#61 Ties at Target

I love this photo. I think the pine cones are a perfect look for a winter wedding. I found this picture on Once Wed and that tie in particular drew me in. I left a comment wondering where in the world they found that tie - and come to find out...Target! Who would have thought? I guess I'll just have to wait until Spring to find that yellow and white tie. Right now everything yellow has to have blue in it too. Ha. We'll we're just a few months away from Spring. :)

[image courtesy of Once Wed]

#47 Dress update

Kaitlin, Mormor came with me to try on the dress last month. :D

All I can say it that is was....

FABULOUS.
BEAUTIFUL.
FIT LIKE A GLOVE. (minus the length and such...)
BEAUTIFUL.
LOVELY.
I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL MAY 17!

As I was zipping it up (with the help of the lovely girls at Ever After Bridal) Kaitlin popped her head inside the dressing room and smiled. I looked up at her, smiled back, and then I saw her start to tear up. It was very sweet and made me feel even happier that I picked the dress. The only downside is that if she's already tearing up I have no idea how this wedding will go. I'm bad enough already worried I'll end up being a sap ball at the ceremony...hence the fact I may not write my own vows...even though i might...but more on that some other time. :)

Then again, I thought for sure I'd cry when Jonathan asked me to marry him. To my surprise, I just screamed with joy the rest of the way down the river and I couldn't stop hugging him (or turning around to look at him as we canoed) or looking at that ring! :D I think my only concern was dropping that bling in the water. Oh man did my cheeks hurt. A good hurt though. I don't think I've ever experienced soreness from smiling so much.

Mormor has offered to make the veil. I tried a couple different ones on with the dress and I think we know what will go best. Pretty simple, but nice. At first I was hesitant about wearing a veil because every one that I've tried on has looked funny. Now I know why - they always put it like on the top of my head. No bueno. I moved it down just behind my head, so it was lower on my head and it was quite nice. Now I just need to find a nice sparkly barrette.

#43 Pretty Yellow Shoes

Here are the shoes! Aren't they fabulous? They are a wonderful yellow and I love the style. They are a smidgen bit too big - but I ran around in them (literally) and they didn't fall off. I'm more like a 8.25, not quite an 8.5. Too bad they don't make that size. Anyway I love them and I'm keeping them.

The girls are I are still looking for shoes for them. Haven't had too much luck...we aren't quite sure what color. I think I should just bring back the raspberry idea and have the girls where pretty satiny redish-pink shoes.

Lemon and raspberry, why not? Looks delish! Just think of all the yummies we could have at the reception...

I was REALLY hoping to do an all yellow & white theme, but the more I look into things (clothing, flowers...) I feel like I need another color. It wouldn't be a main color however, but a splash here and there.

Actually, I just looked online again and found my shoes in pink and white! I'll talk to my ladies. :)

Jonathan and I are heading to California after Christmas for a few days to see some family & friends. Maybe some of the girls are I can go shopping and find some fab shoes for a great price if these don't work.

Anyway, I feel really good about these shoes. They are just my style (I can't believe I have to wait 6 months to wear them...maybe just around the house? :P) and I stayed well within budget - only $30 shipped! I love sales.

#39 Shoes

Jonathan bought some black dress shoes Sunday for a sweet deal. Today, I bought these. I hope they work out because I think they are cute... via jildorshoes.com

#38 Dress has arrived!

My dress came one month early! I'm going with Kaitlin (MOH) to look at it and try it on tomorrow night. Yay I can't wait! I wish I could post pictures...I'd have to password block them though and I am not that blog savvy, haha. I guess you guys will just have to wait until May. ;)

#37 Ties and such

It's been a bit of a hassel finding the right ties to go with the dresses. Plain yellow is well, too plain, but anything with a pattern to it seems to incorporate blue which doesn't really go. I found this photo...

and I liked this tie that Jonathan found, and for a good price too! Think it goes ok? We may just have to buy a couple and try it. If not, we could just send them back.

The other challenge has been color of suit. This seems to be my favorite. Lately we have been talking about Jonathan in a suit and the guys in pants that match, white shirts, and vest that match the suit. The vest is the wrong color but something like this would be nice. Plus it's too expensive but of course I love it...it's J. Crew after all :)

#24 Shoes

Oh my goodness if only I could FIND these shoes...they would be the ones. I spotted these babies on the Bliss Event Group blog.

#15 Dress update

I'm just going to praise J. Crew some more.

So I checked my email this weekend I saw that J. Crew was having a sale, plus an additional 20% off. I went and checked the bridesmaids dresses and they had dropped in price from $129.99 so $99.99 plus an additional 20% off. Eeeek! I was so excited and frantic trying to figure out how to get the deal. Call J. Crew and ask? Return the dresses and reorder under a different name? Help!

Anyway with the help of Kaitlin she encouraged me to call and just ask J. Crew if they would refund me the difference. Well I did and the lady was so nice! I told her the situation and she said "Let me see what I can do" and put me on hold for a bit. She came back and said usually she can only refund me the difference after 7 days (it had been 8) but that she'd do it for me this time. Yay!

So we got the dresses for $80 plus shipping and tax. Thank you J. Crew I love you. So easy to work with. So helpful. Such pretty dresses. I couldn't be happier.

Well...I am getting married so I really couldn't be any happier right now! Yay!

K off to bed and school. I'll try to do some wedding things here on the side..in the mean time I like these photos. I LOVE yellow.

Oh, and Jonathan is working on a fabulous surprise. I'll give you a hint...it's going to be yellow!

#14 Winner!

Yahoo! Thank you UPS man for making my day. The dresses arrived today and they are perfect! This is Kaitlin and me (modeling in Leslie's dress). I can't wait to send it off to Leslie so she can marvel with the me and the other girls. Enjoy!

#11 ORDERED!

Yay I love J. Crew. They are so nice. The dresses are ordered! Lets hope they are the right color...cause I think they are stunning! And my girls are going to look so beautiful. :D

As for the guys...if we choose to go with this dress we can go to a tie shop and get the ties matched to the dresses. Oh boy I can't wait! 4-7 business days!

School starts tomorrow.

#10 So excited!

So I called J. Crew and boy are they helpful and nice! I was going to order some swatches of the "sour lemon" but it turns out since the dress is part of the Weddings and Parties collection you can return them even if they are on sale - you just have to make sure you call and ask them to make a note. YAY! So I'm ordering 3 today and if the color is correct - WONDERFUL! If not, no money lost.

Also, I asked the lady to describe the yellow to be and she said "It's a really good yellow. Not too light, and not to bright." She told me it's not gold, mustard, or pastel. Maybe we'll get lucky???

Crossing my fingers.

#9 The Dress Round II

Okay here I am again with a new dress. Unfortunately the ones I was planning on using showed up and they were florescent yellow - no joke. Oh well, hopefully some good Ebayers will go for it.

Now...this is another J. Crew dress and it is a different color. This one is called "sour lemon" unlike the "citrus lime" that the other one was. These too are on sale: originally $250 in the weddings and parties department and now only $129.99.

So I'm debating. I'm calling J. Crew tomorrow and asking a little more about this color because this isn't something I'll buy on an impulse - too much money for that! 

I'm also feeling partly in a crunch if I really do want to get yellow dresses. All of the Fall lines are out and there are no yellow dresses anywhere. I could wait until next Spring but that makes me a little nervous. Plus...when I saw this was on sale I got really excited because I've thought it was adorable from the get go earlier this Spring. Not to mention...I think it matches my dress better than anything I've been considering yet!

Click here for link to dress.

Anyway...comments are always appreciated. :)

#7 The bridesmaid's dress

What a steal! $28 a piece for beautiful J. Crew dresses. They were on sale and when I checked today there was an additional 30% off! Yay! Anyway,  I think they are adorable and if they don't work out no biggie. But I couldn't pass up the opportunity in case they worked. :D

J Crew dress link

The dresses are yellow. The colors are more vibrant on the website.  

#3 The Dress Is Ordered!

Yay! The dress will arrive in November. I went in to Ever After bridal today to order it and get fitted. I just LOVE the shop in Cleveland, TN. Kendra is so much fun to work with. I think she's almost as excited about the wedding as I am! Plus, I got to try on the dress again today...which is always fun.

In the meantime, our engagement party in next Thursday. I'm supposed to come up with 10 questions about Jonathan and I for people to try to answer at the party. Any ideas? I'm also going to make some announcement/save the date magnets for our guests. I'll design them, Jonathan will use to the button machines. I'm still recovering from my tennis elbow. ;)

Don't you just love these vases/flowers? It might be fun to have a various assortment of flowers at the reception. Or maybe just lining the welcome table at the ceremony. We'll see. I'll post a flowers entry here in a couple days.

#2 Bridesmaid Dresses

I'm thinking yellow. I'm realizing quickly that many dresses are incredibly expensive and few are the ones you truly can "wear again."

I saw both of these images in a blog and I loved them. Fun yellow dresses and cute flats of the girls choice! Who says all the shoes have to match? I like the idea. Saves money too.

 I'm hoping that one day I'll just be in a store and find THE dress and then I'll just buy them then and there and hope they fit. Ha. If anyone sees cute yellow dresses pleeease let me know. :D