two weeks out

... and I haven't posted anything. If anyone is still reading this, you probably hate me by now. I promise it's been so ridiculously busy with little details that I would drive everyone nuts by reiterating them on here.

Let's just go ahead and say that since we leave for the big haul back to Michigan in less than one week, and we're getting married in a little over two (... I know, it's hard to believe...) that the wedding related blogging may just be done.

Never fear!! post wedding and honeymoon, this whole thing will get a sassy makeover, so that everyone can keep up with our adventures (and mishaps...) in Texas!!

bridal showers :)

In the midst of a crazy week of wedding planning and mostly invitation craziness, I had two VERY lovely bridal showers. The first was given to me by Adam's two Aunts and the second was given by my three childhood friends at my parent's home (for convenience sake since it was mostly family). Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures from the first, but I do have some from the second.

Cassie and I before the picture taking commenced

Kate perfecting the beautiful dessert table

cupcakes by Lauren

the hydrangea centerpieces

a shot with the lovely hostesses

The girls did a great job. All the food was amazing and all of the guests were really impressed. I definitely have the best friends in the world. (all photos courtesy of Lauren and her awesome camera!!)

Congrats to Michael and Dana!!

Last night I attended the wedding of my "little" (by a year) cousin Michael. He and Dana had a beautiful wedding in my mom's hometown, where a lot of her family still lives. I (1) was reminded how many people in a single town I'm related to and (2) am even more excited for our wedding. Our family totally knows how to party.

Today Adam's Aunts are throwing me a shower over on the west side of the state. I'm super excited to see (and actually meet!!) some of his family. I'm really lucky to be marrying into such a great group of people.

I also came across this courtesy of my some of my Interlochen All State Staff friends (from 2004!!). Love it.

it takes the cake

Weddingstar "A Sweet Western Embrace" Cake Topper

Love this. The hat, the boots, it's perfect. But the question is, do we want to have a "traditional" cake topper?? I've been going back and forth about what we want to have on top of the cake. I think I've decided that the traditional monogram look isn't really something we want to have, but lots of the bride&groom toppers leave a lot desired for me. That's why I think this is so perfect!!

I might just make it happen :)

honeymoon booked!!

yes we will wear the ears. I insist.

stay tuned for lots of "real" posts with actual things going on, etc, now that school's almost over...

less than 3 months...

I'm slightly freaking out.

Also, I give up on the limo game.

major DIY update

This post would have made an appearance sooner, but I couldn't figure out why my camera hated me and wouldn't take and/or transfer pictures onto the computer. So I stole Adam's and took care of business this morning. So here you have it, complete with my proudest DIY, (save the best for last!!) my necklace.

If you remember correctly, I was slightly dissatisfied with my hairclip, so I tried a new one.

To be honest, I'm not 100% I'll even use this. I did end up decided to have a shorter veil for the ceremony (psst!!--that's another update, I ordered veils last month. Ebay is your friend.) and since my necklace is going to be sort of a big statement, it might get to be too much. But I'll find that all out when I fly home in May!!

Next we have garters:

(notice the button on the satin garter matches the center of the flower clip?? totally not planned--two come in a pack at Jo-Ann's...) Again, I'm not really sure if we'll use these. I know that we don't want to have a garter toss, but we've thrown around the idea of having an Anniversary Dance, and we could always wrap it around a bottle of champagne to give to the winner or something. I just wanted to say that I have one. Whether I use it or not. Sort of silly, but whatever, it cost like $2 to make.

I've seen a lot of girls on theknot take wooden letters from craft stores to make lovey dovey wedding sayings for cake table decorations. I wasn't going to do this because all I ever see is the "I Do", and I think that's overly cheesy. Granted, my idea wasn't much better.

I got these letters on super clearance and decided to try out one of the stencils I bought at Michael's. I'm fairly happy with the result, and Adam really liked them and told me I was being too picky when I said I wasn't sure if I wanted to use them or not. That being said, we'll probably throw them on the cake table. Might as well, right?


You can see in the close up that there are parts that do need to be touched up, but it was my first time using a stencil (I think I needed a thinner layer of paint to start with... oops), and I'm sure Mom would've had a million suggestions to do it the right way, but it was my first shot. I give myself about a B.

And last, but certainly not least, my necklace!! If you remember the original inspiration:

from etsy seller luxedeluxe

Here's my final product!!


I'm pretty happy with it!! I think I need Mom's help to get it to lay flat, and I'll never let ANYONE see the back of it, since I'm not so clean about connecting everything (no one will ever see it!!).

Since it's such a big statement, I think I'm going to keep everything else pretty minimal. I have my eye on some earrings, but they may be too big (anything dangly will probably be too big) for the necklace. I'm hoping that Mom can help me make it look a little bit more finished, but it's a good start!!