Dress - Macy's a few years ago | Cardigan - Macy's | Shoes - c/o Le Bunny Bleu | Earrings - Target | Tights - Target | Necklace - Mint Designs
Weekly Wears: Navy days
It's been quite awhile since I've done an outfit post (my iphone camera shots leave a bit to be desired...), but here's a taste of what I've been wearing this pre-spring season. Dresses, cardigans, tights, and oxfords. Yup, similar to what I wear every season!
Wedding Details: Perfect shower outfit
So I've been thinking (obsessing) about I want to wear for wedding related events. My bridal shower has been a topic of discussion lately... for various strange reasons (apparently my FMIL is going to throw it for me? She emailed my bridesmaid to tell her she has already started planning it) and I know I wanna look pretty. So I did what any normal girl would do... virtual shopping spree!
I went window shopping at Modcloth and picked out an entire outfit. I would love to wear this to my shower!
Dress - $89.99
Cardigan - $34.99
Shoes - $62.99
Bag - $189.99
Necklace - $13.99
Bracelet - $12.99
Earrings - $9.99
Sunnies - $11.99
Total for all - $426.92... a bit much for one day? Well, yes, that's why this is just for fun! I can at least use this as a starting point for the look I want :)
I went window shopping at Modcloth and picked out an entire outfit. I would love to wear this to my shower!
Dress - $89.99
Cardigan - $34.99
Shoes - $62.99
Bag - $189.99
Necklace - $13.99
Bracelet - $12.99
Earrings - $9.99
Sunnies - $11.99
Total for all - $426.92... a bit much for one day? Well, yes, that's why this is just for fun! I can at least use this as a starting point for the look I want :)
Wedding Details: Giving in
I have strong opinions, and I'm not afraid to admit it. I know what I want and I will push to get it. I have a different style than the rest of my family (understatement...), so throughout the planning process I've had a lot of my choices questioned. And questioned, again and again. I always defend my opinions and don't let others change my mind when I want something.
But sometimes its worth it to just give in. Sometimes, I don't really care that much and I let go.
I'm not going to let someone tell me what to wear, or dictate things that are important to me. But sometimes, I just don't care enough about certain details to really put my opinion in.
- There was a beautiful birch four-post structure I wanted to use for an altar. It wasn't very expensive, but for 15 minutes of use it seemed too much. So now my dad will be making me one out of wood. All I care about is how I decorate it, I'm not too invested in the structure itself...
- Bouquets... have been a problem for me. I finally gave in and my mom will be making the actual bouquets out of real flowers. I don't care enough, and she really seems to want them. All the other flowers will still be made out of crepe paper!
- Envelopes?! Apparently my mom really wanted pretty colored envelopes for the invitations. I just wanted opaque ones. We had to order them in at a paper shop, and they cost just over $50. My invitations were under $200 for the whole suite!!!
- I couldn't think of anything for favors. My mom really wanted to use these cute little white boxes she found at Michael's and tie them up with ribbon and little charms. We picked out cute little assorted feather and bird charms to tie on them. Something chocolate or cookie will go inside, she just hasn't decided what she wants to make.
- The cake has been up to my mother the whole time. She's making it, and as long as it tastes good she has free reign. This will be covered in scattered little edible flowers she's ordering.
There have been little things along the way. Small details in the decor that I don't care about, things that were too expensive or time consuming the way I want to do them. But there have been things I won't budge on, like making my cake topper. My feather garlands on the altar. My veil and accessories. The guy's outfits. Custom designing my own invitations. And all the hand-made decorations.
I just have to learn to let go of some things if I'm going to be able to accomplish the things that are really important to me!
But sometimes its worth it to just give in. Sometimes, I don't really care that much and I let go.
I'm not going to let someone tell me what to wear, or dictate things that are important to me. But sometimes, I just don't care enough about certain details to really put my opinion in.
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| Similar in style to this, via |
- Bouquets... have been a problem for me. I finally gave in and my mom will be making the actual bouquets out of real flowers. I don't care enough, and she really seems to want them. All the other flowers will still be made out of crepe paper!
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| We didn't even order turquoise - but teal works for me... via |
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| Similar, but white boxes with colored ribbon and pewter charms, via |
- I couldn't think of anything for favors. My mom really wanted to use these cute little white boxes she found at Michael's and tie them up with ribbon and little charms. We picked out cute little assorted feather and bird charms to tie on them. Something chocolate or cookie will go inside, she just hasn't decided what she wants to make.
- The cake has been up to my mother the whole time. She's making it, and as long as it tastes good she has free reign. This will be covered in scattered little edible flowers she's ordering.
There have been little things along the way. Small details in the decor that I don't care about, things that were too expensive or time consuming the way I want to do them. But there have been things I won't budge on, like making my cake topper. My feather garlands on the altar. My veil and accessories. The guy's outfits. Custom designing my own invitations. And all the hand-made decorations.
I just have to learn to let go of some things if I'm going to be able to accomplish the things that are really important to me!
Wedding Details - DJ dilemma
The original plan was to use a laptop and a sound system. Make my own playlists (with help, I'm not a modern dance-y music person), have people switch back and forth when they're bored, whatever.
The pros:
- $40 to rent the sound system
- $10/month subscription to Spotify for unlimited music & offline play, no ads
- Getting to choose basically every song
The cons:
- Someone will have to be in charge during the ceremony, and hopefully schedule the music correctly
- Drunk people messing with my laptop, closing the music program accidentally, etc
- Having to worry at all about the music during the whole shebang
- Needing to choose basically every song
It leans pretty heavily to the cons, right? So maybe a DJ wouldn't be so bad? Except for the price. I've only looked at one (the closest guy I could find to the venue) and it was just over $1000 for 5 hours. I almost crapped my pants when I saw the prices. So... that's not going to happen.
I'll keep looking for other prices. Plus there's a wedding show tomorrow, maybe I'll see some DJs there. I also contacted a friend that I think DJs wedding to see what his prices would be like.
Anyone have any ideas? Know any good DJs around Boise, Idaho?
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| via - do I want to end up like this during my reception? |
- $40 to rent the sound system
- $10/month subscription to Spotify for unlimited music & offline play, no ads
- Getting to choose basically every song
The cons:
- Someone will have to be in charge during the ceremony, and hopefully schedule the music correctly
- Drunk people messing with my laptop, closing the music program accidentally, etc
- Having to worry at all about the music during the whole shebang
- Needing to choose basically every song
It leans pretty heavily to the cons, right? So maybe a DJ wouldn't be so bad? Except for the price. I've only looked at one (the closest guy I could find to the venue) and it was just over $1000 for 5 hours. I almost crapped my pants when I saw the prices. So... that's not going to happen.
I'll keep looking for other prices. Plus there's a wedding show tomorrow, maybe I'll see some DJs there. I also contacted a friend that I think DJs wedding to see what his prices would be like.
Anyone have any ideas? Know any good DJs around Boise, Idaho?
Wedding details - February already?!
So we're halfway through February... and I'm starting to stress a little bit! So much left to do.
Good news - got bridesmaid's dresses picked out and ordered this weekend - we're going with these pretty dresses from Target:
All the girls are going to wear gray, but I'm hoping I'll have some time to make a pretty floral sash to replace the gray one. Each girl will wear a different color of tights (yellow orange and turquoise) and I don't really care what they do with their shoes... they're big girls, they can decide!
I'm just happy this detail is out of the way, hopefully they all fit!
My mom and I started playing around with centerpiece stuff on Saturday afternoon - so that is getting started. I've been making flowers here and there also. Not many done yet, but I've still got time.
My cousin is going to make a pretty tree branch altar for us, and I'm going to make hanging garlands of feathers and maybe lace (I have a bunch of lace ribbon from the auction this summer) to blow in the wind and look pretty.
I think I also have the invitation design finally finished!
This month we need to:
- Finish map/direction cards. Order invitations - maybe smartpress.com for printing? Has anyone used them?
- Rent chairs, tables, sound system, etc
- Figure out what food to serve
- Get my dress altered (just the neckline, it fits great!)
- Maybe try on suits for the guys? Is this too soon? Or am I late on this? Who knows!
- Order a crapload of feathers. White mostly for the aisle and altar, but also turquoise, yellow, orange, and gray for decorations, bouts, everything. Anyone know a good place? There are tons on Amazon, but most have huge shipping costs.
- Figure out how our ceremony is actually going to go. Our friend is officiating for us.
- More flowers!
A lot to do! I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed, so I'm trying to limit things that need to get done each week so I don't go crazy.
Honestly, this wouldn't be so bad if work would ever slow down even a little... but that's not going to happen. We just don't have enough people half the time - I am literally doing so many things each day I don't know if anything will get done in time.
Good news - got bridesmaid's dresses picked out and ordered this weekend - we're going with these pretty dresses from Target:
I'm just happy this detail is out of the way, hopefully they all fit!
My mom and I started playing around with centerpiece stuff on Saturday afternoon - so that is getting started. I've been making flowers here and there also. Not many done yet, but I've still got time.
My cousin is going to make a pretty tree branch altar for us, and I'm going to make hanging garlands of feathers and maybe lace (I have a bunch of lace ribbon from the auction this summer) to blow in the wind and look pretty.
I think I also have the invitation design finally finished!
This month we need to:
- Finish map/direction cards. Order invitations - maybe smartpress.com for printing? Has anyone used them?
- Rent chairs, tables, sound system, etc
- Figure out what food to serve
- Get my dress altered (just the neckline, it fits great!)
- Maybe try on suits for the guys? Is this too soon? Or am I late on this? Who knows!
- Order a crapload of feathers. White mostly for the aisle and altar, but also turquoise, yellow, orange, and gray for decorations, bouts, everything. Anyone know a good place? There are tons on Amazon, but most have huge shipping costs.
- Figure out how our ceremony is actually going to go. Our friend is officiating for us.
- More flowers!
A lot to do! I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed, so I'm trying to limit things that need to get done each week so I don't go crazy.
Honestly, this wouldn't be so bad if work would ever slow down even a little... but that's not going to happen. We just don't have enough people half the time - I am literally doing so many things each day I don't know if anything will get done in time.
Weekly Wants: here comes the sun
I haven't put the time into making a wishlist in a few months. I just haven't been up for carefully organizing all the images into a pretty graphic lately. So here's a list!
It's been above freezing for the past three or so days here, so I'm really beginning to get prematurely excited for warm weather: clothes, boating, weddings, bonfires, bbqs, bike rides, so much warm weather fun! Here are a few items I've been coveting this week:
I've been eying a new high-waisted swimsuit for waaaay too long. Gimme! (left | right)
And it's not sprint without fun accessories! Pretty sunnies and flowery sneakers (left | right)
Kaelah has a giveaway this month for a Kitchenaid mixer! And I've been stalking these lovely mixers online for years. I love to bake, but I haven't been able to justify the price with a wedding coming up.
It's been above freezing for the past three or so days here, so I'm really beginning to get prematurely excited for warm weather: clothes, boating, weddings, bonfires, bbqs, bike rides, so much warm weather fun! Here are a few items I've been coveting this week:
I've been eying a new high-waisted swimsuit for waaaay too long. Gimme! (left | right)
And it's not sprint without fun accessories! Pretty sunnies and flowery sneakers (left | right)Busy times
I've kind of fallen off the face of the 'net lately. I've been so busy and stressed at work, and it feels like I don't get a lot of time at home with my Camcam. So... I've definitely been neglecting some things... blogs, instagrams (I still look at it, I just haven't been taking pictures), you know, things.
Anyway, quick updates:
- Last night I watched the premier of The Americans, looks like it's gonna be a really good show!
- I've fallen in love with the Vine app. I'm 'Katie Sims' if you wanna look me up. I've only taken one video, but I love watching all the others. So many cute babies!
- I wore a curler mohawk for Cameron's 'old man' birthday party. That sucker is 30 now!
- I'm going to start doing things for my wedding. I promise. I really NEED to, only 121 days left. The photo above is of my parents (left) and Cameron's parents (right).
- I won a few pairs of sweet shoes in a contest (hint: I will have one pair of shoes from my recent 'Saturday Shoes' posts soon!). I'm so excited to get them!
- I've been trying to expand my design portfolio for Sour Fawn. Currently I'm doing free blog banners or buttons (no coding) for a select few people, email me if you are interested!
- I got addicted to the doors&rooms game on my phone. This is a blast!
And don't forget to enter to win an iPad mini on Kaelah's blog!
Anyway, quick updates:
- Last night I watched the premier of The Americans, looks like it's gonna be a really good show!
- I've fallen in love with the Vine app. I'm 'Katie Sims' if you wanna look me up. I've only taken one video, but I love watching all the others. So many cute babies!
- I wore a curler mohawk for Cameron's 'old man' birthday party. That sucker is 30 now!
- I won a few pairs of sweet shoes in a contest (hint: I will have one pair of shoes from my recent 'Saturday Shoes' posts soon!). I'm so excited to get them!
- I got addicted to the doors&rooms game on my phone. This is a blast!
And don't forget to enter to win an iPad mini on Kaelah's blog!
Saturday Shoe - Loafin' Around
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