Invitation Destinations

For most people, sending a wedding invitation to a celebrity is believed to be futile. Finding a reliable mailing address may be quite difficult. It may be presumed, even if one could find the correct mailing address, that it would be tossed to the side by some publicist, never to reach the hands of the celebrity.


From research, some of this is true--all of it, in some cases. The most popular guests to send wedding invitations to are the president and the mouses--yes, those famous animated ones good ol' Walt Disney created. Upon research, people have received well-wishes from the current president and his wife. From Mickey and Minnie they have received an autographed picture with well-wishes. Other people have sent invitation to the Queen of England, the Pope, and various other celebrities. They don't always receive a reply from them, though.


I decided to send one to Kirk Cameron and Chelsea Noble for fun, too.

Invitations

I finished the invitations! =D They're custom-made--my uncle helped touch them up. They turned out really well.

One Hundred Days!

It's hard to believe that I'll be getting married in 100 days (presuming that my countdowns have stayed away from blue phone-booths). I am making progress now.

I found my dress.

I got it from the Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, AL*. When it was originally purchased, it would have cost $1,150, plus alterations. I was able to get it for $199 with a bustle (+$20 to $90), a sash with a brooch ($90+), and the bodice has been taken in to pretty much my size (+$60). Basically, I would've ended up paying $1,320 or more if I would've paid full price retail. 


I knew I could find a good deal if I looked hard enough. ^.^


*http://unclaimedbaggage.com

Map Flowers

I've been working on these paper flowers made from maps the past couple of weeks (mostly done while watching Friends or Danny Phantom). I'm pretty impressed with them. 

Tomorrow I'm (finally) going to the Unclaimed Baggage Center! I've been wanting to go there for years, and now I finally will get to go. =] I'm pretty excited about it, in case you couldn't tell. I shall post my findings for all of you who have yet to experience it.

Take a break

One of the best things to do while wedding planning is to take a break and not think about it for a day. Well, I say this, but so far I've yet to fully achieve this.

For the most part, I was able to take a break from wedding stuff today. It was nice. Though I couldn't stay away the whole day. I ended up working on our wedding registry this afternoon (I decided that, as nice as they are, I would rather not have people pay over a hundred dollars for each place setting for my fine china. I might go back and find some cheaper ones. Oh, Vera Wang, why must you cost so much?).

Yesterday, I went to try on dresses at a small formal-wear store near where I live. I still haven't found something I really like for less than a thousand. Bah. I've found a couple dresses here and there that are nice, but I haven't been able to say "this is the one." We shall see. I'm hoping to have a decision made by next week on the dress.

Reception Music

I'm pretty sure that if I were able to actually plan with Michael more than half an hour to an hour per week, I would take half the time to pull together this wedding. Let me elaborate.

• I picked out a design for the invitations a couple months ago. I decided a week ago that I didn't really like them. Now I'm finding a new design that I can use with the envelopes and cards that I already have.
• It took probably twice as long to register as it may have been if it were just the two of us.
• The guest list needs to be narrowed down. A lot. I can't really do that without him.
• Deciding on the day took at least month longer than it would've if he were here.
• Thinking up things for vows and such  is difficult to do if you don't know if you're doing them.
• I want to go to Universal for a day. I haven't had enough time to talk to him in order to talk him into it yet.
• We need to order wedding rings soon, especially if we get the ones that we're looking at (customized). 
• I'm currently picking out music for the reception. I'm pretty sure that I'm going to end up cutting out a lot of it later once I think about it. Maybe less Disney. Maybe I'll keep most of the Disney and cut out some of the other stuff. Maybe I'll just say heck with it and keep it all there, but put it on shuffle

There are various other things that have made me consider this thought, of course, but I won't go into it. It doesn't really matter. It'll all get done eventually. I just need to do what I can with the time that I do have.

Through all of this, I have found it to be really fun to be quizzed, in a way, on how well I know Michael. While registering, I was asked multiple times how Michael would feel about this or that. I replied what I did believe to be true, based on the vague conversations he and I have had in the past. When I spoke to him later about the subject, he told me pretty much what I had told those who had asked. This has happened on other occasions, as well, such as when I tried on dresses at David's Bridal and the consultant asked me what he liked in a dress. It felt like I was getting A's on my quizzes. =]

I HAVE SO MUCH MORE LEFT TO DO! X.x

Mid-planning Crisis

You know how people have a mid-life crisis? I might be having a version of it for my wedding planning. 
Okay, I don't want to overhaul the entire design, but I've recently been changing and rethinking a lot of the basic stuff. I do realize that all of this is just a part of the planning process. I sincerely hope that I can at least stop rethinking the invitations soon. The invitations should be going out no later than March 11th. That day is going to sneak up on me far too quickly. 


Not to mention that I don't have a dress yet. I don't even have an idea of what design I really like at this point. There are a lot of different designs out there. I do have an appointment set up for Wednesday morning at David's Bridal so that I can try on some designs, at least. I likely will not be buying a dress from them, but I do need a better idea of what to look for in the future. There are many websites that I have found that sell wedding dresses at amazing prices; these sites tend to be overwhelming for me when I don't truly know what styles look good on me and what styles don't. At the least, I hope that my appointment on Wednesday will be beneficial to my search.
I will likely post some of my findings for you after this momentous event.


Time to de-stress by doing something crafty. It'll likely involve flowers, a girly movie, and chocolate.