The Maid of Honor's Ensemble

The weekend of shopping was a success! Here is what we found:


Impression Bridal gown, Style 1568. Shown in Platinum above, but will be black and have spaghetti straps for the wedding.

She also found these Sam and Libby's Sedalia heels to go with it:

The Rings

A funny thing about me having a diamond ring... Yes, I am using "Tiffany" Blue, but no, I am not really into Tiffany & Co. And while they are beautiful, but I'm not really into diamonds, especially spending that much money on something so small and seemingly impractical. Not to mention that I figured I'd probably snag it on something, or lose it, etc etc. And when people get engaged, I'm not normally the type of person who asks to see the ring. Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course. I'm actually not really into fine jewelry at all, and if you'd asked me a couple of years ago, I would've told you that I would be perfectly happy with a plain silver band as my wedding ring.

But here I am, a couple of years later, with a diamond ring on my finger and I have to admit, I absolutely adore it. There's nothing "impractical" about how I feel when I glance down at it and see it sparkling back up at me. Maybe there's a Tiffany girl lurking inside of me afterall. ;)


1. My beautiful engagement ring - 4mm comfort band
2. The wedding band - matching 4mm comfort band
3. The way they will look together - hawt. There was no 4+4mm picture, so the one shown is 3+3mm. In other words, the real deal will be slightly thicker than what is shown.

Naturally, I want to get my honey something he loves just as much. He has talked about wanting some sort of non-traditional ring, maybe something in wood, so I've got my eye out for something that screams: "________!" (<--- insert his name there).

Then I saw someone post this on indiebride.com:


when I saw it, it totally screamed "________!" This is from 22DesignsStudio, based out of Taiwan, and is their 7 Days ring.

Big Weekend...

My best friend and Maid of Honor is coming into town this weekend. I haven't seen in forever and am really excited. On tap for this weekend: find her a dress and shoes, attend a cake tasting, first meeting with a florist, and majorly catch up on eachother lives. :)

Update on the centerpieces: I want to wait to meet with the florist to make any decisions, but I'm pretty sure that the centerpieces are going to be DIY. I'll be using the floating bowls pictures below, filling them with aqua gems and water and floating a large white flower (of a few small flowers) in them. around the bowls, i'll probably sprinkle some gems, and surround the bowls with votives in these holders i found at efavormart.com:


Now the real issue is what do about the bouquet. I HAVE NO CLUE. I was originally going to do ALL of the flowers white, but the more I see white bridal bouquets, the more I think they blend into the dress too much. And there is no such thing as a Tiffany Blue flower, which makes me sad, so that's not really an option. There has been talk of dyeing some white flowers blue, but I've heard mixed reviews on that. We'll see. Hopefully the florist will have some good ideas.


PS. Here's another picture of theeee dress:

Reception Decor

It's easy to find things in black and white. Finding accents in Tiffany Blue/Aqua hasn't been as easy. I'd like to bring as much aqua into the reception as possible, without overkill.

Here are some things I've been looking at:



1. Tiffany Blue silk carnations: ebay
2. Squared aqua votive holders at: www.modernvaseandgift.com
3. Aqua/White striped votive holders at idealfavors.com
4. Frosted glass bowl at www.greengreen.com
5. Vase Jewels www.colormewedding.com

I have no clue what I am doing for the centerpieces yet. I have access to 20 FREE floating candle bowls, so while they probably wouldn't be my first choice, I'm going to try and use those.
They are double walled, so you can fill the inner wall with whatever you want, and then put something else in the actual bowl. For example, I could fill the inner wall with those silk carnations, and float some white candles in the bowl. Then I could surround the bowl with those aqua votive holders... something like that.

I'd like the head table to have a different centerpiece, maybe that Blue frosted bowl above, filled with water and some floating flowers in it...? I really have no idea yet :( This is probably the area I need the most work on.

Eeeeee!!!!

This deserves a post of it's own:



This would be perfect for the Groom's cake that I am surprising my honey with. Shhh, don't tell him! ;)

Glass Damask Cake Stand, available at Horchow.com
or at Nieman Marcus

by the way, this is the inspiration for the grooms cake: