Wedding Stuffs Update

Andrew doesn't read my blog (or anyone else's) so I'm not worried about secrets escaping. Plus I tell him everything ANYWAY so I'm sure he'd find out sooner or later.
I'm a terrible secret keeper.

I FINALLY finished my bouquet this weekend! Let me tell you, I know why people charge 400$ online it's hard work! But worth it.

First you start with a pile of brooches.

Then for each one you wrap 22 gage wire either once or twice to create a strong stem, then wrap in green floral tape.

After you got what seems like hundreds of brooches wrapped and taped its time to assemble!

After you get it all pretty and round you wrap it in more green tape! I put little white flowers underneath to hide the stems, I also had cool glass leaves that I added and the rest I'll use for boutonnieres and corsages for Andrew and our parents.

After green tape comes the ribbon and pearly pins!

All done! *sorry for the quality of photos all I had was my computer at the ready*


Semi assembled

 Wrapped and ready to go!

Wedding Dress

I went wedding dress shopping and it was a shenanigan  fun! Bless Wendi, Smashley, and Ann for coming along and telling me I looked pretty. To be honest we found some really beautiful dresses! But they were ALL sleeveless, and though I'm getting married in the Temple and couldn't go strapy anyway, I couldn't help thinking of all the chubby girls who hate their arms. Even if I was able to wear sleeveless I would want sleeves because my arms aren't cover girl tone. People of the wedding world PUT SOME SLEEVES ON DRESSES!
 The dresses were mildly affordable at 5 and 600$ but to add sleeves was another 300$ tacked on to that. Plus I couldn't really find my "dream dress" and though I loved the way I looked in a corset I just couldn't see my self enjoying my special day and breathing at the same time.

As you may know I wanted a 50's style dress. I always have loved the pouffy skirts with petticoats and pockets. They're darling! And usually modest. Enter Ann, she saw my distress on dress shopping day and took charge (I love that woman) she offered to make my dress from a pattern of my choice. And here is what we found!

The solid blue green one in front is what I choose. I LOVED IT! We bought fabric on Thursday, a swishy cream polyester for the base of the dress and a cream lace to cover the top, and a cream sash to flatten it out a bit. Basically it's pretty similar to Kirsten's (future sister in law) dress seen here  so same ingredients different presentation. Mine will be more lacy and more party than classic. We both have similar styles so it's been interesting planning our weddings and trying to keep it unique. Though I think Kirsten wins, her wedding was phenomenally vintage.  Mine will be simple with a few glitzy elements, though as things get closer I get more ideas.

Engagements:

Well we had them! Here are a few that Scott posted on his blog. I should be getting them with in a week or so!

If you want an invite email me at applecomb@yahoo.com

Loves!