Starting the decorations...

     The past few nights we have been working on different decorations for the reception, it's been alot of fun doing them all different. We have been collecting bottles for the past month or so and they are adding up and looking very nice, and yes i said bottles. Wine bottles liqure bottles ect. and no it's not tacky well atleast I don't think so. We have also been working on the invitations and a few other things and I have to say if it wasn't for my mom I wouldn't know where I'd be right now. For those of you that are not blessed to have a mother you are close to or have lost your mom I'm sooo sorry because I have been blessed with the best parents I could ever ask for. I wouldn't be anywhere with this wedding if it wasn't for my mom she has been the best at everything for me, shes been there through all the good and bad things and has spent all of her spare time working on things for me. These are the memories that will stay with me for the rest of my life and I just want to thank her for all she does. I love you mom...

Coming up fast...

        Ok, so we are coming up on the 5 month mark it just doesn't seem possible that we are getting this close. I went to my moms tonight to work on some stuff and I think we might have the invitations we want and maybe even my bouquet...Yay. I'm going to post some pictures of the bouquet and the throw away bouquet but mine isn't quit finished the will still be some live flowers added to it along with baby's breath and the ribbon might be alittle different but for now it's just the rough draft but I LOVE IT!!! There is just so much going on right now I really don't know where to start and what needs done now and later and I'm just crazy...But I guess at some point it just has to work out right? Well here are some pictures hope you like them just keep in mind it's an outside wedding in just and very country and laid back...                                                       

        The extra white rose just shows what it will kinda look like with a real rose in the bouquet, plus it will have baby's breath and a few other things in it...

Staying busy...

        Oh boy...Someone please tell me how to pick between what it is that I want for decorations. I have done nothing but play around with different ideas but cannot figure out which one I like the best. Last night I stayed up til almost 4 am making things to see if I liked them or not, low and behold I love them all. And if anyone else has any ideas they want to through out have at it. I love new ideas. So for those of you that will be at the wedding it's probably going to be a cluster of different ideas I've found. Tammy, Jr's cousin made a few things and brought me a few other things and I love all of them as well. What to do? what to do? Sooner or later I know I'm going to have a mental break but for now I think Jr is just going to kill me with all my crafts. Last night when I was working I went outside at around 1 am and cut a million branches off of one of our trees, so he came home to nature inside with the smell of glue lingering everywhere, haha. He knew my family was crafty but I think I might be going over board. So will someone please STOP ME...

Asking for help...

   Ok everyone so I have found a new addiction thanks to Abby Riley-Kavolick. If any of you have heard of pinterest.com I absolutely love it and can't get enough. I have found so many new ideas and I had already had some dealing with mason jars but now I have so many more so now for my question, Does anyone have mason jars? With all the ideas I have now I'm going to need a bunch so if anyone can help out I would be greatly appreciated. For those of you that don't know my number just facebook me. And I hope everyone goes to my pinterest page and look at all my ideas I have also posted different things that we have already done like my bouquets. They are beautiful I'll post a picture on here so you can see one, although all the flowers are going to be different colors you'll get the idea.

Flowers...Yay

      I've really been wanting hydrangeas for the wedding because not only are the gorgeous but they also dry and look exactly the same as they do on the trees. So for the past three weeks I have been knocking on these peoples door in Shinnston to see if I could cut theirs. Knowing they would probably think I was crazy. Well fortunately for me they were out of town for over two weeks at their daughters wedding, so I caught them just at the right time. When I noticed they were home I ran over hoping and praying they would say yes. Low and behold she didn't even hesitate, she told me I could take them all... I was so happy I went back the first pretty day with my tough box in hand not knowing what I was about to get myself into. To say the least I had to send my friend Bri to the gas station to buy garbage bags because I never thought there would be quite so many, and when I say so many I mean I didn't know there was going to be a TON!!! After 2 1/2 hours a huge tough box and 10-11 garbage bags later I finally have my flowers...

And this is only half the other half is at my parents house...

I found it...

     After 6 long hours and 2 appointments in the same day at the same place I finally found my dress. I'm sooo excited. And the best part I got to spend the whole day with my mom and my sister. I didn't realize that doing this with them would be so much different and so much more important to me then going with my friends. I'm sure it would have been nice with them to but just not mean as much. But back to the dress, it is gorgeous and just what I wanted very simple and light weight since the wedding is outside I don't want to be real hot all day. I also found my shoes...To say the least they are bad ass haha. All I kept saying all day "well if anything at least the shoes will make anything look good." But the dress with the shoes is just perfect.

The shopping starts...

   I had a few things to do yesterday and I decided while I was out running my sister and I could stop and try on some dresses...just for fun! I never thought I would actually find anything, but I think I might have found my dress. My mom and I are going to go back Thursday so she can help me choose. I found three to be honest with you, two are very similar and one is nothing like I would have ever picked out. The woman at the store pulled it off the rack and said "What about this one?" I just said sure I'll try anything, knowing it wasn't was I was looking for. Then I put it on and I didn't know if I was going to be able to take it off. I know they say that you will know the dress when you see it but what if you don't actually like it on the hanger but love it when you put it on. Is that what I'm suppose to do is just try everything on then pick??? Thank god I'm not that picky and when I find something I know it.