197 Days to Go! Linnens, China, Chair Covers!

I got an email from Jennie Sewell today saying she is going to burn three pictures of us to a disc so that I can make some save-the-dates or use them for the invites! I picked my three favorites. I really just want to get more accomplished, but I feel like i'm at a stand still right now. When I get the photo disc, I think i'm going to print some off and frame them and give them to our parents for part of their Christmas gift too. They would probably appreciate that. I don't get the rest of the images until after the wedding... it will all come together with the wedding package. Not ideal for the e-pics, but I can live with that! Jennie has been awesome to work with, I highly recommend her.


Dustin started asking his parents about the rehersal dinner, so thats good. I don't really even care where we go, I just know it will be so fun because we will be with all the people we care about (well, a large group of them). He also booked our honeymoon flights, so thats good... now he just has to figure out where we are staying the night of the wedding. I don't get to know ANY OF IT by the way... its all a surprise. The only thing I know is that were going out of the country to a beach place... and I have to pack a nice dress. I am pretty sure we arent going on a cruise cuz he is worried one of us would get sea sick, he doesn't want that on our honeymoon ;)

On Monday mom and I went to Midway Party Rental with our caterer Diane to look at china and linnen options. I saw one that I loved and will totally fit with our wedding theme!! A small picture is below. I liked this because its so elegant, and it goes with the grey tuxs the guys will be wearing!

I also looked at chair covers and linnens. I think we will be going with an ivory satin chair cover with ivory satin napkins to match. It doesn't look like traditional ivory, its just not stark white. Which is fine because my dress isn't bright white either... the material is naturally only available in its natural color. The table linnens will be a silver pin-tuck style, which looks so great with the plates!

We did a sample setting of how a table would look and it was AWESOME! Super classy and different than most weddings i've been to... which is just what I want! The fuscia roses as a centerpiece will totally bring the right amount of bright color to make everything just pop and fit! Were waiting for a price quote from them now... not gunna lie, i'm a little nervous about that! I know for sure we will do the chair covers... and the linnens. Pretty sure we will do the china too, but if not I can handle the church's boring white stuff.

Well, thats all for now! I will update more when I know more!

Small Progress

First, i'm really excited to go to the holiday tea tonight at my church! I got to see a sneek peek of it last night and it looks great! I have my outfit picked out and ready to change into when I get home!

Yesterday I called my caterer and made a tenative appointment on Monday, December first to meet at the church and see what size chair cover works well on our chairs for the atrium. Then we are going to go to another vendor showroom to look at china and dinner type utensils. I am really excited for that. I'll take a 1/2 day off of work. I also tried calling the bakery yesterday to order my cake, but Amy wasn't in, so I need to try to call back again. Just havent gotten around to doing that yet. Side note: I am FREEZING right now... my fingers look purplish :( sad. I just really want to cross "order the cake" off of my huge list.

I also got an email from my photographer today saying that its taken her a bit longer to edit all of our photos (do I really look that bad? ha). I know she is staying very busy with work, so I can understand. She said we should have all of them by Thanksgiving. That would be great so then I could show Brent while he is here from California. I just really am excited to see the rest of the pictures!

Another task that is just hanging over my head is the dumb guest list. I STILL havent gotten it down to the size that I want it to be. I feel safe sending out about 500 or so invitations, because not everyone will come. They say between 1/4 and 1/3 of ppl you invite RSVP as no, and then another 10% of people who say they will come ditch out on the event in the end. I just need to get that done. Then I can send out the save the dates. Which I still havent picked out or figured out. Maybe thats another project for this weekend.

They're Here! E-Pics Preview!

Our engagement picture session preview is posted on our photographer's blog! These are tiny versions of the pics, so to enlarge them, go HERE. I am so happ with all the photos, I cannot wait to see what she does with our wedding pictures!

All these photos are also posted on my facebook page... feel free to comment :-)

Engagement Pictures!

Yesterday was a very adventurous day for me. I took the day off to accomplish everything. It started out with a very special doctor's appointment... followed immediately by an oil change at Walser Mazda in Burnsville. I would like to point out that the guy who "helped" me was a bit rude because I opted out of getting the $300 maintenance check up at 35,000 miles. I just dont have that extra money right now! Geesh!

After that, I went to the Burnsville Center to find some shoes to match my outfit for the pictures, and oh boy, they are cute ones! I was also detoured at the MAC counter where I got my eyes done... you can see them once I get the engagement pics back. THEN I went home, freshened up and changed into my picture-taking outfit!!

Dustin and I are using Sewell Photography for our wedding and engagement pictues. Jennie is the photographer, and I am so excited to work with her. She did an excellent job with the photo session yesterday, I can't wait to see how they turn out. I keep checking her blog to see if she got the urge to post the highlight photos early :) I just need to work on my patience!

Mill City Museum Courtyard

Guthrie Theater (we took a bumch of pictures in the "yellow room" you can see towards the top)

We took our photos down by the Mill City Museum and Guthrie Theater area. It was so fun, except that it was so freezing and windy outside! I am just so thankful that it stopped raining so we could get a few fun pictures outdoors! It was just so great to spend that time with basically just Dustin by hugging and smiling at eachother for a solid hour and a half! Dustin made me laugh so much because i'm so tickelish... i'm guessing I have a few wierd facial expressions in the photos. I will post a link to them as soon as I know they are available!