at the wedding i attended this past weekend, while we were waiting for the ceremony to start, i was chatting with a friend about how we’d plan our own weddings. she’d run to reno and do a quickie ceremony as she’s not into planning and she knows that i already have been thinking about ours.
but when she asked me what the bridesmaids would wear, i drew a blank.
“um, dresses?”
sure i know what colors i want and whether i want an indoor or outdoor ceremony/reception and even the invitation design [at the moment that is. i’ve already gone through several revisions and we’re still about at least two years away from an engagement] but what to wear? um, haven’t really thought about that.
here’s the thing: styles change some from season to season. plus, i don’t even know what month we’re going to be getting married in, which also affects the type of dress we all wear. that and i’m just not that excited about looking at dresses at the moment.
sure i’ve looked at plenty of dresses and thought many were gorgeous but i can’t try anything on. and what’s the fun of looking when you can’t touch?
but i can print out mock versions of an invitation design, or attempt to make a centerpiece or look at décor elements or even price out different options. that sounds more up my alley. besides, i’m more into the details, even though i know most of them will be overlooked. while i don’t care if all of the blues i use match, i love knowing that we’ll have blue in our wedding. i love looking at shoes and figuring out what type of centerpiece i should do and even how to procure the materials for all of these projects. these are the things that make my heart go all a pitter patter.
i love building and creating things and my attention is always more focused towards activities that involve those aspects. plus, with all the stuff i want to do and a relatively short timeline [the boy doesn’t want a long engagement] it would be smart for me to have a clear idea of what i want to do and map out the best way to accomplish it with the least amount of stress. organization is the key here.
and if you learn one thing about me, it’s that i love organization. like, love, love, if it were a person i’d marry it, love organization.
anyone else in love with the details?
congratulations akilah and michael! i know God will bless the both of you for years to come.
thanks to our recently wedded tto, i have developed a case of garland fever. after featuring a few fantastic options on her site, i have decided that this was definitely something that i could incorporate into our ceremony decor.
but how?
planning so far ahead of an engagement is a double-edged sword. sure you have plenty of time to find great ideas but then you have tons of ideas that you want to incorporate into everything only to have a lot of…stuff. but that’s for another day.
anywho, after thinking on it for a while, i figured out what it is i could do: pew decorations!
if we end up getting married in california i’d very much like to get married in my church. however, we have individual chairs and not the pew benches common in many churches so typical decorations won’t necessarily work [which was a bummer] but being the smart cookie that i am, i decided that i could make a garland for the chairs! if i end up doing an aisle runner this would be a great way to keep people from walking on it pre-ceremony.
i thought of using paper lanterns but that wasn’t as cost effective as i had hoped, but then a flash of brilliance:
i could emulate carnation leis! except instead of using carnations, i could make smaller tissue paper poms [smaller than the ones i made for jacki's bridal shower] and string THOSE together!
and there we have a birth of an idea. i can easily make these way ahead of time and cheaply [because what's cheaper than tissue paper?]! if i really wanted, i could start today! but don’t tell me that because i shouldn’t start today. the boy would probably appreciate it if i didn’t start today. i tend to have an “accumulation” problem.
but you know i’m tempted. like real tempted. i need to at least try it out.
let’s just say i can check off one thing from the list. pending the boy’s approval, of course.
i just discovered idiy.com today and whoa-my-goodness this is one amazing place. why did it take me so long to find out about your lovely goodness?
with posts like these:
can you believe these are recycled starbucks frapuccino bottles. no lie!
think these are great? check them out here
and even great print at home cards
i can probably post pictures from the entire blog but i won’t. just go check it out for yourself. you won’t be disappointed.