Laurie & Kyle 1/16/10 Wedding PJ **TR Started Beach Party & Bio Bay Up**

[Pirate's Princess]

Laurie! You are just so crafty! I'm totally jealous. That would be so awesome to have a DisBride on etsy. I'd totally buy from you! :

 

[tiggersam00]

hey I always say "If its free, then its for me" So awesome abou the printer, cant wait to see the result

 

[LLLBelle]

I have not updated my PJ is a bit so I thought I would make a bit of an update.

I have done some shopping:

I finally found earrings!! I was so excited when I found them, only $22 from Macy's! I am still on the lookout for a necklace, they have ones from the same designer that go with it, but I may get the celtic necklace I really liked when I am in Jersey next month.

I did find a really cute halter swimsuit that can be strapless as well (so I won't get tanlines), I don't have a photo of it. I also got a couple sarong skirts for the wedding weekend and disney.

I also found a dress for the welcome party. Only $56 (originally 188) off ebay, I hope it looks good on, I should get it by the end of the week.

I love good deals

I will also be ordering the fans and parasols for the ceremony and floralytes and diamond confetti for the tables once Kyle is paid on Friday and we should be good aside from a couple little things.

 

[pezaddict231]

Love all your purchases. The earrings are beautiful! I really like the sarongs, the pink one slightly more since it's a little different. The welcome party dress is beautiful too! Love the color!

 

[LLLBelle]

I helped my mom design and make my bridal shower invites. I had made another design that I liked better and we went back and forth about the design, but she loved the chairs on the beach and I had the grand idea of making it look like a postcard so she didn't want to change it at that point. The colors look a bit different printed out, but it was a good compromise.

Also we went to check out Kyle's wedding band. Well gold has recently spiked up so the original ring we have had picked out forever, is now way out of our price range. It would have originally cost us about 500-600, now it will be about 800-1200 for what he wants. It's just a good thing we got my ring last year when gold was down, if only we had bought his ring. . .

So we started looking at Tungsten and Titanium, I didn't want to have him be upset and feel like his ring was being downgraded. But he did like some of the rings we looked at and the price is within the $500 we wanted to stay in, if not lower. These are some that he likes and one more I found, but could not get a picture to share, he likes the square cut, but since Tungsten and Titanium rings are machine made it's hard to find and our jeweler can not customize them.

 

[LLLBelle]

Love all your purchases. The earrings are beautiful! I really like the sarongs, the pink one slightly more since it's a little different. The welcome party dress is beautiful too! Love the color!

Thanks! I have a regular sarong, both are suppose to be similar I thought they may stay on a little better since my regular once seems to untie itself ( which is usually not a good thing ) Now I just need to find something to where for my bridal shower and photo shoot

 

[LLLBelle]

No update today, but I did have to mention:

4 months to go!!!

I can't believe it.

 

[teddygurl28]

ohhhhh i love shopping posts!!! the earrings are so pretttyyy! 4 months is crazy, you must be getting so excited.


i love the post card idea, those came out cute, i love the chairs on the beach photo ..looks so relaxing--i wish i could be there right now

 

[pezaddict231]

The shower invites are beautiful! That stinks about the wedding bands. We haven't started looking yet and DF has no idea what he wants.

Yay 4 months! It'll be here before you know it!

 

[LLLBelle]

ohhhhh i love shopping posts!!! the earrings are so pretttyyy! 4 months is crazy, you must be getting so excited.


i love the post card idea, those came out cute, i love the chairs on the beach photo ..looks so relaxing--i wish i could be there right now

Thanks! I wish I was sitting on the beach right now too. I have not seen the beach in over a year. . .a tragedy.

The shower invites are beautiful! That stinks about the wedding bands. We haven't started looking yet and DF has no idea what he wants.

Yay 4 months! It'll be here before you know it!

Thank you! My mom went back and forth for a while on the design because I told her I wasn't going to send them to her plain. So we compromised and agreed on those .

I feel bad able his band, I know he really wanted the other and I told him that we can get the original one once we move and are settled, we just can't afford it right now. It has become difficult since he has been dragging his feet about picking what he wants. We still have some time, but if we order from the one company it can take 4-5 weeks to come in, the other is only 2, still I would like to have it done. So have your DF start looking now!

 

[LLLBelle]

I did make one change. I have been going back and forth about getting different shoes, as I may have mentioned this is a previous post. Well, I bought new shoes, I don't have a picture yet. They are actually custom ballroom shoes, Kyle and I have been taking dance lessons for about 6 months now. I got the idea off another wedding board. They are not the prettiest shoes, but they are cute and are timeless in a way. I got a double thick padding, a one inch heel and to my dismise it is white satin, but I can dye them after the wedding. It was definitely more than I expected to spend, but I will get use out of the shoe. I'm so glad I did not buy them off line, all though it would have been cheaper, the guy I talked to was very knowledgeable and if I had ordered them online the way I was planning, I would not have been able to use them for ballroom afterwards. So

I did check my sarongs and dress in the mail, I have a little work to do to fit into the dress, so close.

 

[pezaddict231]

I will definitely make him pick his ring out soon, otherwise I know he'll wait till the last minute too!

Great news about the shoes, I'm looking forward to seeing them, I bet they'll be way more comfortable than regular shoes. Are you guys doing a special dance for your first dance? DFSIL did that and it really was great to watch.

 

[LLLBelle]

I will definitely make him pick his ring out soon, otherwise I know he'll wait till the last minute too!

Great news about the shoes, I'm looking forward to seeing them, I bet they'll be way more comfortable than regular shoes. Are you guys doing a special dance for your first dance? DFSIL did that and it really was great to watch.

I hope they are comfortable for the whole evening! They felt great in the store, DFi really wanted me to get the two inch heel since we have such a height different, but I wanted to be comfortable and the 1 inch in a bit chunkier and I'm not too much of a heel girl, if I could I would

I think we are going to get it choreographed, we just have to agree on a song first. The original song we were going to do, I think is too slow now and I would like to do something a bit quicker. Our dance instructor even suggested maybe putting together a melody, which I thought might be neat to do.

 

[MainStMandy]

I have not updated my PJ is a bit so I thought I would make a bit of an update.

I have done some shopping:

I finally found earrings!! I was so excited when I found them, only $22 from Macy's! I am still on the lookout for a necklace, they have ones from the same designer that go with it, but I may get the celtic necklace I really liked when I am in Jersey next month.

I did find a really cute halter swimsuit that can be strapless as well (so I won't get tanlines), I don't have a photo of it. I also got a couple sarong skirts for the wedding weekend and disney.

I also found a dress for the welcome party. Only $56 (originally 188) off ebay, I hope it looks good on, I should get it by the end of the week.

I love good deals

I will also be ordering the fans and parasols for the ceremony and floralytes and diamond confetti for the tables once Kyle is paid on Friday and we should be good aside from a couple little things.

LOVE those earrings! I almost got them too!!!

The dress is gorgeous! I also found a fun one for the welcome party!

I helped my mom design and make my bridal shower invites. I had made another design that I liked better and we went back and forth about the design, but she loved the chairs on the beach and I had the grand idea of making it look like a postcard so she didn't want to change it at that point. The colors look a bit different printed out, but it was a good compromise.

Also we went to check out Kyle's wedding band. Well gold has recently spiked up so the original ring we have had picked out forever, is now way out of our price range. It would have originally cost us about 500-600, now it will be about 800-1200 for what he wants. It's just a good thing we got my ring last year when gold was down, if only we had bought his ring. . .

So we started looking at Tungsten and Titanium, I didn't want to have him be upset and feel like his ring was being downgraded. But he did like some of the rings we looked at and the price is within the $500 we wanted to stay in, if not lower. These are some that he likes and one more I found, but could not get a picture to share, he likes the square cut, but since Tungsten and Titanium rings are machine made it's hard to find and our jeweler can not customize them.

Love the STD's. Eric is looking at similar wedding bands. I love the one with the blue!

 

[shippedtosea]

I swore I replied to to your post! Guess not...I think im going crazy


ANYWAY, the earrings are beautiful! I love them. what a great price! I should get my butt over to macy's. I really like your welcome dress, its so pretty. I also really like the shower invites, they are fun and cute


I like the rings DF is looking at they are different. My DF got a titanium ring as well and loves it because its not so girly as he puts it. I like the 3rd one the best. Be careful though, some of those rings run slightly bigger (I have no idea WHY) and we ordered the wrong size and had to reorder it.

 

[LLLBelle]

I swore I replied to to your post! Guess not...I think im going crazy


ANYWAY, the earrings are beautiful! I love them. what a great price! I should get my butt over to macy's. I really like your welcome dress, its so pretty. I also really like the shower invites, they are fun and cute


I like the rings DF is looking at they are different. My DF got a titanium ring as well and loves it because its not so girly as he puts it. I like the 3rd one the best. Be careful though, some of those rings run slightly bigger (I have no idea WHY) and we ordered the wrong size and had to reorder it.

Thanks! I really love the earrings, I'm going to look at this celtic necklace I had seen when I was home in Jersey a while ago so hopefully it will go with the earrings and the dress for that matter.

He still wants the original ring we picked out a while ago, we just can't afford it right now so I hope we can find something he likes just as well. I will keep that in mind

 

[LLLBelle]

Okay I need some help! I am not very happy with my wedding planner, for multiple reasons, but the main one being my centerpieces. I posted a picture of them a few pages back. I had asked her about them several months and she said they would be fine, that we would just have to put the floating candles low in the vase, which I was fine with. Now she is saying that it is too breezy at our venue and if the breeze does not get them then guests bumping the tables will and you can't re-light them once they get wet. Kyle wants to keep them as is and just not light the candle, but I just think that would look stupid with the floralyte in the bottom. I am going to discuss this with her, but would like to find a suitable back up centerpiece. I have been rethinking the centerpiece lately because of table tents that I made, which I can post tonight.

I would love to find non-floral centerpieces (a few flowers is okay) I love candles and if there was a way to still incorporate the floralytes, that would be awesome.

I appreciate the help

 

[MainStMandy]

Laurie what about using floating flamless candles?? They make battery operated ones!!

 

[MainStMandy]

To show you what I mean:

 

[LLLBelle]

I was considering that actually. I just wonder if having the floralyte in the bottom and that on top would be too much. . .hmmm. . .I may have to stop at Michael's to see if they have them to try one.