Ring Corsages!

For my future sister-in-law, Shanna and for my good friend JenniferW, who are going to be my usherette and greeter respectively, I decided to do something a little different than the traditional wrist or pin corsages. I saw a simple idea on Flickr one day, and went with it. I decided to make ring corsages for them.

So, I talked to the craftiest person I know, Dana, and she give me a couple of ring blanks to practice with. Thankfully, I never had to use them, because I found someone on Etsy who could do exactly what I was imagining.

So, I contacted Kirsten at FlowerThyme and she jumped right into her task. I requested that they be "sort of absurdly large" and she complied.

I just received the finished rings in the mail last week, and they are wonderful. I hope the girls like them as much as I do!

Aren't they neat???

Bouquets & Bouts

This is my original inspiration board, for all of my wedding party flowers. The images are all from WedIdeas.com. I had originally planned on ordering from them, but I'm going to try to pull it off cheaper, on my own. Basket Market, here we come!


At this point, I'm leaning toward adding in some of the dark purple callas to my bouquet and to also 1 to Keith's bout. I still like the idea of black ribbon instead of white, for everything. I might try to add some sort of smaller purple flower into Jenni-fer's bouquet and to Mark's bout.

I'm also going to try to make some sort of ring corsage, for JenniferW and for Shanna. This is the inspiration for that.

Dress Shopping

Keith, if you happen to be reading this, please stop now. Do not go any further!

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Dress shopping was the first thing I did, with regard to the wedding planning. I aleady knew what I wanted, and I knew I wouldn't find it at David's Bridal or at Alfred Angelo, but I still wanted to try dresses on. I also wanted my Bridesmaids to try on dresses, and hopefully find one that everyone liked.

So, my mom, me, Jenni-fer, Amy, Kristen, Becky, and Barbara all went dress shopping on November 7, 2009. We had a lot of fun.

Here are a few of my favorite photos from that day.









As I said, I already knew what I wanted, and it wasn't any of those gowns. So, on November 21, 2009, I went to see Moe at Bridal Showroom in OKC.

Here's the inspiration photo that I took. My dress will be something like this, except in a white silk.



And now for the Bridesmaids dresses. We did find the ones we wanted at David's Bridal, but of course they were being discontinued. So, as not to chance it, I asked Moe if he could make them instead. He can and he is. The girls will go for their first measurements sometime in June 2010.

Here's what the dress will look like.


Everyone will be wearing black shoes.
Jenni-fer's dress will be black.
Amy and Kristen will both be in Victorian Lilac.
JenniferW (usherette) will be in black, with 3/4 sleeves.
Shanna (greeter) will be in Lapis, with 3/4 sleeves.