Dreaming Damask

Hello all!

Only 98 days to go til the wedding and I'm spending the day with one of my favorite people, and one of my bridesmaids, Ali, printing Blake's and my wedding invitations!! 

 

 

Our original plan was to print them at my mom and step-dad's house but their computer was having some glitches and after a couple of hours, we decided to head to Omaha to use Ali's fabulous computer.  Ali's been such a help and is a whiz with the computer--I so appreciate her help. 

I've already got, with the exception of a dozen or so, all the invitations addressed.  As of right now, we're about half way through printing all the invitations and then I will need to print inserts with wedding details.  After that, we're all set. 


The future-in-laws came to surprise Blake at his BYOM2 (Big Yearly Oral Mosaic/Bring Your Own Mug) event at the school yesterday.  He was so excited for this event and it was so sweet of them to surprise him.  We got to enjoy a LATE dinner at Village Inn afterward.  It was a wonderful time.  Apparently, there's a little surprise waiting for me at Blake's apartment--as I told Blake's mom, "it's the little things in life."

I'm so thankful for these wonderful individuals, for time to spend with my bridesmaid/bestie, and for the happiness of my future husband (it was such an incredible experience to see him so pleased with his event & to hear the wonderful compliments given to his parents in adoration of their son!) I'm a lucky girl!

Cream Puffs and Purses

I feel really good.  Like immensely happy, excited, feeling loved and refreshed kind of good.  Yesterday, I took a mental health day.  I just needed a day to step away from the craziness and get caught up on things I seem to never have the time to do--wash my car, pay some bills, do some laundry, set up a couple doctor appointments.  The usual.  That day, and dinner with some fabulous friends really did me good.

A few days ago, I was feeling really crappy.  And, not because I was sick, but because things weren't going perfectly and I decided to throw myself a pity party.  Boo. Hoo.  And, the whole time I'm throwing this silly party I'm thinking to myself, "You're ridiculous, really ridiculous."

My life is chalk full of blessings.  Sometimes it's hard to look at the bright side of things when something or things go wrong.  However, God has taken this last year to teach me to do just that.  I haven't perfected it yet--but I'm working on it. 

I was inspired by a fellow blogger, who is inspirational, to write a few things I'm thankful for (and, there's always something to be thankful for, amidst the chaos of life).  This person has been battling cancer courageously and continues to be thankful.  God bless her.

I'm thankful for: wonderfully amazing, and incredibly reliable, hilariously amusing, painfully honest, stinking adorable, incredibly smart, wholeheartedly devoted, super-spectacular family, friends, and colleagues.  I'm not sure I could be surrounded by a better bunch of people.  Many, many thanks to those fine folks  :)  I cry happy tears and experience hearty belly laughs with these people on an everyday occurrence. 

Some smaller, less important things I'm thankful for:  good, Christian music, sweatpants, my Rocket Dog sneakers, cream puffs, and my new black purse!

OHMYLANTA!  I'm getting married in...{brace yourselves}...105 DAYS! 

Yep, that's how I feel about my wedding being so close.  It's kind of scary, I know.  That's why I only make these faces in private  :) 

Until next time,
A

Wedding Preview....

My days seem to be consumed with school, classes, wedding, repeat. All great and positive things to be consumed with--I completely cannot complain.  I absolutely adore all things wedding and wanted to share with whomever is out there a little sneak peek into what our wedding will be like.  Our theme includes royal blue, and the black & white damask pattern.  ENJOY!

Here is the cake (LOVE), which will be made by my wonderful cake decorator-friend, Laura Beth!  So excited for this masterpiece!!

This is somewhat what my bouquet will look like.  A delightful mixture of blue and purple hydrangeas and other flowers I don't know the names of :) Bridesmaids bouquets and boutineers will have the same color scheme/flowers.

This is the dress my spectacular bridesmaids will be wearing (same color, too!)  And, Blake's sister, Amy, will wear the black version of this dress because she's standing on his side.  It's going to be beautiful.

This is the program we're using and the invitations match, but are a different size.  There's a lot of work ahead for us because we have to print the invitations and programs one-by-one on my home printer.  But, I am really anxious to see how they turn out!  A BIG thanks to my girl Ali for helping me print these out--what a gal!

I ordered these off etsy.com from ThePoshEvent.  They require printing and assembly, so this is a project I will be enlisting bridesmaid assistance  :)

We just received our shipment of these adorable napkins from theknot.com.  Ours will be black with sapphire blue foiling.  Love the little lovebirds--YAY!




Only 117 days until we can see it all unfold as planned (hopefully!)  :)  
Blessings!