My Colors...

Well can you tell what our wedding colors are?!

That's right....orange, pink, and yellow. I think the suits and bridesmaids dresses will be brown so the colors are really going to pop! I think there will be hints of teal too. Green definitely. The flowers will be tulips. I LOVE tulips and the colors are soooo vibrant. I just can't wait! I think I'm going to make flower bouquets like the first picture too for us girls. Maybe a little smaller so they fit in our hands and with the fabric wrapping. (I love Martha Stewart Weddings!)

love this!

So I'm just messing around on the internet and I came across this....










If we have a grooms cake I have to get this for Erin
Or I just need to keep this picture and have the cake made for him for some kind of event!


I found it here

It's such a fun blog to read through! I love some of the cake pictures. Although I'm still pushing my idea for a cup cake tower. Day wedding I think cupcakes are better....and well, I'm not a big cake person, I want cupcakes! :o)

I mean how cute is this?!

And here is more fun....wedding quizes! I just took the which wedding season are you - FALL!

speaking of invites....

I'm going through our guest list....our rough draft....and I wanted to keep it small, simple, I told Erin and his mother this! So Erin and I sat down with her this weekend and went through her list of ppl...we only cut out two ppl! As of now...with my idea of who my mom will have me invite from our family, I haven't received a list from her yet. We are up to 99 ppl! (that includes family's/kids/spouse) I guess I won't send out that many invites. But still! What happened to SMALL?! Or maybe that is small these days....

I'm ready...

I just watched The Closer on DVR and it was the episode that she and Fritz finally got married. I just smiled watching it. I'm soooo ready to be married to Erin. I can still remember the day...no night we met at O'Charleys. He was dating someone else at the time but we hit it off and I keep thinking 'if only I hadn't stayed in that night we were to be set up....I would be dating him now.' But I truely believe things happen for a reason. I wasn't ready to meet him that night. If we had, we wouldn't have started dating then anyways. However, we became friends and things progressed till he finally came to Muncie to take me out to dinner and a movie for our first date. We've been through a lot and I'm sure there is more to come. But, right now, I just want to be married to him. I'll go to the court house, and it's funny that my mom thought we already had! She can't believe I have waited so long. It's because I can't wait to wear a wedding dress and marry him in front of my family and friends!

I'm so excited I'm gonna have this wedding planned before we have a venue and a date officially set! I've even started working on our 'Wedding Website' It's done besides putting up the wedding venue/date. Well, and maps, but I need the venue first. And I can't wait to give Jen the last bit of info so she can start to work on our Save the Dates! I can't wait to get them in May and mail them out in June!! I want to do it now! :o)

So, here is a little sneak at our invites....I can't wait to mail them!!

for fun...

So, I'm not at my desktop this weekend, but I'm bored and wanted to put up a post. Since I'm having to use my laptop I don't have my pictures or web links to a lot of my centerpieces and flowers. Therefore, I decided to do a dress and ring post. I can't wait to pick my dress. I have pretty much decided I'm going to get a Jessica McClintock dress. They are very pretty and very well priced, so I could buy my own dress easily.

and my favorite...the one I daydream about....

Then there are the rings. There are two from Tacori that I love! I hope that when we upgrade my engagement ring that's the designer I'll get. I have to upgrade because one day I'll pass on my ring to my child. Well at least the diamond, since I'm already the third in line with it! Tacori has that passed down look. Like it's from your great, great grandmother.

So here are the two styles I like, plus they have the beveled look like my engagement ring.

I might not get a Tacori wedding ring but these two will be my examples where we go to the jewelry store.

Ok well I think that's all for now. I can't wait for April for dresses! (Now I guess I should look at my girls dresses....Sorry Jen and Britt, I've been focused on ME!) :o) Next up....YOU!!

Maybe....

So I keep getting e-mails from Macys about registering for gifts. Although I can't wait to do this, I feel that I need to wait till I have a wedding date planned before I do that. However, in messing around on the wedding websites I came across these two sites
http://wedding.weddingchannel.com/catalog/store_information.asp?retailer_uid=11500&placement=16&l=121582&c=5082&t=93&s=609707963&p=100820&linkUID=201
and
http://reg.weddingchannel.com/retailer/TravelersJoy.jsp?retailer_uid=14030&l=189396&c=5082&placement=18&t=93&s=609707963&p=100820
Instead of registering for gifts for our home we could register for our honeymoon. I'm very tempted! But I'm also very old school and feel that maybe I shouldn't ask people to pay for my honeymoon. However, Erin and I have lived together for almost 2 years now and I inherited a lot of things from my parents and great-grandparents. Plus, if we need something we buy it. So we were going to only register at Target for stuff...you know ask for towels just to get new ones. But nothing is needed....so why not ask for a honeymoon!

On a side note....I saw the end of Oprah and I want to adopt a Yorkie! http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20090220_tows_puppymills
Erin is saying no though.... :o(

Another location....

So I'm playing around with my Wedding Website and while looking for possible hotels to put up on the page I saw this...

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/event-planning/wedding-planning/cmhbr-the-columbus-a-renaissance-hotel/

This is the site to the pictures...

http://www.bellapictures.com/columbusrenaissancemontage

So I requested information and if the price is within range to the other two places we are going to go look at it! That's all there is too it. :O)

I might need to get off the computer...I can't find any more possible sites!!

Location...

OK, here is my first post. :o)

A few things...we are planning on getting married in October of 2009 (THIS YEAR!) Either the 10th or the 17th....the 17th would give me just one more week. I'm going to try to do a lot of things myself. Crazy I know...but CHEAPER, lets use a better word. Less expensive. I'm trying to keep from breaking my parents bank. And well I'm unemployed so it's not like we can share a lot of the costs. I have Jen making my invites...probably going to cost the same as if I made them myself...BUT she is more creative on that end and it's less stress for me. :o) THANKS JEN! I'll share a teaser in another post. I'm busting with ideas and could post MANY entries already!

BUT FIRST.....LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION....

Here are the two spots Erin and I are going to visit on March 7th. I'm sooooo excited! I'll post more pictures on the 7th cause I'll take the camera with me.

Here's the place I like a lot!

http://www.confluenceparkrestaurant.com/

And here is our other choice....

(can't find a good pic on their website, so this will have to do)

http://www.benttreegc.com/layout9.asp?id=201&page=4113

So that's that...More on those two places on March 7th. :o)

Also, if this is going to happen as quickly as I want it to, I'm gonna have to by a dress in April (that's what all the checklists are telling me...thanks Martha and Wedding Channel and The Knot) So anyways, I've started working out. Daily! I'm stalled right now cause I need new shoes. Mine either cause my arch to hurt, stabbing pain, or my knees. But here are the DVD's I've been using...

They all have literally been kicking my ass! I get done and I'll be dripping in sweat and sore for the rest of the day. That means they are working. I'm even doing my best to eat a lot better! It helps that Erin and I have stopped eating fast food. And as of March 25 no more coke!! I don't know how I'm going to do that one....but I'm giving it up for Lent...so I have to!

OK, I think that's enough for now....don't worry there will be LOTS more!