Playful Pomanders

Paper pomander balls are a recent trend in weddings. I have found them in many wedding blogs and magazines. I absolutely love them and think they would add fun and color to any wedding! Especially for those on a tight budget. Forget the real flowers and go with tissue paper! In my opinion they are almost better looking than the real thing.

The ones above came from Style Me Pretty & bashplease.com. The colors are so fun!

Something interesting... Through further research I found that they are often called kissing balls! Cute and perfect name for a wedding. Maybe it's kinda like mistletoe?? :)

There are so many tutorials out there for making tissue paper pomanders. When I start to make mine for my wedding (assuming I will) I will let you know which one helped me the best!

Here are a few that look promising....

http://www.projectwedding.com/wedding-ideas/diy-tissue-pomanders
http://diytissuepomanders.weebly.com/
http://www.bridalbuds.com/2009/01/tissue-paper-pomanders/

I thought these tutorials below seemed helpful too.

These are neat too! They are roses made from crepe paper. You can find the tutorial at the House of Smith's.

There are also alternatives to tissue paper. If you really want to get creative take a look at these!

I found these really cool paper flowers on The Sweetest Occasion from Weather Paperworks. I love how the color is incorporated in with the black and white newspaper.



And then there are these that I found on Once Wed. They used a flower shaped punch and round head pins. Super cute!

J.Crew Bridesmaid Dresses

I have been doing a little bit of research lately online looking for some cute bridesmaid dresses. I really like what I have found so far on jcrew.com.

I definitely would like my girls to wear short dresses especially since it is a spring wedding and turquoise seems like the color for me!

Here are a couple I found that I loved! What do you think?? Any other suggestions for where I can find other cute bridesmaid dresses?

Ps. For any dress they end up wearing I want to get some DIY action going. Maybe a pretty rosette for their hair or on the the corner of their waist or both. :)

Our Engagement Pictures

Mark Janzen (our amazing photographer) posted 10 pictures from our engagement session on his Facebook!



I absolutely love them!!! He did an excellent job! I couldn't be happier. :)

How I Asked My Bridesmaids

Last weekend I asked my bridesmaids if they would like to be in my wedding. I really wanted to give them something special when I asked them and it had to be original and handmade. So I searched around online looking for ideas and found the cutest poem on weddingbee.com!

Here's how the poem goes:

"The day, the dress
The bride, the groom

The joy, the tears

Will all come so soon

Professing true love

To my husband-to-be

With family and friends

All watching me

I hope the sun will

Be shining down,

Keep your fingers crossed

That I'll fit in my gown…

But there's just one more thing

that there needs to be…

and that's to have you

Standing with me!

Will you be my bridesmaid?"

I copied this poem into blank note cards I bought from Target and glued a glittery letter (the first letter of each girl's name) to the front of each one with Aleene's Original Tacky Glue.

Then I tied each card to a single yellow rose with a thin turquoise ribbon and voila! My bridesmaids were surprised and they absolutely loved their gift!

Here are some pictures~

Turquoise & Yellow Wedding

For awhile now I have been thinking about what colors I want to decorate my wedding with. I'm thinking turquoise and yellow?! One, because they are my favorite colors and two, because they create a great contrast.

Check out these amazing photos I found on Life. Love. Lipstick by Hugh Forte Photography. I love that she incorporated the blue mason jars with the yellow roses and daisies. The lemons used as placeholders was such a cute touch! I also like how the bouquets still had a few pink flowers in the mix to make it a little more feminine and fun.

Engagement Photo Session in 103 Degree Weather Tomorrow!

Jon and I are getting our engagement pictures taken tomorrow. You might call us crazy, but nonetheless we are taking them anyway on a VERY hot day. Weather forecast says it will be 103 degrees in Fresno, CA tomorrow. Fresno has it's fair share of hot weather during the summer so it's expected, but hopefully for us it will have cooled down a little by the time we take our pictures at 6 in the evening.


We decided to take our pictures now rather than later in the year so that we had plenty of time to make and send "Save The Dates". I am really excited about the location in which we are taking our pictures! It's at an old ranch house (white porch and all), a couple barns, ponds, grape vines, etc. Lots of textures and places for great photos!


I spent practically all day on Saturday shopping for my outfits for the pictures. Although I had plenty of clothes to choose from, I wanted to wear something new for the photos. Well... I ended up buying an outfit, tried it on again on Sunday and decided I didn't like it anymore. It just wasn't me; I probably wouldn't wear it otherwise so I thought, "What am I doing?" I need to wear something I feel comfortable in. So I went through my sister and my mom's closet and found just the perfect outfits. Today it's time to go through Jon's closet to find something he can wear that will look good with what I'm wearing. :)



Ps. I thought I would post a pic of the two of us right after we got engaged. Proposal on the beach in Cayucos. :)

Anthropologie Wedding Dresses???!!!

Yes! You heard it right... Anthropologie will be launching a bridal collection! Too bad the line comes out in Spring 2011, too late for me, but I am excited to share the news anyway! The line will have wedding gowns, bridesmaid dresses, gifts and accessories. Everything you need to create a fabulously feminine and ultra chic wedding.

Click to view article on InStyle.com

I just love Anthropologie... so much in fact that I used to work there. I still miss it sometimes... the soft indie music, the magnificent smell coming from the burning candles, the amazing displays... I think I may be due for another shopping trip! :)