Amy Jo On The Go!

My bridal shower is officially planned for April 24.  I can’t believe this is really happening!  For the past year and a half I’ve known that there would be a bridal shower, a bachelorette party and eventually a wedding…..but it’s all happening…..for real! 

I drove to work this morning with a perma-smile on my face.  I’m so happy!  I’ve finally gotten to the point in my wedding planning that things are actually going to start happening….and sooner than I had anticipated!  I’ve got a lot of work to do.

The Knot reminded me this morning that I only have 5 MONTHS TO GO…..Yikes!!

Worked on centerpieces again this past weekend.  Here is my progress so far…..I’m almost done!!!  Well, done with this project anyway.  There is still a ton more to do.

White Milk Glass Vases for Centerpieces

 I’ve been collecting white milk glass vases and clear vases from thrift stores, goodwill and ebay (along with the help of my mom and sister). 

The white milk glass vases (seen above) will hold all of the red centerpieces and the clear vases (seen below) will hold all of the white centerpieces.

Clear Glass Vases for Centerpieces

 My sister cut all of the flowers and I did the glueing….we had quite the system down!  I’ll admit, my job was much easier than my sister’s.  She ended up with many blisters (and even a bruised leg) from the cutting process…..Sorry sister!!

Hard at work

What a Disaster!!

 Here are a couple of the white centerpieces up close

Close-up of white centerpieces

 And here is a photo of the many white centerpieces that got finished.   It doesn’t look like much, but it was a huge accomplishment in my book.

Finished White Centerpieces

 And here are the few red centerpieces that got finished.  We worked for almost 12 hours that day and I ran out of steam about 11:30pm.  But, the good news is that my sister cut so many flowers that they are ready for me the next time I want to work on these. 

Finished Red Centerpieces

My sister (matron of honor) is coming this weekend. We are going to work on wedding stuff on Saturday and attend a bridal show on Sunday.

She hasn’t seen my “new” wedding dress yet and I can’t wait to try it on for her. I am so in love with this dress!!! Although, I’ve gained a few pounds the last couple of weeks so I hope it still fits.

Our ties that I ordered from Etsy finally arrived this week.  I love them and so does fiance, which is good since he will be wearing one!

My only worry is that the guys are going to be wearing white shirts w/ black pants and these damask ties, but my dress is ivory.  Do you think it’s going to look funny in pictures with the guys wearing white next to me? 

I haven’t been wearing my engagement ring for over 3 weeks. I’ve lost 30 lbs and the ring no longer stays on my finger. Between the months of November and December I bet my ring fell off no less than 75 times. It would fall off at the gas station (and roll under other people’s car), it would fall off at the grocery store (and get run over by a cart shooting the ring 10 feet down the aisle), it would fall of while I was shoveling (thank goodness the ring is still so shiny), it would fall off at work (and roll under equipment out in shop)……..let’s just say my ring has been through hell and back these past few months and it shows. The diamond on top has a prong loose and the row of diamonds that line the side are going to fall out any minute. The part of the ring holding in the diamonds is so severely bent that it isn’t even touching them on one whole side.

I know that I need to get it re-sized but the jewelry store has now closed and the company that is supposed to be handling my warranty is a b*tch to work with. They are telling me it will take a minimum of 12 weeks to “look” at the ring. They want me to MAIL in my ring….yes, you read that correctly…..they want me to MAIL a $4000 ring to them. So it’s not just the idea of being without my ring for 3-4 months, but there is no way on God’s green earth I’m putting my ring in an envelope and hoping it reaches it’s destination.

So, here is my dilemma…..what am I supposed to do now? Will another jewelery store do the work on my ring even though it wasn’t purchased there? What is the cost going to be? Do you really think it’s safe to MAIL my ring? And is 3-4 months a normal time frame to fix my ring?

The Knot informed me this week that I have 6 months until the wedding.  Of course I know this, but still can’t seem to get motivated.  I feel so out of touch with the wedding planning and frankly I’m kind of just sitting back and hoping some things will just take care of themselves.  Don’t get me wrong, the wedding to-do list is on continuous cycle running through my head, but I just can’t seem to care enough to do anything about it.

Let’s hope that this attitude changes by the weekend as I already have a wedding checklist made out for FH and I.

Welcome to my new website for all things wedding related.  I hope you enjoy!

So, I had my first wedding dream (nightmare) last night! Don’t you think it’s a little early for me to be dreaming about the wedding? Most likely it’s because there has been nothing but wedding talk around my house for a couple weeks now. As soon as the clock struck twelve and it was 2010 we realized we need to get on the ball and start moving. We get married in 186 days so the checklist has been brought back out along with a to-do list that’s a mile long.

Anyway, back to my story. So in my dream I woke up the day of my wedding to find that I had slept in my wedding dress and it was all wrinkly. Well, as always, my sister Rachel was there to save me. She had a “spare” dress that was identical to my dress and she simply slipped the new dress on me and away we went.

I know it doesn’t seem like much to those of you who don’t know me, but that dream just solidifies the fact that I could NEVER face anything as big as my wedding day without my sister by my side. She has been, and always will be, my saviour.