Tie One On!

Back in March I bought the greatest shoes for the wedding!! They are perfect and so "me".




Sooooooo...since Future Hubby is wearing an all black tux I thought it would perfect if he wore a tie to match my shoes...it took A LOT of convincing but he finally agreed! The hard part...finding a tie that actually matched. After a lot of searching I finally found one on 2002Ties.com, and I think it's a pretty good match! For $8.00 that's not bad and I can return it for a refund if it's too off in color.

A Little Fill In...

Since I have been gone so long, I wanted to fill everyone in on what all has been happening. A LOT has happened!

We ordered the girls bridesmaid's dresses a couple of weeks ago from Netbride.com, and saved a TON of money. In the bridal salons, these babies were going for $210.00 and we got them for $147.00 each including shipping! I highly recommend this place if you are looking to save your girls some money. We ordered these in black...Take a look!


You may recall my post Fill Me In Friday 6.5.09, where Future Mom In Law and I went on a hunt for a rehearsal dinner location. Well the Future In Laws debated and they finally decided on Provinos Italian Restaurant in Cumming, GA. We booked the Library Room pictured below:


My friend Amy who also helped me put together our Save The Dates is also going to help me put together my invites that I designed. We met last weekend to plan it all out and to see what all I needed. This time, I am challenging myself to make all of these for less than $200.00 not including postage...We will have to see how that turns out...Stay Tuned!

Holy Honeymoon!

Ok, so Future Hubby and I didn't know if we would even have the money to go on a honeymoon. We finally decided that a cruise would be our best way to go. Not a lot of work and planning on our part, and for the most part they are all-inclusive with the exception of alcohol and shore excursions.

So I started to look on Travelocity.com to see what we could find. I found a 5-Night, 6-Day cruise that left from Miami, Florida and sailed to Turks and Caicos, Naussau and Half Moon Cay. The price was great at $459.00 per person for room with a balcony. So I put it off for a while so I could see if we could afford it after all is said and done.

So about a month ago, I went back to Travelocity.com to see if those prices were still the same or if they had gone up. To my surprise, they stayed the same..but there was just one problem...There were only 4 rooms left!! I thought about it for 5minutes and just thought "We gotta book it"...So I called Travelocity and put a deposit down.

Fast-forward to my birthday...I got a strange package in the mail from my dad. I opened it up, and there was a binder sitting in front of my. I immediately opened it and before me I saw a picture of a Suite on a cruise ship! My dad had called the Future In Laws and got them to get info from me on what I had booked. They passed the info along to him and he upgraded our room to a suite on the Carnival Destiny!!

We will be able to see both the Starboad and Port side of the boat off of our balcony and my dad also ordered a bottle of champagne for when we arrive in our room. To top it off, he is sending my deposit back to me so we can use it for something else. We are so excited we can't stand it! We are so lucky and thankful, and couldn't be more greatful! Here's a picture of our room:



And here is one of the ship!

Save That Date!

Our Save The Dates are finished and in the mail. I couldn't have done it without the help of my friend and bridesmaid, Amy.

The design was by Moi, and I really love the way they came out. Some of you may recall from my post Save The Date Saturday, that my goal was to make 60 Save The Dates for under $50.00 excluding postage.

Well I am happy to announce we did just that! Here is the breakdown:

Photo Printing: $8.82, Costco
Black Cardstock: Free Because I Already Had A Pack Of 50 Sheets Of Black Cardstock
White Cardstock: $5.90, Archiver's
Pink Ribbon: $1.05, Hobby Lobby
White Stamping Ink: $9.53, Archiver's
Magnet Backing: $4.21, Walmart
Eyelets: $9.39, Ebay
Envelopes: $5.99, JoAnn's
Ez Runner Tape Adhesive: $4.16, Archiver's
Printing: Free Thanks To The Use Of Amy's Printer!

Total: $49.05...That's .81 cents a piece!

I really enjoyed making these with Amy, and couldn't be happier with the way they turned out. We decided to do two different photos from our engagement photo session, so not everyone would have the same picture. I would like to notate that I excluded the stamp from the cost of this project because I bought the stamp for our invites but decided to use it on our Save The Dates as well.

Take A Peek!


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My Dear Readers.....

I am so sorry for being MIA lately! I have just been so busy with wedding planning and life that I let blogging fall by the wayside! So look for more updates, coming very soon!