Being a Bride

I have always dreamed of being a Bride.  Here are a few pictures to prove it : )

Updates!

I have gotten LOTS done in the last month : )  Here are a few of the many things accomplished:

• found a rehearsal dinner dress from White House Black Market
• completed alterations for my wedding dress (from the best alterations lady on this side of the Mississippi: P.A. Jens Custom Sewing)
• finished designing our wedding invitations with Sara from Constellation & Co.
• found shoes for the wedding!
• found a cute go-away dress from Nordstrom

And a few of the big events coming up that are related to my wedding are:

• North Carolina Bridal Shower (hosted by my Grandma Farlow and my Aunt Mary Farlow)
• Georgia Bridal Shower (hosted by my Aunt Mary Madeline and Aunt Nance)
• Seattle Bridal Shower (hosted by my sister Catherine and Aunt Carol)
• Lingerie Shower (hosted by my bridesmaids Lena and Elle)

Sneak Peak

... a little sneak peak into what our wedding party will be looking like!

Bridesmaid Day

Bridesmaid Day was a success! It started off with Starbucks, as every fun day with the girls should : ) We drove down to Puyallup to pick up my dress, which looks just as beautiful as I remember when I tried it on the first time! After that, we went to the Robinswood House so that everyone who had not seen the place could check it out. Unfortunately, it rained all day yesterday, so we had to do this in the rain--but we are from Seattle, so we were prepared. After our fun morning activities we had lunch at Panera as a treat from my mom : ) It was good to have (almost) all my bridesmaids there and just enjoy a meal together. We ended up having time to go by Bellevue Square before going to Moms, Maids, and More (bridesmaid dresses)... and I was able to find the most darling pearl headbands for my bridesmaids to wear and they were on clearance for $3.90!!! Then we got everyone measured and fitted for dresses so that they could be ordered.

It was so much fun to spend the day with some of the most important girls in my life! I wish my mom could have been there, but I was blessed to have my other two moms there (Jody- my future mother-in-law, and Susan- my "adoptive" mom, aka. my sister's mother-in-law). Will post pictures soon : )

Excited and Pie

Today I have a cold. And I will probably still have my cold for the rest of the week... but that does not matter because this weekend is Bridesmaid Day! We are going to have so much fun regardless of my cold : ) We are going to...

• pick up my dress down from Lady Margaret's in Puyallup
• see the Robinswood House
• have lunch together in Bellevue, WA
• have my bridesmaids fitted for their bridesmaid dresses

And.. we have our cake maker! One of my really good family friends (who is a professional baker), Rhoda, is going to make our cakes. Right now we are thinking about doing cakes and pies. Brian prefers pie, and I like both : ) Speaking of pie.. check out these pie pictures!

Arrived!

My dress arrived today! I'm dying to put it up here, but Brian is well aware of this blog and frequents it... so you're just going to have to wait until June! Hopefully I will pick it up on Bridesmaid Day so that all my girls and my mother-in-law can see it : ) In the mean time, you can guess which one of Mori Lee's Blu dresses is mine!

In other news, I discovered a new wedding blog that I love today! It is actually based in Washington : ) So go check out Love and Lavendar right away...

Week of Decisiveness...

I'm feeling quite on top of things this week when it comes to the wedding! It feels great!

• I made an appointment at Paper Source in Bellevue to come in on Friday and check out the Letterpress Combo Kit ($149.99) that they have in their store. They said they would be more than happy to show me how it works, etc before I decide on purchasing it. Wonderful!
  
• I have "Bridesmaid Day" all figured out and set-up for November 6th. Brian's Mom and sister will even be able to come up from Vancouver for it : ) One of our fun activities will be to go to the Robinswood House, as most of them have yet to see it in person.
• I decided on bridesmaid dresses: Alfred Sung, d437 from Moms, Maids, and More. The girls are going to get fitted for the dresses on "Bridesmaid Day". They are giving us a 10% discount because I'm getting 6 of them, which essentially pays for the tax. Before tax, they're going to be $156, which is pretty average. I think I'm going to go with majestic (purple), as that seems to be the girls top pick.
• Brian and I have decided that we want to go with Twelve Baskets Catering, who actually catered the dinner reception for my sister's wedding. We are working on setting up an appointment to try food options sometime in the next few weeks. Yay!
• I worked on the invitation list some more last night... and began figuring out the save-the-date list (as we are most just sending save-the-dates to family and out-of-town guests).

And now I shall leave you with an awesome picture that I saw on Style Me Pretty today :)

Bridesmaid Dress Shopping!

Saturday I went bridesmaid dress shopping with four of my six bridesmaids. It was loads of fun and very successful! We started at Macy's, which was a fail. Nordstrom was a bit better, but not great. The last two places we went were tons better: Moms, Maids, and More and Bellevue Bridal. The sweetheart strapless dress is an Alfred Sung dress carried by M,M, and M. The halter dress is an Alfred Angelo dress carried by Bellevue Bridal. I suppose I like dresses by people named 'Alfred' : )

2 Months and 9 Days later...

I'm back! Engaged! And well on my way with my wedding plans! Brian proposed on a perfect August afternoon by the Kirkland waterfront. It was perfect! I was overjoyed to the point of shaking. Andrew Teng, my sister's brother-in-law, took pictures that turned out absolutely amazing (see below). And he got me my DREAM Tacori Danatela Ring! Later that evening, we picked up my mom at the airport and surprised her with the news; it was priceless!

2 months and 9 days later... I have my dress (by Mori Lee, found at Lady Margaret's in Puyallup, WA)... our ceremony and reception location (Robinswood House in Bellevue, WA)... our invitation list... our bridal party (6 bridesmaids, 6 groomsmen)... our budget... and lots of ideas!

(photo from: www.seattlebride.com)