Hillary's Christmas Wedding PJ/Disneymoon@WL!**UPDATE 1/10! ***

[HarbinsMom]

Love the pics! Are you watching the Rock of Love?! I missed it yesterday...Who did he pick?!

He did the right thing and picked Jes. I do hope they're still together. I guess we'll know Sunday night. I just thought Heather was wrong for him.

LOVED the picture of Tink on your wall. Where did you find it?

 

[HarbinsMom]

I love the ornaments. What a great idea. I'll have to try that.

 

[tinkgurl]

Girl! I love all the pics so far! And your room? Freakin cute! The ornaments look awesome! Are you gonna try and make that shirt that I made?

 

[IluvXU]

I want to make the ornaments with my dd.... I think you will enjoy the dining plan and I know the lodge will be wonderful!

 

[tinkgurl]

He did the right thing and picked Jes. I do hope they're still together.

I'm so glad he picked Jes too!

 

[caryndisneydiva]

ok, i have a question on the mickey ornaments...did you use metallic spray paint or glue and TONS of glitter?

 

[Hillary12.8.07]

Aren't you just the sweetest person. Your ornaments are beautiful. I told you it was going to be easy.

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding. You seemed to be so organized and totally into all of your planning.

In the back of my mind I'm secretly planning my daughter's wedding at WDW, and she's only 3. He He.

Best wishes to you and your fiance. Again, Congratulations.

aww, thanks so much. I can't thank YOU enough for sharing your idea!! I am so SO excited to take the ornaments on our honeymoon to decorate our tree, and then use them at home too!! You saved me a TON of money plus I really enjoyed making them!! Thanks for reading!

LOVED the picture of Tink on your wall. Where did you find it?

I got it yeeears ago, in a store in Charleston, SC that sold posters and stuff. It was just a poster size, rolled up, then we added the matting and frame. I've heard of other people having it too, so you must be able to find it other places!

I love the ornaments. What a great idea. I'll have to try that.

You SHOULD try it! They were SO SO easy, and they turned out even better than I expected!! Good luck!!

Girl! I love all the pics so far! And your room? Freakin cute! The ornaments look awesome! Are you gonna try and make that shirt that I made?

Thanks girl!! I love my room too, I'm gonna miss it when I move.

And I'm totally going to try making that shirt, as soon as I get a chance! School is really killing me right now, on top of wedding details. But I'm gonna do it one day, I'll post pictures for ya when I do!!!

I want to make the ornaments with my dd.... I think you will enjoy the dining plan and I know the lodge will be wonderful!

Thanks for coming over!! I can't WAIT until WL, esp after seeing all of your awesome pictures! I actually showed some of them to DF, even though we went there in May, I'm trying to get him as pumped up as me!

And you totally should do that with your girls, as crafty as Hannah sounds I'm sure she'd LOVE it. And share pictures when you do!

ok, i have a question on the mickey ornaments...did you use metallic spray paint or glue and TONS of glitter?

I just used metallic spray paint. Now the smaller sized colored ones, the purple, blue, etc...those we bought at Michael's. Kinda hard to explain, but they had these wire like sticks, like floral sticks w/the colored balls on them. In the Christmas stuff. We just clipped them off and stuck them together. So I didn't paint those or anything, they came glittery in those colors. I just painted the red and gold ones. Hope that helps!









Thanks for reading everyone!! I'm really getting down to the wire here! Grad school is just kicking my butt right now, so I'm doing all I can to finish stuff up! I need to finish my favor boxes, put ribbons on our bubbles, and put our wedding sparkler and matches together. My 2nd dress FINALLY came in today. Basically my mom had to go down there 2 days ago and just go off on them. She said if they didn't get it together she wanted all our money back. So they overnighted it. Just makes you wonder why it took up until this point to get that done?? But it came in today, so I'm planning on going tommorow to try them both on and decide which one. FINALLY. And the bridesmaids dresses are supposed to be in tommorow. So YAY for that.

Then Monday Andy and I are going for our first, and maybe only marriage counseling session w/the preacher at the church. I'm hoping we can get it all done in one day. Our schedules are just way too hard to coordinate, with DF working all day and I have classes at night. I'm really beginning to realize how SOON it is. 10 weeks. crazy.

Oh and we got our invitations to the calligrapher this week, she said she'd try and hurry on them, so hopefully we'll get those mailed soon. I'm excited to see how they turn out.

In non-wedding related news...my mom's bday is tommorow, and since I don't have a job right now, and we are poor...I am cooking dinner for her and my dad tommorow night and they are going to come over here. My dad hasn't even seen our furniture yet. He hasn't been over since the day Andy moved in. So I am baking a coconut cake right now...waiting on it to cool so I can decorate it. Then tommorow I'm fixing chicken and dumplings in the crockpot. I hope it turns out good. So I'm just hanging out at the apartment, getting stuff done tonight, before I go home. DF went to bed so I'm entertaining myself on the dis!! lol.

 

[Hillary12.8.07]

So we finally got the dress drama over with...my mom went down there on Wednesday and told them we wanted our money back if they couldn't get their stuff straight. We have been told about 20 different dates that stuff was supposed to come in, and nothing ever happened. So they finally got moving, and called and had everything shipped right out. Great. We just didn't understand why they didn't do this MONTHS ago?

So my mom and I went to see my dresses today. And, I still don't know. The one that I was really hoping I'd like, just didn't look good on me. It's a GORGEOUS dress, the tiered lacy one.

But the layers look funny on me b/c I'm short, AND short waisted.

And when I put the other one on again, I just didn't get all excited like I think I should.

I like it, and it looks good, but I just don't get that really happy feeling that everyone talks about. It's just not very detailed, not like I pictured my wedding dress being.

I think I'd be happy with it though. My mom got all upset though and was like I can tell you're not happy! She said she wanted to find what I love, no matter what. So she started looking around some more, and found one that we'd never even considered before b/c it's pink....

I didn't pay it much attention b/c it was pink. But it comes in ivory, and when she brought it back there I was like wow, I wish I had paid attention to it earlier. And it's like the perfect combination of the 2 dresses, it has ruching on the waist and the lace that I want. So she's supposed to call Monday to order it and HOPEFULLY they will have it in stock and can rush it. OH I hope this works out. I will be ok w/the other dress, but it's just not my dream dress, ya know?? ugh. I'm just worried about getting put off again and again. But she gave my mom her cell phone number and she's going to call her Monday, because they aren't open Mondays but she SAID she was going to take all my stuff home and call from home on Monday. We'll see. I will be SO happy if this one works out.

Oh and my bridesmaid dresses were there too, SO gorgeous. I was so happy with them. The color is even more beautiful than I was expecting. And the pink sash is so pretty too. We found simple pink toned strands of pearls we got to go with them, so I'm SO relieved and happy about all that.

I'm online ordering our M&Ms now, I need to get those so I can start working on our favor boxes. And I have all my ribbons and bubble wands to work on today. I"m trying to get as much done now, because all my grad school work starts piling up late in November and December. It's getting SO close!!

 

[MickeyAnne]

I LOVE the new dress. It really is the perfect combo of the other two dresses. My dress was in pink when I tried it on as well so I skipped over it until someone brought it to my attention. Myabe we should all start paying attention to pink!

 

[MickeyAnne]

OOOH and I LOVE the ornaments that you made! Project for me and my little cousins I think!!!!! Awesome!

 

[Hillary12.8.07]

I LOVE the new dress. It really is the perfect combo of the other two dresses. My dress was in pink when I tried it on as well so I skipped over it until someone brought it to my attention. Myabe we should all start paying attention to pink!

Funny how that works, this dress has been on a mannequin in that store every time we've gone in there, and I've just never looked at it really b/c all I saw was the pink. But as soon as they brought it to me and said to just imagine it in ivory, I was like, it's PERFECT!!!!

OOOH and I LOVE the ornaments that you made! Project for me and my little cousins I think!!!!! Awesome!

You should totally do the ornaments. They were really easy and fun to make, and to me they look just like the ones in the Christmas store at DTD that cost so much money!!

Do you have a pj? I looked and didn't see one! If not you should start one, I'd love to read all of your ideas!

 

[tinkgurl]

I LOVE the dress! I can't wait to do all that! I do wish I could come to the wedding though!

 

[orangetiggs]

I tried on that dress!! That was my backup before I picked the one I did. Its such a nice dress

 

[Hillary12.8.07]

I LOVE the dress! I can't wait to do all that! I do wish I could come to the wedding though!

aww, I can't wait until you start doing all this stuff, whenever it is! You'll def have to have a planning journal and all then. And hey, come on down, the more the merrier!!

I tried on that dress!! That was my backup before I picked the one I did. Its such a nice dress

It is nice, but apparently just not meant to be...



I guess I need to update...The lady from the bridal salon called my mom yesterday while we were in marriage counseling and said that she had called the warehouse and they can't get that dress in until at least end of Dec/prob January. great. I sat there for a few minutes letting it all sink in, and then just broke down and cried for hours. Andy was so freaked out, lol, I felt bad for him. I just realized that it's pretty much too late to do anything about it, and I'm just going to have to be happy w/that dress. I was just miserable though. I spent hours on the internet, looking for other dresses, seeing what I could find. I know this is my fault, deciding at the last minute that I dont like my dress. And it's not even that I don't like it...but when I put it on, I just don't have that feeling like "this is it". I never have. Maybe I wasn't meant to, who knows. It's a gorgeous dress, my mom keeps saying how pretty I looked. I dunno. DF made me feel better of course, saying that our marriage is what matters, not a dress. He's right of course, but that doesn't change the fact that I feel like I deserve, just as every other bride does, to feel perfect on my wedding day. And it's that feeling of "what if " that I'm afraid of. Will I regret my dress years from now? Prob not...I'm going to have an amazing husband and a great marriage regardless of what dress I wear. But still.

I felt a little better last night after I came home and thought about it some more. At least I have a dress, and it does fit, and it does look good. Maybe it's not everything I dreamed, but it is beautiful. I did talk to my mom some...they are up in Charlotte, NC for the week, DF and I are going on Friday, for the Nascar race on Saturday night. We may go look around in some of the store in Charlotte, just see what they have. You never know. But I'm trying to calm myself down. I'm so happy with every other aspect of my wedding, all the other details...it sucks that I don't feel that way about my dress, but on the other hand, I have so many things to be so greatful for, I can't let the dress ruin it. Again, it is beautiful...it's not like there is anything wrong with it. And DF already told me he knows I'm going to be beautitful...the dress has nothing to do with it. :wub:

Anyway...just wanted to update that. Like I said, we had our first pre-marital counseling yeseterday, it wasn't as bad as I was expecting. He mainly asked us alot of questions, how we met, what we like/dislike about each other, life goals, etc. I like that it is giving me a chance to get to know him better. He's been Andy's preacher for years, but I've never really talked to him much so this is good...he won't be a stranger when he marries us. We have to go back 2 more times, he said the 2nd time will be more about our family/outside influences and then the third is more about the actual ceremony and the spritual aspects of that.

Everything is really coming together though. I finished putting the ribbon on all our favors the other night, and I might get started putting the sparkler/matches together today. Waiting on our personalized m&ms to come so we can start putting those together. It's coming so quickly! I'm so excited though, I'm trying not to get nervous. I can't wait to be married finally, and then to get to go on a dream trip to Disneyworld on top of that!!

 

[Hedy]

 

[DisneySweetie]

Oh, Hillary - I am so sorry you had a break down. I completely understand what it's like to breakdown about perhaps not having the perfect dress. You helped me through my stress, so feel free to lean on me about your stress.

I know what it feels like when you come upon the realization that you may not love your wedding dress the way that other girls seem to love theirs. However, you must remember that it's your wedding day and the most important thing about that day is not made up of lace and fabric. When you look back at the photos in the years to come, you will be filled with warmth because of the love that is portrayed in them. Something about wedding photos - you find yourself looking at the faces and the body language more than the attire.

Your DF is right, you are going to be a beautiful bride no matter what. You are just such a beautiful person and your love for you soon-to-be husband will shine through on your wedding day. And although it may not seem like it now, you will grow to appreciate the dress (I know that I like mine more everyday). Just remind yourself that there must be some reason that it's all working out the way that it is.

*BIG HUG* to you!

 

[Hillary12.8.07]

Oh, Hillary - I am so sorry you had a break down. I completely understand what it's like to breakdown about perhaps not having the perfect dress. You helped me through my stress, so feel free to lean on me about your stress.

I know what it feels like when you come upon the realization that you may not love your wedding dress the way that other girls seem to love theirs. However, you must remember that it's your wedding day and the most important thing about that day is not made up of lace and fabric. When you look back at the photos in the years to come, you will be filled with warmth because of the love that is portrayed in them. Something about wedding photos - you find yourself looking at the faces and the body language more than the attire.

Your DF is right, you are going to be a beautiful bride no matter what. You are just such a beautiful person and your love for you soon-to-be husband will shine through on your wedding day. And although it may not seem like it now, you will grow to appreciate the dress (I know that I like mine more everyday). Just remind yourself that there must be some reason that it's all working out the way that it is.

*BIG HUG* to you!

oh wow you just brought me to tears, again. But good tears this time.

Thank you SO much. I think that is just what I needed to hear, you have no idea. Yesterday I was so wound up about this, but I'm beginning to relax some today. I still have this nagging in the back of my head, but I'm not going to let it ruin things.

And your right, maybe there is a reason this is happened the way it has. And the more I think about my dress the more I like it, and realize that it is a really beautiful dress. I worry that it will nag at me forever that I didn't find the "perfect" dress. But maybe it won't. I'm one of those people who does the "what if" thought way too much, and I second guess myself ALWAYS, so I think that is a big reason why I'm having a hard time with this.

I may look a little bit more, see if anything else just pops up, if it's meant to be, it will.

Again, thank you SO much for your kind words. You really have no idea how much that just meant to me.

 

[monymony3471]

I truely believe that everything happens for a reason and everything works out in the end.

So no more stressing.

 

[tinkgurl]

Will I regret my dress years from now? Prob not...I'm going to have an amazing husband and a great marriage regardless of what dress I wear. But still.

I get what you mean. I'm sorry things didn't work out about the dress though!

DF and I are going on Friday, for the Nascar race on Saturday night.

Have fun! The B.F. would be jealous! Even though he goes to one every year in July!

And DF already told me he knows I'm going to be beautitful...the dress has nothing to do with it.

So true!

then to get to go on a dream trip to Disneyworld on top of that!!

I don't know if you've ever seen Napoleon Dynamite, but to quote him: "Lucky!"

 

[shasess]

I'm so sorry to here about your dress trouble. I'm sure that you'll look beautiful in your original dress!!!