Lots of thoughts all at once.

For the past week, I haven't really made any decisions on anything related to the wedding. I supposed I've been avoiding it because I feel like there's so much to get done. Well, now it is time to stop avoiding. You lucky readers get to take a look at my mental dialogue. I'm sure that if I don't put it all into writing, it will never get out of my head.

Flowers
One of the biggest things I've been thinking about recently is flowers. In one of my previous posts, I had mentioned a couple of flowers that I liked. I'm still in love with ranunculus and pom pom dahlias, but something similar to the pompom has come onto the scene. It is called a "billy ball"(see pic, courtesy of OnceWed Wedding Blog).
I think that these could come together with some other flowers to make a sweet bouquet. Do you think my florist would be ok with me saying, "I like these three kinds of flowers. I want modern bouquets with different textures and yellows and golds. We'll be tying blue ribbon around the stems. Go at it."? I bet she'd be ok with that. I just need to make some time to give her a call. I wonder if I could find some cute buttons or broaches to put on the stems of the bouquets for the girls.

Cake
Our only consultation with our baker was back in January, when we thought we were having a wedding at a coffee house, with a completely different theme. As far as the baker is still concerned, the cake was going to have "coffee swirls" on it. Since then, the colors and theme have changed to Royal Blue and yellows and a bird theme. That being said, we have some adorable bird cake toppers for the cake, but I have no idea what the cake is going to look like. I'm pretty sure I have until August to figure that out, though. I'm thinking something with either a modern silhouette of leaves or maybe some sugar flowers, if the bakery even knows how to make sugar flowers. My struggle for simple but modern goes on.




Order of Ceremony
I wasn't planning on having to worry about the order of ceremony for at least another month. However, submitting the program along with our print order of Invitations and thank-you cards could end up saving us some money. I like that. So, by the time we get our invitations ordered, we need to have the ceremony finalized...eek! I'm betting that's a whole blog post in itself. I won't make you read anymore for now. Thanks for reading!

Hi from H-town!

Hello from Houston! Zack and I have come down to see his little brother graduate from high school. It has been great to get to spend time with my future in-laws.

In wedding news, my cake toppers are finished at RedLightStudio!
Aren't they adorable?! I love love them! One question, though: do you guys like the red tie? It was initially intended to look like the red breast of a blue bird. In any case, they are totally cute. I'll have to figure out what kind of cake they would fit onto. That will have to be another week, though.

I've also been thinking way hard about my shoes lately. I feel like I've exhausted my internet resources looking for the perfect shoe: Not too high (my dress doesn't need a heel at all), blue or yellow (preferably fabric of some kind), a rather large peep for the toe, and maybe some ruffles or pleats. Perhaps I'm just getting a little too picky. But I do keep seeing all these wedding photos where the bride has the most adorable shoes. I know you can't see them during the ceremony, but I would feel so cute if I could have some cute shoes to complete my dress. I've mostly looked at Zappos and Overstock. If any of you have a website that you visit regularly for shoes, please let me know!

Long time, no plan!

Hello again! I've figured out that starting a new job, moving, and hanging out with my fiance all make it pretty hard to do much wedding planning at all, let alone blogging about it. I'm back for the time being, however. We'll see if I can manage to make the blogging a habit.

My two biggest to-dos for the wedding are hammering down a rehearsal dinner venue, which is proving more difficult than I'd like, and getting flowers settled and picked. For the rehearsal dinner, I've only got a handful of options left before I have no clue what we're going to do. Enough of that right now, though, since worrying about it won't fix it and it is too late at night to make any calls.

As for flowers, I've decided to go with golds and yellows, which I feel will contrast the color of my girls' dresses quite well. I'm still having a hard time figuring out exactly what will and won't be in season, but I'm sure that yellow flowers are easy to find in the late summer.

I do like the bouquet at the top, but was hoping for something a little modern. I do love the touch of blue among the yellow, though.

Tonight, I love:

Pompom Dahlias












Ranunculus