HAIR

Hair!

Besides this engagement shot being adorable, this future bride's hair, might be exactly what I am looking for. And her make-up is just as perfect.

British Bridesmaids

I love these bridesmaids.



Which prompted me to find this dress from Macy's


and this jacket from Forever 21


Super super fun.

Roses

I added roses!

What do you think?




For around $100 I can get 100 real roses from BJ's Wholesale Club or for about $60 I can get 100 fake roses from Michael's. Is it worth it?

Save the Date

So I have been struggling with whether or not we "need" save the dates. And if we do "need" them, how we can spend as little money as possible sending them out. It is a destination wedding of sorts and guests are going to have to book a hotel room so advance notice is nice. But save the dates can get expensive especially when you consider postage. So I began thinking about sending email save the dates, and in my search for ideas I found the newest craze sweeping the internets, stop animation video save the dates! How adorable is that. Check out this cute one,

Save the Date_9/26/09 from Jason Harmon on Vimeo.

The usual concerns still abound with sending any sort of internet save the date. My biggest fear is guests innocently forwarding our save the date to uninvited guests who perceive the forwarded save the date as coming from us. yikes! That would be incredibly awkward and not fun at all.

Preppy v. Hipster

the groomsmen from this wedding are a little too preppy



And the groomsmen from this wedding are a little too hipster



I need to find the groomsmen that are just right. I need to find the third bear.

No such luck

Well we didn't win a free wedding. But we did win a gift certificate for $50 off a wedding cake, and we did find an officiant. I was thinking of getting a small two tiered cake to go along with our apple cider donuts and brownies at the dessert table so the certificate is going to come in handy. Besides the fiancee was real disappointed with the idea that he might not get a chance to taste cakes.


via the knot.

Honeymoon Obsession

I am becoming more obsessed with the honeymoon then with the wedding! I love traveling, more than anything in the world. I would gladly pack my bag and spend the rest of my life seeing different places with the one I love. If only it were simple and inexpensive and if only my job would hold my position for me when I got back. But alas a girl can dream.

Anyway I am becoming particularly obsessed with Belgium. I visited Brussels for a day and a half when I was 16 and I loved it, it is still my favorite place I have ever been, and the idea of going back is making me giddy.

I am discovering that Belgium is known for its love of beer, chocolate, bicycles, and well "french" fries actually come from Belgium! I mean if those things don't tell you how much FI and I are going to enjoy Belgium well then I don't know what will.

I am particularly excited about the possibility of staying here while in Antwerp. I mean look at that view.

I was right..

this dress is adorable!

Check it out, also I love her shoes :)

Wish us luck

This weekend is a bridal show and engagement party hosted by our venue, Dunham's Bay Resort. They are raffling off a FREE wedding. It would truly be the most amazing thing that could happen. Hopefully we can also find a reasonably priced DJ and maybe some other vendors as well. So here is to luck!

Per Request...

We have decided on a Honeymoon. It might not actually be technically a honeymoon, since we may not be able to go until the spring

BUT (drum roll please...)

We will be going to Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, and Paris. Two nights in each city hostel hopping and taken trains! Check out our honeymoon registry ;)

The Men

So now that the bridesmaids have their dresses it's time to figure out the men's attire!

I was thinking something like this with darker brown pants


via Mrs.K on weddingbee

With cool funky ties like these from Cyberoptix TieLab