One month from yesterday we will be married.

We have sooo much to do! My hair and makeup trial is today, so I'm sure I'll be posting about that later. We also have a meeting with the music people, about a billion DIY projects to start/finish, we need to start calling ppl who haven't replied, and Christmas is next week!!

Not to mention, I'm STILL truckin through graduate school apps.

So I've been gone awhile thanks to graduate school applications, but I'm back, and with promised pictures of the invitations! They were a pretty stressful project, but I looooove how they turned out!

The invitations are in!! They are perfect. There was some drama because the lady who printed them (moncherdesigns on etsy) caught at the last minute that the reply by date had the wrong year (December 11 2010 instead of 2009, yikes) but it got fixed in time and we just finished addressing them. I'll post pictures once they're all sent out, but I love them and so does MOB, MOH, FH and FMIL!

It's beginning to all come together so quickly now, I'm starting to get really really excited.

I also went to a friend's wedding this past weekend, and it was gorgeous! I should be studying right now, but all I can think about is wedding stuff.

One of the first things I decided about my wedding was that I wanted to get married in a church. For one, I have spectacularly horrendous luck, and didn't want to risk getting married outside (especially in Florida). Also, I'm getting married in January, and didn't really want to unnecessarily torture my guests.
I also didn't just want any church, I wanted a movie church. You know, the cute little hundred year old chapel with stained glass and pews. My current church doesn't exactly look anything like that, so I set out on a search (AKA I googled "old church dade city", because Dade City is where my reception venue is). The first church I clicked on was Dade City First Presbyterian Church, and it was love at first site. Built in 1865 with all the original woodwork still intact and beautiful stained glass, I had my place!
So, me and the fiance went and spoke to the pastor there, who graciously agreed to allow our pastor to perform the ceremony. Everyone was so sweet, and we'll probably attend church there several more times before the big day.
Isn't it perfect?

My fiance and I both go to FSU, graduating in December. I wanted to incorporate something to do with the noles in my wedding, without venturing into psycho college fan tackyness.

I know of weddings where people were introduced with the warchant in the background, weddings with garnet and gold themes, and even a wedding where the couple did the "chop" during their recessional. While these ideas fit the couples, they don't really fit my fiance and me. Not to mention our football season this year leaves much to be desired (don't get me wrong, I am and always will be a die hard fan).

Like with so many aspects of our wedding, etsy came through! My mom/wedding planner found cyndesminis's shop, and.... (drum roll please)....



SO cute right?? It doesn't scream COLLEGE, but anyone who knows where we attend school will understand the significance. A cake topper is, to me, the perfect way to subtly include our alma mater in the festivities. Not to mention, they're adorable.

I LOVE my save the dates. I spent weeks on the magnet street website, trying to fit our engagement pictures into every magnet layout, in a search for the perfect design. After editing, cropping, changing colors, and going through about 12 layouts (which I had my friends vote for their favorite on), I finally placed my order.

10 days later, these were in my mailbox (!)


All the painstaking work and searching for the perfect green were well worth the product. My wonderful mom/wedding planner also typed up little notes and added a graphic using mountaincow's software to print on ivory cardstock and include on the envelope. (Maybe I'll scan a picture of it later).

I love it when things go well:)

When I got engaged (more on that story later), I was suddenly overwhelmed at the idea of planning a wedding. I guess I never really imagined it, despite the stereotype that "every little girl" knows exactly what she wants prior to turning ten years old. When asked what I wanted, I only had one response- "I want Parker Young to be the photographer."

His photography is beautiful, captivating, emotional... exactly what I wanted. He was over what my photography budget should have been, but when he's literally he ONLY thing I knew I wanted, I thought he was well worth it.

He lives in New York but his travel fees aren't bad at all, so if photography is a priority I highly recommend him. I can't wait to see how he captures my day.

My biggest fear- I am NOT photogenic. AT ALL. Also, I'm awkward in front of a camera and never know what to do with myself and I hate 99% of pictures taken of me. Anyone else have this fear? I'm so scared that his beautiful photography skills are going to be killed by me. Maybe I'll magically turn into a model on my wedding day. One can only hope... and pray desperately.

Anyway, his website is parkeryoung.net. Pray that the picture gods will shine on me on January 16.

Love always,
chilly bride