New Checks and a New Blog!

So, I have been thinking. While the planning of our wedding is still an HUGE part of my life, there is also a lot of other big stuff going on with us that I can't fight the urge to blog about! But, since this is obviously a wedding blog, I decided to add another blog to be a companion to this one! The new blog will be about buying our first home, transitioning into our new life, and just day-to-day stuff. I have lots of random stuff I often feel like blogging about, but most of those things wouldn't make sense on a wedding blog! So, I would love for everyone to check out or new blog, Life at 2365. It is definitely in the early stages (as in I only have one post!) but I have so much to share!!

Back to wedding stuff... I have gotten a lot accomplished this week! I had my first dress fitting, delivered our ceremony vases to our florist, paid off another vendor (okay, Mom, so you did this... but it is still something that we get to check off the list!) and, the bridesmaids dresses came in! Here they are, looking oh-so pretty despite the fact that they are basically in massive ziploc bags:

I am so in love with these dresses, I seriously could not pick a different dress if I had to. The material is so nice, I really really hope that these will be re-wearable!

Tomorrow is our engage-iversary. I can't believe I have been engaged for a whole year. Everyone says "oh the time will just fly by" and I honesty didn't believe it when I thought about having 14 months to plan. But, everyone was definitely right. I can' believe we only have 2 months to go! Yikes! But, I am sooo glad that I have my blog to look back on to remember all of the planning, stress, projects and comments along the way. Only 78 days to go!

Rethinking the Bridesmaid Dresses

My indecisiveness has caught up with me again. This time, with the bridesmaid dresses. The more pictures that I see of brighter pink bridesmaid dresses, the more I want something different. Don't get me wrong- the pictures are beautiful and colorful, but I think I would like something more classic that I will not get tired of over the years. On that note, there is obviously no color more classic than black. So, the current dress that I am loving is this one, but with a brighter, fuschia sash:


This dress is by Dessy and the style number is 2058. If you make it with the fuschia sash on their website, it looks so pretty. It looks very classy, but with a splash of color. The sash is not attached, so the dress actually might be wearable again... but I guess everyone says that! The other reason that I love this dress is that they have an adorable flower girl dress that can also have the matching fuschia sash, which I think would look great in our pictures. This is the flower girl dress (Dessy # FL4002), just imagine it with a brighter pink, matching sash:


I reeeeeally wish I could cut and paste the right color for the sash, but I tried and tried to no avail. I think both dresses would look better with the sash tied in the back, and it would look pretty walking down the aisle. I am actually hoping to get these tried on by at least one of my bridesmaids soon, so hopefully my girls could just send in their sizes and be done with it!

On a side note, I did DIY something else this weekend. I made this framed monogram that I would like to hang on the wall behind the gift table:


Everything looks super bright and neon on my camera, but I swear the colors are not that bad. I seriously need to stop with the DIY or I am going to lose my mind! And lastly, a picture of Carter watching the San Diego Chargers game this weekend. I swear he is smiling:


Hope everyone has a great week:)

Bridesmaids Dresses... Round 1

I'm not sure why, but at this point, I feel more concerned with what my bridesmaids will be wearing rather than what I will be wearing. I have this ideal dress in my mind, and that seems to be the only place I can find it. It is pretty simple really, I want a strapless a-line, tea-length dress in a raspberry color and a nice (but not shiny) fabric. My first love was this little number from J.Crew:


This color is called "Wild Peony" and well, it is just too purple. The color is all wrong. I'm also afraid that the fabric is too stretchy and it will give that "uniboob" effect. You know what I'm talking about. Nobody wants that in their wedding pictures. I love the simplicity of this design, although it is a little long. So, I'm afraid this one is a no go. Another J.Crew dress that I love is this one:

I know. I it obviously not strapless. But, everything else about it is perfect. I love the color and I love the length. This one is definitely still in the running. The only thing that worries me about J.Crew dresses is that most of them are not available in stores.. and ordering them sight unseen seems like a BAD idea.. even if it is J.Crew. The next dress is from Alfred Angelo:

Okay, so this one is almost exactly what I described. But.. I don't know how I feel about that bunching thing on the side. It almost looks wrinkled? I do love the length, and the fabric seems uniboob-proof. I think this length gives everyone "fierce" legs. It also costs less than $150.

So, as of now, these are my options. If anyone happens to run into my perfect dress while searching for your own, I will love you forever if you send me a link. If you're having this problem as well, let me know and I will try to do the same for you as I scour dress websites daily!

Oh, and P.S. - Sorry for the ranting, and for the use of the word (?) uniboob.