Our Wedding by the Sea

So far, we have 35 confirmed guests (obviously not including ourselves!)  I've been leaving work for my break everyday around 1:00 because I know that the mail will have been delivered by then.  We had one day so far with no RSVPs :( But that day we got a wedding gift (our blender!) and a wedding card, so it made it alright haha.

This was another productive week!  On Tuesday I had my second dress fitting.  If you remember, my dress was HUGE during my first fitting.  This time, it fit much nicer.  I'm going to post some pictures for you, but please don't judge my eyebrows.  Also, she had to take off the sides of the beading around the waist, all the beading around the hem, and some flowers on the side to take it in/up, but didn't want to replace that stuff until after I tried it on again and made sure it fit.  So there are pieces hanging off and the edges look rough, but it's a work in progress!

I *also* had my hair and makeup trial on Thursday, which was awesome!  I had a great time with my mum- we went to see our venue because she hadn't been there, and then we had lunch and headed over to the salon.  Here's what I'll be doing with my hair.  I am going to ask her for more volume in the front, and I think I'm going to wear my veil on top of my hair instead of under, but other than that, I LOVED it.

I also loved my makeup and absolutely adored the fake lashes.  I wish I could wear them everyday!  The only thing I am going to change about my makeup is having no white shadow (it'll be nude instead for the shimmer) and add a little more blush because I feel like it was great in person but not enough in photos.  Also, for some reason I didn't smile in any of these photos?  So try to imagine me smiling hahaha.

I had my first dress fitting today!

I didn't want to go to David's for alterations because I have heard absolutely terrible things about their alterations department.  Yes, I know I heard terrible things about getting my dress from them too, but I wasn't going to take any chances with alterations.

So I contacted one of my close friends, whose mom is a seamstress.  I knew she did alterations from her house and that she actually made my friend's bolero from the extra fabric from her gown.  I'm fairly sure she did her alterations, too.

I went to her house today and I am beyond confident that she will do a beautiful job with my gown.  She spoke about many other weddings that she has done/is doing and really knew the lingo about sewing (my mum sews a little too, but wedding gowns aren't her forte, so she knew she knew what she was talking about).  She did some pinning and even tried out a preliminary three-point French bustle which I LOVED.

I cannot wait to go back in a month and see my dress.  There is SO much that needs to be done to it.  It needs to be hemmed, but the detail along the hem line needs to be preserved (so she needs to take it off, do the hem, and reattach it).  It needs to be taken in basically all along the bodice- down to my hips- which means all the little flowers and bead work need to be removed and then reattached.  The crinny even needs to be hemmed.

She's also hemming and taking in the bridesmaid's dress I'll be wearing in the wedding two weeks before ours.

She is charging a beyond fair price and I get to go back in a month for my next fitting.  She wants me to try on the dress before she reattaches all the little flowers to make sure it fits.  I cannot wait!  I also can't believe I'm close enough to the wedding to be starting my alterations!

I remember when I was counting backwards from 500... Ahh!!