I think...I'm in love...

with cupcakes!!!!!!!!!!

I some how managed to stumble across these photos while stalking fellow bloggers. These came from pintrest...which I can't figure out how to work. I think my work computer sensed what type of situation it could cause so it blocked me.

anyways... back to the cupcake love...

Aren't they adorable!!!!!!!!! I. WANT. THEM. This would match perfectly with our centerpieces!!

If you want to drool some more, check out the rest of the pics from this wedding here.

Will we have time?

Last night Tony and I headed out to tackle one of the less painful tasks on our endless list of things to do. Registry. Now you may remember we attempted this at Target after one of my many breakdowns. Yesterday was a lot more relaxing and I was already in a good mood before we even started.

We started our adventure at Kohls. Tony kept saying to me, "What are we going to put on our list at Kohls?? Don't they just have clothes?" haha my little love had no idea. After a few moments of frustration with the registry computer-I hate touch screens-we were on our way with the gun in hand, Tony's favorite part. His job is to scan, I point. We started in the bedding, Tony was a little bored with it I think but we survived. Next came the dishware. I'm so excited! We picked out some new stuff so that we would have all matching sets AND it matches the kitchen! Woohoo! I think at this point Tony was started to have fun with it as well. Especially when we got into the cookware. He started to go a little crazy actually. But hey, we only do this once so I let him scan whatever his little heart desired. Sorry if I don't get online in time to delete the greeting card, cars book, dorm organizer, antler frame, dog frame and any other random item Tony decided to scan without my knowledge.

After scanning all the items we thought necessary at Kohls, we headed back to the service desk to hand in our scanner and print out the list (this is where I see all the UNnecessary items). As we are waiting for the list I ask Tony if he thinks we'll be able to go to Bed, Bath & Beyond yet. He responded nonchalantly with "I don't know, I don't know if we'll have enough time" I think we both realized at the exact same moment what he had just said.

Needless to say, we couldn't hold back our laughter. The group of Kohls workers standing in the corner looked at us like we were crazy. It was worth it though. If you don't know what I'm referring to do yourself a favor and watch Oldschool. You can thank me later.

We ended up having enough time for Bed, Bath & Beyond, so we headed over to Woodbury. I cannot say this enough, THEY. WERE. AWESOME. The people are so helpful there! I could not believe it. Shout out to P.J. he was our little helper for the night. I think I told him 5 times how helpful he was. Seriously. If you are about to register, go to BB&B they are amazing. Thanks to P.J. I'm actually excited about our choices and enjoyed our adventure. I have a feeling we'll be going back next weekend to visit him. :) If not for the registry, for the Jamaica hints. Like I said, SO helpful!

Bringing the past into present

I've been debating back and forth on what we will serve for our dessert. Whether it be a wedding cake, cupcake, cheese cake or candy. As I was thinking about this huge decision, I decided I'd take a break from it and work on something else.

I have read numerous ways brides are incorporating their loved ones who are no longer with them into their wedding. This got me thinking about Tony's Grandpa Meyer. He passed away shortly after Tony was born but he has always been a large part of his life. I felt it was important for us to remember him in some way. For those of you Meyers who are reading this now, keep your eyes open. I don't think I want to write in detail what our plans are, but I do want others to know that he will be remembered.

This also lead me to think about my grandparents. They have been happily married for fifty eight years and continue to love each other day in and day out without batting an eye. I've always looked up to them and hoped that I too would find someone to love like they love each other. I was lucky enough to find him. I emailed grandpa asking him if he had a picture handy from their wedding day. A few days later I received this in the mail:

I'm hoping I can steal something off of this to incorporate into our wedding. Possibly the cake? I plan to take this to our hopeful baker and see if they are able to replicate it. Cross your fingers.

E-Session Take 2

A couple weeks ago Tony and I had our second engagement session, this time with our wedding photographer. I could sit here and tell you all about it and how amazing they turned out but I'll let you take a looksy for yourself. Thanks to Michele for the amazing session! We can't wait to see how she captures the wedding!

Thanks to Michele for the amazing session! We can't wait to see how she captures the wedding!

You Have Mail...

Is it just me or do you get excited when you see you have a new email?! I love it! Who's it going to be? What do they have to say? What fun coupon did I get? What wedding idea is floating around today?

I'm happy about these. Most of the time.

Here's what I received the other day.

6 MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wait. What?!?!!?!?!

Where on earth did the time go? I feel like it was just last week I was sitting on a beach planning my wedding. I want Mexico back!

I was calm. Too calm apparently as I had been slacking a little. Now I feel like I'm going into a downward spiral into bridezilla land with my checklist in hand. This would probably be ok if we had a normal schedule these days. Every weekend here on out is completely booked until October. October! That puts me at 3 months out! Throw in our work schedules, both regular and overtime, housework, shopping for friends weddings (wedding, bachelor, bachelorette, showers), tux fittings (for other weddings), time to see the family, and find some time to see and talk to my fiance that would be great too. We'll see tho.

Oh! And I almost forgot! My own wedding planning!!!!!!!!! How could I forget?

Excuse me if my mind is a little scatter brained over the next few months. You'll probably see a lot of random posts. Don't mind me, it's just my way of gathering my thoughts.

Taking a chance on a chandelier

Awhile back I had posted about creating our own chandelier.

Like this...

A got to thinking tho that maybe this wouldn't go with my centerpieces. In case you forgot, here's a refresher of what those look like. (side note-I've been working on these...they are coming together nicely if I don't say so myself ;) I'll post about those later)

Are they too different? Will it be too many things going on? The wonderful decisions...ugh.

I emailed FBIL Brent to see what his thoughts were. He seems to think they'll flow together nicely with all the "natural-ness"...I'm hoping he's right. But that didn't ease my wonder. So I started thinking...dangerous I know. What if I were to take that plastic centerpiece out of the "chandelier" and replace it with a "real" chandelier. An old school antique chandelier. Painted black. here's where I squeal with excitement of how brilliant I am This leads to research on the good ole craigslist. I knew going into this that it could be completely out of our budget and not worth it. I was preparing for heartbreak. I sorted thru the $300-$400 chandeliers and ended up finding two, $35 and $50. EEEEk! Sold! The first for $35 was used as a mobile for a child's room (creative) so it is not a "working" chandelier. This is ok. However, the second one I found for $15 more is beautiful. I want it. I need it. Here's this morning's email to my love...

I found another chandelier that I love more that has actual lights still on it. It's $50 but I can hang it in Marilyn's room after :) it still works. Can I email about that one?

Muahaha...Marilyn's room is coming together nicely...after the wedding of course. It's currently being overtaken by wedding flowers, feathers, headpieces, feathers, jewelry, feathers, vases, feathers...ya get the drift.

I have yet to hear back from the second chandelier. If that one falls thru, I'll go with the first.

What are your thoughts? Too much? Or do you think it will flow?

Or am I just DIY crazy?



Yet another debate...

Cake...Cupcakes...Cheesecake...Candy...

Do I need to play Justin Bieber again??

I'm having a hard time deciding on this one. And Tony doesn't help. He doesn't eat any of the above. His choice is dairy queen cake. Sorry hun, it just can't happen. On the other hand, I love each one of these options. What do I do?!

Look at all these cute options!

Classic Wedding Cake...

Cupcakes...

Look at this cute little cake to throw in with the cupcakes...Pearls!



Candy!!...

Oh and then the cake topper! I loooooove these! Aren't they beautiful?! And this is made out of paper! Paper!! I can't make this myself...I wish tho...

I guess I should be asking the readers which one you'd like....since you are the ones who will be eating it :)

Engagement Story-Part 3

I kinda left y'all hangin for a bit on this one...oops!

Where were we?....

Sooooo I turn to find Tony down on one knee. Looking up at me.

Down on one knee. Looking up at me. Me!

H: "Is this a joke?"
T: "No"
H: looking around for someone to jump out at me and say "haha gotcha!" but no one is jumping out..."Are you serious?"
T: "Yes"
H: "This is a joke"
T: pulls ring out of pocket
H: "That's fake" still not believing that this is really happening "This is a joke"
T: in a slightly irritated/unsure of what was happening voice "It's not fake" starts to pull my hand and turn the ring to put on my hand
H: noticing the turned ring and seeing the side of it "It's my ring!!!"
T: waiting patiently for an answer "Will you marry me?"
H: "Yes!"

Turns out the day after our little ring shopping adventure, Tony went back and got my ring. He must have heard my heart break when the girl told us that it could be gone if/when he came back. Those of you who know Tony, know how big of a P.I.A he can be when he is about to buy something. He'll research something for hours on end, every day, for months if needed until he finds what he's looking for.

I apologized to the sales lady when I went in to have it re sized.

Oh which reminds me, funny side story.

When we were in the store on our little adventure 10 months prior, our lovely sales lady wrote down the ring information and my ring size. Ya know, just in case. Silly me who still didn't think it would happen for some time, threw it on top of the shelf in the living room. It probably sat there for a month before I moved it one night. We were having friends over, so I moved it in between a couple books on the book shelf so people wouldn't see it and ask questions. Little did I know, Tony was searching the house top to bottom for that little sheet not long after our house guests. He never did find it. So when he did propose in Mexico I unfortunately couldn't wear it completely on my finger. Oh well. Adds to the story :)

But back to Tony's adventure. The boy knows everything about diamonds now. It's crazy. Apparently I picked such a different ring that he had a hard time finding a diamond to go with it. Round doesn't look right and princess doesn't look right. Luckily Katherine was in love with cushion cuts and brought one out for Tony. Perfect. Now came the "important" details, the details that I needed to apologize for. Katherine told me he's what they train for. Poor thing. After searching the limited number of diamonds and many random trips to "petsmart" Tony was able to find the right one. It may have been shipped in from Maine but it was the one. Again, I apologize to the girls at Shane. I love him. And every time I look at my finger I'm reminded of how much he loves me, the love we share for each other and the life we are about to start together.

IT'S BRITNEY DAY!

Yes, this is my wedding blog.

But.

It's Britney Day!!!!

So.

I'm want to write about Britney.

So.

Let's take a little glimpse at the train wreck wedding between Ms. Britney and dumb*** K-Fed.

No...Not that wedding...

This one...

Check out the bridesmaid dresses!!! Do you suppose the similarity is a good thing or a bad thing?

I loved that she changed into a shorter/fun dress after...I mean it's Britney...did you expect anything less? I would rock it.

Hopefully the current man in her life will give her a much more classier wedding...

Oh Britney.