Made with Love

This past weekend we took Nicki's gown in for alterations. She only had one item on her list that needed to be done, and all I can say is thank goodness!!! I know what they charged us for just that one small thing and I cannot even imagine what other people have to put out!! 

Some of the RSVP's have started to come in!! 

About 70 % of the wedding flowers have been completed. 

There are a few more craft projects in the works!! This is definitely a DIY wedding!! lol

The Bridal Shower is in a few weeks but the majority of those projects were completed last weekend and most of the supplies are at my front door waiting to be moved to the venue. 

This time last year Byron was proposing and in just a few months these two will be walking down the aisle. Like seriously?? Where has the time gone??? 

Although it's been difficult at times ( in part because of finances ) we all agree this has been a God thing from beginning to end because we have been blessed not only from the vendors that have been chosen, but also with the help of family as friends. 

None of this would have been possible without the help of all the people working behind the scenes. I know this day will be extra special because this will be a wedding handmade with love! 

Signed, Sealed and soon to be delivered!!!

This is what we did this weekend!! 

It took her a minute but she got better with practice!! 

Basically I closed the envelopes and she sealed them!! 

All of this done at my sisters place (in between dress fittings) and her sewing on my dress for the wedding! 

I don't know that we've ever been so glad to get an item checked off our list!!! 

As you can see the bride was ecstatic!!! lol!

Since this called for a celebration we endddd our trip with the most expensive sandwich I have ever eaten )not that it want good)!!! 

And still managed to get out of the city before dark and before the rain storms hit!!! 

All and all it was a pretty productive day and for a few lucky folks these puppies should be headed your way in a few days!!!! 

Craft Day

When your daughter tells you she wants mason jars at her shower and wedding what do you do?? You paint mason jars!! Big shout out to my cousin Pat who let us completely destroy her house yesterday!! My poor mom ended up cutting her hand trying to cut out RSVP cards for the wedding invites!! But we finished them and if all goes well they will be in the mail by the weekend!!!

Wedding Shower Flowers

 

The last few days have been busy and I have been having a great time creating the wedding shower flowers!! Truth be told, this is my favorite part of planning a party; which is the decorations!!I thought I would give you all a small glimpse at the things I've worked on so far. I cannot wait to share the big day with everyone! I even  started  on the actual wedding day flowers!!!

Target Bridal Shower Finds!

I knew last summer that the best time for me to find items for Nicki's shower would be around Easter time just because of her color scheme!! And this weekend we hit the jackpot with a few items from their dollar spot ( granted only one item actually cost $1.00...what's up with that).

Quisha picked up the candle and soap from my favorite store Bath and Bodyworks. I mean a pink "lemonade" candle and lemon hand soap...how can you resist? 

Then Saturday when we went to Target to fill out her registry we found these cake stands for $5.00 each!! 

The straws were the only thing in the dollar spot that was $1.00! lol 

We also picked up two of these decanters for $3.00 each! Since the shower is a brunch and we will be serving breakfast food this will be great for holding juice! 

Let's face facts. Target is addictive!! And they get me every time!! 

Wedding Registry!!!

The girls and I hung out all day today running errands. Including adding some stuff to Nic's wedding registry!! Nothing makes this momma more happy then spending time with my girls!!! I'm thinking about demanding that at least once every few months we either do a family day or at least a mother and her daughters day!!!

Nickis shower is just over a month away and I knew before invitations reached people we needed to add a few more things to the list to give folks a little more diversity when it came to shopping for the happy couple!!! 

Nicki was adamant about not having a lingerie party but we were able to talk her into adding a few regular pjs (that for her personality and lifestyle) to the list!!!

It took her a minute to get into the spirit of it all (she's not big on shopping anyway), but once she got going she was on a roll!! There are plenty of items that cover all price ranges and give people a look into Nicki and Byron's taste in home decor and household supplies!! 

Just keep swimmin!

This is my motto for the next few months!! lol

Nicki's gown came in (as well as her veil and sash). Seeing your daughters wedding gown hanging on her bedroom door really hits home just how close we are to the big day!! 

This weekend we booked the tent, tables and chairs! 

We are in the home stretch people!!! In less then 100 days my baby girl will be hitched!!

With the exception of the cake (the caterer may actually do this ) and flowers (which I'm doing) we have pretty much checked off all the boxes!! 

In the next few months the fun stuff will start!! Including a wedding craft day with the family and the bridal shower!! 

I can probably speak for both Nicki and myself that this is something we are actually looking forward to!  Now that all of the heavy decisions have been made its time to have some fun!!

So in the meantime we will just keep swimmin!! lol 

Making progress!!!

We have been on a roll this month!!

Nicki selected her wedding dress!!! 

Our David's Bridal Consultant was delightful to work with and made a very busy day (and store) into a celebration!!

Nicki's godmother and Maid of Honor along for the ride!! 

We went to the wedding venue to finalize everything for the big weekend!! Took my BFF Teresa (who is the Day of Coordinator) out to the Center and she couldn't stop raving! 

Nicki and a Byron had a taste testing with the caterer and booked him this past weekend!!

Save the dates have started going out!

I'm going to have to work with this girl on putting the guest list on a spreadsheet rather then a poster board!! But hey it got the job done lol

Nicki and I went to my sisters this past weekend to get measured (me for my mother of the bride dress, and Nicki for a special surprise). 

She went all professional and high tech on us and had everything displayed on the big screen in her office conference room!! lol

The DJ has been been booked and today Nicki and B signed the contracts for the photographer! 

Her wedding shower is only a few months away (we actually booked the venue for that months ago) so I also ordered the linen for that this week as well! 

All and all I would say January has been a very productive month!  

We've checked off lots of boxes and thankfully there are only a few more left to go!! Nicki even picked out her wedding invitations (she just needs to put in the order). I'm very proud of my baby girl because she did all of this while starting her first week back in college!! On top of all the other exiting news..she will be getting her degree in Mass Communications (after a long hiatus) hopefully in 2018!! 

Getting all of these boxes checked off had taking a load off of both of us. Now I'm just looking forward to the big weekend!!