Wedding Wednesday - The List

If you know anything about wedding planning, don't judge how much we have done (or don't have done) in the list below. If you're insanely impressed with the progress we've made... then please, by all means, feel free to soak us with compliments :) 

We're some 70-odd days away from the big day! And I'm calculating stuff like, "wonder how much weight a person can lose in 70 days?" , "wonder if we will actually get the invitations out in time"... you know, the really important stuff. 

So let's take a look at what is left to be done over the next 2-ish months (AHHHH!)

Set a date

Book ceremony venue

Book reception venue

Book photographer

Book our band for the reception

Get the wedding party on board

Create wedding website

Register

Take engagement pictures 

Decide on Save the Dates

Finalize guest list Let's be honest - this is never finished... I think we could come up with new people to invite everyday

Send out Save the Dates

Buy my wedding dress!! 
Book ceremony musician

Choose pretty bridesmaids dresses
Decide on shoes/jewelry for bridesmaids

Choose groom/groomsmen tuxes Have been chosen! Going this weekend to get the order placed

Have groomsmen get measured

Get a gorgeous dress for the MOB The lovely MOB (full-time rockstar wedding planner) will be in Atlanta next weekend and the main goal is to find her dress! Any suggestions on where to look? 
Purchase veil 

Decide on hair accessories Happening next weekend

Decide on wedding shoes & jewelry Happening next weekend

Hire ceremony coordinator 

Hire reception coordinator
Book the minister

Pre-marriage counseling We had our first session this past weekend, and I think we even impressed our minister. We know each other better than we thought! 

Book chair rentals for ceremony 
Book chair rentals for reception
Finalize reception menu
Finalize centerpieces for reception 

Hire a calligrapher

Book hair stylist 

Book cake baker 
Book hair stylist

Schedule hair trial-run Scheduled! Will be doing my own make-up, so not needing to worry about that. Am I crazy? 

1st dress fitting Happens next Friday! The gym and I are going to be bff's for the next week

Final dress fitting 

Create ceremony programs  
Have programs printed

Create wedding invitations
Have invitations printed out Happening as we speak... pray these actually get out in time for people to actually RSVP by the RSVP date. For real. We are so behind on this. 
Mail invitations

Book rehearsal dinner venue 

Finalize rehearsal dinner menu

Order rehearsal dinner  invitations 

Buy a dress for rehearsal dinner
Plan cocktails w/ friends for after rehearsal dinner We're planning on grabbing a drink with our friends that come in town for the wedding after the rehearsal dinner... could be a bad idea. We're going to have a lot of self-control. 

Buy bridal party gifts

My bachelorette party Mine is planned for July! Counting down the days!!

C's bachelor party He's heading to Vegas next week with all his guys. Oy vey. 

Bridal showers

Purchase my wedding band We're in the process of finalizing this 
Purchase C's wedding band I think we've picked it out - just have to order it!
Make "must have" list for photographer and videographer

Get marriage license Will be happening literally days before the wedding... that's the tricky part with getting married in a different state where you don't live
Decide on guest book Soooo close - wanting to do something clever but not pinteresty. I'm so over pinterest. 

Decide on favors My mama is a genius! Decided on favors this past weekend and am SO excited!
Get favors together

Decide on welcome bag gifts 

Finalize transportation from wedding to reception 
Finalize transportation from reception to our room

Book wedding night room

Book honeymoon 

Get new clothes for the honeymoon! This stresses me out
Gift for C ...So does this

Gifts for our parents and this...

Create itinerary for the day and this definitely stresses me out... I need to walk away from this list now. 

Plan bridal brunch
Music selections to band and ceremony musician 

Order thank you notes
Remain extremely calm on the day of
Have a chat with Mother Nature to make sure we are all clear and good to go with my request for a beautiful weekend

GET MARRIED! 

So tell me... are you laughing in our face? Should we have way more marked off of this list than we do? (I know, I know... we need a person to bake our cake... we're getting there) Or are we sitting pretty? I know your Mama always told you not to lie, but in this case... I say it's ok. Say we're sitting so pretty :) 

Wedding Wednesday

Today marks our 100 day countdown!! Join me in a minor freak out? I want to marry my guy today... but dang 100 days is not that long to get all of the rest of this in order. It's a weird feeling wanting, wanting and wanting for our wedding to get here... but also feeling super overwhelmed as each day passes. 

This post is sure to be scatter brained... I've got lots to tell you. I told you about our ceremony location here... and that's been about the extent of the details I've shared on here. So let's catch up... 

People's #1 question when wedding talk happens is "what are your colors?"... every time I get that question, I feel such pressure because I feel like people expect me to say "oh the colors are purple and green - and I've incorporated those colors in everything!". But that's not the truth in the least bit... our colors? They are really just colors from nature. My bridesmaids are wearing champagne colored dresses (!!!!!! I'm obsessed with them - a whole post devoted to them soon) and flowers will be very neutral, simple, soft colors. I wanted colors that were timeless... I've always been the girl that had a different favorite color every day... so I know better than to commit to a drastic color for our wedding. Just simple colors... I love simple. 

Our reception is going to be at a close by country club and I am so.dang.excited. It's a pavilion, so both inside and outside elements to it... and those sparkly lights? Swoon. I'm a sucker for sparkly lights. I think it's going to be absolutely gorgeous... I know I'm biased and all, but come on... pure beauty. 

Where we're from in NC is a small town, so I had always been a little concerned about venue options, but really we couldn't have had things fall into place any better. Both our ceremony and reception spots are everything I've ever dreamed of. Super thankful. 

We're in the process this week of finalizing the invitation design. I am obsessed with all things paper, so I knew this was an important aspect for me and I wanted it done right. I stalked Oh So Beautiful Paper for weeks, looking at everything they had ever posted about and had the time of my life picking ones I liked and emailing the designer. I ended up choosing a designer in Washington. Yes... Washington State. Let me remind you that I'm on the East Coast in Georgia. We couldn't be farther apart, but I am just so thankful to have found her. She's been a blessing to work with and my idea of a "timeless, outside, yet classy" wedding is definitely being shown through the invitations. Cannot wait to share them with you all once they are complete! 

Something that I cannot stop thinking about is music. We've got an acoustic guitarist for the ceremony, which I just imagine being breathtakingly beautiful on top of the mountain... but that means I won't be walking down the aisle to the grand piano noise, which I think is beautiful... but just not me. So I'm constantly bouncing around ideas for pre-ceremony music, precessional, our exit, first dance, mother/son dance, etc. Any wonderful ideas for sweet love songs? 

Alright, I've got a list of about 100 other things I want to talk about, but they will have to wait. So what do you think? Have you ever been to a wedding with softer colors and champagne bridesmaids dresses? Was it lovely? Please tell me it was lovely. And do you have any ideas for sweet songs for our ceremony/reception? I'm open to all suggestions! Thanks, guys! 

What do you mean it's not Thursday?

I'm pretty positive Monday and Tuesday teamed up together and made it their mission to kick my butt this week.

Really, if we want to blame it on anyone, it's probably the weathers fault... it has been cold and rainy in Atlanta for the past week... and any amount of sunlight has been happening during the week, sharing absolutely no love on the weekends so that right there gives plenty of permission for a funk at the beginning of the week. Am I right?

As some co-workers and I walked across the street to lunch today, I said "Hey! If it's nice tomorrow and since it'll be Friday, we should plan a lunch on a patio somewhere" No... just no. So cruel of my mind to play those tricky games on me... HOW IS IT NOT THURSDAY? How did all of these shenanigans happen just within two days? Really, there haven't been a ton of shenanigans... I think I'm just tired.

Oh... and then I fell down some steps this past weekend... and wouldn't you know that it's my luck, that my body reacts to any type of pain by passing out. Fall down the steps? I pass out. Slam my finger in a car door? I pass out. Hit my elbow on something? I pass out. (sounds unhealthy I know, but I assure you, I've had plenty of tests... I'm just fine... just a little weird) So I knew it was coming as soon as I landed from the fall.... it was a graceful fall, none the less, my arm ended up getting caught in the rails so there's a nice bruise from that... but after the fall, I grabbed my arm and knew I was going down right then and there. And yep, I face planted to the ground... got a nice little black eye from the incident, too. Not to mention a bruised knee. Oh... and we weren't in the comfort of our own home. We were in a very crowded restaurant... a very crowded restaurant.

So really... the world the past couple of days has tested me. But I'm fighting back, just went to a gym class and now I'm heading to make salmon, veggies and I've got a pretty little avocado in the kitchen with my name on it. The sun is finally out and I've got the doors open and my favorite Pandora station playing.

Anyone else fighting through Monday and Tuesday? Did they team up on the rest of the world or just me? How's the weather looking? Let's all send a nice note to mother nature and ask for some actual May weather, how about it?

Tomorrow I'm joining in on Wedding Wednesday. Come back! It'll be fun :) ...and I won't complain about it only being Wednesday. Swear.