House Keeping
Setting up House Keeping: The old-fashioned style
Monday, February 28, 2011
Guess Who?
I know most of you can assume who the cuties are in the blog header. Of course it's myself and handsome. I think we were some of the cutest little kids ever! Yes, I'm biased and proud of it. But, truly how can you not think that those faces aren't cute?! You'd be mad! I can't wait to see what our kids will look like...my good looks or ummm yeah um, my good looks.... JK! I just smile every time I look at those pics together. One of has not changed much....guess who?
Little Changes
Well lots of things change or get tweaked. I am pretty flexible. I know what I like, but I know what is important to me as well. Some people I know want these big lavish weddings and all I can think about is, that's a down payment on a house. The amount that they are willing to pay... it boggles my mind. Anyway I'm doing what matters to ME. Handsome holds the same opinions and thoughts or at least ones that are about the same.
I decided to just go with the Azalea dress color for the bridesmaids. I didn't know who to put in the Kiwi/Apple and I was just not feeling it. The flowergirls will also be in the Azalea, but in their style of dresses. We ran into a tiny snafu with the bridesmaids' dresses. They had to go last week so that they would be ordered in time. It's because I'm having such a quick wedding and they want to make sure they are back in time and the right alterations, etc. They will also be wearing cowboy boots with the dresses.
Good news, I will get to wear my Great-Grandmother's wedding band on my wedding day. It will be on my middle finger (she had much larger hands than myself), but it is special because June 18th is her wedding anniversary. I know she will be looking down and be she will be so proud.
I decided to just go with the Azalea dress color for the bridesmaids. I didn't know who to put in the Kiwi/Apple and I was just not feeling it. The flowergirls will also be in the Azalea, but in their style of dresses. We ran into a tiny snafu with the bridesmaids' dresses. They had to go last week so that they would be ordered in time. It's because I'm having such a quick wedding and they want to make sure they are back in time and the right alterations, etc. They will also be wearing cowboy boots with the dresses.
These are just a few examples of what has caught my eye in regards to the bridesmaids wearing cowboy boots. I like the brown and think it would go well with their dresses. It will also be a sweet little surprise for handsome. I'm all about the rustic chic look!
I have my meeting with the florist this Friday after work. Cake tasting this Saturday: thinking vanilla with lemon icing. I still need to commit to the photographer. There's a few more things that I cannot share at this moment, but I will as soon as I can! :)Good news, I will get to wear my Great-Grandmother's wedding band on my wedding day. It will be on my middle finger (she had much larger hands than myself), but it is special because June 18th is her wedding anniversary. I know she will be looking down and be she will be so proud.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
THE veil~~
I have had my heart/mind set on getting the perfect veil for me! I never knew what it was called, but had the image in my mind. I wanted something (how I describe it) that looked Catholic and Traditional and had lace and sometimes beading. I know pretty vague huh? Sometimes those are the descriptions that I provide. After talking and asking around I found out that the style that I wish for is called Mantilla. I have yet to wiki or google how that name came to be, but I suspect it's pretty old-fashioned. I love it! To me it looks ever so classic. It just sits around the crown of your head and flows down onto your hair. I want one that is about middle of my back length, or slightly below.
Here's an example of a Mantilla Veil. You can see the intricate work along the sides.
I like how the hair can be down and look like it is flowing with the veil on top. I think I'm going to go for some curls with my hair pulled back and down.
Immediate Planning
When you're in your later 20's you pretty much know what you want, or at least I do. That goes for life. I also know what I want for a wedding. I have dreamt of the big/extravagant wedding like most little girls do, but then I also realized that a wedding shouldn't be the focus, the marriage should be.
Both handsome and I come from divorced families. We don't harbor ill feelings towards our family members, because in both cases it was the best thing, but we want to work hard at not repeating that. We realize how hard it is on the kids. We are marrying for life.
The planning began immediately after I was engaged. We had talked about marriage before because we "just knew" we were meant for each other. When the two of you finish one another's sentences, have the same ideas and one person says or acts on them you just have a special bond. It's the first time I've ever had this.
I had wanted to get married on my great granny's wedding anniversary June 18th. Don't ask me for a detailed explanation, I don't have one. I just feel it and feel a connection to it. Maybe she wants it from heaven... I have always loved looking at the one framed picture from her wedding. I checked to see if that date was available at my church and ran with it. I figured if it happened to be randomly open, then it was meant to be.
The next step was to figure where the reception would be and what was available with only 4 months till the date. I called around just to have options, ha, only one was open on that date and it was the one that I wanted! What luck and blessing!!!
The next step was to get a wedding dress. We went the next Saturday after the engagement date. After a choir rehearsal at the college and a lunch date with the grandparents and mum we went to Bridal Lane, which then I was adamantly informed that no one calls it that, it is M'Kaysha's. I started to just pull dresses that caught my eye and budget. Of course I kept going for the 1k+ dresses and that was not reasonable to me. I pulled ones from $400-oops a 1200 one. The first two fit wonderfully and were in the top group, then a no, then I tried on THE DRESS and found it. I felt like a cake topper, but in a good way. It was ivory taffeta that gathers all around with several layers, strapless with a beaded bodice and then random beaded designs here and there, and beading around the train ends. It fit me almost to a T. The lady said that it only needed a little taking in at the bust and then some alteration to the bustle. I thought I bet this is the $900 one....well we'll make it work. I asked the lady how much is this one and she checked, here it was on sale for $300!!!! What a deal. It had originally been $980. That day they had a special for the weekend where you saved 10%. $270! SOLD! By then I was so tired and excited I went home.
The store gave me some catalogs and websites to pick out my bridesmaids dresses and the flowergirl's dresses. That was the next step. I picked 2 of my bridesmaids and was having trouble picking the third because my maid of honor would have been my cousin Bethany, she passed away April 2, 2004 when a drunk driver killed her. She was 19 and like a sister. I am an only child, so this was huge to me.
Handsome has his best friend, brother, and a good friend as his attendants. The ring bearer is Karl's first cousin's oldest son. He is 12 and just seemed like a good choice.
Even though we basically knew the reception would be where I wanted it, we had a meeting with the banquet manager, who was actually a great guy that I worked with when I worked at The Tavern back in my waitressing hay day. He had told me when I worked there, when you get married I'll give you a deal on your wedding if you book it with us. Well, lo and behold I actually did that. When he had said that I was around 21/22 and thought no thanks, I'll have it at xyz. XYZ went under and things change :) The location is an old barn. When I say barn you will conjure up the wrong idea. Think shabby/rustic/chic. It's gorgeous inside. The wooden beams, the old style doors, just the feeling of a fascinating story that once happened there is so mesmerizing. It has great energy.
Both handsome and I come from divorced families. We don't harbor ill feelings towards our family members, because in both cases it was the best thing, but we want to work hard at not repeating that. We realize how hard it is on the kids. We are marrying for life.
The planning began immediately after I was engaged. We had talked about marriage before because we "just knew" we were meant for each other. When the two of you finish one another's sentences, have the same ideas and one person says or acts on them you just have a special bond. It's the first time I've ever had this.
I had wanted to get married on my great granny's wedding anniversary June 18th. Don't ask me for a detailed explanation, I don't have one. I just feel it and feel a connection to it. Maybe she wants it from heaven... I have always loved looking at the one framed picture from her wedding. I checked to see if that date was available at my church and ran with it. I figured if it happened to be randomly open, then it was meant to be.
The next step was to figure where the reception would be and what was available with only 4 months till the date. I called around just to have options, ha, only one was open on that date and it was the one that I wanted! What luck and blessing!!!
The next step was to get a wedding dress. We went the next Saturday after the engagement date. After a choir rehearsal at the college and a lunch date with the grandparents and mum we went to Bridal Lane, which then I was adamantly informed that no one calls it that, it is M'Kaysha's. I started to just pull dresses that caught my eye and budget. Of course I kept going for the 1k+ dresses and that was not reasonable to me. I pulled ones from $400-oops a 1200 one. The first two fit wonderfully and were in the top group, then a no, then I tried on THE DRESS and found it. I felt like a cake topper, but in a good way. It was ivory taffeta that gathers all around with several layers, strapless with a beaded bodice and then random beaded designs here and there, and beading around the train ends. It fit me almost to a T. The lady said that it only needed a little taking in at the bust and then some alteration to the bustle. I thought I bet this is the $900 one....well we'll make it work. I asked the lady how much is this one and she checked, here it was on sale for $300!!!! What a deal. It had originally been $980. That day they had a special for the weekend where you saved 10%. $270! SOLD! By then I was so tired and excited I went home.
The store gave me some catalogs and websites to pick out my bridesmaids dresses and the flowergirl's dresses. That was the next step. I picked 2 of my bridesmaids and was having trouble picking the third because my maid of honor would have been my cousin Bethany, she passed away April 2, 2004 when a drunk driver killed her. She was 19 and like a sister. I am an only child, so this was huge to me.
My Bethany a few weeks before her passing. She asked her mum to have a photo session with her. Some of the most precious and cherished photos that we have of her.
I fell in love with these cute bridesmaids dresses that look like fun cocktail dresses. They have a ruffle around the collar/bust and then flair out. They will be in Apple and Azalea because my colors are pink and green. I think the perfect colors for a Summer wedding! Think Lilly Pulitzer. 
The bridesmaids dresses in Apple and Azalea.
The flowergirls' dress. In the bridesmaids' colors.
The bridesmaids are all friends of mine and the flowergirls are Karl's first cousin's two little girls. They are 5 & 6 years old. When I asked them to be in it they said oh we've done that before. lol so they are old hats at weddings.Handsome has his best friend, brother, and a good friend as his attendants. The ring bearer is Karl's first cousin's oldest son. He is 12 and just seemed like a good choice.
Even though we basically knew the reception would be where I wanted it, we had a meeting with the banquet manager, who was actually a great guy that I worked with when I worked at The Tavern back in my waitressing hay day. He had told me when I worked there, when you get married I'll give you a deal on your wedding if you book it with us. Well, lo and behold I actually did that. When he had said that I was around 21/22 and thought no thanks, I'll have it at xyz. XYZ went under and things change :) The location is an old barn. When I say barn you will conjure up the wrong idea. Think shabby/rustic/chic. It's gorgeous inside. The wooden beams, the old style doors, just the feeling of a fascinating story that once happened there is so mesmerizing. It has great energy.
This is the interior of Millcreek. You can see the beams going down and then if you look carefully the upper part of the barn.
I have the musicians lined up. I will have the church organist play and my cousin play trumpet at the ceremony. For the reception our friends from church own a DJ business so they will be keeping it going with music.
The cake will be done by the lady that did my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary. I'm thinking Vanilla and Lemon. Something light for that Summer feel.
I will be looking into flowers, accessories (my veil which I want a Mantilla one, shoes, and anything else), photography, etc.
Monday, February 21, 2011
House Keeping
I am beginning my journey of being a new fiance, a future wife, and looking forward to the new life with the two of us.
The fun began February 4th 2011. I realize that it hasn't been that long since the engagement, but for some reason to me it feels like close to forever.
Friday, February 4th handsome proposed to me. We had tickets to see the Opera, Rinaldo in the city. We both got all dressed up and were very excited to experience this. We normally go to the Symphony, but had to switch it up. It was an interesting symphony and by the time we left it was getting late and I decided that I just wanted to go home and skip any of the other excitement still going on in the city. When we were heading back handsome stopped me and asked if I wanted to make it an even better/more memorable night than it already had been and my response was no I want to go to the car and go home. Mind you it was freezing out and I was in a cute strapless bubble black bubble dress, a ruffle sweater over top and then my black winter coat along with tights and high heels with a feathered headband to top it off. He kept persisting and I kept shooting him down because I thought he wanted to go to the dance club right across from us or out to a bar. Finally he said are you sure and pulled out a box. I was so in awe as he got down on one knee on the sidewalk, opened the box, and asked me if I would marry him. I was so excited that he was doing this and to see the gorgeous sparkly ring in the box. I said yeah, because we had wanted to get married for awhile and it was almost as if it was a silly question. OF COURSE I will marry you! The only people to witness this were the cars passing by and one suv honked. The rest of the night I was so excited and giddy. I kept looking down at my finger.
I still catch myself looking down at the ring. I wore a fairly cheap, but nice ring for the longest time on that finger just to show wandering eyes that I was happily taken. I have worn the ring ever since. I even sleep with it on. To me it's more than just a ring, it's the beginning of our life together.
The fun began February 4th 2011. I realize that it hasn't been that long since the engagement, but for some reason to me it feels like close to forever.
Friday, February 4th handsome proposed to me. We had tickets to see the Opera, Rinaldo in the city. We both got all dressed up and were very excited to experience this. We normally go to the Symphony, but had to switch it up. It was an interesting symphony and by the time we left it was getting late and I decided that I just wanted to go home and skip any of the other excitement still going on in the city. When we were heading back handsome stopped me and asked if I wanted to make it an even better/more memorable night than it already had been and my response was no I want to go to the car and go home. Mind you it was freezing out and I was in a cute strapless bubble black bubble dress, a ruffle sweater over top and then my black winter coat along with tights and high heels with a feathered headband to top it off. He kept persisting and I kept shooting him down because I thought he wanted to go to the dance club right across from us or out to a bar. Finally he said are you sure and pulled out a box. I was so in awe as he got down on one knee on the sidewalk, opened the box, and asked me if I would marry him. I was so excited that he was doing this and to see the gorgeous sparkly ring in the box. I said yeah, because we had wanted to get married for awhile and it was almost as if it was a silly question. OF COURSE I will marry you! The only people to witness this were the cars passing by and one suv honked. The rest of the night I was so excited and giddy. I kept looking down at my finger.
I still catch myself looking down at the ring. I wore a fairly cheap, but nice ring for the longest time on that finger just to show wandering eyes that I was happily taken. I have worn the ring ever since. I even sleep with it on. To me it's more than just a ring, it's the beginning of our life together.
*~We were meant for each other~*
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