birdies!

ok...so it was MUCH harder placing the birds than i thought it would be. some goccos come with registration plates so you can place your cardstock in the exact correct place each and every time to ensure proper placement. not the case with mine. so of course, i messed a lot more cards up, ugh!

anyway...here are the birdies. tomorrow we glue!

ok, so i recently picked up some paint chips from a local paint store so i could sit down with my man and really make some freaking decisions! of course, he kept changing his mind (as was i)...then i called my mom who told me i needed to consider what flowers were in season, ugh! anyway...long story short: we have colors! (yay)!

*drumroll*

chocolate brown
stem green/granny apple green
mauve/rose/pink

horray for these colors!

we also made a trip to crate and barrel today so we could actually see what we wanted to register for and got one of those fun product scanner gun thingies. always wanted to do that! of course, our favorite dinnerware set was discontinued! ugh. we finally settled on another one. but then when i got home, i went online to see if there were any duplicates, etc. and none of our stuff from the store showed up on our registry! that was tres annoying. i'm going to wait a day to see if maybe it takes time to upload...otherwise, i'll just have to reregister for things...good thing i printed out our list of goodies at the store!

in other news, i've been going crazy about this whole invitation thing. my coworker freaked me out this week by coming up to me and saying, "your save the dates were sooooooo nice, but now you have to top them with your invitations. they can't just be regular invitations." eugh? darn it! she's right! here's a cute invite i found on etsy...but is this too winter and not fall-like?

oh! so my latest idea was to actually print my invites on fabric! my mom, of course, thinks this is the stupidest idea in the world...but whatever. i discovered a whole new way you can print on fabric. listen to this!!!! apparently, you can iron fabric to a piece of regular ol' freezer paper, then stick it into your ink jet printer and voila- you've printed on fabric! i know it sounds too good to be true but here's one of many links that demonstrates it:

http://hazelruthes.blogspot.com/2007/06/how-to-print-on-fabric.html

i can't really wrap my brain around the whole envelope deal though. and i'd have to put a regular ol' rsvp card in there and hotel card, etc. and my mom just keeps saying, "who wants a piece of fabric?" ugh...she just doesn't get it. oh and also- there's a product called bubble jet set that helps prevent fading, etc. so i visited a store right around the corner from my office that i've always wanted to go into but was too afraid to enter called City Quilter. they were SO helpful there! i picked up my muslin fabric and bubble jet set and if i wake up at a decent hour, i'll test that method out. on the other hand, i don't know why i want to freaking make everything. like i have time for this! ugh. i just really like being crafty, gosh darn it! and besides, while i was at the city quilter, i picked up a class calendar and might actually take a sewing class there later this month! :-)

omg, while writing this i suddenly diverted to theknot.com and just wasted 1 hour of my life! must publish!

so many colors to choose from

i'm so confused about colors again, agh! let's explore some now.

they call this raspberry. i like the centerpieces actually!

here's some a chocolate brown and apple green table setting...

they call this garnet. i think one of my problems is that i'm slightly color blind...like, when i was mugged by knife point in nyc, i was the only victim (out of 3) who said the mugger's jacket was orange...when, in fact, it was red.

these coral roses are pretty.

i really like the colors of this "fall" bouquet. what colors are these though?

and what color would you call this?

here's some green. i like the idea of using edible things on tables alongside flowers.

here's the classic and simple green and white.

or i could just go very classic with pure white.

white tables...



and look! here are those white pumpkins i like so much! and pumpkins are fall!

bed.

organized chaos

this is my first post but I'm just going to jump right into things...

i call this blog No Wedding Drama because i really don't want any drama at my wedding. and i'm actually very afraid of the drama that might ensue on my fiance's side of the family. his parents are divorced and a) his mom has never gotten over the divorce, b) his mom is a little loopy, c) his father is remarried with new kids, etc. d) his father isn't on speaking terms with some of his siblings and e) my fiance has a strained relationship with oh...all of them! fun, fun, fun! that said, i'm also working crazy hours at my full-time job plus freelancing on the side. and there's a chance that i might be teaching a class this coming summer which means i'm have to start prepping now! AGH! who has time to plan a wedding?

so...i have a wedding planner! a wonderful woman named Christine of Exquisite Affairs Productions (her company's blog is over there in the margin...something borrowed, something blogged). christine's been great, especially because i'm sure that my constant emails must be terribly annoying. most of the time, it's just my anxiety running my brain. other times, it's my mom (ugh). and other times, it's real concerns...or at least they seem that way! anyway, we just booked a venue! yay! the search for the perfect was a nightmare but i'll save that story for another time because it's after 1am and i have to work in the morning.

so we're getting married on 10/23/09 and i'm trying to decide on a theme and all these other details. i'm SO inspired by things i see but i have so much trouble putting it all together. AND i actually care a lot about all the details! that's why i have a planner! :-) i can barely think straight. so originally, we were thinking apple green and pale pink. but now we're thinking autumn.

little by little, i'll post some things that inspire me or give me ideas. this is my form of organized chaos.

aren't the bottom of these shoes cute?

and how precious does this dog look? i can't wait to see my dog frenchy dressed up!

i found this whimsical wedding topper. something like this might be cute for us!

we have a lot of guests coming in from out of town and i totally fell in love with these save the date cards that i found online. i'm going to try to emulate them with childhood pics of joe and i. we have especially funny pics too!

must head to bed now!