So we meet again

Hellowww friends,

I took the dress I got off of ebay and cut along the dotted (trimmed) lines and shortened the underlying layers and it became:



which is just the cutest dress I've seen in a while. It's really itchy and I can't stand to be in it for more than 5 minutes, but I'm working on that. The sides come up on both sides to reveal the under layers. I think the under layers can be shortened just a tad still. I think this will work for my #2 dress. That sounds ridiculous, but when you see the beautiful dress Sarah is making me, you'll see why I want an option to get crazy in later (to avoid ruining the beauty that is my #1). Think of it as my white wedding suit!

That's all for now. I still want to show you the special items we found while enjoying our trip through oldsville weekend before last. Please excuse the cheeky smile...I'm trying to smile more!

You know it,
Megan

Some things I wanted to show you

Hey hey hey hey ehey ehey hey ehey! I had a pretty productive day in the ol' weddin' department. I found some super cute old carnival/circus inspired flower girl dresses (click to see glittery detail):


Next, I went to the fabric store and got some lace and spray paint for my jam jars I've been saving up to put candles in and hang from the trees outside:



More to come! Pam and Jon visited us this last weekend for the Vintage Paper Fair and the Alameda Flea Market. We all found some pretty amazing stuff and I can't wait to show it to you. It sure was a nice time.

One parting gift for you:

Decorations pt2

In my previous post, I mentioned the metal paper pieces I picked up. I was thinking it might be fun to do something like this by mixing those pieces in with some pretty paper (non-metallic). I found this once again at Martha Stewart Weddings. Those people know what to do and they're not messing around.

Decorations...

These are the decorations I found at Polka Dot Variety's going out of business sale :(. I think I could go over these with a light spray of color and then an even lighter spray of gold radiating out from the center. Then, we can hang them from the ceiling and watch them sway. They were only 50 cents a piece!!!! They're huge and I think will make a nice bold presence.

I also found this beauty there. Perhaps we can use this on the favor/candy buffet table (the candy buffet kind of got cut out of the budget, but if there is extra money...)

Off topic...
I got this radical typewriter! It needs to be oiled, but it works!



These don't look like much, but I got a bunch of metal-like sheets of paper to use for decorating and what have you. I also picked up about 200 envelopes for $5!!!

I think this hodge-podge wedding will be really fun once it's all put togevah.

For fun OKAY?!?

I've been scouring ebay and and vintageous.com for dresses for my lady maids and happened upon a little, rough-looking, yet totally sweet white dress for me :) :) I bid on and won this little get-up. I paid $24 bucks.

I'm thinking, wherever the after party takes us…I might need something a little more festive to change into. Something more light-hearted in case we end up dancing it up at the Madonna Inn. Who knows, but I want to be prepared! I need a little costume change for the later night. I'm going to see if I can repare the bedazzles and chop the bottom so I look over 4 feet tall. Maybe Grandma Phyll will help me!

I can't wait to show you the decorations I found...more on that tonight.

Sweeeeet

Kate found this amazing idea from Martha Stewart Weddings. Cotton Candy is wound around a stick of rock candy. So pretty. Apparently the color of cotton candy can be customized. I love this. Even if we need to maximize the candy, we could use the rock candy separately.

One more thing…

I just bid on and won these badical admit one tickets. They were pretty cheap and I was thinking we could stamp a monogram on the back and use them in the invite envelopes or at the reception somehow. The colors are perfect!