The dresses are ordered!

What a day it's been! Kelli, Ashley, and I went to the bridal store today to order my dress and all of the bridesmaids dresses. By some grace of God, my dress just so happened to have already been made in my size. It's made in Australian and then shipped to Utah which means that since it was ordered today, it will be shipped on June 15th and get here no later than a week after that. WOW!! Every single time I went dress shopping, everyone was sure to tell me that they just ordered a dress today and it's taking 3-4 months to get here. I only have 4 months left! So, somehow, the wedding gods were with me today and I won't have to worry about the dress anymore! Sorry, though, folks, Tony has not and will not see the dress until I walk down the aisle in it. You all will just have to wait, too. But, I'd be willing to send an email with the link if you ask nicely! :)

We had gone in to the store planning on purchasing a longer, strapless dress for the girls. But, it turned out that this place carried the Watters and Watters line of bridesmaids dresses. I LOVE their dresses and wanted Kelli and Ashley to try some on. Well, of course, I changed my mind from the original dress and went with a Watters. It's a v-neck with a strap, which I'm more happy about, and I think they're WAY more flattering than the other one. The picture below shows it in a dark green with a light green hem, but mine will be black with a white hem.
We also found the cutest flower girl dress that matches the bridesmaids dresses almost perfectly. It will also be a black dress with a white sash and hem

After spending 2, I repeat, 2 hours at the bridal store Kelli and I went to look for shoes for all of the girls. Again, someone was watching over me because we found THE shoe that will go perfectly with the bridesmaids dresses. Now I just need to get everyone's shoe size and go get them. I also managed to find necklaces for all of the girls, too.

Things worked out soooo well today....

Save the Date!

We have officially mailed off our save-the-date cards! Unfortunately, it seems to have taken forever and a day for people to get them. Supposedly, because of our awesome, unique, gorgeous labels, all of the std's (yes, that's what people are calling them nowadays!) had to be hand processed because the machines aren't able to read the return address because it's sideways. That's definitely a "note to self" for the invitations. I am ashamed to admit that we forgot to make a label for Tony's parents, so it may be possible that someone got left out. The joys of planning....it's so crazy sometimes! I think this is one of those reasons why kids are supposed to come after the wedding!!! Planning is hectic enough without one! :)

Anyway, these babies were a labor of love. They were handmade (can't you tell?) and such a pain! I printed them on my sister's printer but that screwed them up because we could only feed a few sheets of the cardstock in at a time. So, when it came time to have Kinko's cut them, it wouldn't work because only a few pages all lined up. We ended up having to cut each and every one ourselves and eventually stopped being picky when they were slightly crooked! Oh well. Our next pain was the ribbon. I went through at least 4 different pairs of scissors trying to find one that would cut through the ribbon without fraying it. Finally found one, although nothing is ever perfect. Making all of those little cuts was excruciating, but they turned out cute. For the labels, I got smart and took them to Kinko's to be printed and cut at the same time. Thank God I did that, it saved us soooo much time and the money was definitely worth it! I folded all of the labels with a bone folder which made it easier to keep the labels straight when we put them on. Again, some came out crooked but we just gave up! Oh, and don't get me started on the stamps! As luck would have it, postage would go up when we're ready to send them. Of course, the only stamp they have for weddings is a pair of gold wedding bands. Blah! I can't stand gold jewelry (no offense, just personal opinion) much less 2 plain ol' bands on a stamp. So, I chose the king and queen of hearts over The Simpson's LOL. It'll do, but I hope they having something better for the invites

Now, about those invites. I found the perfect design and am waiting for a price quote. Of course, though, they'll be kept a secret until they get mailed out! Here are some pics of the std's. No, not those kind LOL!