...I guess it's time to start planning this thing again. I've so loved my nearly-a-month-long hiatus, but if I keep at it there will be no wedding.
The rest of this week I'll be addressing STD's. I'm off from work (oh the joys of teaching), so I have time to do it. They'll just sit until Valentine's Day- which is when we plan to mail them out. On January 2, we're going to be buying our champagne in hopes that it will be cheap because of New Year's. Just a little tip I picked up from The Budget Bride :) Things to do ASAP: -Book a caterer!! We have NO food as of now. I need to do some more research, schedule meetings, and head to Jersey with Fi and our parents for a weekend of tastings and money spending. -Try to find a hotel that will let me block rooms for my OOT guests. This is proving to be a PITA. NONE of the hotels down the shore will let me do this and it's slightly ridiculous... -Order paper for & start assembling my DIY invitations. I would do this right now, but I'm not getting enough hours at work to justify the expense. To do in the next few months: -February 14th: Mail STD's -Before February 14th: Finishing touches on our website -February: Order BM dresses -Print pre-wedding thank you notes
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It's hard to believe that we got engaged a year ago today. Time has seriously flown by!! And realizing it's been a year makes me really want to go have my ring re-dipped. It truly needs it...
Sorry I've been MIA this month. I needed a break from wedding things. Instead, I've been focused on my fitness, eating right, and getting healthy. I started running and feel fantastic. I just wanted to pop in and tell the world I haven't died. I promise to be more active from now on!! 8 months, 4 weeks, and 2 days to go!! Today is mine & Fi's 6-year anniversary and for some reason I'm oddly excited about it. Maybe because next year we won't be making such a big deal out of it, since we have to start counting all over again once we're married. I don't know- that's probably it.
We are running a bunch of errands this afternoon, buying our Christmas tree and decorating the house. Then we're off to dinner, though we don't know where yet. We've talked about everything from Italian to fondue and everything in between. Today will be a lovely day <3 I just finished my serving set, and since it's halftime for the SEC Championship game, I can post about it!  Serving Set, "Before"  Serving Set, "After"  A detail shot. You can see that my lines got a little wiggly on the knife, but it still looks great! It took me three hours, on the dot, to finish this project. I did work on it during the first half of the game and was obviously a bit distracted, so I probably could have finished sooner. Anyway, here's my "how-to:"
1. Purchase your serving set. Don't buy one of the plastic, "faux crystal" ones, even though their low price might be tempting. The handles are not smooth, so it will be difficult to glue the rhinestones down and get the look you want. I bought mine from Crate & Barrel (link goes to serving set). 2. Purchase your rhinestones. I used 16ss hotfix rhinestones and felt they were perfect- any smaller would be too small and a lot work, and bigger would have fit awkward. I got 720 crystal clear, and 720 light aquamarine (though I'm almost positive she shipped aquamarine instead, but I kept them because Fi liked the colour so much). We got them on eBay from this seller. Shipping was free, so that was an added bonus! 3. Purchase glue if you don't have some. I highly recommend using E6000. I barely needed any to complete the project, and it holds steadfast. 4. Purchase tweezers if you don't have them already. I used a pair with a flat tip from Tweezerman. I found that they were easier to use than those with an angled top. I'm sure it's a matter of preference though. 5. Purchase Q-Tips if you don't have some. 6. Once you have all your supplies, put some glue on the top of the handle and use a Q-Tip to spread it over some of the handle. Don't spread too much- the glue dries super fast. 7. Use your tweezers to pick up a rhinestone and place it where you want it on the handle. 8. Continue to use your tweezers to pick up/place the rhinestones in a straight line around the handle. I really do recommend working around the handle, instead of straight down. It ensures your lines stay straight going around, and gives you the opportunity to fill in gaps more readily if you need to. You can see on my serving knife that I started to get sloppy toward the end, and it's because I didn't take my ow 9. Move onto the next row, and keep going until the handle is covered :) And that's all there is to it!! | Planning Blog
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