Weddingbee Blog

All four of my wonderful bridesmaids were in town the last weekend in March and we really made good use of our time.

On Saturday we were out bright and early to our first stop, Bridal Boutique, where I tried on my favorite three dresses. Of course, I left my favorite for last and the emotion of having all of my bridesmaids, my mom and my aunt there to see the dress really hit me. There were tears all around and we all knew it was the one. Too bad they don’t let you take pictures in the store. MOH Navy tried to sneak an iPhone pic, but the consultant came back around.

Once we left the shop I let the girls in on a little secret: mom and I had ordered the dress 2 weekends ago at a trunk show! I really was planning on buying it with the girls all there, but when I received a card in the mail letting me know that there was going to be a Mori Lee trunk show at the Terry Costa dress store and I could get 20% off, there was no way I could turn that down!

Speaking of Terry Costa, that was our next stop, because unlike the first dress store, Terry Costa lets you take all the pictures you want. We found the 4 Bill Levkoff dresses that we were considering.

First up is BM Philly modeling the blue ruching one, #527. Now this is the correct color that all the girls will be wearing, but both BM Philly and MOH Navy said the band under the boobs doesn’t sit too well. So pretty, but a no go.

Next we have MOH Navy modeling the two strap, #292. She said this could probably be a nice fit, but it was a little hard to really get a feel since the dress was more then a couple sizes too big on her.

Here we have BM Philly showing off the strapless with pockets, #370. This was the dress that BM Cali first emailed me in the BM dress hunt and began the love of the Bill Levkoff dresses. This isn’t in the right material, so picture it in the material above.

The back of this dress has a detachable bow, which I think is great because it gives the girls the option to wear it or not.

And last, but certainly not least, we have BM Aggie and MOH Navy modeling the very stylish one shoulder #528. We all thought this was a very beautiful dress!

So what did we decide to do? We’re going to have two girls wear the one strap #528, and two wear the strapless with pockets #370. I love the two dresses that were picked!

After we nailed down the dresses, we were ready for a tasty bite to eat at Gloria’s, which is a Tex-Mex/Salvadoran restaurant. We were joined by Daddy Elephant who was awesome to handle a lunch with 7 women and pick up the tab.

Starting on the left side - Dad Elephant, Mama Elephant, me, BM Aggie & BM Cali, MOH Navy, BM Philly & Aunt Bunny (I’m not really sure if she knew if the picture was being taken)

Lunch was great, and we finished it off with a round of Patron shots, compliments of Aunt Bunny.

Me, BM Aggie and BM Cali

Since we had already decided on the BM dresses, we canceled the appointment with Alfred Angelo and headed to Sam Moon instead. For those of you that haven’t heard of Sam Moon, it’s a huge store in the Dallas area that sells things from luggage, to jewelry, to purses. As we walked in, I quickly spotted some green necklaces that would be great for the wedding. The girls agreed that the two who pick the one-strap dress could wear the necklace as a bracelet, as to not take away from the beautiful top.

After a little more walking around, BM Cali & MOH Navy found perfect matching earrings to go with the necklaces. Done and done! I picked up 5 sets (I loved them and wanted a set for myself as well) and will be putting them in the girls’ thank you gifts which will be handed out the night before the wedding.

BM Aggie showing off the necklaces and earrings for the wedding.

We parted ways with Mama Elephant and Aunt Bunny, who anyone in the family will tell you can run a gauntlet when it comes to shopping, and made our way to the Tribute. We didn’t have an appointment or anything, but Bethany (the current coordinator) let us look around while they were setting up for a Saturday night wedding. The girls all loved the venue, which is awesome! We did walk out back to the gazebo, where I got this windy picture of them.

We headed back to my apartment and went through all the DIY projects I’ve been working on. We parted ways (to takenaps) until later that night when we would meet up at BM Aggie’s house to work on the Save the Dates.  I can’t wait to see them in action for the wedding!

After all that, we rested up for a night of wedding talk and save the dates.

BM Aggie was the wonderful host that opened her house (and made appetizers and dessert) for our crafting night. Of course, what’s crafting without pizza and wine?

After dinner I put my girls to work. BM Cali and MOH Navy manned the steaming/folding of the cards…

…while BM Philly, BM Aggie and I cut out text until our fingers hurt.

Of course, there were breaks for yummy desserts and more drinks.

I underestimated the amount of time it would take to cut out all the text and steam/fold all the cards. By the time we got to gluing it was nearly 11 PM! We pushed on and got through the gluing of all the front sections of the cards. I’ll go back and tackle the insides at a later time.

I love the Xyron runners, but man, do you go through those things fast! Here aare half of the empty packages along with 2 of the bottles of wine we knocked off while working.

Were you able to get some help with your DIY projects? I know I loved the help—thank you so much girls!!!