Weddingbee Blog

Well, we’re all moved in and settled! Last week I was going crazy with an insanely messy apartment, and this week I’m feeling nice and at home in my beautiful (CLEAN) new duplex!

And look! A backyard! One that no one has ever done any work in, judging by the amount of leaves we’ve been raking up!

Now that we’re all settled in and starting to feel more at home, I feel like I’m ready to start tackling things again. If you’ll remember, about a month or so ago I had a slight panic attack when I realized that we had less than 200 days until the wedding. I immediately created a list of goals to complete by the 5 month mark, and I shared it with y’all to help keep me accountable.

Well, this weekend we hit 5 months until the wedding (and this week we’ll hit 150 days!) and so it’s time to re-visit the list to see how I did.

Need a refresher? Here’s the list:

1. All of our Kusudama flowers will be folded.
2. I will have decided on centerpieces, and will be collecting items for them.
3. I will have a florist booked!
4. I will have begun purchasing accessories (jewelry, veil, etc.) for myself.
5. I will complete at least one other DIY project.

How did I do?

1. All of our Kusudama flowers will be folded. Check! I got them all folded and am gearing up to start gluing them soon!
2. I will have decided on centerpieces, and will be collecting items for them. Done and done! I’ll talk about this more later this week, but centerpieces are chosen, and we’re a little over halfway done with collecting pieces for them!
3. I will have a florist booked! Mailed the deposit and contract in this week! (Thanks Mom Cardigan!)
4. I will have begun purchasing accessories (jewelry, veil, etc.) for myself. Veil, check. Headband, check. Still need to make a decision on jewelry, though!
5. I will complete at least one other DIY project. This one is where things get a bit sketchy. You see, I had every intention of completing another project, but technology (AKA an evil sewing machine) got in the way. I never could get it to work, and I’m in the process of trading it out for another one (Thanks BM Audrey’s mom!). I also started on another small project, but I ran out of supplies and have been too lazy (read: cheap) to go buy more.

Sooo, all in all I think I did pretty good. 4 out of 5 isn’t so bad. That’s a B, right?

I definitely feel like making this list of goals was very helpful—it was really motivating to have a list of things I knew I could take care of, and I feel like we’ve made immense progress since that panic attack a month ago! I’m pretty proud of my accomplishments. Now, if only I could finish a stupid crafting project!

Have you written any wedding to-do lists? Did they help you as much as this one helped me?