My journey, so far Escort cards, Wedding band, tux and more!

So busy lately. I was reading on a blog about the different types of brides and one of the types was "Do It Herself Bride" and "People Pleaser Bride". I would have to say I am little bit of both of those, so instead of asking for help I have been trying to do everything myself. Unfortunately I am learning that I can't do the work of 20 people :( Anyway  I was most worried about escort cards,  my wedding band, tux, guest book and table centers. So here is update on those things.
 I guess I'll try to make this post as organized as possible but I can't promise anything.

Escort Cards

I decided AGAINST assigned seating too much of a hassle. But I am reserving tables for family and coworkers, so they will at least get a chance to sit next to each other. :)

The Wedding Band 

One thing my older sister told me when I was looking for a ring was to find a set. Unfortunately, I fell in love with a ring that wasn't a set and square, making things way more difficult to find a band that would
A) Match
B) Not overpower my engagement ring.
We went to Zales, several times but I didn't see anything think "This is it!" Finally we went to Zales at Jordan Creek Mall, and after me staring at and fingering rings for what seem like forever. I found one.

 

I love this ring. It doesn't overpower but enhances my already beautiful engagement ring. It makes me happy and very anxious for the when I get to wear it everyday. :) 

The Tux  

We got the boys (most anyway) already fitted for their tux and got color scheme picked out. All the boys in red ties and Larry will be in a white tie with black shirts. My nephew requested to be in a bowtie, so I got him black bow tie with a white shirt. :)

The Guestbook

I've always known we wouldn't go with a traditional guestbook but there are a lot of nontraditional options out there. It was a decision between a signature plate or frame. We chose a frame because I would be heartbroken if I had the plate on display and it got kicked over while we had people vising the house or something. So we decided on a frame from Exclusivelyweddings.com. It's a 18x23 and can hold about 175 signatures and right now our guest list is only at 130, so we should be good. I love anything that I can display after the wedding.

 

Tablecenters 

Still working on my table centers! I wanted to do a mock up but still looking for a couple things. But I have 3 more vases to make...17 vases done! But I am going to have red roses in each vase. But still very much under construction. 

Well thats all I am working on right now. Over and out!, 

Future Mrs. Polson

Bridal Make up Red Lips!

I know I haven't blogged for a while..way too stressed out about everything to add blogging to the mix. But as things are getting closer, my stress level is going down (kinda). So I am blogging about my bridal make up! I really want red lips but my mom thinks the look may be too harsh, but I have complete faith in my make up artist to do what's best for my face and the occasion. So if red lips won't work, we will throw them  out but for now a girl can dream.

Busy as Bee... a Wedding Bee!

Busy. 

Busy. 

BUSY. 

Basically my plate is crazy full. Right now I am trying to figure out: 

Tux- I got nothing.

Escort Cards-actual cards, a board, names in light? I have no clue. 

Table Centers-Yes I still don't have those figured out! 

Invites- I am trying to get those done this week and/or weekend so I can send them out monday but my printer is acting CRAZY! 

Menus- Again I have a crazy printer! 

Name cards- We are doing napkin wrap name cards..but I need a paper cutter slicer thing, so the debate is on should I buy one or rent one? 

Seating Chart- I haven't even started on yet!

Flowers, the program, ushers, the list goes on and on.

And we have Larry's 23rd birthday coming up, as well as my Dad's my niece and nephews, and my birth mother's. 

Help!, 

Future Mrs. Polson

Bridesmaid Dresses, Crossword Puzzles, and Bridesmaid Newsletter

I am sorry I have been gone so long! I had some personal family things happen and some decisions to make. I will try to post more often! Now on to bridesmaid dresses!

I gathered up my five girls after we agreed on time and a place (on my birthday and at David's Bridal), I told the lady what I was looking for and she gave us a bunch of dresses. Here is a picture of my girls all together. So pretty!

Anyway to make a long story short, we didn't actually find our dress at David's Bridal, and the girls were feeling any from Target. So I found one on Amazon! I would have never expected to find one there but I did. I love the dress and it looks really good on any body type!

So now on to my crossword puzzle! Yes you saw that correctly, CROSSWORD PUZZLE! I have a wedding crossword puzzle to keep people busy and hopefully talking to one another during the Cocktail Hour (which is actually more like 30 minutes but whatever) because we will be gone taking pictures. I wish I could show it on here but then people would probably figure out the answers and be bored during the Dinner Reception. So I will show you a peek of what I have been working on and yes I am really excited!

Last but not least! 

My new Bridesmaid Newsletter went out yesterday! All my girls live pretty busy lifestyles, so I figure my newsletter is a better way to give and remind them of information then just a boring facebook or email message. This one was just full of important dates and such and course our monogram is there again!

Well that's all the updates and information I have for now. 91 days to go! 

Love, 

Future Mrs. Polson