LOVE!

The other night I was watching the Style Network (thank god for premium channels!) and there was a show on called My Celebrity Wedding by theknot.com. It was about a couple from New Jersey who was getting their entire wedding planned by theknot and the inspiration was Christina Aguilera's wedding. Of course I decided this had to be recorded and I am sooooooooooo glad that I did! Their wedding definitely was not my style but their centerpieces were! They used the same orchids I posted about here and paired them with hydrangeas - I almost died. It was so beautiful how they used the two together and kept the color pallet at plain white but used different colored table cloths for a pop of color. Can someone say "yes please"? I searched everywhere (theknot, the photographers website - no, I am not a stalker) to try and find pics and this is the best I could do... If you look closely you can see the hydrangeas under the orchids. Oh, be still my heart...
(photos curtesty of theknot.com and Brian Dorsey Studios)

Hello lover...

Mr. Smith and I are going to register this weekend (yippy!). We haven't picked out anything yet but I do know that this is the first thing on my list:

weird...

I don't know why the hair post ended up under the cake one. Anyone know how to change the order?

More cakes!

I found some more cakes I am in love with curtesy of Style Me Pretty and theknot!

I absolutely adore the white one with the white flowers and the green thatch(ish) patterned cake! What is your favorite overall?

Hair!

Since I can't play dress-up for another two months (who knew your wedding dress takes four months to come in?!) I have started to think about my hair. I purchased a cathedral length ivory veil for the big day and I think having my hair up would help show off how absolutely gorgeous it is. I know I really want a soft, simple up-do and really want to put some sort of flower in it. However, after looking at the first picture I really like the hair piece!

Does anyone else notice that all of the models/brides have blonde hair? When did people get so biased again us beautiful brunettes!? (all pictures curtesty of theknot.com)

Bouquet

So I finally saw the Sex and the City movie last night (better late than never, right?) and I absolutely fell in love with Carrie's bouquet (well, before it was smashed to smithereens)!

It is so classic and elegant and not what I was expecting for her at all! The bird in the hair, yes. The gorgeous rose bouquet, no. I think this might be the inspiration for my own wedding bouquet and then the hydrangeas for my bridesmaids. I knew seeing this movie was a dangerous idea!

I love chocolate.

I love chocolate (hence the title) and I really want to have a chocolate cake at my wedding. However, I don't like brown or the idea of having a brown wedding cake. I guess I will have to break my rule (if chocolate was meant to be white it wouldn't brown) and have a white chocolate wedding cake on the big day. Here are a few designs I found that I am leaning toward...

I really like the idea of having different sized cakes but I also really like different height tiers. I will have to do some more research and find some pictures so you can see what I mean. My mom has a great cake lady who basically said I could bring in a picture or idea of whatever I want and she will make it for me. How lucky am I?

It is Friday and I am dreaming of cake... is this day over yet?

I want these...

at my wedding or rehersal dinner (either will do).

Wedding Party

The big decision has finally been made, we have chosen who we are going to ask to be in our wedding party! Mr. Smith and I have gone back and forth (and by we I mean Mr. Smith has gone back and forth - I knew who I wanted all along) but I think we are going to start asking people this week. Surprisingly it was way harder for him to make decisions than it was for me. Originally he had a list of about 12 people and I told him that there was no way we were going to have a 24 person wedding party so he had to start making some cuts. We finally decided that eight was our magic number, and although some people think we are crazy, it was the perfect number for the two of us so we could each have the people we care about involved. Plus, he does have two brothers and is asking my brother (no, I could not convince him to be a bridesman) so he really had to narrow his party down to five friends and three ushers (yes, I caved and he only had to shave one off of his list). Check back next week because once we have talked to everyone I will introduce you to our party! In the meantime, enjoy this pic of Mr. Smith and I on the beach in Mexico. Oh, how I wish I was back there...

Band!

From the beginning Mr. Smith and I knew that we wanted a band to play at our wedding but it has been a little difficult to make a decision since we don't live in the city where we are getting married. Thankfully, my mom is a rock star and knows a lot of the bands on the Dallas wedding circuit because she works in event planning (no, she doesn't crash weddings) . We ended up narrowing down our options and decided on The Special Edition Band. We basically chose them because they will learn any song we want as our first dance, are not $10,000 like many of the others, and they already have Journey on their play list. I want everyone to go to their website, listen to their demos, and tell me what you think! Also, there is a copy of the songs they know so feel free to make wedding suggestions...

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

Miss me? Sorry for the lack of postings these past two weeks. My life has been a tad bit hectic (to say the least) and you know I would have found time to post if I could have! Good thing my friend LM gave me a shove back into reality and told me I had to update my blog so she could have something to keep her busy at work. Love you Madeline!

So here is an update in the life of Ms. Smith:

1. Mr. Smith and I made the big move on May 25th and now live together (sorry Mom). Now I don't know about you all but I am from a pretty traditional family so this didn't go over so well with the rents, err well with my mom. My dad said "good luck, living together can be hard" my mom said "this is a terrible idea." In the end, we had to do what was best for us and so we got a fabulous little apt in the city.
2. I went to a friends wedding and got some great ideas from her reception! She used big white balloons to mark all of the tables and had a bunch of different shaped clear candle sticks on her tables with light blue candles - it was lovely.
3. I got to thinking about seating arrangements. More to come on this later...