DIY Wedding Deets

Here are a few things Derrick and I did for our wedding!

I made a sign for Miles to carry down the aisle before me that said "Here Comes the Bride."  Here is a little bit of my process.  Derrick cut me a piece of wood.  I painted it grey.  I cut out a design on the silhouette, and painted that. 

 Then I also cut letters on the silhouette.  They were fine, but the glossy paint I used was horrific!!  When I tried to peel the vinyl off, it pulled up part of the paint.  Note to self:  Never use glossy paint!  it seriously is the worst invention ever!

 So that was disappointing!!  I had to start all the way over.  Worst thing ever.  Ask Derrick.  I cried.  Literally.  I had to paint over what I had done, and I used the other side to do the new one.  Same process: grey, white vinyl design, letters (which I changed), and thankfully it turned out.  Derrick drilled a couple holes in the top, and we strung it with tulle from Quinn's tutu for him to hold. It was the most adorable thing, but unfortunately our photographer didn't snap a picture of it.  We kept telling Miles that he had a really important job.  He was to take the sign all the way down the aisle and give it to Uncle Derrick.  He did such a good job! 

Also in this picture, we made our own programs.  Here is a picture of our programs before we had tied the ribbon on the top.  I saw the idea on Pinterest, and I think they turned our great!

 Here is Quinn's tutu that I made for her. 

She looked adorable!  And I think she had fun walking/playing down the aisle too!  I don't think she'll have a problem with stage fright! :)

For the groomsmen & usher gifts, we bought them mugs, and I etched their name and a picture on them.   It's hard to tell what's on them in these pictures.

 Here is Derrick's.  I etched a Vikings' head on his and his name.

We also decided to have cupcakes instead of a giant cake for our wedding.  So Derrick and I got busy makeing a cupcake stand.  Let's say we made it work, but it definitely wasn't our best work!  And it certainly wasn't a fun project...ask Derrick!  We bought a sheet of 1/2" wood, cut it ourselves, cut the PVC pipe, painted it, and put it all together.  This project definitely took us a few months to complete.



 But in the end, I think it looked nice at our wedding! :)

I think that concludes this post of our DIY wedding details.  I would love to see your DIY projects too!

Something Blue Shower Photos

Here is a nice photo-filled blog update!  Enjoy!

And a few group photo booth photos :)

Wedding Wednesday - Engagement Pictures

I've been meaning to post something about the pictures that we took a couple weekends ago for Derrick and my engagement pictures.  Here is a picture on the drive down to Brown County, where we took the pictures.

Then here are a couple of outtakes that probably won't make the save the dates :)

Derrick is frown kissing me here.  Not a fan of engagement pictures, and this was only the third one!

Darn boots anyways!  One is shorter than the other :)

And this one is good, but I think we have some better ones!

We are still planning to do one more session with the wonderful Kaylan McCord Photography! ;)  She's been a champ taking our pictures and been quite the visionary!  I'll keep you posted! :)

Also on the wedding front, I WILL be finishing our invitations this week...FINALLY!  Yes, the wedding is still 9 months away and 6-7 months before invites will be sent, but I started these a long time ago and I can't wait to get them finished and put away!

Wedding checklist!

Hello all!

Boy, I need to create another blog challenge just to keep myself up on this thing!  I would like to update you all (and myself too) on all the things we finally have planned for the wedding. 

Derrick has sure been a trooper with making decisions with me.  We all know I'm a little indecisive! 

We picked our date, church, and reception hall and booked them!
We picked out our colors.
We have booked our caterer. 
We have a preliminary guestlist.
I have found, purchased, and picked up my wedding dress along with my shoes and headpiece. YAY! :)
Kaylan and I have narrowed down some ideas for bridesmaids dresses.
We picked ring bearer and flowergirl shoes & outfits.
We have picked our wedding party but only asked half of them to be a part of our special day. 
I finished making our wedding thank yous yesterday :) HA!
We know how we're making our wedding invitations, but we are still waiting for one part to get here in the mail.
We have been in contact with a DJ and are just waiting to decide on that.
We have been in contact with a couple of photographers. 

Things we need to do soon:
Get pictures taken for our Save the Dates and decide on a design.
Pick some dates for showers and bachelorette/bachelor parties. (Only since we have to plan to come back)
Quote some flower people.
Pick Derrick's wedding ring.
Decide on tux look.
Call about reception dessert :)
Start working on ceremony programs.
Pick hotels to block off rooms.
Find musicians for ceremony.

So, sorry for the super boring post!  I kind of needed to do this for myself anyways to figure out what to do next!

I sure hope you're all having a great week!  And, by all means, if you think of something I forgot on my list, TELL ME!! :)