Sara & Ryan's Wishes PJ & TR ~ 8/17/10 WP/GF/Marina ~ 1/22 Thank you!

[shippedtosea]

yay for flowers! They are super pretty! I like a lot.


do Hydrangeas wilt easily? I didn't know that I may be in big trouble if thats true!

 

[Stephie77]

Your flowers sound like they are going to be beautiful! love the mix of purple and ivory-it will be beautiful.

shipped to sea-yes hydrangeas do wilt pretty easily if not in water. we had that problem at my friends wedding-she had the bridesmaids with hydrangeas. they were beautiful-i do love hydregnas but did start to wilt. usually if they start to wilt and you put them back into water they will come back to life. talk to your florist about having maybe water bowls around in case you need to refresh them, that is what we did with our flowers when not using them or in between pictures. hope this helps!

 

[pezaddict231]

Wow, you definitely got a lot taken care of with the flowers. I love the bouquets, I love gardenias as well, I am having a fake one in my hair. Just remember that real ones are delicate and may brown through out the day, but they are beautiful.

Hopefully, the proposal is within your budget and it works out. Another thing done! Everything will look beautiful with those flowers.

Lee was really great, he really thought of everything! Thanks! I think they are just so pretty, so I gotta have 2 or 3 in my bouquet. Thanks for the tip, they're going to be used pretty sparingly so I'm not too worried. I saw some really nice fake ones on Etsy, they looked so real, I'm sure it's going to look great in your hair!

I know, I really hope it is too, but Lee seemed really willing to work with me to make it work and hopefully we wouldn't have to cut too much.

Oh I am absolutely loving the flowers!!! I am not usually a fan of purple flowers but I LOVE every bouquet you posted!! WHOOHOOO!! Area you getting so excited?

Thanks! I went through many many pictures - most of them that I didn't like - to find them. I not a huge fan of all purple bouquets, so it took some time finding what I wanted. I am getting so excited!

yay for flowers! They are super pretty! I like a lot.


do Hydrangeas wilt easily? I didn't know that I may be in big trouble if thats true!

Thanks so much. I think they'll turn out great. Well he did say they were the most delicate out of the flowers I had picked, and that they do need a lot of water or they wilt. Lee said he would pack them with a water source and we could wait until the last possible minute to unpack them but it just seemed like a lot of effort and I'm not really attached to them, so figured he might as well just use something else. Your florist will find a way to make it work.

Your flowers sound like they are going to be beautiful! love the mix of purple and ivory-it will be beautiful.

shipped to sea-yes hydrangeas do wilt pretty easily if not in water. we had that problem at my friends wedding-she had the bridesmaids with hydrangeas. they were beautiful-i do love hydregnas but did start to wilt. usually if they start to wilt and you put them back into water they will come back to life. talk to your florist about having maybe water bowls around in case you need to refresh them, that is what we did with our flowers when not using them or in between pictures. hope this helps!

Thanks Stephie! I'm so excited about them! I like mixed bouquets in general, but I think it will really look nice with the purple and ivory and a little greenery thrown in there.

Oh shippedtosea, if they did 1/2 wrapped stems it would probably be really easy to put them in water.

 

[Pirate's Princess]

Wow, the flowers look lovely and I love the bout! Very nice choices.

 

[ZipADeeEm]

Loving everything, Sara! I can't wait to see how it all continues to beautifully unfold.

 

[pezaddict231]

Wow, the flowers look lovely and I love the bout! Very nice choices.

Thanks so much. I went through so many bouts and I seem to only like orchids! Hope that doesn't cost me a fortune! Lee did say though that they are a great choice since they are really hardy even though they look delicate and will hold up all day.

Loving everything, Sara! I can't wait to see how it all continues to beautifully unfold.

Aww thanks so much for following along and I'm glad you're liking everything you see! I'll definitely be doing a Wedding TR since I'll need something to keep me busy when the wedding's over!

 

[happybratpack]

Your flower choices are gorgeous!

 

[princess22]

Hey Sara! You have a ton of updates since I was here last! Everything is looking great! I love your flowers. In fact I'm loving everything, your newsletters, notecards, everything is so cute. You're working hard, and it's going to be a beautiful wedding!

Congrats on going back to WW. I have been going and it has been really slow, but I keep telling myself that this is a life long change I'm making and if it takes a while that is fine!

Once again, I really love those flowers, they are gorgeous!!!

 

[Ann117]

I love the flowers!!! Also the note cards are to cute!

 

[pezaddict231]

Your flower choices are gorgeous!

Thanks! It took looking through endless pics but I really love them!

Hey Sara! You have a ton of updates since I was here last! Everything is looking great! I love your flowers. In fact I'm loving everything, your newsletters, notecards, everything is so cute. You're working hard, and it's going to be a beautiful wedding!

Congrats on going back to WW. I have been going and it has been really slow, but I keep telling myself that this is a life long change I'm making and if it takes a while that is fine!

Once again, I really love those flowers, they are gorgeous!!!

Glad to have you back and thanks so much! Lol, sometimes DF thinks I'm working a little too hard but it is fun. And even though I don't like doing crafts sometimes, I do like how it turns out .

Yay, another WW! I know, it's taking me forever to reach 25lbs and I get that metal circle thing, but I'll get there eventually....and you will too!

I love the flowers!!! Also the note cards are to cute!

Thanks for following along and I'm glad you're liking everything! I can't wait to use the notecards.

 

[pezaddict231]

It was so exciting on Friday, we got the very first gifts off our registry! We got home and there was this big box on the side of the house. It turns out DFMIL got us our toaster oven and microwave for an engagement gift, they came separately but we have them both now and they are awesome!

I also tried an experiment for my invitation envelopes and it worked! I've really wanted to do some heat embossing, it didn't work for the regular invites but I thought it might for the envelopes. Since the material is shiny, the ink doesn't dry very quickly. So I sprinkled some embossing powder on it and used my heat tool and it turned out beautiful and looks like I had them professionally printed....now if I can just figure out the right way to feed them in the printer because my sample printed upside down.

So my new dilemma for the week is white or ivory for my dress. I just don't know, and the sample I tried on was ivory, so I just figured I'd get that but now I'm second guessing myself. My problem is I can't visualize it in white at all, and there is no shop near here that has the dress in white, only 1 other shop had the dress at all !

We also decided that we are definitely going to try to get the confetti cannons , I think DF just wants me to stop talking about them! I think I'll really regret it if we don't get them and I think it's such an awesome way to end the night.

 

[Chilly]

Just read through your PJ, it all sounds great, love the colours you've picked and your dress and the BM dresses are all stunning.

 

[pezaddict231]

Thanks for joining in Claire! I love my dress, I've been able to track it down in another shop so I may have to go see it again soon. I think the girls will all look great in the BM dress, and I can't wait to see everything all together!

Just noticed that your wedding is so soon! Congrats and I can't wait to read all about your big day!

 

[Boardwalk_bride]

#1) Congrats on the gift!!! YAY!
#2) I know what you mean about white or ivory! I personally really wanted white, since I knew I would dye my hair back to brown before the wedding (and I think white with brown hair looks really good). My dress ended up only coming in off-white, so I didn't have a choice. I guess with ivory or off white, if something happens to your dress (you spill something, makeup smudges, etc) it is probably less likely to show.
#3) I don't really know what confetti canons are, but they sounds fantastic

 

[shippedtosea]

yay gifts!

oh the white or ivory dilemma! I had it too! I originally wanted ivory but..my dress only came in white so...that was my choice made. I would probably say if you fell in love with the dress that you tried on in ivory stick with it, you know for sure that you love it in that color! Unless you can find it somewhere with white. or maybe try a similar dress on in white? see how you feel?

yay confetti canons!

 

[pezaddict231]

#1) Congrats on the gift!!! YAY!
#2) I know what you mean about white or ivory! I personally really wanted white, since I knew I would dye my hair back to brown before the wedding (and I think white with brown hair looks really good). My dress ended up only coming in off-white, so I didn't have a choice. I guess with ivory or off white, if something happens to your dress (you spill something, makeup smudges, etc) it is probably less likely to show.
#3) I don't really know what confetti canons are, but they sounds fantastic

It was so exciting! We got two more too, but I think that may be it for a while. Yeah, I just always pictured my dress being white, and I do have brown hair.... Omigosh! You don't know what they are? They are only the most awesome thing ever (okay, well maybe not ever but pretty awesome). Here's one that I found, I blurred out the people, but you can get the idea. And you can have it in all different colors too!

yay gifts!

oh the white or ivory dilemma! I had it too! I originally wanted ivory but..my dress only came in white so...that was my choice made. I would probably say if you fell in love with the dress that you tried on in ivory stick with it, you know for sure that you love it in that color! Unless you can find it somewhere with white. or maybe try a similar dress on in white? see how you feel?

yay confetti canons!

The gifts were so exciting! I know, I always pictured myself wearing white. I did love my dress and liked the ivory enough but I really love how a bright and crisp white can look, so I'm leaning in that direction now. I also was watching "Say Yes to the Dress" and one of my worst ivory dress fears was on the show! The girl's veil didn't match her dress, it was too yellow and then she got white but that was too bright, so it was a whole ordeal to find the right color. Since Maggie Sottero doesn't make veils, I'm worried I could have the same problem.

I am beyond excited for the confetti cannons! I just love seeing them on tv and when they do it at Broadway shows, so to have them just for me is like a dream!

 

[pezaddict231]

This weekend we went to DF's friend's at home reception. It was at their house and really fun and casual. It was also fun to see our Save the Date Magnet on other people's fridges and everyone was really excited for our wedding.

I think I've decided on white for the dress. I'm just really worried about things not matching and I really love how crisp and clean white dresses look. And I look good in white, and it will make my mom happy. She really didn't like the idea of an ivory dress, probably just her being old fashioned, but as they saw Mom knows best.

We got another gift from DF's grandma. She gave us our cake set and a setting of our china. I didn't think I wanted china but the BB&B lady talked us into casual china and I really like it. It's Twirl Simply Fine by Lenox, it's just simple and elegant I think, and can be dressed up and down.

Here are the samples of the envelope I did with the embossing powder, but I'm so happy with how it turned out. This week we got DFSIL's thank you note and she had them all done by an Invitation shop and my envelope embossing looked just as good.

Now just to figure out the invite colors and order supplies. I did get a few more samples from Cards and Pockets, so hopefully we can have all that ironed out real soon.

That's about all for now, time for me to make some Monkey Bread! I had some over the weekend and it's amazing and tastes kind of like a cinnamon roll!

 

[Boardwalk_bride]

Your china is so gorgeous!!! You have been very fortunate with the gifts


The embossing looks great, you did it yourself? It looks so professional!

 

[shippedtosea]

Yay! Welcome to the white club

I really like the china! its simple but so nice. Great job on the embossing I think it looks great!

How do you make monkey bread? never heard of it

did you get my email?

 

[pezaddict231]

Your china is so gorgeous!!! You have been very fortunate with the gifts


The embossing looks great, you did it yourself? It looks so professional!

Thanks! We didn't really even plan on getting dishes since we already have some and my mom has some she bought for me ages ago...but then we were in the store...and that lady was kinda making sense...we would never buy it for ourselves and other people like to buy that stuff as gifts....and before you knew it we had plenty of things on the registry! I really have to get those thank you's out. We definitely didn't expect anything so it was really nice for people to think of us.

I did do the embossing myself. It was actually pretty easy. You need to use paper made out of a shiny material so the ink doesn't dry too fast. As soon as it comes out of the printer sprinkle the embossing powder on it and then after you shake off the excess you can use the heat tool and voila! It's kinda fun and I'm trying to think of even more stuff I can emboss!

Yay! Welcome to the white club

I really like the china! its simple but so nice. Great job on the embossing I think it looks great!

How do you make monkey bread? never heard of it

did you get my email?

Lol, glad to be a member !

Thanks! I can't wait until we have more then one set. Of course DF opened the box and didn't pay attention to how it was arranged and now we can't get everything to fit again. So we have a random set of the china with our other dishes. I'm really excited to start embossing some more stuff! I bought glitter powders too but the results were disappointing, so I'll stick with the metallic and opaque.

Omigod, Monkey bread is so delicious! I had it for the first time this weekend and had to have it again. It tastes kind of like donuts and kinda like a giant cinnamon roll. The recipe I used was so easy. .

Here's the recipe:

4 (7.5 ounce) tubes of Pillsbury Buttermilk biscuits
1/2 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 cup butter
1 cup packed brown sugar

DIRECTIONS
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one Bundt Pan (mine was 12 cups and it was perfect, don't use a tube pan you want a solid pan).

2) Mix white sugar and cinnamon in a plastic bag. Cut biscuits in half. Shake 6 to 8 biscuit pieces in the sugar cinnamon mix. Arrange pieces in the bottom of the prepared pan. Continue until all biscuits are coated and placed in pan.

3) In a small saucepan, melt the butter with the brown sugar over medium heat. Boil for 1 minute. Pour over the biscuits, I layered 1/2 the biscuits, poured the sauce on, topped with the rest of the biscuits and drizzled the rest of the sauce.

4) Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 minutes. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a plate. Do not cut! The bread just pulls apart.

It is soooo delicious warm, but it's good the next day too. I brought it into work and everyone devoured it! It was gone by 10 am! And everyone hounded me for the recipe and they all plan to make it over the weekend!