KellyJo18's Planning Journal - WP/LS/UK - June 21, 2007

[pixie08]

Oh my gosh Kelly! Everthing looks amazing. I looovvvve that fish bowl and place card idea- it is perfect!

 

[KellyJo18]

Oh my gosh Kelly! Everthing looks amazing. I looovvvve that fish bowl and place card idea- it is perfect!

Thanks I'm starting to feel like things are finally starting to come together which is good since we only have two months left!

 

[princessdisneybelle]

Thanks I'm starting to feel like things are finally starting to come together which is good since we only have two months left!

Aw I love your sig pics. You are the cutest couple!

 

[KellyJo18]

Aw I love your sig pics. You are the cutest couple!

Aww thanks so much Laura! That's really sweet of you to say Randy really did a great job! If he can make us look good he must be very talented . I just wish DF would have listened to me and gotten a hair cut. He made me promise not to show them to anyone because he thinks he looks like a goof but I figured none of you would tell him. I guess it's a good thing he never checks out the DIS .

 

[princessdisneybelle]

Aww thanks so much Laura! That's really sweet of you to say Randy really did a great job! If he can make us look good he must be very talented . I just wish DF would have listened to me and gotten a hair cut. He made me promise not to show them to anyone because he thinks he looks like a goof but I figured none of you would tell him. I guess it's a good thing he never checks out the DIS .

He doesn't look like a goof! Ha my DF's hair is long! He is wearing a ponytale for the wedding. But I love him so I do not care.

 

[Tabetha]

That fish vase is beautiful.

What about making it a wish-fish bowl? People write down their well wishes for you on slips of pretty origami paper, fold them and put them in the bowl.

 

[KellyJo18]

That fish vase is beautiful.

What about making it a wish-fish bowl? People write down their well wishes for you on slips of pretty origami paper, fold them and put them in the bowl.

That's a great idea It is probably the perfect size for a wish bowl. I'll have to see what DF thinks about it - thanks!

 

[KellyJo18]

Now that I have officially finished writing and sending out all of my thank you notes I can show you guys pictures from my bridal shower. It was last Sunday and we had about 60 people attend. It was so much fun and I thought they did a great job with the decorations!

This is the view from the balcony.

To the right is the gift table (you can see the towel cake my mom made) and the table on the left is full of prizes.

Table setting

They made a candy buffet with boxes for the guests to take home with them after the party.

My grandma made the cake. She used to make wedding cakes all the time and has the best tasting cake ever. I told her she's lucky it's not easy to fly with a cake, I'm kind of bummed we don't get to have her make ours. This cake is extremely simple compared to what she used to do but her hands aren't as steady as they used to be so she tries to go simple these days.

Closeup of the towel cake. I accidentally called it a diaper cake and got lots of strange looks and some laughs... opps .

Prize table

You can see the wall of windows in this photo. There is the most gorgeous view out of these windows but apparently they broke ground the day before on some construction work on a neighboring building. The only thing that you saw out the window as a bright orange construction fence and machinery... I thought my poor mother was going to have a heart attack when she saw it . She didn't find it as funny as I did but I'm not the type to let little things like that bother me (although I probably would have felt different if it was the wedding and not just a shower).

Finally a picture with people

I had a lot of help opening presents. My flower girl is the little girl on the right and she was handing me the gifts. When the other two girls saw her up there they decided they wanted to help too. I felt bad because it made it harder for people to see and they were talking and it made it harder for people to hear me. Eventually I had them sit down by my feet and help rip from the bottom of the boxes.

 

[pooh98378]

It looks like you had a BEAUTIFUL shower!!! Thanks for posting pics!

 

[Tink143]

All of your ideas are so creative! I am needing to take a trip to Michaels alone, so I can look for that kind of stuff...DF and DS get on my nerves in places like that 'cause they are either impatient, or make fun of things...BOYS!

Anyways, thanks for sharing all your ideas...where did you get that ribbon for the favor boxes?...very cute!

I'm also looking forward to my trip to WDW at the end of next month, so I can get some other cool stuff.

Maybe an idea for your welcome bags...we're getting each family a Hidden Mickey book. It might be more pricey since you have more guests, but it might be fun too!

What are your welcome bags made out of, and how did you make those? That is VERY creative! I'm wanting to give all the women (7) a bag similar to that, but can't find exactly what I'm wanting for the $ I'm willing to spend. Too creative! I think the creative gene skipped me at birth!

Thanks again, and congratulations...your engagement pictures turned out really good.

 

[Lynn5700]

Your shower was so beautiful!! I love the colors and everything looked great together. Thank you for sharing

 

[KellyJo18]

It looks like you had a BEAUTIFUL shower!!! Thanks for posting pics!

Your shower was so beautiful!! I love the colors and everything looked great together. Thank you for sharing

Thanks ladies!

All of your ideas are so creative! I am needing to take a trip to Michaels alone, so I can look for that kind of stuff...DF and DS get on my nerves in places like that 'cause they are either impatient, or make fun of things...BOYS!

Anyways, thanks for sharing all your ideas...where did you get that ribbon for the favor boxes?...very cute!

I'm also looking forward to my trip to WDW at the end of next month, so I can get some other cool stuff.

Maybe an idea for your welcome bags...we're getting each family a Hidden Mickey book. It might be more pricey since you have more guests, but it might be fun too!

What are your welcome bags made out of, and how did you make those? That is VERY creative! I'm wanting to give all the women (7) a bag similar to that, but can't find exactly what I'm wanting for the $ I'm willing to spend. Too creative! I think the creative gene skipped me at birth!

Thanks again, and congratulations...your engagement pictures turned out really good.

I feel like I've been in Michael's every day the past few weeks. It is basically where I have bought everything for all of my wedding projects. My DF would never last during one of my trips there either - even though most of them are a quick in and out thing since I usually don't buy enough supplies and have to go back. The ribbon from the favor boxes was something I got from Michaels. They only sell it on very small spools though and I had to drive to about 3 different Michaels stores on multiple weekends to get enough. Usually I had to wait a week or two in between trips so they had enough time to restock!

I've heard about the hidden mickey books but have never actually seen them before. I will have to check them out, thanks for the idea

My mom is making the guest bags out of a terry cloth fabric (towel fabric). I found the pattern at JoAnn's and thought they looked like they would make cute beach bags for everyone to use during the trip. They are turning out to be more expensive than we had originally thought but I think it will be worth it. I like the pattern a lot because it allowed me to use the mickey fabric I had found without making it overwhelmingly disney-ish.
This is the pattern we are using - it is Butterick B4821.

I'm jealous you are headed to WDW at the end of the month... I hope you have a great trip!! Remember to come back and tell us all about it

 

[lamagique]

Beautiful pictures! And your Bridal Shower looked GREAT! And your grandma really knows what she's doing with those cakes!

 

[KellyJo18]

Beautiful pictures! And your Bridal Shower looked GREAT! And your grandma really knows what she's doing with those cakes!

Thanks Her cakes are sooo yummy... my wedding dress came in this week and I went to try it on yesterday, I was going to blame her if it didn't fit. She had made the cake way too big for the shower and we snacked on it all week . Thank god my dress still fit!

 

[Tink143]

Thanks for the information about the bags. You've gotten my creative wheels spinning...more like knocking off the cobwebs!

We've been trying to figure out what to do for invitations to our At Home Reception, since we're having an intimate with just immediate family, which is 20 people. We looked at Disney invitations, but I think the price is outrageous. So I was thinking we could make our own somehow out of pretty card stock, and then use the idea from your favor boxes to make cool personalized thank you cards - obviously in our wedding colors (Navy, Red, and Silver). Hope you don't mind my stealing your idea !

Thanks again...we're down to 30 days on our countdown! Can't wait! It's going to be DS first trip, and my first week long trip since I was 9, so I'm SUPER EXCITED!

 

[Emwit27]

I'm with everyone else. I admire your creativity. It's an inspiration! I went out and bought the Mickey punch at Michael's after I saw your favors. Also, I think your bridal shower is going to put my wedding to shame!

 

[cryssi]

love the bubbles! we put mickey heads on our bubbles too! great idea with the stickers, though...that would have been much easier! those bubble wands are awesome...

your shower looks like it was so much fun! I love the cake your grandma made you!

 

[DisneyFairy19]

Wow Everything LOOKS BEAUTIFUL!!!!

 

[KellyJo18]

Thanks for the information about the bags. You've gotten my creative wheels spinning...more like knocking off the cobwebs!

That's too funny.

We've been trying to figure out what to do for invitations to our At Home Reception, since we're having an intimate with just immediate family, which is 20 people. We looked at Disney invitations, but I think the price is outrageous. So I was thinking we could make our own somehow out of pretty card stock, and then use the idea from your favor boxes to make cool personalized thank you cards - obviously in our wedding colors (Navy, Red, and Silver). Hope you don't mind my stealing your idea !

Thanks again...we're down to 30 days on our countdown! Can't wait! It's going to be DS first trip, and my first week long trip since I was 9, so I'm SUPER EXCITED!

I agree that the price of a lot of items is ridiculous - even when they are small things that are easy to make! Although, I have to admit that a lot of the "little projects" I started are turning out to be more expensive (plus the fact that they are time consuming) then I originally thought. I don't mind if you use any of my ideas... steal away! I know I've gotten a lot of ideas from other people on the DIS too

I'm excited about your trip for you from just hearing about it... I'm sure you'll have a blast!

I'm with everyone else. I admire your creativity. It's an inspiration! I went out and bought the Mickey punch at Michael's after I saw your favors. Also, I think your bridal shower is going to put my wedding to shame!

Aww thanks! I'm glad you all are able to use some of my ideas and I'm not boring you all with too much information. I've used the Mickey punch for a lot of things, it was definitely worth the cost.

My sister did go all out on the shower which was nice since a lot of my friends and family that came aren't able to come to the wedding. When my sister got married I had her shower around a pool with floating candles. Everyone left asking if that was the wedding instead of the shower. I guess that is a sign that we probably put too much time into these types of events . I've always told my mom that she should start a business - she's the real artist of the family.

love the bubbles! we put mickey heads on our bubbles too! great idea with the stickers, though...that would have been much easier! those bubble wands are awesome...

your shower looks like it was so much fun! I love the cake your grandma made you!

Well... the stickers were a good idea at the time but since we put two of them back to back they are now pulling apart . I looked at them a couple days ago and realized I'm going to have to buy some sort of glue to fix them . Somehow I just can't seem to finish any of these projects.

Wow Everything LOOKS BEAUTIFUL!!!!

Thanks .

 

[Tink143]

So RAN into Michael's Today between school and my #2 Job, which means I have about 20-25 minutes. Go immediately to the Wedding Aisle - Can't find the little Thank You medal deals So I'm like OK, maybe when I have more time (which by the way, NOT sure when that might be ANYways)

My ideas - thank you very much to Kelly!

Wedding Colors: Deep Red (Claret from Alfred Angelo), Navy Blue and Silver.

For our At Home Reception - Navy Blue Cardstock, Red Ribbon at the top with a Navy Blue Mickey that I'm either going to write very small or hope to find a "You're Invited" medal deal and then handwrite the invitation part(in Calligraphy - there's some more cobwebs that need kicking off) using a silver Calligraphy Paint Pen.
THEN for all our Thank You Cards I'm gonna use Red Cardstock, Navy Blue Ribbon, Red Mickey and PRAY I find the silver Thank You deals.

So today I got the cardstock (only 5 in each color for experiment purposes), the Mickey Punch - $15 OUCH, but it'll get tons of post wedding use in my house, Calligraphy Pens, Ribbon - Navy and Red kind of Ribbed. I really wish they had those colors separately with Silver on the back, with the stitched look like Kelly has, but oh well! They did have (For anyone interested) Green with Silver - very pretty!

So I'm going to work on that experiment and I'll post pics for y'alls opinions ASAP. Speaking of which, how come I can't post pics on Dis? Tried a few times, it doesn't work. Is there a magic number of posts or something before it'll let you, or am I just a dufus?

Have a fabulous day ladies!