Invitation Invasion

The invitation invasion is in full swing.  The assembly process has taken over our dining room.  The address collection has taken over the office.  It's a mess but once we are done putting things together it will go very quickly.  I would start addressing the first 240 envelopes if my return address labels from Vista Print would arrive...  So here we wait, staring at paper, slowly working on things.  The tricky part is keeping the 3 yr old fingers off all this pretty paper...

Fun Times!

Forgot to mention our bachelor/bachelorette parties from a few weeks ago.  We each had individual parties with our guy/girl friends.  The night continued with a combined party for the party bus.  Bar hopping all over Bismarck/Mandan.  Our fun night ended at Bucks where the DJ attempted to drowned the bride-to-be in 6 ft of foam...  It was fun, but I don't know that I will ever do a foam party again after that experience! 

Hey Mr. DJ, can you play that Song?

Well it's almost 2AM. I just finished our play list that we will give our DJ, so he knows what kind of music we want played during our wedding celebration. We will have many guests so it was important that I include a good variety of songs from different artists and backgrounds . Even though it will not be a traditional reception, more of a big party for all friends and family, we will have plenty to keep our guests entertained. Along with this awesome selection of music I've been working on, we will also be having a projection big screen up with a recording of our ceremony in the Black Hills, maybe even a slide show with some pictures. If you follow our blog, then you already know about the Huge Cupcake stand I built. We will have some meat and cheese, veggie, and fruit trays and beverages of course. But Sorry no open bar! Almost forgot the candy bar, that should be fun. Nicole has not seen the play list yet, she is fast asleep, probably tired from the crazy fun day our twin boys put her through while I was at work! I think she will be very happy, as well as our guests. We are in to a little bit of everything when it comes to our choice of music. But it's not just about music we want to hear, it's also what's good and suitable for our demographic of guests who will be attending. Yet another thing to check off my list of things to do, oh yeah!

One Month Left...

Only one month to go!  Things are getting exciting & overwhelming at the same time.  So much to do but it's all coming together.  Finishing projects are flowers, his ring (finally gave me his ring size yesterday), dress alterations, suit fitting, bridal shower, practice hair day, & invitations.  Can't forget about the massive cupcake stand that is still in progress.  Needs another coat of paint & decor.  We will post pics when it is done. 

Next Project... Addresses

I'm locking the doors & not coming out until the next project is done.  These two boxes contain 500 envelopes.  Each of them is waiting for an address & return label.  If you don't hear from me within a couple days, send  a search party...

Invitations Ordered

We have 500 invitations on order along with 500 address labels.  They should all be done sometime next week.  We went very simple with the invites, no RSVP necessary.  The end result will look something like this sample (except red ribbon & a graphic instead of initial):

I'll have a ribbon tying party with one or two of those lucky girlfriends of mine... That's right ladies, 500 ribbons, I know you can't wait!  I'll buy the wine...

Pictures are Here!

I'm so excited about my new shoes that I forgot about the photos!  We got our picture CD from Mandie Haman & here's a few of our faves...