Lovely Florals and Reusable Vases

Reusing most of my wedding decor is something I really really want to do! After the wedding I would love to have a ton of really pretty things to put in my home. I won't have to throw stuff away or try tocsell it or anything! Sounds like a good idea to me. Ok now onto what I was actually talking about, I love the idea of mason jars and pitchers. I have always loved this sort of look for the flowers and in these vases it's even better!

Source: centsational Girl, Kiss the Groom

Maybe these can even be around like on the cake table, sign in table, etc.

What are you doing for centerpieces??

Engagement Party Details - Treats

I loved the treat table! I went into this a bit already on the "Cakes Pops" post, so check it out if you want to find out how to make those cute cake balls or pops! I got the big diamonds, the napkins and the mason jars from Michaels. The orange and yellow vases were from Crate and Barrel. I am OBSESSED with them. Overall the treat table was a major hit! The little "Cake Pop" tags were made by Print Your Party as well!

I can't seem to find a full picture but we did has a banner from Tucker Reece which said "TREATS" to match the others!

I absolutely loved the details I added to the party! I do wish I had more pictures of the entire space but my brother took the camera for a long time. (If you want to see a ton of pictures of our fence and the flower garden, he took ample photos of that! haha) I'll gather more together and show them too! It was the best engagement party ever, definitely everything I could have asked for.

Want to see more of my engagement party? Check out the engagement party tags, and other engagement party details. Oh and check out these other engagement party or bridal shower desserts on a stick.

Engagement Party Details - Tags

I was incredibly excited about this idea, but it was one of those that I never had time to actually complete when the event came around. I had the idea of people writing wishes, memories or cute notes to us and hanging them on a tree. I found these "All you need is Love" tags from Tucker Reece, and just fell in love with them! Last minute I decided to go through with the idea and have people write the cute notes and hang them on a tree that we already had in the backyard. I wasn't able to make a cute sign, but fortunately one person asked what it was, and it started a chain reaction of note writing! Loved using the colored Sharpies too. It turned out to be adorable and all the things written were just cute!

The "Wishes" was made by Tucker Reece to go along with the little tags. I grabbed some ribbon (33 cents!!) and really small clothes pins from Michael's and printed some pictures out. That was all I did to create this cute detailed area!

We got some personalized little tags that matched our invitations from Print Your Party. One side said our names and the other had a monogram on it. I hung these between each picture!

Engagement Party Details

It took me a bit, but I finally got all the pics together from the engagement party last weekend, and I am here to share! The event was held at my parent's house with about 50 close friends and family. We had a lot of cute details all about, such as the Cake Pops, and make sure to check out the pic of the two of us and the bridal party!

So, to get started, my parents have a Wet Bar which is incredibly convenient for events such as this! To decorate (prior to my taking them down, my mom had a few porcelain bunnies on display in these shelves which were not going to do!) I simply grabbed two black and white prints and a red planter box that were elsewhere in the house. I picked up two hurricane candle holders and two candles from target. As the event went on, I put all the wine corks in the candle jars which eventually made for a cute decoration. For the bottom shelf I just took a few of the bottles of wine and lined them up! It was such a simple decor process! The "BAR" banner was made by Tucker Reece which I thought added a fantastic personalized addition to the whole thing.

More of the little details to come, but let me show you what the end of the night brought...

Abonfire and lots of chatting :)

The Wedding Party

What a wedding party, huh???These photos are from our engagement party on Saturday :) The photos on the bottom are of my flower girl, Lily, and my Maid of Honor and sister, Becca.

I am so excited to be celebrating with them. So far they have been extremely helpful and I definitely don't know what I would do without them!

Engagement Party was a Success!

Photo Credit: Cooper Falk Here is a bit of a teaser of all the photos to come! Our engagement party was a complete success, and SO much fun! Through the week I will be showing you more and more of the party and all it entailed. At the same time though, I am filled with many lessons learned and tips gained. I am equally excited to share those as I think they will help anyone who is planning their wedding and constantly worrying about all the little details that are so important, yet so hard to decide upon, make work.

Here is the first teaser, and come back for more later!

Engagement Party Outfit

I ordered all of this last night (along with a few other "necessary" but not engagement party related items) from Nordstrom last night.  Free shipping and I can return anything in the store (which is walking distance from my house). I haven't tried on the dress yet, but I am really hoping it looks fantastic! If not, but to square one with the dress shopping!

In terms of shoes, I can't decide. I LOVE the zebra print but there are 2 downsides: 1. I want to incorporate Zebra into my wedding and wedding shoes would be a great way. It's not decided but it is a possibility so I don't want to possibly wear them twice. 2. They are $200! eeks. As far as the black shoes, well, the pro is that I own them (by far my favorite pair of shoes I have ever purchased. I still get compliments on those) but the down side is that everyone knows I own them!

So what's a girl to do?? I am going to keep looking for shoes, but what are the thoughts on the outfit???

Lillers

This pic is just too cute that I had to share. She's my cousin's daughter Lily ( my mom is obsessed with calling her "Lillers" and I think it is starting to catch on)

Anyway-Lily is going to be our flower girl. She will look rediculously adorable in a little fuchia tutu and a big cute flower on her head. She will be about 20 months by then so she should be walking, right??? I know it's a risky choice cause obvi someone will probably have to at least guide her down the aisle- but she is just too cute that I have to put her in the wedding!

(I hope I have told enough of the bridal party so that this doesn't become the "official flower girl" annoucement.)

Don't I have the cutest flower girl ever???

My Wedding Bands

I think this is the point where I got a little too far ahead of myself-looking at wedding bands!  Finding a band to match the settings of the diamonds has been a bit challenging for me so I always want to look.

The guy helping me said he had a perfectly fitting band for me, so I tried it on. Since they were petite, I wanted to see what two looked like! In the end I decided to buy them so I could "try them on" a bit more to see if I really liked them, and because once their stock goes-you can't get it anymore. I know I shouldn't have as I will either be tempted to wear them, or they have to sit in my closet for a year, but I wanted to. I have a couple of issues with them, but I don't know how much they will really bother me.

The top two photos are wearing both bands as "one" band in the wedding band area. The bottom two have a band on each side. I don't know which way I want to wear them though. The ring has diamonds on either side of band so the wedding bands cover all of those.

Should I keep those bands or keep looking for something I love love love? I do have about a year, so something is bound to come along I would think.

PS: My hands are horrif in these pictures...and they are all personal photos so the quality is not very good either. Sorry!

Engagement Party Inspiration

My engagement party is set for March 27th! I have so many ideas, and not very much time to excute. Here is the board I created to gather my ideas, but my main problem is finding pictures that resemble my thoughts. It is really hard to find the things that I know I want! I can feel a lot of DIY projects coming up!

Source: Enjoy Tag, Food Tags, Cupcakes, Tree, Drinks

Here is a little bit of my planning:

• Dessert table full of adorable mini cupcakes, cookies, cheesecakes, etc. I think it would be great to have a chocolate fountain with some yummy fruits.

• I want to have a tree with blank tags for people to write cute things. Then they can hang them on the tree! Maybe a "wishing tree" or an "advice tree" or a "memory tree".

• I picked most of the menu as well. We are doing heavy hors d'oeuvres and a few signature drinks!

• We are doing it at my mom's house which has a pool, so I plan to get tons of floating candles to put in the pool. There is also a full wet bar so I have great plans to decorate that and make that the "bar" area which will be fun for guests too.

Then I have to find a dress!