Monday, September 24, 2012

Less Than 2 Weeks Away!!!

So it is crunch time! And yes I may seem calm to most but I am truly stressing.  I know I should relax but I have learned that planning a wedding is much more stressful then I imaged.  I can't believe we are only 13 days away from the big day.  It feels like just yesterday that we had 430 days to go.  I know I promised more house pictures but those are coming soon because Will and I just ordered our living room set.  Once that is here I will post pictures of the upstairs too...until then it's wedding, wedding, wedding.  This past month has been nothing but the small little details. Not to mention that we are now on our fourth wedding coordinator since our venue has yet made another change in their staffing.  However, this time I think we are set and things are starting to fall into place. 

It has been nothing but crafting for the past few weekends and here are a few photos to get you up to date on our Martha Stewart adventures.
At Deleplane Cellars counting corks for our place cards

Wedding Favors

Festive Lanterns for the outdoor tables

The mantel decorations that my Mom and I have been working on. The pumpkin will soon have a monogrammed 'W' on it

Will and Gary busy at work on our table seating.  Thank you pinterest for the idea of putting every ones name on a sticky note so they are easy to arrange over and over again! 

That's it for now.  We are currently in the stage where we are constantly sending emails to bridesmaids, vendors, guest, etc. so there isn't too much to post about that.  We are having a phone conference with our photographer this Thursday to go over details.

On another note-Thank goodness for my Mom!!! Today was her first official day of no work now that she is retired and she was busy shopping while I am at work.  She has been such a big help!

Sunday, September 16, 2012

This Place We Call Home :)


The house is almost complete! Getting our floors done was a mess....we picked the worst contractor possible and it was a headache working with them but after all is said and done it finally came out the way we wanted.  We have been living here for over a month now and we are starting to settle in.  Pictures are finally going on the wall and I love going shopping for nick-nacks (when I am not shopping for wedding things).  So here are a few before and after pictures of the first two floors finally! The third floor pictures are coming soon, I just need to hang a few pictures in our guest bedroom tomorrow morning and then I will post the upstairs pictures. 
 


Before and After in the Basement


Its amazing how different furniture placement can change a space!

Before and After entry way with our new wood floors


One more take in the basement :)


Before and After in the living room...we still need a couch in this room so for now all you get to see is the fireplace.


Before and After dinning room. I love our dinning table, thanks Heather ;)

Our new kitchen with our new lighting and tile back splash


Before and After breakfast nook (ignore the white & symbol on the wall, I still need to paint it black)


The floors make such a big difference!


No more carpet on the entry way stairs!

So that is all the pictures for now. More to come soon.  

Besides working on the house, my Mom and I have been super busy wedding crafting and I have lots of pictures to post soon. 

I can't believe we are three weeks away from the wedding!  Tonight I was spending time with Will and my parents and I realized that even though I have been stressing myself out with all the details, planning the wedding has been an exciting time and my family has made a lot of fun memories together.  We have defiantly had some great laughs along the way and at the end of the day I am so grateful for my family and our love for each other!