Bouquets for the 'Maids: Part II

Now that all of the bead "stems" were completed, we were ready to assemble the bouquets.  We had about 600 stems of clear beads and 100 of silver and each bridesmaid's bouquet was to have approximately 100 stems - at least that was the original plan.

MOB and I started out by making piles of 50 of the clear beaded stems so we could confirm we had made enough.  Then, for some reason, we started assembling the first several bouquets with 75 clear beaded stems and 15 silver beaded stems.  This obviously does not add up to 100.  We kind of spaced out about grabbing 10 more stems from the extras pile.  We realized our error after the 3rd or 4th bouquet but I was not about to unbundle them just to add 10 more.  We counted correctly on the remaining bouquets and added any extra leftover stems to the MOH's bouquet.

Supplies used for assembly:

• Wire cutters
• Thick work or gardening gloves
• White Duck Tape
• Tennis racquet tape
• Ribbon (color of your choice)
• Hot glue gun

Bouquets for the 'Maids: Part I

Once I had all of the supplies to make the bridesmaid bouquets, I recruited some help in the form of my MOH, MOB, BM A and FMIL, and we to work on cutting wire, stringing beads and twisting the beaded strands. 

Here was our inspiration picture (from this previous post):

Cake Boss

Remember my post about choosing a cake design? 

Everyone had a different favorite but a handful of you agreed with mine:

Image via Slice Cake Studio

Dancing with My Father

The father/daughter dance is something I'm really looking forward to.  My father is an amazing man and has always been there for his daughters.  He is the smartest, hardest working man I know and I am so honored to have him walk me down the aisle on my wedding day.

When Butterfly Kisses came out all those years ago, I thought for sure it was what dad and I would be dancing to.

Picking a Palette

I can't say that I've dreamed about or had my whole wedding planned since I was a little girl.  What I did always know, was that I wanted to be married in the winter and I wanted the colors to be navy and silver.  The rich, dark navy against fresh, white fallen snow seemed so dreamy!

I can't pinpoint one thing that drew me to the navy and silver.  Maybe it is because those were my high school colors?  Go Wolves!

Image via PrepSportswear.com

Registry Rumbles

Registering for wedding gifts was not as fun as I thought it would be.  Whew!  There - I said it out loud.  What a relief! 

I understand that everyone has their own opinions on the whole registry thing, but in my circle of family and friends, a registry is expected and almost demanded!  It isn't frowned upon and is the norm for an engaged couple in these parts.  I have already had numerous requests from people to have the right to an early sneak peak or to have "first dibs" on choosing our gifts! 

Mr. Ball Cap and I decided on Bed Bath and Beyond, Macy's, and MyRegistry.com.  MyRegistry allows you to add items from any website on the Internet onto one universal gift registry.  It is free to set up and it also allows you to sync other existing registries you may have out there (from Macy's for example) all to one page.  This site fit our needs well.  As Mr. Ball Cap and I are well into our 30's, we have accumulated quite a bit of household things during our life.  While we do need to replace quite a bit, there are other items that would be more practical for us.  We'd love to be able to register at Lowe's or Menard's, but sadly, they do not offer registries.  By using MyRegistry, we can add any item from these stores (or any other online store) to our registry and our guests can go to one site to see it all.

Please Leaf Your Thumbprint

Making the guestbook decision was quick and easy.  I ran a "winter wedding" search on Etsy and found this:

Image via Lovliday Etsy Shop