VS

Can I add these cute things from Victoria's Secret to my registry? LOL

Something Blue...Even though they look kinda green...Still cute! :)

Newlywed...Bride...Hitched!

Honeymoon Hottie! ;)


Victoria also has a cute Bridal bathing suit and some hoodies too...But you get the idea. :)

Hair Flower

This is pretty much the hairstyle I would want for my dream beach wedding in Cancun/Bahamas/Some tropical place:

And despite me never having an urge to wear a flower in my hair, I totally would with that style.

So now I'm thinking that I probably won't do the casual flower hair style...But I am thinking that since my girls are going to be a solid or mostly solid black dress with hot pink accents, that I can have them wear hot pink flowers in their hair.




Anenome Hair Flower





Another idea




Another Idea





Crystal Hot Pink Wild Magnolia Hair Clip

And the Damask Continues...

I went to a Bridal Show with my Grandmother yesterday.

She must have been good luck, because I won one of the drawings!

It was a cake from one of the vendors there.

So nothing helpful for the wedding...But I still won something. :)

My family ate about 1/2 of it last night already. Hehe

I talked to a couple of the cake vendors there and showed them the cake design I drew...And they were all so impressed that I came up with the idea by myself. Go me.

Anyway, I found a guy (not the place I won the cake from) who said he can make the exact cake as I described...And it will supposedly be less than $1,000...Which is fantastic! Because I really thought for all of the intricate details I want, that they would charge me an arm and a leg. So I am really excited about that.

When I told several of the vendors my wedding colors/pattern...They all said how popular that was lately. I don't even know what gave me the idea for that style choice...So I had no idea it was popular.

But I guess it's good that so many other people like the idea too...It shows that I'm not totally crazy with my color and style choices then.

Also, I got to thinking...Instead of just having my MOH wear black with pink trim and the maids wear pink with black trim...Maybe they should all wear black with pink.

Because I got to thinking about flowers.

I want pink bouquets. And against a black dress it will look really sharp and it will really pop nicely I think. But with a pink dress, what kind of flowers could they hold? I guess they could hold pink flowers against their pink dresses, but I feel like it just doesn't 'pop'...You know?

And there is NO way they are holding black flowers!

There is always white flowers with the pink dresses...But I think that I am loving the idea of black dresses with hot pink accents and pink bouquets...And maybe even hot pink shoes!

I still need to find a way to make my MOH stand out.

Unless she is the only one who gets a pink ribbon with the black dress, and the maids just get the black dress without pink...

Or maybe they get pink ribbons and she gets a white ribbon...

Or back to my original idea that they all have the same dress...In this case I guess black with pink trims...And they all have halter tops and she has strapless...Or whatever style they agree on.

Just something subtle to make everyone know she is the MOH, without ruining the uniformity I want.

And now for some fun inspiration:

Guest Book and Pen Set...I can probably make that.

Or Black with white designs.

I am planning on going to a fabric store to look for the exact black & white pattern I want, and then try to make a lot of these things instead of buying them...Hopefully it will save money, but also this way everything will match 110%!! :)

I will probably pick white with black designs, as opposed to black with white...But I can decide better when I see them in person.

And if I was ordering all of these items, the patterns wouldn't be the same and all. So I think for the uniformity that I want to be pretty strict about, I will be forced to have a lot of DIY projects.

Which will be fine, if I can get things figured out and then start the projects soon. So I can do them all nice and calmly over the next 10 or so months. And not be stressed and rushing to do everything like a week before the wedding.

I was thinking of making my own table runners...Jon said I should make my own tablecloths and chair covers too...But come on now, who has THAT kind of time? Even if we have like 10 months until the wedding. LOL

Plus, I don't have a sewing machine. Sooooo, I think that will pose a problem for the big crafty items.

This is a Unity Candle...But I had been thinking about something similar for a centerpiece. Like probably just the middle candle. But it was just an idea I had as an alternative to flowers.

More Color Inspiration

More about the black and white Damask/Paisley/Brocade patterns and splashes of hot pink wedding theme idea...

So I was thinking that instead of my girls wearing the pattern as a dress...They can wear solid hot pink and my MOH can wear solid black.

Or the girls wear solid hot pink with a black bow/ribbon/sash and my MOH wears solid black with a hot pink sash/ribbon/bow.

Since I do definitely want uniformity with my girls, I still always figured (and probably have mentioned a few times) that my MOH's dress will be slightly different. And this might be a good compromise since my sister really doesn't want to wear pink.

I originally figured they would all have the same dress style and color, and the top of the dress would just differ slightly (ie, strapless, halter, tank, etc.) so that the MOH could be easily distinguished from the other girls.

But the exact same gown on all of them, with the opposite color is another idea that I think I will run with.

I never really cared for the idea of say all the girls in dark purple and the MOH in light purple, for example.

But black with pink and pink with black, I'm liking that idea...

I mean obviously if my girls look horrible in pink, I will choose something else.

And then of course the hassle will begin to try to find a dress that will flatter all of them.

But right now, back to my wedding color ideas.

FLOWER GIRL DRESS!!! :)

I know I used to always say I didn't want anyone wearing black or white to my wedding...Black is for a funeral and white is just for the bride...But look how classy this looks:

So elegant!

Such classic beauty!

So now of course I have to rethink my wedding cake idea.

To something more like...

That. Only I would want all of the tiers to have that same pattern that is shown on the 2'nd and 4th tier...The white background with the black pattern. And then I guess the bottom of each tier could have an (edible) hot pink ribbon going around it.

Color Decisions

I think I have narrowed my wedding colors down to three final choices...But I can't decide between them.
And then of course every color comes in like 552 different shades!
Decisions, decisions!

Pink and Brown:

Mocha and Light Pink


Pink/Brown



Pink/Brown Damask

Pink and Black:

This actually is not a dress I want my bridesmaids wearing...But I am just showing how black and fuchsia go so nicely together!



And now the opposite...Pink with black bow!



Pink/Black Damask

Pink, Black, and White:

Pink, Black, and White...Sooo pretty!!


Pink/Black/White Paisley


I recently have been really getting into Damask flowery patterns


Ring Pillow


Favor Boxes


So can that be a theme? Black and white Damask flowery patterns, with splashes of hot pink...Fun! And maybe classy?



Maybe my girls could wear a dress like this with a hot pink sash thingy?
Or would that be too loud?

If that is the definite theme, then it could be cute if I wore that dress, instead of my girls, to the rehearsal dinner or some other pre-wedding party.






This dress is kind of what I just described, right?




I came across this picture as a banner to a website...But I really like the idea of using that for an invitation pattern. The black and white damask in the back with that pretty turquoise color replaced by a pretty fuchsia color...And a pink ribbon with a diamondy clasp around it.

Misc. Wedding Love

I'm ADDICTED to criss-cross designed wedding cakes!!



ADORABLE!!



So Unique!





Cute!



Pretty Aisle!


Cute Hair Accessory



BEAUTIFUL Hair Jewel



I Love These Shoes!



This photograph is just too perfect!
I am insanely jealous of it!