Last Post as a Miss....

Tomorrow I am married. 
I will wake up at nine, get dressed, and then Cassie and I will drive to the church. 
I will wear my mother's gown and I will be given away from my father.
I will say I do to the man of my dreams.
We will get pictures, we will laugh, we will cry.
We will kiss.
I will dance with my husband. I will toss a bouquet. He will toss my garter. 
And then in one blink of an eye it will all be over. The whole year of planning (which there will be more posts about my planning period after the wedding) done in one more day. 
I have had a pretty great planning experience. Filled with lots of happy moments, stressful moments, and little moments in between. 


I am ready to start a new chapter in our lives: Newlyweds.


We have to paint our master bedroom, our living room, and our kitchen. We will set up our furniture. We will live in a small space just the two of us. And I cannot wait.


This blogging thing has really been something I've enjoyed, even though I haven't done it nearly as often as I would have wished I could have. (Curse you busy life!)


I cannot wait to tell you all about the rest of our journey...


See you all on the other side.... as a Mrs. B!

My Bridal Showers:: Part One

First off I'd like to say how lucky I am.... because our families are amazing.


My First shower was March 6th. My Aunt Beth, Aunt Becky, and Aunt Laura hosted it, but all of my cousins (Danielle, Katie, Michaela, Brianna, and Tori) all helped along with my Grandma and my Great Aunt Charlene. It was a ton of fun. 


We played a purse game, had a ton of food, and opened presents. It was short, sweet and personal. 


From each side:


My mom's biological side:


Grandma Cartwright
Aunt Karen
Hayley
Chris
Tammy


My mom's foster side:


Kayla
Jennie
Jessie
Maria


My dad's side:


Aunt Laura
Aunt Beth
Aunt Becky
Danielle
Tori
Katie
Michaela
Brianna
Aunt Charlene
Grandma


Zach's Side:


Grandma Davis
Mom
Aubree
Kayleen


Friends:


Sarah
Jade
Beth


All in all it was a wonderful turn out!!


Here are some pictures of what went on that day.

Bethany, Sarah and Jade... Of Course Jade is the only one paying attention

The Present Table

Pyrex Containers!

 My Mom's side of the family

My Cousin's working on the bow bouquet 

                                             Final Project


It was a wonderful shower and I had a ton of fun! 


Next up is Bridal Shower:: Part Two

While I fill the bubbles

The title is correct.


I am filling up our bubbles. Again. See there is a story behind the title. 


**Six months ago**


"Oh look bubbles! And they are only 15 dollars for a hundred. Lets get them to save time and money!" So that is exactly what we did. Bought the ribbons, bought the bubbles and got to work...

And they turned out pretty good. They had the turquoise and lime green ribbons on them, and they looked like they were ready to go and be put on the back of this busy brides mind...


**Six Months Later**


All of the bubbles we spend the time tying and getting ready ended up looking like this:

Only half full of bubbles... So now this busy bride is sitting her with a bowl of bubbles and filling them up...




I'll have to post a picture of the final project, but for now this is what is all looking like...

The bubbles that are half empty... Took this picture after I was about halfway done..

 My bowl of bubble magic to fill them all up

And my basket for the finished project...




Anyone else do a project too early and then have to fix it later??

My Bathroom Basket Inspiration

 This is the one thing that I have really wanted to do ever since I saw them on wedding bee. I knew I wanted to do them. My future MIL isn't exactly thrilled with one more project to do, but this is the one thing that I've really liked as I've started my wedding planning. 


So I have started working on mine and this is what I have so far:


Gum
Baskets (On clearance at Michaels for 5 bucks each! Cannot go wrong with that, plus we will use them over and over I am sure.)
Tissues 
Hairbrush and combs
Cotton swabs for your ears
a mini first aid kit with some band-aids and such


Oh and for the girls I have a nail file




This is what I still want to add:


Girls basket:
Tampons
Pads
Nail Polish-Clear
Sewing Kit
Deodorant Spray (A couple of small sizes)
Advil
Tums
Lotion
Hairspray
Hair ties 
bobby pins
Lint brush
mouthwash
shoutwipes




Boys basket:
Deodorant Spray
Advil
Tums
Lint Brush
Mouthwash
Shoutwipes


and then Zachary wanted some "bathroom candy" like one of the baskets I found so we are also adding a glass container with Red Starbursts for the boys bathroom. I may do one for the girls just because, but that depends on time and money. I do not want to spend more than 50 dollars on them, so we will see how much all of this actually gets put in it. A lot of it though I can get at the dollar store.




Here is my inspiration:

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And because I mentioned the candy bathroom basket I had to find it.

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So between today and tomorrow I hope to have our bathroom baskets pretty much done and ready to go and when they do get completed I will have to take pictures and blog about them.


What is everyone else's wedding thing they just had to have no matter how silly it was?

My Little Ring Bearers

I have two ring bearers. Sawyer and Carson. My two little cousins. They are darling of course. So I have been thinking about what to get them for a present. Obviously their little pillows, but I don't think that actually counts as part of their gifts just because, well it is more for me than it is for them. 


So first off lets show you what these little boys are wearing for the big day.

This is Carson looking adorable in his little suit. It has to get altered a little bit because the pants keep falling down, but other than that it looks really great on it. 


I did not get a picture of Sawyer in it because he was resting when I had Carson try his on, but my aunt said he looked just as cute.


The best part was when Sawyer called me to tell me he had never been to a wedding before and he was really excited to be a ring bearer and wear his suit and tie.  I thought it was the cutest thing in the world.


So those are my boys. Whether the day of the wedding they will actually walk down the aisle I think depends on them. That is one thing when you choose boys (and girls) who are younger... they tend to have a mind of their own!


Gotta love that about little kids though.

The Feelings Post

Just a year ago I was sitting in a classroom, most likely bored to tears. 

Now I am sitting in bed, working on wedding things, looking outside at the ice (Yes, you read that correctly... ice on the ground in late March), and wondering how I have gotten this far in the wedding process. 

April 27th 2010 was the day he popped the question. Now I am 17 days from marrying the love of my life. How crazy to think about. 

This process has been crazy, fun, stressful,exciting, exhilarating, and so many other emotions it is crazy to think about them all. 

I have been a terrible blogger throughout my wedding process much to my dismay, but at least I have had fun while I wrote it. Now this is no where near a goodbye post, because I would miss writing too much. This is more of an I'm sorry for not blogging as much as I would have liked post...

So to make it up to you I am going to try to blog about all of the details I can in other posts...

Lets see how many details I can do in one day... and then whatever I cannot do today I will try to accomplish in the next few days. And HOPEFULLY I will learn that I love it so much that I will continue to update and make my blog pretty.

Love,

Tricia

Centerpieces- The Unravel

So our package came with centerpieces included in them, lucky us. So the lady that we went to go with was such a nice lady. Any bride in the GR area should definitely look into Decor Elegance. I had such a nice experience with her thus far. She even went as far as to make our centerpiece right in front of us, just so we could see exactly what we were going to get. Anyways, I am hoping to get other pictures too, but here is the only picture my MOH, Aubree sent me from her   itouch (Silly me... forgot my camera!)

They have turquoise and green wire inside of them with black rocks on the bottom. The candles float on the water. The only difference with the ones we are getting circle mirrors instead of square. And the little flowers on the mirror may either be purple or green. We are not sure as to whether or not she will be able to find some in purple. Either way I am super happy with the way they came out! Plus, we are also going to rent table runners from her as well, because it saves us 3 dollars each and that is with two colors running across the table. 
                     What's your centerpieces looking like?
              I am so excited for the wedding. 55 days to go!

My Best Friend's Engaged!

Okay, so I have lots of wedding filled posts to write about, but this one is most important right now. Miss Cassie Lynn..........

Yes that beautiful girl next to me in the white shirt... is **drum roll** ENGAGED!

I am so happy for you miss. I just thought I would post it for the world to see since you were so busy when you called and could only stay on the phone for a nano-second. 

I am excited to be able to plan our weddings together. Maybe in five years we will both be pregnant at the same time. Anyways, With only two months in between our big days these next four months are going to be HECTIC! But i know us and I am sure we will be able to conquer it all. 

Thats what girls are best at. Conquering the world together.

I am so happy for you and your mister. 

Love you!

Bridesmaids Dresses! :)

Caution:: This blog will be picture crazy.

We have had these dresses for a while, but I am excited to finally show some pictures. I cannot wait to have better pictures of them. (I am in no where near a professional photographer) and the lighting was bad...

 Dress just hanging on the hanger.. with the rhinestones off!!

The top of it :)

Cute cute cute. And for 40 dollars? A complete steal!

 Ali smilin' with her dress!

 Aubree smirkin;.... Such a silly girl.. A sideways glance.


These dresses look darling on every single one of my girls and we got them for  40 dollars each at J.C. Pennys.... A complete steal.
Anyone else love their bridesmaids dresses??


It fit everyones budget which was perfect!!


Less than 85 days to go!

Little Things... Little Moments

So I am suppose to be writing a paper about a moment of meaning in my life. 
Too bad there are many moments I could write about.
The day my mother passed away when I was eight years old.
My elementary school years.
Working at Summer Camp.
High School.
The day my grandma died when I was 16.
My car accident.
Falling in love.
Getting engaged.
The whole wedding process in general (I could write pages and pages about that!)
My future.
Vacations. 
Friendships.
Learning about myself. Growing up. Maturing.
See. My life isn't defined by one exact moment in time. Its the little times that really make up my life. Yes there are life-changing moments that fill my life, but to be frank I don't dwell on them. Yes they help define me. Yes I will never forget that my mom always seemed to burn her cookies and that my grandma was one of my very best friends. 
Its... it's not easy to describe my life in one moment. 
....
anyways as I sit here and stall it as much as I can (which by the way isn't much longer.. I have to be up in 7 hours for school). I will talk about other things...


Like how I may have a church. My dad is calling tomorrow.
So we will see.
The ties and the outfits come in the mail this week! I am so excited :)
I am starting my new workout. With my new diet. and my new me.
I will elaborate it more when I am not so.. hectic. 
So far I am 2/2 with my new years resolution to blog daily. We will see how it goes.
I have faith in myself!! :D
Hopefully I won't fall asleep in class tomorrow!
ha ha ha.


Goodnight Blogging world!

Wedding Extravaganza

Okay so I don't have a lot of time. And I have a lot of different things I need to blog about, but well. I just don't have the time right now. My news years resolution?? Actually blog more often. Maybe do a 365 days of blogging. :D 
So.. Heres day one.


I found our ring bearers and flower girls dresses. 
They are adorable. and the price??
That makes them all the better.
I found them on Ebay for 15 dollars each..
The shipping was almost more than the dresses/suits themselves. I am so excited for them to get here. They will be coming in next week. I also found ties this weekend too. They were only 10 a piece. Which is a little pricey for a tie they may wear once, but to rent a tie it would cost that much either way. So its better for them to own it and they can sell it or give it away than have a tie we rent once and spend the same amount of money on.


Here is a picture of the suit and the dresses!

I think they are adorable. Sweet, simple, and cheap. I  really like the fact that everyone can afford them. :D


Everyones reviews about the products were great so I am not too concerned with them being bad. And if they are then I can always send them back.


 Lets see other wedding stuff I can quickly blog about before I have to finish packing and leave.


NOTE:: [We are in Florida and we are going to watch Michigan in the Gator Bowl and then we are going home]


Oh... hmm. The boys have their suits (That has to have its own little spot on my blog because I have to upload pictures.... and that takes too long)
The girls have their dresses (Same as the boys)
We had our first one hour planning session at our reception venue. It went really well.


Still have no idea about the church or where we are holding our ceremony... (REALLY need to figure that out)
We have been looking but so far, nothing has been working. We may either have to splurge and get married on the staircase at our reception venue or just get married inside our reception hall with everyone sitting at their tables....


Started looking at favors. But I want to blog about those all by themselves. :D because well. I love candy. and I mean really love candy.
Gummy bears are one of my favorite!


Recent things that have caught my eyes!

I think it is so cute!

To put around my flowers and to keep our programs together? I think yes!

And we decided to do Sand instead of candles. I love this set. Hopefully I haven't already blogged about this somewhere else. I tend to forget what I've already blogged about...


Oh well.


Only 98 days until I become Mrs. B. I am so excited :D
<3 <3 <3 
Hope everyone has a wonderful day and a Happy New Years..


I know my new years was just perfect <3
I'll blog more later,
Tricia