First Dance

For our first dance, we're dancing to Apocalyptica's awesome cover of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters".

Save the Date

We've decided to send Save the Dates to announce the wedding. I love that you can get so creative with all the different styles. Since Tino and I love music, we are sending concert ticket Save the Dates. This is it!

I can't wait to get them ordered. I don't want to order them too soon or I'll lose them before I'm ready to send them out.

Invitations

I will be designing my own invitations. I'll be having them printed by my boss's boyfriend who owns a print shop. I've been dabbling with a few different designs lately. The one below is my favorite so far. Since we're still a good way out from actually sending the invitations, I'll probably change my mind between now and then, but who knows, this could be the one.

Eggs

The future hubby and I both love deviled eggs and he wants them at the reception. I just came across the cutest idea ever for making deviled eggs over at AnnaTheRed's Bento Factory - heart shaped hard boiled eggs! They actually don't look too difficult to make. I am going to have to give this a try although I have a feeling this might be a better idea for a smaller gathering.

Brooch Bouquet

Shiny, sparkly and oh so pretty! I am in love with brooch bouquets! With the pre-made price of these, it is definitely something I'll have to make on my own. I know I have a few old brooches laying around that would work well with this idea, but I'll definitely have to find more. The area we're having our wedding in has awesome antique shows twice a year and it will be a great place for a little brooch shopping. Here are a few of my favorites from around the internet.

Wedding Favors

Since we are having an outdoor wedding in October in Texas, it may be a very warm day. Because of that I fell in love with the idea of paper fans for our guests. Initially, I was thinking of the Chinese style fans in white, but the more I see the paddle fans the more I like them too. While the Chinese style is so pretty, you can personalize the paddle fans with so many different designs. You can even use them as your wedding program with all the details printed on the fan. That makes one less thing to buy if we go that route!

Another favor idea I like is personalized matchbooks. There are a variety of colors and styles available for a very reasonable price. I've seen them as low as $16.99/per 100 on WeddingChannelStore.com. To match our wedding colors of red and gray, I like the the red book with silver print or the silver book with red metallic print. I'm really leaning towards one similar to the one below.

Something Blue

I was originally thinking of the standard blue garter for my something blue. I'd really like to do something a little more creative and I love the idea of blue rhinestones on my shoes.

A little different, but keeping with tradition. I love it! Another cute idea is blue nail polish. I wouldn't want it on my hands, but blue toenail polish sounds fun.

Cake

I'd love to have a cupcake tower instead of a traditional wedding cake. I still want to have a "cutting cake" for the photo ops though. Over at i am baker, I found our cutting cake!

Isn't it gorgeous?! It would go wonderfully with these cupcakes (also from i am baker).

My only qualm is the idea of making over a hundred cupcakes!

The Dress

Kimmy will be making my dress. Yesterday, we went and bought the pattern for it - McCall's M5382.

We are going with a mash-up of the A and B designs - ivory, strapless and no lace.