Suits :)

So the big day is only about a month and a half away, which is SOOO crazy! Michael and I have been SUPER busy working on wedding details as well as trying to finish up portfolios and final assignments before graduation, so I apologize for the lack of postings in the past few months. 


Our lovely invitations were sent out this past week and the RSVP's have been coming in! This has truly made my day and I look forward to entering the RSVP's into my pretty, nice, organized spreadsheet. :) We are very excited and getting anxious for our big day! #47daysaway #51112


Here are out suits that we have chosen for the wedding! I am really excited about them and cannot wait to see all of our handsome groomsmen and my handsome groom! :)

The Groom's Suit

And the Groomsmen Suits! 

Talk to you all soon!

Our Flower Trials

I mentioned a while back how our friend, Sarah is going to be making our flowers! We are so excited about this and happy to have such a close friend helping us with such an important wedding detail. We decided a few months back that in order to take all of our ideas and purchase some flowers from the WONDERFUL Harold's Wholesale in the famous St. Louis Flower District, and do some trials of our boutonniere and bridesmaids bouquets. 
Here's what we came up with. :)

Boutonnieres for the guys

And our Bridesmaids' Bouquets! 

Save Our Date!

So I have awesome friends! My best friend, and (now) Matron of Honor is so creative and incredible! She actually designed and created our save the dates and invitations! We used www.vistaprint.com for all of our printing of our stationary. I decided that it would be easiest if we just ordered EVERYTHING all at once and that way we would only need to stress out, make edits, and pay shipping once. We ordered our save the date postcards, invitations, reply cards, return labels, and envelope seals for under $200!!
 However, when I received my lovely little package in the mail Michael and I were less than pleased with the colors and image quality of everything besides the save the dates. After a not-so-fun conversation with the Vistaprint people, they refunded/credited my account in order to reorder everything! Oh well. 


But here are the save-the-dates that we just finished sending out this past weekend :) Enjoy

Troubles

Have you ever had those weeks or days that just completely lay you flat on your face and make you feel awful? Well it has been one of those weeks for me. Michael and I have been making pretty good headway with all the wedding plans, but have pretty much put them on hold until the end of the month and after my best friend has her wedding. But even with this I have felt extremely discouraged and out of place.


Between family issues, wedding mishaps (even with the planning on the back burner), preparing for student teaching attempting to budget, working, school, graduate credit and extra projects...oh and trying to hang out with Michael in between all of this. As well, he has had a rough few weeks. Between his grandma's increasing health issues, working 35-40 hours a week, trying to keep me sane and not crying, school and student teaching preparation. With all of this being said, it has been a really rough past few weeks.


However, today I have realized how much I truly do complain and focus on my first-world issues and i want to stop... or at least tone it down a bit. I need to not let me emotions control me so much all of the time. For anyone that knows me, I am VERY emotionally driven, and that isn't a bad thing if it is controlled. Sometimes its just needed to get this stuff off your chest and write it down.


PS. Thanks for listening :)


Coming Soon Wedding Post: Save the Dates and Guest Book!

Engagement Photos

Last Month, Michael and I were able to take some engagement photos with our photographers. Here are a few of my favorites. :)

Flowers

So I am not sure if you all know how expensive flowers, especially wedding flowers, can be. The average cost for flowers for weddings can run between $700-1,500! For a bride on a tight, cost effective budget this can be a  nightmare and a budget breaker! However, breaking the budget on flowers that will die in about 24 hours is NOT an option for me. 


In comes ... Sarah :) 

Sarah is a friend of mine who I have known for 5 years. She is a sweet soul and a burst of fun-loving energy. She also happens to be a wonder at flowers and making pretty things out of them. :) I had asked her if she would help design and create the flowers for Michael and I's wedding. She was ecstatic and eagerly agreed! We then began plans to go to the Flower District in St. Louis and let our imaginations and creative juices flow! Harold's flower market was what was HIGHLY recommended to us and we agreed that this should be our first (and hopefully last) stop in our search to find some pretty flowers for the wedding. 


We were happy to find that there are so many pretty yellow flowers! I wanted my bouquet to be mainly white, with hints and spots of bright yellow. Here is what we found for my bouquet. 

Beautiful white roses, yellow freesia & white hydrangeas

For the Bridesmaids, this is what we have come up with;

White daisies, yellow roses, yellow mums & white dahlias

For the Groom :) and Groomsmen, I wanted something traditional yet modern boutonnieres. We found these button mums and berry greenery for them.  

One of the best parts about all of this is that we are doing, 1 groom, 5 groomsmen, 2 fathers  2 grandfather 1 pastor and 1 attendant/ring bearer boutonnieres , 1 bride, 5 bridesmaid, 1 flower girl  bouquets, 2 mother, 1 grandmother, 1 sister corsages all for a grand total of around or under $300!!! Needless to say I am very proud of this and know that, once again, you can be cost efficient and still make a wedding beautiful! 


Bouquet and boutonniere demos to come! 

Lately

So it has been a long time since I have posted on here and it somewhat makes a little sad. Life has gotten so crazy and time has truly gotten away from me. Ya see, there is this event at school/work that I am in charge of that has recently taken over my life... enter Welcome Weekend :)

Anyways, I am pleased and very excited to catch you all up on our wedding plans. 


First off, after 12 stores and over 100 dresses I found MY dress!!! I am so excited and am honestly sad that it won't get here until January. I can not wait for it to get here and to be able to put it on again! 


Secondly, we have started working on our wedding menu and guest list which is still ongoing. 


Thirdly, Michael and I have decided to go with Hendri's banquets for our wedding reception. :) I am really excited to be working with them and for them to help Michael and I make our day special. 


Fourthly, we ordered sparklers! :) This is sooo going to happen and it makes me a little giddy 

Lastly, we have also booked our honeymoon! We are soo excited for this and I truly can not be on the beach with my husband! We are going for 7 days in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico at the Grand Mayan Resort. 


I can not wait to keep planning! Only 9 months until I am Mrs. Schultz!