Wedding Wishes

Thought I'd share some wedding ideas I've found that are really neat, but aren't going to make it into our wedding day.

Save the Dates

Flower petal lined aisle

Heart boutonniere

Unity Sand Ceremony

Mason jar centerpieces

DIY Cupcake Bar

Pie Bar

Something Blue 

Still trying to convince the future Mr. this would make a great Christmas/Bday gift! ;-)

A little sparkle

When I first starting planning our wedding I fell in love with pictures like these:

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I have always wanted to get married in sneakers but once I saw these pictures I knew I had to have purple heels! I'd find amazing purple shoes, snap my fun photos, and change into sneaks for the reception.  Good plan right?

Not so much.  My feet have always been narrow and my ankles are skinny mini.  The result?

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 Ok, not exactly but I think you get the idea!  Frustrated, I decided to go the Scarlett O'Hara route and "think about it tomorrow" (or months after tomorrow) and focus on reception sneaks.  Fun, shiny ones.  Mom suggested I just get high-tops and not worry about it.  High-tops aren't my thing but checking out the website couldn't hurt.  A trip to the mall to check my shoe size and five shipping days later this arrived...

 which held the most perfectly perfect compromise of purple heels and sneakers!

(They look gray here but they are the same color purple that is on the website)

I love them!  They cover both the color and type I wanted, so I'm going to wear them for the ceremony and reception!

They even work with jeans for after the wedding!

 

 

 

 I managed to get them on a one day only 20% off sale with free shipping!  This seemed like a great deal until I ran across them at a new shoe store in the mall for $10 cheaper...two days after I ordered them.

Awesome.

Snippets

While home on break this week I have been zipping around town (ok, three different cities) picking up wedding supplies - and finding some great deals!!

Well, hello there Mr. Fisk...

(Left: Punchy   Right: Mr. Fisk)

We met in the clearance aisle at Michael's and since he was only $7 (60% off!) I had to scoop him up. I mean seriously, how many times do you wish you owned a paper slicer...especially a cute little orange one!  I scored the Martha Stewart paper punch for 40% off, and both items are hard at work on our wedding paper goods!

Sneaky peek..

These may, or may not, be the aforementioned paper goods.  IF they were I bet I made multiple trips to a local craft store in order to use a 40% off coupon on every box I bought...or might have bought...

I found the perfect paper to add to the invitations...and thanks to the Crazy 4 hour Summer Madness Sale I got everything for 25% off!  The next day I found a different type of invitation paper I needed for 50% off. Turns out it wasn't suppose to be on sale...someone forgot to take the sale sign down from last week, so I got the deal this week too!

Stitchery

The Momma is hard at work on this little number!  It will make it's grand debut at my shower (which isn't for a long time).  Can you guess what it is?  She also whipped up a keep and toss garter set and they are so awesome - but a surprise for the Mr. so no pictures! Yes, more coupons and sale items were used!

A little sparkle

 This item was probably the most exciting find of the week! I got a deal on this as well, although some frustration may have followed.  Hopefully I will be able to do a full sparkle post in the next couple days!!!

I think all of my wedding purchases so far have been made with some sort of discount or coupon involvement.  Not a bad way to start off and I'm excited to find more deals!

The little things that matter

I was browsing wedding items one day on Etsy and I tripped over something rather fantastic. I knew at once that I absolutely had to have this item...until I realized it might be a little silly and possibly bridal-craziness to want something so trivial.  So I bookmarked the page and tried to forget it.  Finally, I couldn't stand it anymore and caved  "Hey Mom?  Look at this."  She loved it!  Of course all I needed was for someone to think it was just as neat as I did and to assure me that it wasn't a silly thing to want.  So what is this amazing Etsy find? 

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Bride and Groom FORKS!  Necessary? No.  Will anyone but us notice? No.  Adorable? Yes! 

 The seller actually calls them cake forks, but they are so awesome we will be using them all night.

Jamie also suggested we use them on our anniversaries, which of course makes them even more perfect.  A well spent twenty bucks in my opinion :)