Trash the Dress

Now the wedding is over..I am now planning with my photographer my "Trash the Dress" session. These session originally took place with brides jumping in to bodies of water. Granted that these made for some pretty pictures, but I am not willing to ruin my wedding dress. I am looking at what people are now calling an "Urban" trash the dress session. Below are some photos of an urban session. To find out more about trashing the dress, click here.
The image to the right is from fellow blogger bride Heather, when she had her trash the dress session. Click here to see her trash the dress session.

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DIY: Wedding Programs

Here are my wedding programs. They were easy to make , but I will admit that they were a little time consuming. Thank goodness my matron of honor came over the Thursday before my wedding to assist me in putting them together.I think all the time and care that went into them made them totally perfect. I have had several people tell me that they were beautiful and different.

The program consisted of 6 pages. The pages were as follows:

• cover
• order of service
• pages 3-4 had a listing of persons participating in the wedding
• menu for the evening
• our thank you's

I used english and copperlight gothic fonts for the program. I printed them off on my printer and then took them to Staples to have them cut. I tried to do it myself, but I though that there were to many pages and that would add more time to the assembly process. The template that I used I was able to print two of the programs on the same page.

The back cover of the program, I used an aqua colored hard stock. the back cover was cut longer than the other pages so that it could be folded over on the front at the top. Once the back cover was folded, we used a two hole punch and punched holes through all of the pages. I then took the ribbon that I used for the coloring books, since I had so much of it, and thread a piece through and tied it in a double knot. I think that they turn out so beautiful. I am really proud of them.
Click here to get the template.

Wedding Picture Preview

Here a taste from my wedding. I am not going to show any of my professional photos yet, since my mom has not seen them. It was such a fun day and I really think that it shows in our photos.

Bridal Shower II

Here are photos from my bridal shower. I really had a good time and enjoyed seeing all of my friends and family.

Can Not Wait

We have be getting pictures from friends and family that have attended the wedding, but today..we finally get to see our professional photos. I can not wait to see them. I love her work..I just hope there are enough of them and there aren't any photos that I wish I had. I know that Sara did a wonderful job. Then we will have another decision..which ones to get and what sizes to get them in. Even when the wedding is over, you still have decisions to make.

Create A Dress

The toilet paper wedding is always a crowd favorite at any bridal shower. At mine it was not except. It was funny watching the teams compete to make the perfect dress. Each team had their own style and technique on designing their wedding dress.

(A)

(B)

The teams worked very hard on the dress. The only thing I did not like about the game is he waste of all that toilet paper. Hey, that stuff is expensive and we do not need anything else in our landfills. Neither dress looked like something that I would wear, but had to choose one. Out of above pictures of the finish products...which team do you think won? A or B? I will let you know who I picked next Friday.

Attendant Gifts

We wanted to give our attendants gifts items that they could use again and would remind them of our wedding. Here is what we did.

Bridesmaids,Hostesses and Flower Girl

• Bags--My mom found a great deal on these bags months before the wedding. There were regularly $3.00 a piece. When my mom found them they were $.50,even better they were in my wedding colors. My mom bought every one that was there, so I gave them to all of my hostess, bridesmaids and flower girl.
• Flip flops-- I decorated flip flops for the bridesmaids and flower girl to wear at the reception. In some of the photos that I will post later about the wedding you will see that they were definitely wore to dance the night away. Need help with flip flops for your bridesmaids, let me know.
• Jewelry--Bought on eBay for a really great price. I had talked about in a previous post. My bridesmaids and flower really loved it. I initially did not want my bridesmaids that were wearing halters to wear the necklace that I got them, but after I saw how nice it looked I let them wear it.
  
• Other items I got from the Dollar Spot at Micheal's Craft Store. I purchased notebooks and bookmarks with their initials on it and placed it each of their bags.
• Mirrors--I purchased mirrors for my hostess. I found them for $.75 a piece. Here is where I found them.

Groomsmen, Ring Bearer and Ushers

• Groomsmen-- What else, but customize shot glasses with each of their names on them. Here is where I found them. They were cost effective and were shipped really quickly. I kinda of order them kinda of late, but was happy that they arrived the morning of my rehearsal dinner. We also gave them their ties to where at the wedding. I found all the men's ties on eBay.
  
• Ring Bearer and Ushers--Since there were children we gave them their ties and Easter baskets since I did get married the day before Easter.

Everyone seemed to love their gift. I am glad that we could give them something that they enjoyed.