STD's

It has been a while since I went post crazy. School is back in session and since I work at a Big Ten University, 40,000 students have descended upon campus and have been keeping every employee at the university very busy. Being two months into the semester, I am still busy, but way behind on updating my thoughts. It's time to catch up!

We decided we wanted to use Save the Date's since our wedding is during the height of most schools and colleges spring break. We have already had guests tell us that we chose a date during their spring break. Since we chose a date we liked, I honestly could care less who has spring break that week. But I guess it is better to make sure the information is out there now so everyone can plan ahead instead of me telling them "I don't care if you come or not!" :)

So back to the STD's. We wanted something nice and easy that aligned with either our theme or colors and that looked professional. On top of that, we really didn't want to spend a lot of money. I began scouring the Internet looking for ideas and found postcards for an awesome bargain at vistaprint.com. We were able to redesign the post card to fit our needs and we were able to get 250 postcards for less than 50 dollars!


We have had the postcards for just over two months now, and knew we needed to get them sent out. Last week we finally sat down and finalized the guest list and got almost all of the addresses we needed. The list came out to 300 people and that was with cutting it down by about 60 people! We were then able to print address labels for all of the guests and attach them to our postcards. On Thursday of last week we sent them out. It feels so good to have a finalized guest list and have sent out all of our postcards. With less than six months to go, I am feeling pretty good!

Choosing the Theme

We decided to go to Lowe's and pick up paint swatches to help us choose our wedding colors. Bryce *loved* the fact that I made him come to Lowe's with me to get them. I originally thought I wanted a black and white color combination. To me there is just something so classy about those colors for a wedding.



I was not 100% sold though, so I decided to look at another combination I had found online. Cherry red & lime green. It was very bright, modern and perfect for a spring wedding.



At Lowes we got just about every red and green swatch available as well as some white and black swatches and took them home. We liked both combinations, but he was much more in favor of the black and white, while I was completely split between the two. We also found that when we placed a dark red (maroon) with the black and white it looked great too! After about a day or two of going back and forth, I was sold on a black and white color scheme with maroon and silver accents. I actually found this picture below that helped me make up my mind.



Since we went with the black and white color scheme, we decided we wanted the event to be classy, simple, and timeless. I guess you could say that is the theme we have chosen.

The begining

I think to begin with, it would be a good idea to give a little information about myself and my fiance. Our wedding in April will actually be our second trip down the aisle together. (First time getting married!) We met in November of 2007 when we stood up together at Angie (My sister) and Brad's (his childhood friend) wedding. We both lived in the same city and we were both the only single attendants. You might say it was a set up. It was obvious from the beginning that we were very much opposites, but despite our differences we really hit it off. I am sure the wine didn't hurt either!

Fast forward one year and two months later. We were 24hrs away from a weekend trip to Vegas. We had called in an order for pizza and were waiting for it to arrive when there in our apartment he proposed. After the proposal, he told me he had planed on doing it in front of the fountain at the Bellagio, but the ring was burning a hole in his pocket and he just couldn't hold onto it! He had the ring in his possession for a total of about 2 hours! :) I am pretty sure that is one of the reasons that I love him.
Becuase we had already talked about getting married and had an idea of when we both wanted to have our wedding it was fairly easy to pick the date. We didn't want it to be too hot or too cold or too close to other holidays, so we chose April 10, 2010. Having set the date began our one year and three month count down to our big day. Let the planning commence!

From this moment...

I love the Internet. I can spend hours looking at nothing of any importance at all. Because of this, I stumbled upon a wedding blog of another bride. I loved reading her posts and seeing pictures of what she was planning for her wedding. What a great way to journal the planning process and bounce ideas off of others who are doing the same thing you are. Since I liked the idea so much, I decided to begin my own blog.

So here we go...