Invites Mailed!

I don't know if you guys noticed, but we mailed our wedding invitations! 12ish months ago when we started this planning process I put a big fat X on the calendar for January 28 as the deadline to mail our invites out. That was how I envisioned knowing the wedding would be right around the corner. It seemed like an eternity to wait back then and now it is history baby! I suppose that is how it will be with the wedding too. It is going to be here and gone in a blink. I have truly enjoyed the whole planning and engagement process. Plus I have the world's most amazing partner in crime.

Exhibit A: (please ignore the giant mess that was our "wedding station" aka: dining table)

Exhibit B: Have you ever seen anyone more excited to be at the Post Office?

Woooo, only a month and a week to go, can you guys believe this insanity?!?!

Wedding To-Do-List Butt Kicking

Oh yea, epic day of wedding productivity today ya'll.

We:

1) Met with the priest; finalized the programs completely except music

2) Met with the florist; finalized all bouquets, boutonnieres, and corsages

3) Met with the ring lady; finalized ring selections!!!!!!

4) Made our photo guest book on blurb.com (and it looks BAD ASS)

5) Finished our swizzle sticks

Take that to do list!!! Who's your mama?! I also found these adorable "just married" banners that I am hearting hard and they are only $13 bucks.

On top of all of that, our guest list is 40% responded and I went to J.Crew and Banana today to check out all of the coral and listen: it is beyond coral explosion in those stores... I love spring. More on that to come tomorrow...

So exciting getting things check check checked OFF baby! Whew, now on to the next 70 tasks on my list (no I'm sadly not exaggerating).

Weddingstar Cake Toppers

One of my favorite things to do is to sit in the magazine section at B&N and have myself a good read. I know you're technically not supposed to do that but it just makes me too happy to stop. Well seeing as I only have a month left to be A BRIDE, I have definitely been pursuing the bridal magazines lately (OK, I know once I'm a married lady I will read those too, they are so fun, but I am trying to soak up the ideas while I can still put them to use).

Anyhow, I thought I was reaching for a magazine I had never heard of when I ran across a bridal catalog called Weddingstar. Have you read Weddingstar? I'm not really into the whole unity candles and monogrammed matchboxes that they sell in those catalogs but this one had some really cute cake toppers.

Thus far we have decided to use a fresh flower for a cake topper, I have seen some really cheesy and tacky cake toppers and I have also seen some very expensive cake toppers that just didn't seem worth it so we had kind of ix nayed the whole thing. But then there were some porcelain figurines in this catalog that really suited us that I thought I would share with you because they are just so cute.

I love this one because of our decision to incorporate as much photography as possible into our reception AND because of my art background. Plus it's just really sweet.

J and I just love few things as much as the rain. The man proposed in the rain for goodness sake! Love her sweet daisy bouquet too.

Ok, if this one weren't a brunette I would be all over this one (I totally looked to see if they had a blond version but I didn't see it). I know this falls a bit under the corny section rather than just sweet but come on, Jon's whole life besides his family and friends is football!

Foreheads together right there!

Beyond the figurines I thought this porcelain Claddaugh ring would be perfect for my Irishman.

Aren't these great? I still like the idea of an antique cake topper or just some flowers, but you never know. We're still deciding if we will use one or not, but aren't these just adorable???

Shoe Wish

It's officially my favorite season here in Cali ladies... dress season! As a taller girl I strive to find adorable flats to wear with my dresses. Beyond rainbow sandals, TB revas, huaraches and chucks what else can a girl substitute for heels to wear with a springy dress? I think this pair of Tom's are freaking irresistible and would be the perfect solution.

How cute would these be with a flowery sundress, maybe a sweater or denim jacket, some cute socks even and a pair of glasses. In love...

Wouldn't these Tom's be just adorable with one of the following Pixie Market dresses? Seems like spring to me!

A Couple of Cuties

Happy Valentine's Day to you! I hope if you celebrated it was amazing and if not, I hope you had a great day anyhow :)

Jonathon and I spent some time with our moms, took a nice drive, lay out by our pool, had some sushi and saw the movie Valentine's Day (what timing, right? It was cute and got bonus points because it was set in my hometown, LA baby!). With our anniversary only a week ago and our wedding next month (OH MY GOSH) we didn't really go too big for V-Day. But it was still very sweet, I just love spending time with my honey.

There are some parts of this wedding planning process that make this whole "life changing event" feel so completely real and happening NOW. For Jonathon it was receiving our first batch of response cards in the mail. For me, it was receiving these adorable pictures of my little bro and sis, the ring bearer and flower girl. I really can not handle how flipping cute they are. Since they are all decked out and ready to go it just seems so real and like it will be so soon!

My little bro has refused to dance with me at the wedding, but we will see. I am going to have to figure a good bribe out before then. Have you ever seen anything cuter than these two in your life? I can't wait to see them in person, oh man I am so excited!

In case you're curious, the dress is from Us Angels and I'm not sure about the suit but I'm sure my Step-mom will let you know. To the comments!

Photo Escort Cards and Words of Wisdom

We have been discussing ideas of how to use photographs in new and interesting ways during our wedding reception since it is something so important to Jonathon and I. We don't want to do the same old boring slide show you see at so many weddings. We sat through an hour and a half long one once, I swear! The bride and groom were cute as kids but after about 20 minutes I think its a total buzzkill. I think we have come up with some good alternatives for our own wedding. I hope you are surprised by some of the things we have created, you will get to see them all in 44 short days!!!

In the meantime, you know I have been desperately trying to get old photographs from each of our wedding guests. I couldn't imagine what this would be like for a large wedding since it has been like pulling teeth for our tiny wedding list. Anyhow, I may just have to skulk through facebook and take what I can get for the sixtyish people that never got back to me, but we had in mind to make something similar to the following photo escort cards. Cute, right?

We have also been loving the idea of using our amazing engagement photos for a guest book, but also trying to get creative with it to move just beyond a book. I thought this idea of fill in the blank "words of wisdom" cards was just too cute. Most likely we will go for ease and just make a good old fashioned book, but I like this idea so much...

Cool Corals

Wouldn't you know? Springs hot new colors are coral, grey, ivory and gold according to Banana Republic's new Cool Corals Collection. How fun is that? Love the following key pieces, especially the silk twisted dress. Wouldn't it make the sweetest bridesmaid dress?

If you happen to be at the mall picking out your new faves from your local Banana Republic, stop by J.Crew and pick up a matching coral Gem Bracelet to complete the look.

Happy Shopping!

Huge Trend Alert: Kraft Paper Printables

Apparently, nothing is hipper than being green. Everywhere I look in wedding world I see natural style wrappers and recycled papers. Loving these adorable DIY kraft paper printables.