Ideas for Details

As you all know if you've been reading this, I love DETAILS! I love them! They add so much to the overal personality of the wedding and I'm so excited we've slowly been able to start on them. We just received some stencils we ordered for our signs we want to make. Joe is really excited about these! Remember?

Just need to find some weathered wood. And I've been thinking more about the gift table, especially for the cards. I instantly fell in love with this idea before...

which still may very well be a contender. But lately, I've been feeling a little more vintage. I'm looking for the "old stuff". Check out these ideas I've found...



Old suitcase with the cute CARDS sign




Love this!



Or even an old drawer!

Grandparents, we may be coming to search your treasures! 



Guest Book = Check!

This past weekend I decided to start tackling the guest book. We knew we wanted something else besides the normal book with lines for signatures and after throwing out the idea of making a scrapbook myself we decided on this - a photo guest book! I have started to see many of these take place of the traditional guest book and I love the idea of adding a bit of a personal touch to it, as well as leaving room for your guests to write their own words of wisdom to the newlyweds.

There are many websites out there to help you get started such as Shutterfly but after searching around I found Picaboo. I loved the look of these books and their prices are pretty reasonable to Shutterfly. So after spending a few hours picking the right pictures and looking through it over again and again to make sure it was perfect we sent our order in! The next morning as I was sending the link to my Mom I came to the heart sinking realization that the date said 2010 and NOT 2011!! I quickly called to see if we could get this changed but unfortunately it was already in production. Ugh. If it's not fixable, thankfully Picaboo offered us 50% to make our changes and order a new book.

I'm sure this will not be the only mishap that will happen in planning for the day so we'll just have to break out a laugh or two when we cross these kind of moments :)

Second time's a charm...

So last night I went back to the bridal shop with my good friend Kelly. It was great to have a new set of eyes looking through those dresses again. And this time the place was a lot more relaxed and inviting. As we were waiting, we were able to look at what I thought were the "expensive dresses" since there was a big sign saying Kleinfield Collection. Little did we know that it was actually where they put all their sample sale dresses!!! I couldn't believe it! They were cheap AND I may have found "the dress" in the sale rack! (It's basically were the style and simplicity of dresses I was looking for was kept.)

I kept going back and forth between the two I found on Friday and the one I found that night. To be honest, I could go with all three and being a person who can't make decisions, I still couldn't make up my mind. I do have one more appointment for Saturday but if I can't find one that is better...my dress search may finally be over. Thank goodness!!

Update on the dress search....

Well Friday was the big dress hunting day. My sister Sadie, Mom, and Grandma came down to help me in the search and I soon realized that MEA weekend is NOT the weekend to go dress shopping. My first appointment was at 10:30 when the shop opened but the placed was already packed with a ton of brides and their entourages doing the same thing I came to do. To be honest, it was overwhelming, a tad stressful and very exhausting. There are two dresses I have my eye on and tonight I'm heading back with my good friend, Kelly to get her opinion and maybe sift through everything one more time. Hopefully there will be a lot less people!

After we grabbed lunched and regrouped we headed to the second place. It was such a different atmosphere and a lot more calming. I wish I could say I found my dress there but I came out empty handed. The lady at the shop however did recommend me to another bridal shop so I'm headed there on Saturday. Oh - the never ending search!

I keep thinking I'm suppose to have this "this is THE ONE" moment and so far I'm coming up short. I've found dresses that I really like...but am I suppose to feel more? I just want a simple dress and about 85-90% of the dresses have too much beading/bedazzle and are all ruched (definition: A ruffle or pleat of lace, muslin, or other fine fabric used for trimming women's garments.) Yep...not a fan! Don't get me wrong, the dresses are very pretty but I'm just not that kind of girl. I didn't think I'd be so picky! Who would have thought trying to find a simple dress would be this hard?! It's a little frustrating but know I will find my dress. (Feels good to vent a little:)

Sadie, my Mom, and Grandma were awesome to have around. I'm glad I was able to experience it with them. It meant a lot to have them there. Thanks ladies:)

Tomorrow...

I'm looking for the whitest dress I will ever wear. I'm going wedding dress shopping!!!

Will it be this one?



Or something like this?



Maybe this one?



Who knows but I'm really excited:) I'll let you know if I find "the one"!!

can i have this too?!

I know it's not necessary. No one would even know you had it unless they were helping you get ready. Or saw a picture of it that the photographer took. But I really want one of these. This is why I love the little "details" of weddings....



Of course mine would say mrs. shelerud:)



Things are starting to accumulate...

This past weekend I was home again for Kristy's (soon-to-be) cousin for her baby shower. Her and her husband Bryn are expecting a little girl this December, Sadie Joy! How cute:)

But before Sunday came, my Mom and I ran some pre-wedding errands. We went up to Sam's Club and got the rest of the silverware we needed plus checked out the mini cheesecakes! Yum:) Then we went over to Target and picked up two dozen glasses. Still need 32 but we're getting there! Later that night my Mom and I played around with some mason jars figuring how we'd put them on the tables and how many more we'll need. And then yesterday I made hair appointments for the wedding day! Things are slowly coming together!!

Still thinking of Plan B for the water pitchers on the tables...any suggestions?