Love these mugs!

{ mugs by Jessica Rust Design }

How cute are these! Rust Designs carries all sorts of personalizable items that aren't tacky (you know what I'm talking about...think the kiosk at the mall that engraves made-in-china frames).

Mobiles?

Always on the lookout for what to hang from the ceiling of our venue, a friend sent along a link (thanks Queenie!) to Frazier and Wing. How beautiful are these!! I can see them hanging above and around the bride and groom during the ceremony, and then scattered around the reception venue.

{ all images via Frazier and Wing }













What do you think? How else could you see these used?

My Party Dress

I kinda wish I had seen this before I started this whole escapade of a dress hunt:

"You get to a point where there's not much you can do but put on your fancy party dress, a pair of fabulous shoes and grab a bottle of cheap champagne to swig with your girls on the way to meet your groom." - Cyd...via A Practical Wedding who adds on, "Once you start thinking of it as your party dress, the whole thing gets so much simpler. And better."



{ dresses by etsy seller ILuvUTutuMuch }

Cause isn't that really what it is, a party dress? That's what I wanted at least.

I went to a total of 10 dress shops and probably tried on around 60ish dresses until finally I found THE dress! I'm not posting a picture of what it looks like because a) I still have a fear that somehow Mr. might find it, and b) no pictures exist of my dress (wasn't allowed to take any there and there are no pictures online yet.)

Did I have that ohmygodthisistheone moment as soon as I put it on just how every bride imagines it'll happen? No, and I'm ok with that. Actually, I feel better that I didn't have that. I'm a thinker and I don't like making decisions based on an emotional first impression (an impulse buyer I'm deinitely not). It was when I had been in it for an hour and STILL would not take it off ("I'm not ready to change yet, is that ok? Just a couple more minutes? Can I just you know...like...walk around in it a little more?" "I just wanna do another sit test" "I can totally see a photo like this: (insert bridal pose here)") that I knew I had found THE party dress!



Wouldn't you just love to twirl around in this? { dress by etsy seller ILuvUTutuMuch }

So, I have to wait until April for when it comes in (good thing, or else I might be tempted to try it on...every day...) and maybe I'll post a picture then from the fittings. SPEAKING OF WHICH...

Um, ok, how much did your alterations cost???? What would be a reasonable cost? I'm just so nervous that "you get what you pay for" goes for alterations too...Anyone know any really good, reasonable places who do wedding dress alterations in NJ/eastern PA?

Pom Pom Vines

Eternally on my search for what (if anything) to hang from the ceiling at our venue, I saw this on Once Wed this morning:






















{ Photos and project created by Anna Bond of Rifle Design }

Best part about it? Anna says that approximate time for each vine is 20 minutes!!

I'd love to use a lighter green for the leaves and different colored pastel poms and then string them as garlands from the beams.

Check out the tutorial here. What do you think?

Where for art thou, wedding dress?

For reals. Where are ya?

I'm getting to the point where this whole dress hunt thing (almost) isn't fun anymore. Trying on a bunch of pretty dresses IS still fun, it just feels like it's time to find "the one" ya know? I've been to 8 bridal shops and still haven't found a dress in my price range that I know is the one that I'd like to wear on our wedding day and that I'd love to look back at in pictures. Sigh.

I thought I didn't want a big dress... The one thing I AM sure of is that I don't want a strapless dress, and THAT is where I'm running into problems since it seems like that's what everyone wants these days! Now, I'm not going to share a picture of the dresses I've been liking (just in case Mr. reads my blog one day) but I think it'd be fabulous to be the bride in this photo:


{ photo by Amy and Stuart Photography, via What Junebug Loves }

More appointments this week... here's hoping that I find one soon!