So much progress!

I've been a busy bee.

My dad and I took a trip to Planet Smoothie and talked with the owner, who is lovely, by the way. We booked the smoothies for the wedding! I am so excited. She's going to bring 200 smoothies (I'm going to pick a couple of flavors). AND she's throwing in regular sized smoothies for the wedding party in whatever flavor we want. Hellllloooooo Screamsicle (my absolute favorite)! So you should be able to sip on a smoothie and eat some pop corn while you watch Josh and I say our vows. How cool is that?

Also, I have our invitations finally! I am so happy with them. They're so pretty and exactly what I wanted.

I finally got them all stuffed in envelopes and I have addressed almost 10 of them. I know that sounds pathetic...but Lauren (my maid of honor) is coming over Thursday night to help me address them. So if all goes well, I will be mailing them on either Friday or Saturday! I'm so ready for everyone to get them.

Finally, I have been stockpiling the newspaper since December and I finally did a practice run with some of them. They make beautiful paper fans! I'm really happy with them. 

I'm wanting to hang a TON of them behind us on the stage. So it will look like a wall of paper fans behind us. I'm thinking of spray painting some of them yellow. And I bought some card stock to cut out flowers and circles for the centers.

I also worked out a game plan for the cake with Carla. 

Basically a cake with 4 regular sized layers and flowers like these.

I'm not sure what color I want the fondant to be yet...gray, white, or yellow. I know that you're thinking this cake is going to be pretty amazing...but the best part isn't even the decoration. The cake is going to be FUNFETTI! The best ever.

So things are starting to come together! It feels good. It's only 87 days away! I can't wait. I'm going to marry the coolest guy on the planet. I'm so lucky.

xoxo

Krystle

updates and engagement picture inspiration

Ok, first of all, can I just say that Nicole,  the woman designing our invitations, is super fun to work with? Seriously, I feel so incredibly lucky to have found her on Etsy. You should click here and check out her shop. She is very easy to communicate with and she totally shares my enthusiasm about these unique invitations. It's nice, and the icing on the cake is, she's a local gal from right here in Arkansas! I am so looking forward to working with her on these invitations in the near future. Hopefully I'll have a sample soon. I'm still debating on whether or not to post the progress. I'm thinking I'll wait until I've mailed them all.

Mo  has so many brooches wired up already!! And we are still collecting them. This bouquet is going to be so beautiful! I can't wait to see the finished product and the best part about it is I'll get to keep it forever :-).

I am so ready to take our engagement/save the date pictures...The hard part is getting Josh to commit to a date. For some reason, my fiancé who LOVES attention and being in front of a camera, has decided that engagement pictures are dumb...so I'm having a hard time getting him on board with this. However, I AM RELENTLESS and we will have these pictures taken and soon! I really want to have some fun and entertaining engagement pictures, not your typical photoshoot (is anyone surprised by that statement at this point?) We have an idea of what we want to do, and it's classic Josh & Krystle...I'm pretty excited.

 Here are some engagement pics that inspire me:

Source: google.com via Ashley on Pinterest

Source: leigh-taylor.com via Krystle on Pinterest

Source: google.com via Krystle on Pinterest

Source: google.com via Krystle on Pinterest

Source: marymchenry.com via Krystle on Pinterest

I'm hoping to send out Save the Dates in December and then invitations in March or April. It will be so exciting to actually be putting these in the mail. And you can bet that as soon as we finish the photoshoot I'll be posting the high lights on the blog! So check back soon because these pictures will be taken this month! It is my mission!!!

love,
Krystle

Decision Time: Food

Ok, we've had this discussion before. The whole food situation was really scaring me. Luckily, I'm pretty sure I made a definite decision. ANNNNND I think you'll like it, because it's awesome, yummy, and a lot of fun.

To go along with our vintage cinema theme I am going to set up a...wait for it....Concession Stand. Complete with three different kinds of popcorn (regular, cheesy, and caramel) and a variety of candy. And that's not all! There will also be SMOOTHIES at the concession stand :-) The concession stand will be open before the ceremony so everyone can enjoy some refreshments and watch us get hitched at the same time.

Source: google.com via Krystle on Pinterest

Source: big-wedding-tiny-budget.com via Krystle on Pinterest

Then after the ceremony, we will have a buffet prepared by a great chef and my cake, of course, by Carla (my cake mentor). I'm pretty excited about it all. I haven't decided on any kind of cake design. I can look at pictures of cakes all day long and tell you which ones I don't want, but I can't pick one that I DO want. I don't know what my problem is. But here are a few that peaked my interest.

Source: weddingwire.com via Krystle on Pinterest

This one is nice...and the color scheme is pretty much perfect

Source: google.com via Krystle on Pinterest

This one is striped...and kinda reminds me of a pop corn box, which is appropriate considering the theme. but that is way to much cake, I don't think we don't need one that big.

Source: None via Krystle on Pinterest

This one is pretty interesting, and I think that is the right amount of cake. It doesn't look too over the top.

Source: mysweetandsaucy.com via Krystle on Pinterest

I absolutely love this, it's really neat. But I'm not completely sold on it. I would like to have a more traditional looking cake. Maybe we can do one like this for some other occasion another time.

So, even if I can't make up my mind about a cake, at least I have a game plan on the food. :-)
My goal this week is to find some dang bridesmaid dresses! I would really like to check that off of the to-do list!

ALSO: Dress update, I had a fitting a couple of weekends ago, and guess what it was almost perfect! Just a few bells and whistles to add and it will be finished. It is exactly what I wanted and I am so happy about it! My grandma was with me and my mom when I tried it on and she approved. She also couldn't believe that it used to be my mom's dress. hehe it looks totally different.

OH! P.s. I'm ordering invitations soon and I am super duper excited about them! I'm not going to post any pictures yet, because you'll be getting them in the mail soon enough. I will tell you that our inspiration is vintage playbills. And they're really awesome looking!

Until next time (I'll be sharing our wedding soundtrack with you soon...it's not complete yet)
-Krystle

confession time: flowers

I have a confession to make: I don't really like flowers. Maybe that's the wrong way to put it...because I don't dislike them either. How about I have a confession to make: I'm indifferent to flowers.

I probably can't even name 10 different kinds of flowers, that's how little I know about them. And now I'm getting married and it's like in the top 5 questions that people keep asking me. The truth is, I just don't know. I've been looking around at bouquets, and weighing some more untraditional options (big surprise, right)

I looked at some of these felt flower bouquets. I think they're cute and crafty, but not really the style I'm going for in my wedding.

Source: etsy.com via Lyndi on Pinterest

Then I looked at newspaper flower bouquets...which is a bit closer to what I'm thinking. I am definitely a fan...not completely sold on it though.

Source: sfgirlbybay.com via Andrea on Pinterest

Source: bridalsnob.tumblr.com via Megan on Pinterest

Just so you guys don't think I'm crazy...I did look at fresh flower bouquets as well.

Source: floralsunshine.com via Emily on Pinterest

Source: stylemepretty.com via Jill on Pinterest

But, what really caught my eye...weeks ago actually were brooch bouquets. This was confirmed when my future mother-in-law suggested it the other day. She even offered to help make it! She's amazing...and I'm super excited! She even purchased the first brooch the other day! :-)...I'm pretty excited about it because it will be a sweet keepsake from the big day...and it will look awesome in pictures!

Source: etsy.com via Debra on Pinterest

Source: wanelo.com via Lindsay on Pinterest

Source: washingtonian.com via Kaitie on Pinterest

Now, before any of you leave thinking I'm just trying to be untraditional for the sake of being untraditional...Here are a couple reasons I am going for this brooch bouquet.
1. It will last forever. Flowers are dead as soon as you pick them.
2. We will possibly (if we can locate it) be using some old family jewelry, which would just add to the cool history in this wedding.
3. It looks so cool! (am I right?)
4. I will be the only one with this kind of bouquet. My bridesmaids will have real flowers and the groomsmen will have real flower boutonnieres. We will probably make a fake bouquet for tossing - haven't worked the details out that far yet...but I don't want to give someone a concussion by throwing a bunch of enamel brooches into a crowd.

My style choices may not be typical...but I am more than fine with that. I'm so excited!! But every decision is one that I will be proud of in 50 years when I'm looking back at the wedding pictures :-).

P.S. Mandy found this recently...It's becoming my mantra haha

Source: tinypic.com via Mandy on Pinterest

xoxo
Krystle

Engaged.

Sooooo...Friday, July 29, 2011 was a huge day in the life and times of yours truly! Josh proposed to me! It was sweet and romantic and low key. Apparently he had some elaborate plans that didn't work out and I am super happy because I love that it was private :-). I was sitting in his room with my back turned to him and when I turned around - there he was arms outstretched - ring in hand. And he said "Krystle, will you marry me?" to which I replied "Are you serious?!" and once we established that he was serious I, of course, said yes. :-) my ring is beautiful. It is currently being resized by an amazing jeweler and I can't wait to get it back and show it off.

So yay!! I will be posting lots of fun exciting wedding planning posts now!
And by the way I have never been so happy/excited in my life! :-) can't stop smiling.

Xoxo
Krystle