Wedding Blog

Champ,

Well this is it; today I marry my best friend. I can’t believe we’re here, and I love that we’ve come so far. You are my inspiration and constant rock, and this next chapter in our lives is going to be full of joy, love, and most importantly, commitment. Today when we’re surrounded by loved ones and relatives, know that it’s really just you and…

You know what I love about Weddingbee? So.much.inspiration. For our ceremony programs, I took some inspiration from (ok, more like completely copied) Mrs. Emerald’s ceremony programs. I just thought they were so unique, and I’ve always loved when pictures are added in programs.

So here’s our version of Mrs. Emerald’s wonderful programs:

As you can tell the ribbon frays a little, so I sent the programs to…

A few of you asked to see the details on our CD place cards. As you may recall, I used the same belly band on our invitations, designed the CD layout using one of Avery’s free templates, and Goccoed each page and the CD itself.

I shamelessly used Mrs. Tiramisu’s “All you need is Love Songs” layout because I love it so much!

I know menus aren’t the most exciting aspect of planning a wedding, but we really wanted our guests to see some of the menu items we had chosen because they were sort of themed around our location. So where’s a gal to turn for DIY menus? To my trusty Gocco, of course. Our monogram is literally going to be EVERYWHERE at our ceremony, reception, and…

Well, maybe not completely packed, but I do have all of my wedding day accessories finalized! The shoes took a while to find, and I searched and searched for earrings and a clutch, but I’m finally ready!

I found a wonderful website called Evening Elegance that has a HUGE selection of evening bags. I was looking for something that didn’t cost a fortune but didn’t look…

Well we’re at that point where we’ve finalized our seating chart, and things are really falling into place! I’ve been a little MIA lately, but have every intention to show you what I’ve been working on. First off, I’ll show you our place cards and table numbers. We fooled around with the idea of using “love” or “I love you” in different languages, and here’s…

So for those of you who don’t know, Mrs. Tiramisu and I are buds. We were friends during her planning process, and she’s to blame for my Weddingbee addiction. She even attended my bachelorette party which I never blogged about, because, well… I had too much champagne.

See? Isn’t she cute?

Anyhoo… in preparation for the wedding, I’ve gathered my something (or two somethings) old:

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While Champ was away at a Super Bowl party, I was doing our programs and… um… wearing my wedding ring.

Champ has been so serious about the wedding rings, he insisted that I not pick them up any sooner than they really needed to be, so they’ve been sitting at the jeweler for a few months. Well the time has come, and I picked them…

… our Christmas tree is still up.

Sure it’s a little saggy now, the lights are falling off, but it’s still up. I’ve been so busy that taking it down has been on the backburner on my list of to-dos (I think I might secretly like it up, too). This might be a delegation task for Champ this week.

I never thought we would get this busy with…

With our wedding quickly approaching and RSVPs coming back, it’s tough to look at some of the “no” responses. Some of our closest family friends and relatives cannot come, and although I expected it, it’s still tough to swallow.

But there’s one emotion I didn’t expect that came along with the guest list and invitation process that’s taken me completely by surprise. There’s just one invitation…

We’ve got this idea, and like most of my ideas, I’ll need the hive’s help to pull it off. Instead of having the traditional table numbers, we’d like to add a bit of romance to the theme. So this is what we’re thinking: Each table will be named after the word “love” in a foreign language.

Here’s the list we’ve got so far:

If you look at…

I’m sitting at work and just got this email from Champ:

FYI: It is 9 degrees (feels like -1) in Vail today. Brrrrrrrr!

Oh man. It’s gonna hit me hard in a few weeks! So, considering that over half of our guest list is traveling from out of town, and most will be trekking over 500 miles from where it’s not quite so cold, I figured we would…

(Let Them Eat Cake)

Clever title, huh? Cut me a little slack—with less than a month until the Champ wedding, I’m a little dry in the creativity department. Less than a month…. eek. Anyhoo..

Ever since I saw a picture of a cake with a monogram on it, I knew I had to somehow incorporate a monogram into our design. I asked around, and it seemed like…

Okay, so I will completely admit that many documents and designs are so much easier with Photoshop, but I’m simply not willing to shell out the money for a program I’ll use a few times. I’ve searched and searched the Microsoft Word functions, and I didn’t see anything that would let me do circular text. I called my brother, who told me to check Avery.com…