Less Than Three Months To Go

  

I cannot believe that time has flown by so quickly. Our wedding is less than 3 months away and the next thing on my wedding checklist is to send out my invitations. This is probably one of the most important wedding tasks for any wedding. This is where the rubber meets the road. People will now know they are invited to your wedding. I have been designing my own invitations with one of my friends and we are 90% to the finished product. I printed up a mock up last weekend and the only thing that I didn't like about them was the paper that it was printed on lol. So this weekend, I am exploring my printing options including places to print that won't cost me an arm and a leg and I am going to investigate this paper warehouse I keep hearing from people who have used them for their wedding stationary.

The other thing that I did this week was buy all the ribbon I will be using for the wedding. I bought 1250 yards of ribbon which will be used for lots of projects. For those of you who have been following my blog, I have settled on the theme of "Ribbon in the Sky" so clearly I needed a lot of ribbon. They are going on my invitations, escort cards, ribbon wands, probably will incorporate some in my reception centerpieces, ceremony programs, and advice cards. The amazing thing about this ribbon though is that it can get pretty pricey. For some reason ribbon is expensive. So, of course I went scouring the web for a good deal on ribbon since I would need so much. I found an amazing deal. So, brides if you need any large amounts of ribbon for anything check out papermart.com. I got all my ribbon plus shipping and handling for $30.00. I am always leery about buying stuff online and especially on sites that aren't popular, but while I was looking for different ideas for my ribbon wands, I saw an instruction video and the lady in the video said she too had bought her ribbon from papermart.com. So, that eased my nerves a bit. Plus, I have about 2 more weeks before I start to panic if the ribbon doesn't show up. LOL

Also, I called my reception venue and the next thing to do for that is to tell them what my design for my centerpieces are. I am loving the fact that this place is taking care of all the stuff for the reception and I don't have to do anything but drop off escort cards, cake bags and party favors, oh yea and pay them. But that keeps me from stressing over all that stuff and I can just focus on the ceremony. We get to pick out our cake design and flavors. I guess we are getting to the fun stuff...cake tasting, Yippy. Hmmm what kind of cake do I want. Yum Yum.

Last but not least, I would like to thank all my bridesmaids for all of their help. Yup, all my bridesmaids have ordered their dresses for the ceremony and I am super excited. I probably have the best group of bridesmaids ever. They are the best. You all are so great, and I am being so serious. I could not do any of this without all of your help. Love you guys. 

Ok that's the end. I have gotten a lot done this week and I am really proud of myself. Just need to keep plugging along. Well, everyone save those pennies...you never know when they will come in handy.