99 Days to go!

Just in case you were wondering.

(His) Ring Update

I think we may have found something! It is a custom made wooden ring, with a sterling silver inlay and band. We found it on Etsy.com, at Naturalezanica's Shop and ordered it a few days ago.


From the sellers site:
Simply elegant organic design. Nambaro (cocobolo) wood collected sustainably by hand in Nicaragua transformed into a band with simple sterling inlay.
Every piece is a handmade design by Marlon Obando Solano using sustainably collected organic materials.

I can't wait for it to come in and for him to try it on!


UPDATE - the ring looks great! We have a winner!


I also found something else on etsy that I really like, kind of a modern take on the ring pillow:



These can be custom made with your own text (what would ours say? hmmm.) and are from palomas nest. We won't be having a ring bearer, but maybe our rings can be tied to this and set on our altar (which is really just a small column that our officiant can set her book on). I don't know, but I like it. :)

Monograms

I'm learning so much and getting so many ideas from all of the wedding sites and magazines I've been looking at. One thing that I am seeing everywhere are wedding monograms or even a logo for the wedding. I was bored at work yesterday and decided to give it a shot. Most of the monograms I've seen are centered around the brides and groom's first initial and the first letter of their new last name, like this (taken without permission from a google image search):

I am not planning on taking my new husband's last name, so that wouldn't really work for our "logo." So instead I just used our initials. Here's what i did:


and if I need it on a black background:


not that I know what I'd do with this design, mind you, it was just a fun little excercise. :)

4 Months to go!

I've been a busy little bride these past few weeks! :)

I have:
- Ordered envelopes (see rave below)
- Printed RSVP cards
- Made table numbers and other assorted paper stuffs
- Ordered my wedding day jewelry
- Scheduled a makeup trial
- Secured Photobooth
- Secured the disco ball rental >:)
- Joined a gym (note: this doesn't mean I've actually been going)

We have:
- Hired a DOC (huge relief)
- Been gathering childhood photos for a slideshow
- FINALLY decided on a honeymoon destination :)
- Had a preliminary meeting with the officiant

And a bunch of other stuff I can't think of right now.


I/we still need to:
- Rent tuxes
- Select wedding bands (the one below didn't work out)
- Decide on Best Man gift
- Schedule a hair trial
- Book karaoke dude
- Print the actual invitations
- Decide on vows and ceremony structure
- Meet with officiant again
- Go in for a tasting
- Get my dress fitted
- Get undergarments

and....

- Go from this (no offense to Rachel Ray whatsoever, just sayin this is what I look right now):

- To this:

*biting nails*

And a bunch of other stuff I can't think of right now.

(I'll probably be adding to this post as I think of things)