Favors & Monograms

We've thought a lot about favors and decided that we might not even do them if we couldn't come up with an idea that was cute, within our budget, and suited us both. It looks like the winner at this point is personalized tea tins. Check out the DIY tutorial over at Style Me Pretty for some pictures of this idea.

Also, I've been playing around with Photoshop to create a cute monogram for our out of town bag labels. Here's what I've got so far:

There are some great tutorials over at Brianna Nichole's Wedding Monogram Blog, so I might be learn some more and then play around with it again until I'm completely happy with the final product.

Flowers & Fun

It was fun meeting with Donna at Beautiful Blooms today. She was super-nice and is clearly very good at what she does. The studio and library of floral books were quite impressive. We talked about what we were looking for, now she's going to review the info and provide a quote for us sometime this week. It was also fun spending time with my mom and Jenny. Here's a picture of Jenny & me in the very cute Northern Liberties area in Philly:


When I got home tonight, I arrived to packages containing possible wedding shoes and some possible decor. I ordered 2 pink parasols to see if they might work for an idea I saw on another blog. The idea is to decorate the sides of the aisle with colored parasols-here's a picture:


Anyway, I figured that even if I decided not to follow through on this idea, the parasols would be cute for the flower girls to carry. Here's a picture of the one's I ordered (I am very pleased with them!):


As for the shoes, I'm undecided. They are cute, but my feet are just so narrow that I'm not sure if they're going to stay on comfortably. I'll see if there's anything I can do about that....

Our Wedding Bands

Our wedding bands came in, and Scott picked them up yesterday. Here they are!

Giveaway at Broken Saucer Ends Today

Broken saucer is giving away a Le Creuset bakeware set. Contest ends today!

OneWed Tip of the Day

Flowers

Jenny & I (and I my mom- I think!) are going to look at flowers on Saturday. We have a 2:00 appointment set up at Beautiful Blooms (blog) in Philly. Their work looks amazing. They recently did a Bridal Event at the Please Touch Museum and here is one of their beautiful displays:
I'm excited!

DIY Update

As I worked on the invites this weekend, I also decided to take on one of my more "fun" do-it-yourself projects. I wish I could remember where, but a while back I saw this idea to make bride & groom signs. The signs can be used to hang on your doors while you get ready the day of the wedding, you can hang them on your chairs at the reception, and if nothing else, they're a good photography keepsake. Here's the finished product:



Here are the pictures of the votives I've been working on. I printed the damask on vellum (instead of regular paper) because it had a nicer glow to it when the candle was lit.

Also, I heard from the lady at the bridal shop and the orders were placed on Thursday morning!