Special Monday Edition: WIW - Wedding Style

I will probably still be posting a Man Candy Monday post today as well, but I saw this link party and I knew that I had to participate.

I've been wanting to talk about my wedding for a while, and I probably will do a few posts around our anniversary this year. I just loved that we did it all on our own, Hubby pretty much let me do what I want, and it turned out amazing!

So with that being said, here is what I wore on the best day of my life - 7/5/2009:

Dress - David's Bridal

Flowers - fake: I MADE THEM!

Hair - free as a wedding gift from a girlfriend

done in similar fashion to Hermione @ The Yule Ball

Necklace - freshwater pearl from Friedmans Jewelers

Bracelet - fake pearl (HA! fooled you!)

Earrings - also fake, made by my very talented cousin, Dana.

Hair piece - fake craft store pearls, made by me!

Shoes: Sparkly red "Dorothy" costume heels

There you have it! I had such a blast, and you know it was a true West Virginian wedding because I didn't even bother to get a bustle, I just used some safety pins!!





FINALLY

It's finally done. The thank you cards are printed, being signed by the Hubby right now, and will be addressed before going to bed and will go out in the mail tomorrow. THANK GOD.

I'm going to kill a photographer....

UGH! My stupid photographer!!! Hubby just called and said that our photos came in the mail today - should be a "yay" right??? NOOOOOOOO.

The-CD-is-BLANK!!!

Are you freaking kidding me????? You would THINK, being a PROFESSIONAL, that she would check and make sure the flucking CD works before sending it to me! And now she won't answer her phone, I left a message on BOTH phone numbers and an email! I am trying VERY hard to keep it in check, because nastiness ONLY gets you so far, but I admit that my voicemails were a TAD less than nice.
I mean seriously, she SUCKED at the wedding, had to ask ME which photos I wanted instead of posing and clicking, because I SHOWED HER what I wanted and gave her photo examples to KEEP, and then this happens???

I am about to EXPLODE. She better respond or I am booking my AZZ to her house and DEMANDING my photos AND my money!!!

UGHHHHHHHHHHHH

Wedding Recap

I will try to get everything in as I describe this past weekend and all the fun that went along with it! It's going to be a long one, so buckle up and hunker down! lol

So, I'll start with Friday evening after work. I get to mom's and start cleaning, did all the dishes and put away everything on the counters for mom. Vaccuumed the carpet. Mom told me to wait until Saturday morning to do the floor. (it was already done when I got there that morning yay) Mike got there with Ben and they put the canopy up. We thought we were missing a piece, and started freaking out a little. Minor setback but they finally got it figured out and put up. Then I strung the lights, and went home. Got a shower and then went out to dinner with Jess, my maid of honor. We went to Olive Garden and it was FANTASTIC. We were such pigs lol. We got two appetizers, stuffed mushrooms and spinach dip - both SO good, and then we both got an entree. I got the linguine alfredo, since we had salad and breadsticks as well, and ended up taking half of it home. I also ran into one of the guys I used to work with at Applebees, and said hello. It was good to see Frank, even though I didn't get to talk to him much. After that, Jess and I drove around "house shopping" (in the dark lol, NOT so easy) and then called it a night. Mike went out with John, and didn't come in until after I did. We went to sleep, our last night together for the weekend. =)

Saturday morning, I get up and get over to Mom's. Mike stays in bed (lazy bones lol) and sleeps some more. Mom is already making the pasta salad when I get there (I slept in too, so I guess I am guilty as well) and I jump in on icing the cupcakes and cake. It turned out great. I'm definately not TALENTED like the lovely Jacqui I look up to so much (love ya Jac! One of these days I'm going to get you to do a birthday cake for Mike) but it looked good nonetheless. The cupcakes were iced with aqua and the cakes are white with aqua trim. It looked great! Then after that was done, I went home to get Mike. We got the car cleaned out (thank god - even though it's already filthy again) and then took it to get it washed. Mike dropped me back off at Mom's and went to get the stereo equipment from his uncle. Mom and I went to Walmart to get some last minute things: strawberries, sodas, tablecloths, etc. Mike dropped off the stereo stuff while we were gone, so I didn't get to see him any more that night. Mom and I finished up what we needed to do to get ready, and Andrea (my sister) and I went to my house to meet up with the girls who were staying the night with me! Jaime arrived first, then Jess. We decided we were going to go watch the fireworks, so when Eric dropped Trish off we talked him into taking us down to the strip mall where we could see them. It wasn't a great show, I guess our town was really short on funds, because the finale....quite frankly, it sucked. I ran into Mike's aunt as they were leaving and said hi. We went back to the house and watched Bride Wars. I wasn't impressed. They showed all the funny parts in the preview, and I was bored. I love Anne Hathaway, and Kate Hudson, but that was not a good movie. I won't watch it a second time. Then, we put Wedding Crashers in, and Jess and I painted our nails....by now its 11:30. OOPS. Almost forgot to do it, and I would've been scrambling the next day, but we remembered. Andrea went to bed early, she wasn't feeling well, and we all crashed around 12:30. I was happy, I got exactly six hours of sleep, I was groggy in the morning but not bad.

We all got up around 6:30 and dropped cars off at the reception site and then all piled into Jaime's car to ride up to get my hair done. We got there about 8:00, and Bre arrived at 8:30. The photographer arrived at 9:00. Everything went so smoothly that morning. Bre finished my hair and it was fantastic! Lasted all day and looked great! =) Photographer....not so much. She didn't know what she was doing and kept asking me if I wanted pictures, and just stood there and talked instead of snapping the shutter. I really hope the quality of the pictures are awesome, cuz if not....oh I don't know but I won't be happy. So anyway, went down and got pizza about an hour before the ceremony cuz I was starving (no breakfast lol) and then did my makeup and got dressed. Got all ready to go. Mom zipped me up, and we went down to the living room to wait. All of a sudden it was time to go!

The ceremony decorations were BEAUTIFUL! Mike's Nan and Mom decorated everything, and it looked fantastic! I wouldn't have changed a thing, they worked so hard, and it showed! =) Finally it was time to go. Jess went down first, the song was too long. LOL So, Andrea cut it off and went to mine. I walked. It was strange, I was expecting to feel time slow down, but it went to fast and I didn't get a good look at Mike until Mom handed me over! It was so cute, she kissed me on the cheek and then she kissed Mike on the cheek too! AWW =) So, then I was expecting the pastor to tell everyone they could be seated, but....he didn't. LOL Everyone STOOD for the entire ceremony!! They never sat down, and of course I didn't notice until someone mentioned it later - LOL! It was actually suprisingly easy to say the vows for me =) I didn't stutter, and I was so excited I couldn't stop smiling! I was very nervous, but I didn't cry!! I made it all the way through the ceremony and only lost it when my sister hugged me after everything was over, because she was already crying! So no ugly cry face - I did good!!! =) And I only tripped a little on the rug at the bottom of the entrance stairs, so NO clumsyness either! YAY =) The best part was afterwards, I hugged Mike and kissed him and then ran around and hugged EVERYONE THERE =) (30 some people, not bad) Then we took some pictures and all the posed photos, and then everyone went off to the reception.

Mike and I took the time in between to go check into the hotel. (I traded in my shoes for flip flops right after the ceremony because my toes were numb. HAHA you should have seen me I NEVER wear flip flops because I can't walk in them. I trip over the front part.) IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. I was so excited I didn't want to leave. It had an IN ROOM jacuzzi. Not in the bathroom. IN the room! It was great. So we dropped our stuff off and headed to the reception.

The reception was fun! Short, but fun. We got there and said our hellos, and Mike hung out with his friends while I circulated around to everyone and talked and mingled. My stepdad and Mike's dad did the grilling (they get along GREAT! its scary...lol) and got everything started. It was so warm inside the house that the poor cake was leaning and was melting, so we went ahead and cut the cake right away. HE DIDN'T ICE ME! I was so scared but he played nice because he knew it would stain my dress. It was very nice, I said thank you to everyone for coming and to enjoy the party! Short simple, sweet and to the point. (Mom's philosophy for everything...lol) So, anyone who wanted cupcakes first grabbed one, and the rest went back outside. Food was ready soon after, hot dogs, hamburgers, pasta salad, macaroni salad, and macaroni and cheese. GOOD FOOD. Yum. We were really happy with how the day went. Everyone who was invited and said they wre coming came by except for two people, and we had a fantastic time. Everyone was pretty much gone by 5:00 (it started at 3:00) but that was ok, because our wedding party and a few of our close friends stayed until almost 10:00 and the people who left early missed out on the fireworks and the smores!! =)) Yumm. I wasn't really in the mood to dance and party anyway, I just wanted to hang out with everyone in a laid back feel good environment until it was time to go to the hotel, which is what we did! I mean, we didn't even do our first dance! Mike decided it wasn't necessary, and I didn't care either way, so now that is the song that our photography video will be played to. And our only damper on the evening was when the lady down the street came up to get us to stop shooting off our fireworks ( and we got the GOOD STUFF from PA ) because it was "spooking" her horses. Ok. Fine. Whatever. Party Pooper. And she even said to me in this condescending manner "Congratulations by the way, but...." Was NOT happy, but who cares right?

Everything literally went perfectly. It was smooth, there were no catastrophes, the weather was PERFECT (I couldn't have asked for a better day!...and I was worried...ha!) I wore my dress all day and wasn't hot or uncomfortable at all (it was 75ish the WHOLE day) and the ONLY thing I think I would have done differently was hire a different photographer. She was nice and great and all that, but she did NOT know what she was doing, and kept asking me "Are there any more pictures you want?" I SHOWED YOU THE ONES I WANTED - DO YOUR FREAKIN JOB. You could tell she was just a picture taker, not a creative PHOTOGRAPHER. Ugh. All I can say is that the quality of the photos better be fantastic because if not I am going to be highly pissed. There are no do-overs. I mean I saw her sitting at the table with her camera NOT SHOOTING and ON TOP of that she lit out early. PLUS she hasn't even LOOKED at the pictures yet, which means I probably won't see another photo until next week or maybe the week after. Meanwhile, I have NO PICTURES to show anyone!! Sheesh. We shall see.

So then, on to the honeymoon. The hotel room was great, the jacuzzi was great. On Monday, we got up and took me to the Social Security Office to get my new card. I should have it in about two weeks. Then I can get my driver's license. So, after that we headed down to Luray Caverns. It was so much fun, Mike must have taken at LEAST 600 pictures down there and of the antique cars. It was great. The beauty just doesn't come through the photos though, you really have to experience the cavern firsthand. The organ was AWESOME as always, and we had alot of fun.

Tuesday we got up and made our way up to the Cacoctin Zoo. FUN. Lots of cute animals. Baby wolves and monkeys, sun bears, and allegators. We had a good time. We tried to stop at this waterfall we had seen on the way in, but you had to pay to get in (didn't know that) so we didn't go. I mean really...are you serious? Whatever. LOL So, we went shopping and got us the can crusher that we wanted from Bed, Bath, and Beyond, and then went over to Best Buy and bought me the Sims 3 =))) So excited to play it, only to get home and find out my video card isn't compatible!!! GRR. So I have to wait to play it.

Well, that's our wedding in a nutshell, (a rather LARGE nutshell LOL) I'm so glad it went well, and everything went smoothly and that everyone loved it and had a good time!

I'm MRS. FARRIS! yayyy =)

It's almost here!

So this will be my last post as a single woman! I have three days left, and everything is pretty much done. I am ready to marry him, ready with my whole heart and soul. I wish it was Sunday already!!

Here's the rundown of what my next three days look like:

Tonight: I am going to finish cleaning my house, and finish my photocard project for the guestbook table (no big deal - VERY unstressful) and just relax as this is my last day that relaxing is possible. I am going to chill out on the couch with a book and Mike, or watch a movie with him or something unless he has plans which then I will just chill with myself. lol

Tomorrow: Unfortunately I was SUPPOSED to get the day off, but I have to work. So at five, I am off to mom's to scrub her kitchen floor for her, vacuum the carpet and couches (cat hair) and clean up anything I can to help as people will be inside sitting and to use the bathroom. Mike is going to pick up his ring from the jeweler. Then after mom's I'm going to head up to Mike's Nan's (the ceremony site) to drop off some of the stuff for the ceremony. Then when Mike gets off work he and Ben are helping put the canopy up, and I am off to dinner with my Maid of Honor.

Saturday morning: Back to mom's to ice the cupcakes and refridgerate them, make the pasta salad, and decorate the reception area. Get the speakers hooked up and ready, etc. At some point I need to clean out the car, because it's our "getaway car". Then around 8 pm all my girls are coming over for a sleepover and girlie party at my house. Mike will drop me off, and take the car up to nan's, where he will stay that night.

Sunday: Head to mom's and pick her up, drive to the ceremony site with my girls, and get ready up there! Ceremony, reception and then it's off to the hotel!!

Monday and Tuesday (and Wednesday now): Mike and I are off work, my boss gave me Wednesday too, now that he's making me work on the 3rd when I was supposed to be off. We are unsure what we're doing yet, but I know we had an idea of going down to D.C. to the Smithsonian museums and such, and just tooling around there all day. We shall see, I just know I want to be with my new hubby, the rest doesn't matter!

OMG I'm getting married!!!! That's it I'm good now =) lol

For the last time - signed,

Rachael L. Repp =)))))))))

Five more days!!

So last Sunday was my bridal shower and it was BEAUTIFUL! My maid of honor, Jess, did a wonderful job and I can't thank her enough! Here are some pictures from the day

Here are the finished flowers:

Close up side view of my bouquet - it is a mixture of cream hydrangeas, pale yellow carnations, white roses, mini daisies and a few sprigs of baby's breath. It is wrapped with ribbon of our colors. There will be four additional ribbons which I will have my kitties wear the night before so I can have them with me =)

And the top view:

This is Jess's clutch. I purchased it at David's Bridal and added a silver rose to the front. I know she will love it!

These are the mother's pins. They consist of the same things as my bouquet.

  Here are the memory roses I made to go on three chairs for our grandparents who have passed on.

My cake servers personalized with our ribbon

And the cupcake tower. Our cake to cut will be on the top with our topper on it, the next layer will be a staggered row of cupcakes and then the rest will be on the bottom.

This is our guestbook (red) and our wedding album (a shower present from my bestie Trishy) The guest book will be a digital photo of each person and then a card to write whatever they like on it side by side in the photo album.

 

FIVE MORE DAYS PEOPLE!!!!! OMG

Ten Days Left!!

TEN days left. That's it. I have SO much to do this weekend, thank GOD my big paycheck is coming in. I need to buy TONS of supplies, I hope it's not going to be too much money.

Plans for the weekend: Tomorrow night I am taking Mike down to get his ring sized. Hopefully it will be the right fit and his fingers are back to normal.

Saturday I am dropping Mike off at work, because his good buddy Ben is taking him to a race for his "bachelor party." (since he's not having one - he's getting everyone together to play basketball) After I drop him off I need to go get the cupcake and cake supplies and bake the cakes, let them cool, and freeze them for icing the day before the wedding. Then it's back out into consumer America to pick up all the REST of the supplies I need, and maybe try to make the bouquet and corsages for the moms that night.

Sunday is my bridal shower at 2:00 pm. I am sure it's going to be fun, and I will be home in time that I can start working on the signs, the decorations, and other projects I have lined up. At some point I also need to finish the playlist (which STILL isn't complete - but it's almost done whew)

It will be a VERY busy weekend and week to come, and after that I'll be a married woman!!! HOORAY!! =))

18 Days and a marriage license...

We're getting married! =) Mike and I went on my lunchbreak today and got our marriage license! Thirty six dollars, and now we're officially ready!

Some updates....

I ordered my shoes, garter, and our cake topper this past weekend. They should be in anytime now, hopefully within the next week. I hope it doesn't take too long because I have to start practicing walking in my wedding shoes!! =)

I also met with the photographer on Sunday, she is great! I can't wait to have her shoot our wedding, she seems so positive and creative! I'm excited =)

On the agenda for this weekend is calling people who haven't RSVP'd yet (there is still 28 of the 94 left) calling the pastor to finalize everything, and then I'm going with my Trishie for her alteration fitting on HER wedding dress! (her wedding is in August, and I'm a bridesmaid) I'm excited for her, we will have some fun.

Then Sunday is the family picnic in Hagerstown, with all my cousins and aunts on my dad's side. We haven't seen each other in a while, and my cousin Dana won't be at the wedding but at least I will be able to see her that day! She is also making a pair of earrings for me that I will wear in the wedding if they match my pearls well. If not, I will probably just go buy a pair of pearl studs and be done with it. Mike doesn't like dangle earrings, so I may only wear them for the reception, I don't know. It depends on how long they are!

Next Saturday we will be baking the cupcakes and cakes, and then that Sunday is my bridal shower!! It's getting so close I can hardly stand it!!

18 days!!!!!

Hair and Makeup Trial

So this past Saturday I had my trial for my hair with the FABulous Bre! She did SUCH a good job and it's going to look PERFECT! So without further ado, here are the pics:

The back close up:

The front close up:

Taken later on that evening. My hair lasted a full twelve hours and did not shift at ALL, all that fell were the curls on my neck, and that's ok because they still look great loose!

And the back after the twelve hours. (There are 104 bobbi pins in there....yes...I counted LOL)

And here is the makeup trial. Dark brown eyeshadow on lids, golden on browbone. Brown eyeliner, bottom lashes only. (cuz I don't know HOW to do the top...I can't figure it out lol) Mascara, foundation and normal blush. Pink strawberry Cover Girl Wetslicks lig gloss. All makeup is Cover Girl =)

And my day-of jewelery. Strand of pearls, and then matching set of earrings and bracelet:

And here they are on me:

I have also determined my "somethings":

Something old: my grandmother's (dad's side) diamond ring she gave to me a few Christmases ago.
Something new: My dress.
Something borrowed: My grandma's (mom's side) wedding rings.
Something blue: My cubs garter =)Now less than a month to go!! 26 days!!!! =)

Sometimes it pays to be mean!

Man, one SLIGHTLY terse email, and I get a response! She has agreed to do the photography for the wedding for $200, and we get a copy of all the photos! I am so excited! I set up an appointment to sit down and talk with her, and I think I'm going to take about 10 of my most favorite I-have-to-have-this-photo photos, so that she can make sure to include these in her work.

So, crisis averted! Now....what to do about reception site decorations...still a mystery! We shall see! =)

31 days to go!

So, I have been trying to get ahold of the photographer who said she would be interested in shooting our wedding with no luck. We emailed once, and she emailed me right back, and then called and left me a voicemail and I left her one immediately after, and since then there's been no correspondance from her side. I'm worried, and if she doesn't want to do it, I wish she would just call me so I can try to find someone else. I think that if I don't get ahold of her by this coming Friday, I will have to look for someone else to shoot the wedding. I'm sad because I really liked her, but this is honestly very unprofessional of her.

Other than that, nothing big has happened lately. Mike's Nan got the decorations for the ceremony (she paid for that and for Mike's outfit as our wedding gift) and I am starting to worry that the ceremony site is going to look better than the reception site, and it's just going to look like a plain old party instead of a reception. I can't afford to buy anything great and wonderful, because I'm pretty much broke. I'm trying to envision everything without spending 5,000 big ones, and I just can't do it. We're going to have to at LEAST rent chairs from SOMEWHERE but who knows who would have chairs for 4th of July weekend at this point? Probably no one. So, then what do we do? We've asked everyone if they are willing to bring their own, but so far no one has checked yes. I'm worried there aren't going to be enough places to sit, that the place isn't going to look like a wedding reception, and that people are going to get bored and leave!! (Which isn't good since more than half are only invited to the reception because Mike wanted a SMALL ceremony!) I'm worried, and stressed. I don't know if I can pull this off.

Hair trial this weekend! Will post pics on Monday!

Say a little prayer for me ladies! 31 days left!! AHHH =)

More planning!

So I have been looking frantically trying to find a base that I can put my cupcakes on that would be easy to DIY. I really can't afford to buy a stand so I was just going to make one. I came across this on another knottie's website, and I think I can recreate this with relative ease.

Bonus that the cupcakes are blue! I reallllly want turquoise icing. Alas, white icing, turquoise wrappers, and red cake is what we decided. I'm still going to do the strawberry "heart" slice in the center of each cupcake like this though! =)

We had a very productive weekend!

Saturday, my sister, my nephew Gabe and his stroller, and my Maid of Honor and I went to Davids Bridal to pick out her dress. She had three that she liked, and ended up choosing this one in mermaid:

She will be carrying red flowers to pull in the red colors.

I also got the dress I will be wearing to my shower, which is really bright and colorful. I will try to get a pic of me in it sometime this week to show you all.Sunday, Jess (MOH) and I went with Mike's Nan and Mom to the craft stores to pick out ceremony decorations. We found out later that the arch that I wanted was too tall, and so now we are going to "create our own." Nan found some flowers at Kmart that we are going to hang in an "arch-like fashion" in between two posts and have the pillars that she bought on Sunday on either side with a flower arraingement on them. I think that will be good as far as decorating. We aren't going to need much else. I am hoping that we can take that and move it from the ceremony to the reception and hang it up there as well.We may have a snaffu with Mom's house. The city is planning on installing her sewer (she has a septic tank right now) in July and they have to tear out the deck to put it in!! I'm so nervous, but hopefully they won't do it July 4th weekend, and they'll wait until after the wedding to start. They don't give you any warning either, they just show up and start. Ack. Say a little prayer for me!So that's all we have for now! My hair trial is this weekend, then I have two weekends, then the shower, and then my wedding! AHHHHHHHHHH =)

34 days and counting!!! Excited, nervous, scared, happy....omg!

THE One...

Mom and I went dress shopping last night, and I found my dress! It's a Galina chiffon gown, but I don't know the style number. Here is the picture of it from David's Bridal's Website

It was on sale for $298!! I was originally looking for around $150, and the $99 gown sale was going on but I was literally ONE size too big, everything was 14's and I'm a 16. It's not what I had envisioned for my dress originally, (I wanted lace) but it was so light and comfortable I know that I will want to wear it all day! And I'm thinking that it may be possible to shorten it after the wedding so that I can wear it again. Maybe I will dye it the aqua color of my wedding. I also think it would good in yellow. I'm not sure yet. My mom (bless her heart) is picking it up today, and taking it home to her house! I may be visiting it soon to get an idea for jewelery. I may not do anything but earrings and a bracelet, though. I think a necklace would almost take away from the neckline - what do you think?

The front: (me looking at the back and not paying attention to Mom)

From the side (look it hides my tummy! I'm still determined to lose about 5 pounds though this month before the wedding!)

What do you think??? I love it! I'm so excited, and I know Mike is going to love it too! Mom also bought a dress, she ordered this

My maid of honor and I are going to go in to pick out her dress on the 31st of May. I still need to call and make the appointment. Next on the agenda is getting our marriage license, which we were supposed to do today, but we're running short on cash this week, so we're going to wait until next Wednesday, and getting the playlist started (which I started last night) and book the photographer. We also are going to have to start buying food for the party little by little, but the good news is the 26th of June I get my check with commission which is going to be approximately $1100, so I think we'll be ok in terms of buying food. Hair trial is on the 6th so I have to make sure I have my headband finished by then. (which I am making)

I am also going to have to talk to Mike's grandmother about possibly doing the straps on my dress for me in addition to the dress for Trish's wedding. I'm sure she will do it, she likes doing that kind of stuff. I will try to take it up to her sometime in the next week or so!

AHHHH I'm getting married!!! LOL

My Wedding Plans

I've decided to update you all on my ideas for the wedding. My wedding website is great, but it'll be easier to keep track of updating only one site instead of two, and I like that I can do a more live feed here than there. So lets start with cake, because it's yummy! lol

I have decided that I am going to make my cake myself. I know that we are doing a small two tier cake for me and Mike with the top layer being frozen, and cupcakes for the guests. The cake will be marble for us, and the cupcakes will be a mixture of chocolate and vanilla. I want to do turquoise icing with a strawberry slice or two in the center. Here are two pictures that are similar to what I want, the first the icing idea, the second how I am hoping to have it laid out *and the icing is the right color =)*

This is the cake topper that we want, it will be surrounded by strawberries on top of the cake.

This is what I would like to do for Mike if I knew that alot of people would eat red velvet cake, because that was what he wanted originally. He and I are HUGE Cubbies fans, so I thought it would be awesome to do a cake of Wrigley Field! If I don't do it for the wedding, I will probably do this for his birthday later this year =)

This is the cake server set that was the closest to the one at Walmart that we want to get. I love how simple and classy it is. The following photo is the toasting glasses I would like to get from Oriental Trader. They personalize the set and it's only 9.99!

This is the inspiration board with the "look" that I am going for. Classy but casual, red white and blue with a TWIST...and of course our "love tree" theme.

Here are my shoes! They are dorothy costume shoes, and I can't wait to get them!

Next on the update is flowers. I really don't know what I am going to do here, because I can't afford much. I think just basic is the way to go with this. I'm thinking about just going to the grocery store the day before or maybe even the morning of, and buying either white carnations, or white roses and making a small bouquet for my maid of honor and me. Here are my ideas of what I would like them to look like if I can afford them. (Or if I can continue to get 50% off coupons I will maybe make artificial bouquets)

For decorations everything is going to unfortunately be very minimal, or very inexpensive to make and will be made by me. The one thing that we are getting (with a 50% off coupon) is this lighted arch. It will be decorated with tulle across it and down the back, and there will be a small spray of flowers in the center in our colors with some ribbon. The flowers are still up in the air, this is what I had to talk to Mike's nan about, and we didn't get to see her last night.
I was searching Martha Stewart weddings and came across these two centerpiece ideas. If I do flowers, I think they would look great together, but we will probably just end up only doing the paper luminaries all over the place:

This kind of fits into the theme and I think it would be a great way to frame our "dance floor" in the grass behind my mom's house:

For favors we would like to do sparklers because they are fun!

I also HAVE TO HAVE a smores table! We will roast them over the grill, or possibly have a bonfire in the backyard.

For hair these are my ideas. I want soft curls with my hair halfway up and then I want to make a headband like the one in the third photo, but instead of clear beads, I want gold beads.

Hopefully I will have dress photos to show you tomorrow! Hooray weddings!