My table is under here SOMEWHERE.....

So...obviously I am still working on the middle 3 sets, but the rest are all cut and ready to go. 

The wonderful James completed the backs and scored them all! <3 him! 

Still need to cut up the ribbon for them...might be easier to have that done prior to assembling. :) 

Programs...FAIL!

See that? It's supposed to say Wedding Party also! AAHHHHH!!! I noticed it while showing a co-worker...thank GOD she asked me why it only said "Wedding." At least we noticed after only wasting maybe one box....of course that's after wasting another box due to printer PITA. Argh! 

2 months to go!

In the words of Alyssa, OH.EM.GEE! That's scary stuff! We're working on the programs now, and I'm finishing up fixing the coloring books. My mom is just about done with the flowers and bouts. SO...still need to do the decorations, aisle runner, and bubbles. Still have a couple more WP gifts to buy. Rehearsal dinner has become a nightmare...so we're working on that. Other than that, I think the rest is figuring out music selections, food, and such. Yippee (not!) My Iowa shower is in less than 3 weeks, so we need to get my dress fixed and I need to find some shoes to wear! Stressed? I'm not stressed....nope. Not me. 

Before...

AND AFTER!!!

Aren't they beautiful?! FINALLY...something went right! I'm sad I don't think I'll be wearing them at the reception...but they're so pretty now, I might try for a little bit! There is no way I'll be dancing in these, however. :) 

"I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. "~Emma Goldman

Except mine are fake, and they're not on my table! :) Here are the bouquets and bouts my mom has been working on. They're almost done, the bouquets just need wrapped nicely. Here is my bouquet.

Here is a close-up of a jewel that is on the flowers. I saw something similar on a floral website and loved the idea. We just bought cheap jewels at Hobby Lobby and my mom glued them on there!

 

 Matron of Honor

Bridesmaids

Jr. Bridesmaid

Women's bouts

Men's bouts, except Jim's will be pink...I think. :) 

Program mock-up!

Well, here it is! A couple of the words have been moved down, but basically, this will be what they look like.  I went to buy the rest of the paper today, but they didn't have enough, so we will start with what we have for now. I bought more ribbon and (gasp) more fiskars blades. Of course. *sigh*

Here is what it will look like as you're scrolling through the program. Cool, right? :) 

I think we figured it out....

So, after losing the programs we'd designed TWICE, we redid them again! Thankfully, we had one printed out and cut up on regular paper, so we had something to go off of anyway. We went to Office Depot and found some shimmery paper that we liked, so I bought 1 pack of it for now, just to see if we even like it. We printed it out today, and lookie! I LOVE it! The pic does not do it justice...it's really shimmery and sharp-looking. I did have to shift the word WEDDING on one of them and RECEPTION down just a hair...hopefully it will be perfect, now. 

Now, my original thinking was to place black cardstock on the bottom and staple it all together, then cover the staple with a bow. However, Jim thought we should overlap the cardstock over the top layer. While researching layered programs, I found this.  

Now, this isn't exactly what he'd had in mind, but it is similar. I think we're going to try this instead. I was still thinking about doing a bow, but after seeing this, we might just use the leftover pink ribbon we have and do the same. The pic with Jim holding the ribbon obviously doesn't have the black cardstock yet, but you get the idea. We will have to measure it out to see how much cardstock we'd need for each program. This should be fun. :)

Huge accomplishment today!

We paid off the photographer! (minus gratuity and taxes) Hip Hip Hooray! So we will be meeting with them two weeks before the wedding. :) Also, I made my hair and make-up trial appointment....hopefully my skin will be cleared up by then...I need to continue tanning! Oh, and we bought more WP gifts...so we have 1 parent and 1 child left to buy for. :) 

Jim has lost his marbles!

So, he tells me last week about several different people that have received their invitations, and all the positive remarks about them, people not believe we hand-made them, etc. He tells me that he thinks we could consider making wedding invitations as a side job. #**^(*!&!!!!! bahahahaha He's lost it. Oh, and that's after we've considered making Love Letter Wine boxes, as well (which we have yet to complete our own at this point). Maybe we should stick to wedding planning one time in our lives, and call it good...?! Just sayin'.... Although, it is very flattering that people love our invitations. :) We seriously didn't know we had it in us.