Flower Power

Friday I have an appointment with a potential florist! YAY! I will be meeting with Always Floral. This is great, right? WRONG! I don't know anything about flowers. Really don't care for them. I just know that I really want this bouquet:

Or something similar. You can see some of my flower ideas here. You're probably wondering what's the big problem?! Well... the problem is that I don't know/care what kind of bouquets I want for the bridal party! So, I'm thinking... if they have navy dresses {which that's the plan}, they can have some kind of green flower with some white to POP. The florist wants me to bring pictures with me Friday, so I guess I have to get on it finding inspiration. I've been trying, but I get bored with this whole flower search! Hopefully I'll find SOMETHING by then. Wish me luck.

A Piece in the Center

As we all know, I want to do a lot {kinna} of DIY stuff! My venue has centerpieces to choose from, but I don't think they are exactly what I'm looking for. I haven't seen all of them that they have, but I know I won't like them. lol. While looking for vases, I stumbled on Dollar Tree's website. So, I stumbled to their vases. Then... BAM! I saw a vase that I liked AND a whole dang centerpiece!!!

I LOVE this simple centerpiece! It's so simple, elegant, and a little fun! These flowers are called gladiolus. Hopefully they will be in season and they can be green or something! lol. I also like the way the roses looked. I just think roses are real common at weddings and that's not what I want.

Owww, after posting this, I found the flower in green! I plan to start looking for a florist tomorrow!

You Coming?!

I don't recall if I mentioned this before, but I want to make my own invitations. I also wanted to design them. {I do have a friend doing a design or border, too. Just in case I don't like mine.} I think I have it down. All I want to do is change the font, per KP's request, and that should be all. I downloaded the trial Adobe Illustrator, and since then, I've been on a mission to get it complete in the 30 days provided! lol. I have pictures of the invitation I'm using for inspiration and my invite draft.

This is the front cover, with a belly band made of ribbon. I plan to use navy blue card stock and lime ribbon.

The ribbon holds the RSVP card and any other cards in place.

The actual invitation is on the opposite side.

I like how it's like a little book. Here's my invitation so far. {Names and other info taken out.}

I'm pretty proud of myself. Babe likes it, too! What do you all think?!

You're BUGGIN!!!

Monday night, I was sleep. I was awaken out of my sleep because my finger was BURNING!!! I got up to see if I'd some way cut myself or anything. I didn't see anything. I tried to go back to sleep, but I couldn't because my finger was BURNING! I had to rub it so it wouldn't burn until I fell asleep. The next day, I see that it was AN ANT BITE!!! Yesterday, I called myself doing surgery, trying to pop the little bump and now my finger is super swollen. I'm pissed cause it looks a hot mess! Take a look:

I'm Catching Hell

I'm WIDE AWAKE at 12:28am trying to design my invitations in my newly downloaded Adobe Illustrator trial! lol. I have 3o days to get this right. {I plan on purchasing it...maybe.} So, I have all of my wording in there, but I can't figure out how to make a pretty design! AND I can't figure out how to get a picture of it on here without having all of our personal info showing. I hate that! I'm determined to figure this mess out! I refuse to be defeated by technology! I guess I'll have to get it tomorrow because I think I want to get in bed and finish watching fine Shamar Moore on Criminal Minds! Someone, PLEASE HELP me figure out Illustrator before I lose my mind!

I Think I Have A Cavity!

Well, that's not something I really have to think about because I actually do! LOL! But that's not what I'm talking about. Last night, for WHATEVER reason, I dreamed about a candy bar. How random?! I saw the display and everything. I don't really remember any of it now. All I remember is me being so happy about the deal I got on the little bags from Palmer Packaging. I went there earlier this month and they have amazing pricing on all of their packaging supplies! I think the little bags I want are like $5 for 100 bags. That's what I'm talking 'bout! And they are the self seal kind.

I found some nice jars, 3 for $30. I think that's pretty good. I don't know anything about buying JARS! lol. I found the jars on Koyal Wholesale's website. We shall see how this whole candy bar thing goes a little later in life. I'm only talking about it now since I dreamed about it.

Making a List, Checking it Twice

From what I've heard, making a guest list can be... FUN! {Sarcasm} We finally decided that 100 people was the maximum amount of people we wanted to attend the wedding. {CLEARLY, the wedding is back on. Don't be confused by my last post.} I've written more than five guest lists in the past, but I think that the last one was pretty accurate. Today, for the first time, Babe and I went over our guest lists together! Isn't that cool?! {More sarcasm} He has a lot of people's addresses already. I want to use the guest list from Google Docs to collect all of my info. I think it's a cool and easy way to do it. I thought about sending a message to the people on Facebook, but I don't know about that. I think the Google Docs way will be easier because it'll automatically be in the Excel format. We'll see how this goes.

Until then, Babe and I are about to watch Death at a Funeral.