Branches.

THE KNOT

If you didn't meet my Fairy Godmothers... see the post published before this one. They helped me find a way to make branches part of the decor.

My fairy godmothers.

I have the best decorators around... who needs a wedding planner anyway?!?!

Bridal shower #1 and bachelorette party.

Well, I'm not going to say much about what all went down at my party, but it was very, very fun! Thanks ladies for planning the event, for all the great gifts, and making me feel special. It was perfect -- perfect for me!

No kids!

http://www.kleinfeldbridal.com

WOW! Really? No kids? No ring bearer? No flower girl?

Really. No. Kids are definitely allowed at the wedding. We are having a nursery so they can be at the wedding without distracting from the ceremony. I'm not having a ring bearer and I'm not having a flower girl. Paul and I don't have any special kids in our lives...

This picture reminds me of Oslo. I could see him walking me down the aisle! JK.

Best,
Amber

PS working on the other engagement pictures -- just won't be up for a while. Stay posted!

Engagement pictures: round two.

This round of pictures is a combination of different places. I edited them in similar fashion so will lump them together for this posting.

Engagement pictures: round one.

First round of engagement pictures.

Miss Hollis Pearson come save me!

FLOWERS...
Procrastination to the max. I have been putting off finding a florist for the longest time. This needs to change.

Recently I was looking our budget and have come to the realization that we need to make some cuts. Doing the invitations myself has saved me a couple hundred dollars. We also found a DJ that was under budget. With these savings, we still manage to be over budget. One word: photography.

It's just my style.

I wanted to put these pictures up because it reminds me a lot of my wedding style. I did these for graphic design class a year ago. How perfectly fitting. I almost used the flower as a theme for invites, but decided to go a different route. (The assignment was to make up and brand a business for perfume.)

Finally, invitations!

I just got my return address rubber stamp in my PO Box, which is super exciting. I designed the stamp and ordered it off of rubberstamps.net. Not this week, but the next I'm going to sit down and write out, stamp, and send out all my invitations. I'm so in love with the design I've decided on.

Here are some inspiration invites that I worked off of:

Because I love my bridesmaids- a thank you gift.

OK, I'm just putting this up.  I know, it's about a month too late.

I made these gifts for my bridesmaids when we went dress shopping.  For a reminder, my reception is held in Wabasha at Slippery's Restaurant & Bar-- the famous place of Grumpy Old Men.  So I thought it would be appropriate if my bridesmaids were all to see the movie; you know, educate them.

It's a handmade photobooth!

I am pretty excited about this little collection of pictures I've gathered for my photobooth post.  I'm still working on the photographer situation.  My friend Jordan Obinger is going to be the second photographer at the wedding if all goes to plan, which I'm so thrilled about!  He is an amazing photographer-- check out his work!

Birthday inspiration.

Thanks everyone for birthday wishes-- my birthday was wonderful.

Engagement session.

ANDREA CARYLE PHOTOGRAPHY

Here are pictures I found as inspiration for our big e-session photo shoot!

From rush to flutter.

Last weekend my bridesmaids Jeana, Pippa, Paige, and Meghan and I went to get bridesmaid dresses!

Hair plus veil.

Picture from theprettyblog

I'm so lucky to have one of my best friends as a hairstylist.  Pippa, one of my bridesmaids, is going to be doing my hair (and my M of H Paige) for the wedding.  

To my ushers.

I'm excited to announce, officially, the ushers at the wedding.

The peacock teapot.

Sources: HOME DEPOT & HOME BUNCH

So we did register. You can find us at Macy's and Target. Trying to decide what I wanted required a lot of work. I couldn't just walk in and 'gun' everything I liked. Before registration, I thumbed through a number of house mags to get inspiration and then decided on paint colors and style before choosing a wish list.