75 Days!

I can't believe there are *only* 75 days left before our wedding! It seems like yesterday that I was at an impatient stage of 130 some odd days.

Brandy and I have spent our weekend working on invitations!

Brandy has been such a help to me in the making of the invitations! 

Alright, so here is a basic price breakdown of my invitations:
$15.08 for 250 sheets of paper = $.06 per invitation
$3.15 for a seal stamp (price per invite is dependent on the number of invitations)
$8.15 for 12 sticks of gold sealing wax (again dependent on the number of invitations...but the estimated price is about $.06 per invite)
Postage is still $.45 a stamp.

I'm really excited to see how much this all ends up being!

Engagement Photos...79 Days!

I got my engagement pictures in the mail last week! So many thanks to my friend Melissa Turba for the gorgeous photos!

80 Days!

Brandy is here!

Yesterday I realized that in all the year I've dreamed of my wedding I never wanted a church wedding. My family's property here in the country is so beautiful that I always dreamed of my wedding being in our yard. After I started thinking about my wedding I compromised on my one dream of an outdoor wedding. But no more!

Brandy, my Grandma and my sister Eleanor and I evaluated all of the glass that I had previously bought at Dig and Save this morning. We figured out the best arrangement for flowers and glassware for an outdoors wedding, and made a shopping list. After that we headed out to Dig and Save...
We found so much glass. It isn't even funny. We got close to 150 pieces of glasswares for $25. I should be close to set...with the exception of some vases I am still in need of.

After dig and save we headed over to Hobby Lobby! I purchased more candles for my glass. I also purchased tulle to make bows to run down the aisle. I'm really excited to see how those turn out. We bought 15 yards of soft pink for $14.85 and 12 yards of lavender for $9 something.

After that we headed over to subway for lunch. I love their subs!!

Tomorrow I will be working on updating my budget and bringing you more pictures of what's been going on here lately :)

83 Days...

I'm still guilty of non-blogging! Sorry everyone!

One of my best friends and bridesmaid, Brandy, is coming tomorrow to spend the next two weeks with me! I'm expecting that we will get a lot of wedding planning under our belts :) Watch out for a blog post heavy week! My dad and I are leaving at 2:30am to go meet her half way between here and western Pennsylvania! Off to bed it is with me.

89 Days

So I've been called a slacker by more than one person lately.

The worst part?

It is true!

I haven't done a whole lot of wedding planning lately. So...my mom is stepping in and helping take over planning. 

A few weekends ago (sigh) Dustin and I went to the Flea Market in Elkhorn, WI! I came away from it with a few great treasures such as...

This picture frame! I got it for $18. GREAT deal! I am planning on using it for wedding pictures. I'll either continue using it as a photo prop after the wedding, or blow up and frame a picture in it.

I found this gorgeous crystal brooch for $2! It is going to be incorporated into my veil.

I am also starting to work on invitations. My dad's printer absolutely hates the card stock I purchased at staples. Temporary Setback. My goal is to get invitations printed out sometime yet this week so that I can get people to start addressing them for me ;)

107 Days!!

Alright...I'll be honest, I haven't done anything the last few days that is very exciting. Work, going to visit my future apartment (so I can make sure the kitchen is organized the way I want it before I move in!), and I have been finishing up some gorgeous pictures I took of my friend Annah and her Fiance Justin this weekend!

Just so everyone knows, my Dustin is the most amazing fiance a girl could ask for! After my photoshoot on Saturday, I mentioned to him that I really wanted to get a new bigger SD card for my camera. He took it to heart...and this is what I found in my mailbox today!

What do you think it was?

Yup. My man is the best :)

109 Days!

So close to the 100 day mark!

Alright, so yesterday I missed my promised post about my DIY dessert plates!

Aren't they so cool? On Saturday I purchased a ton of glassware for only $1.50. Among the selection that I picked up were many many wine and champagne glasses!

I also found something else that I think is super awesome at this sale...and it was included in that price tag of $1.50!

It's a milk glass snack set! I am really in love with it...I think I'll use it to serve some kind of food at the reception, but I have to figure out what exactly :) I definitely plan to use it for every day after Dustin and I are married as well!

Alright, I'm totally sidetracked from my original posting purpose! Back to dessert stands!

So, these awesome dessert stands were what I had envisioned when I decided I wanted to have a dessert reception. They are so chic and elegant, and totally vintage! To purchase dessert stands like this online...expect to shell out a few bucks. The first thing that I found online that I actually kind of liked was $70...for ONE stinking stand!

I've been using a super ultra epoxy glue (It's E6000 that I bought 40% off at JoAnns last weekend) to glue the base of my wine/champagne glasses to the bottom of my plates. I have finished most of what I had purchased, but I have spent about $10 on everything I've done so far. If I had 6 of these stands, the retail price would be $420. I will probably need a little bit more for my stands...but I don't anticipate spending more than $20 total. Savings of $400? Yes please!

Alright, that's all for today folks! We are enjoying a GORGEOUS day in Wisconsin...I plan on enjoying some more 80 degree weather :D