"I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck."

Last week we met with our potential Florist. He was great and totally know his flowers! Now,  I will admit that picking out flowers is a hard thing for me. I am very picky and I very much like to be in control. I know its hard but I get nervous that I won't be able to see the flowers before hand. If I could I would be that crazy bride helping the florist arrange them that night before. However I will sit back and relax and have faith in anyone that takes on this project for our wedding. I know the out come will be beautiful no matter what. Here are some ideas that we gave him in what we would like for our wedding. We like the idea of the reception being all white flowers with touches of greens, and then using pops of pinks and greens for the girls's bouquets and then softer pinks and creams for mine. I can't wait! 

Ideas for the reception

Ideas for bouquets

Here are some pictures of the flowers that I arranged for our Bridal Party Bash

A Little More Bling Besides the Ring

Definition of a Shoe:

Noun:

A covering for the foot, typically made of leather, with a sturdy sole and not reaching above the ankle.

Definition of a Bridal Shoe:

Noun:

A covering for the foot, typically made of jewels, rhinestones, glitter, and other sparkly objects,  can be very uncomfortable and usually having a 3 in heel or higher.

These days a bride's wedding shoes have long since changed since the old days of wearing your typical white wedding shoes. Most likely those white wedding shoes were probably never to be worn again.  This brings me to saying that bride's shoes have become more of a statement these days rather than just a shoe. If you look at any photographer's blog or website most likely you will find a picture with fabulous shoes that any woman would swoon over. 

Everything from glitter and rhinestones, to bright bold colors, and funky designs have been replacing your typical white wedding shoes. I do have to say I am a sucker for shoes and may have purchased a pair of these  glitzy shoes for my big day, however I have my Saks discount to thank for that! 

The top designers like Jimmy Choo, Christian Louboutin, Kate Spade, and so on will be a little pricey, but since this trend has started a lot of designers like Steve Madden, Guess, Enzo Angoilini, and even Nine West have made their own cheaper versions of the shoes. Who said your toes couldn't have a little of their own bling! 

*All images I got on blogs or on google images

Scratch Bridesmaid dresses off the list

Well we now have 8 months left and so much more to do. So far this past week has been very busy. On Saturday my bridesmaids and I finally picked out their dresses and decided on the color. We are going with a long Amsale dress in a color called Midnight which is navy. I am very excited for them and was very happy with our choice. I can't wait till they come in and I can see all the girls in them....I will have one hot bridal party for sure =)


I love the Amsale dresses, if anyone needs great Bridesmaid dresses they should really look into this line. Around Fairfield County they are carried at the Plumed Serpent where we got ours.

www.amsale.com
http://www.plumedserpentbridal.com/

Here are some of their styles, however the one we picked isn't even on their website, so I don't have a picture of it. These are from Brides.com