Save the dates DONE!

I'm so happy to have these done

Dress, Colour, Shoes!

For the past 5 days I have been in Seattle visiting Kris, my parents came along, and we bought my wedding dress! I can't show the photo, but its awesome and not what i was expecting at all. It was a little more expensive than I wanted to pay, but pretty good considering everything else I tried on. The store was fantastic, if you are searching for a dress in the Seattle area please go to Amanda's Bridal Botiique, she has a great selection!

On the trip we also found some beautiful green sashes on sale that would go great with the colours I had already choosen. We bought 6 of them (just in case) and I plan on giving one to each bridesmaid (Kristie already has one) so that it is easier to find a dress. They can also be used for sashes, hair bands, boquet wraps or other decorations. I may even use one in my hair. When I get a camera I will post a photo of that

I still have to hunt for shoes, not easy when you have the feet of a 10year old boy. I want to wear flats and not be uncomfortable, after all the wedding will be outdoors so heels would only aerate the soil. Unfortunately, its fall and light green shoes are not in abundance. I will probably have to wait until the spring to find anything good, but these are nice...

Gnomes!

I got a gnome stamp, it may be seen a lot at this wedding!

More Chartreuse and Burgundy

I'm happy to find another wedding with my colours. Great to get some inspiration and to know it 'can' look good. There are actually not many photos of the colours on the website (see:http://www.soireecharleston.com/soiree.htm) but thats ok too! Just one or two makes me happy

Inspiration board

Stylemepretty.com had an inspiration board contest a while ago. I thought I would submit something, and, although I did not win, It was nice to put together some ideas for the wedding. Here is what I submitted:

Cake + Decorating = Awesome

Decor 8 has a beautiful blog entry about cakes and decorating. This one fits my wedding colours almost perfectly. It just needs a splash of green!

My engagement ring

Here is the ring Renato gave me last weekend. He gave it to me in Fish Creek Park, on a little footbridge like how I preposed to him. It was made by my best friend Tamara (see links) who is also a talented jewler. She made it to look like a wishbone and set a small moonstone on it. I love its uniqueness and personality.

I am now going to incorporate moonstones into my headpiece, I think they will go great with little garnets!