Lots of updates
Posted
Thursday, June 19, 2008 11:55 PM
May was a slow month for wedding planning, but June has been a lot more exciting. So on with the updates...
We did book our ceremony muscian. Very exciting stuff. We met with Lisa again last weekend. This time her husband was there. He plays the oboe. They played a few songs together and all I can say is Wow! Trumpet Voluntary sounded amazing. So did Canon. FI was impressed and agreed that having the oboe player really enhanced the music. We signed the contract and paid the deposit.
I also ordered an invite kit from cardandpockets so I can start doing mockups. We got the 6X6 pocketfold in candy apple (a smooth red). I liked the metallic pocketfolds but the cranberrry color didn't look quite right. I have also been researching cardstock and envelopes. I want to do a metallic silver envelope so it will stand out amongst the many Christmas cards (which are usually in white or red envelopes). We haven't bought the paper yet, but I've really narrowed things down.
I also got some templates for the invites and am working on that. Tonight I was searching invitation wording and saw one that was perfect and really fits with our theme (double hearts). I emailed it to FI and he said "Wow I love it." Pretty good response, I'd have to say. Next step is to work on formatting a bit. But thanks to an awesome local knottie (Gian&Van), I don't have to start from scratch.
In other paper news (yeah how exciting... never thought I'd be obsessed with paper)... after a GTG this past week, I realized that there's some projects I might as well work on now. This knottie is getting married this weekend and she was like: Do your table numbers and unity candle now. So with that being said... FI taught me how to use photoshop and installed it on my laptop (he's amazing). With a little help from him, I made a mockup of how our table numbers will look. The city name will be on top on a red background in silver writing. Then there will be a picture of us in that city, backed on red paper. All of this will be glued onto black cardstock and placed on an easel (to incorporate FI being an artist... plus it looks nice). I may add a caption like : Rockefeller Center, December 2007... or whatever it may be. Once I order all the cardstock (I am ordering all the paper I will need for all projects at once), I can start making the table numbers.
I got a template for programs and I changed all the wording so that it is now my program. I just have a few minor tweaks. Of course this is the easy part. The assembly will take awhile, but it's still progress.
FI and I will work on our photo cardbox in a couple weeks. I have to work for the next 2 weekends so we will have to wait until the next weekend I am off. I bought the frames we need.
And the most exciting thing... my boudoir session is booked for July 24th. I am due for a cut and color so I am getting that done a few days before the session. I still need to make an appointment at the salon to get waxed and get a spray tan and get my nails done. A lot of planning goes into bpics. I did complete my wardrobe. I think I went overboard, I bought quite a few things. But if I end up not using something, I will save it for the HM. ;)
And as far as the gym is going, this is week 3. I am starting to notice that my arms are looking more defined and my abs are flatter. By the time bpics roll around, I will be on week 8 so I should be looking totally in shape by then.
Whew! That was a lot of updates. I think that's it for now...