

We are SO excited to be sharing our big day with so many of you – we REALLY hope you can make it!  Put it on your calendar and Save the Date!

little details and ideas.

I am so detail oriented and love love love little details.  One of the things that I am most excited about are the little details.  The things that will make my wedding photographer die, because he too loves detail.   I don’t want to give away all the surprises…. like what I have planned for my “something blue”  but I do have a million and one ideas floating around my head right now.

Head Table:

So…. I hate hate hate sweetheart tables. And then I also hate head tables.  If it was 100% up to me,  Kyle and I would sit with our friends.  Therefore…. I am tossing around the idea of one big amazing head table that has both Kyle and me at it but also our whole bridal party and their date.  There date would be sitting there too because I have been in too many weddings where there are head tables and members of the bridal party have complained about not being able to sit with their date. blah blah blah, not a good time to complain but I am going to try and avoided the complaining, by doing this:

Tables:

In fact.  I kind of love the idea of all square tables.  I wonder if my venue can pull that off.  Do they make square linens? How many people sit at a round table?  I am thinking 8 at the square tables.  Ugh another reason why a seating chart may work best.  Goodness.

but then…. I stumbled across this picture and LOVED that idea too.  Notice the long square (that would be a rectangle. duh) “head table” in the center, surrounded by both square AND round tables.  and the square tables have 3 on each side + 2 on each end  = 10 at each table.  And I l-o-v-e the tall center pieces at the round tables and low at the square tables.  I love how that makes different levels. LOVE. LOVE. LOVE.   ….ladies and gentlemen, we may have found the setup for my reception (minus the dark depressing linens) should the venue be able to do this and they bettter!!!

Place cards:

I am not in love with the idea of seating charts since I have heard they can be insanely stressful to put together but my wedding may come down to that.  Oi. Not fun.  But in an ideal world everyone would be able to chose their own seat but since we’re tossing around the idea of giving people the choice of what they want to eat we need to help the servers out a bit.  So, going with the vintage, shabby chic vibe I am aiming for I thought it would be totally classy and awesome to do “place cards” and depending on what menu item they chose their name would be a certain color.  Purple for option 1 and navy for option 2.  AND…. how vintage and shabby chic awesome are these?!

Mantle:

When we went venue “shopping” and chose our venue I fell in love with the rustic chimney, fireplace thing and decided that is where the ceremony would take place.  Since I want an early evening ceremony I want lots of candles.  Theme: vintage, shabby chic, lush, romantic, anthropologie.  ….And I stumbled across this and want it created on the mantle.  Please and thank you.  I love the tall, thing candles and candle holders and the lush white hydrangea flowers.  I don’t think I want the flowers as “high” as they are but how lovely is this?!  Screams romantic and weddings are romantic.  Yeah!

brides bouquet:

not so fast.  I am totally not going to show you what I have in mind.  as I said before.  there needs to be some secrets.  but… I would l-o-v-e to incorporate a vintage fabulous broach on the stems wrap.  I cannot decide it I want something sparkly or pearly (like the right pictures) or  like a cameo broach (like on the left) it would be amazing if my mom had one in her jewelry box or stashed away somewhere.  can we say “something old” …. I will be going through her jewelry box when I am home in July.  and it not, I am sure I can find something wonderful on etsy. but seriously – how gorgeous does this look?

centerpieces:

I cannot decide between high or low – that’s why I think I decided today as I was pulling pictures that maybe a mix of both would be a good idea.  and I don’t know about colors, but I love the idea of crisp white but I also really want to add a touch of color. light blue. light purple. something..  these pictures really aren’t that great so I apologize and I am only showing 2 … I could show you 20 but I will spare you.

vines:

no not my last name, but like wooden vines. I don’t know how I would or if I would at all, but I love how the vines were used in 3 of these pictures. the bottom middle one, would make for a fabulous centerpiece. but, I doubt you will see vines at my wedding. sorry.

hair:

I love this hair.  And I love the sparkly hair thing that goes with it. the only problem with the hair pin, comb thing is that my jewelry isn’t sparkly.  and I feel like if I am going to have bling in my hair, I need to have bling on my ears and neck too.  Or am I wrong?   But I do love the messy low bun…. and the sparkly gives it a little flair.  oi.

okay. and with that I am done. for now.