Less than two weeks

is what we have...I'm feeling the pressure!

working on:

-seating chart
-tissue paper flowers a la Martha Stewart (pictures coming...promise!)
-buttons for our seating cards (will have pictures for that too)
-jewelry for my BMs (i have no clue what i'm doing)

also...i see why some brides drastically lose weight within the 2 weeks prior to the wedding. yesterday, after we came home from dance class, i had tried to complete some things off the checklist our coordinator gave us, and the next thing I knew, it was midnight, and i didn't eat dinner. =( i ended up having some cereal to make the stomach noises stop...but man...seriously, not enough hours in the day. i'm taking next week off from work to handle everything else wedding related. time is flying!

ooooo and today...we're getting our marriage license! as in..i have to leave right now to make our appointment!

check that off my list!

-our fab coordinator, Linda of Grand Soirees, set up a preliminary timeline for us
-met with the dj, the awesome Steve Burdick, to go over prelim timeline
-chose the menu for our reception
-booked rehearsal time
-booked linens at Dress My Chair
-booked our cake at Cinderella Cakes (thank you for being open on Sunday!)
-booked flowers
-got chiavari chairs beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeotch!! oh, hellz yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeea! OC and LA brides, check it: Chiavari Chairs 4 Rent. Mike Carcano will hook you up!
-ordered the guest book using our engagement pix by { j a c }
-ordered his wedding gift
-ordered his custom dress shirt from 9tailors
-working on our father-daughter choreographed dance. woot!

coming up...more diy projects!

T minus 20 days

O.M.G.

to do:

-sign contract for linens and flowers
-guest book
-gift for dee
-tissue paper flowers for our napkins
-escort card buttons
-escort cards
-seating arrangement
-last dress fitting (this Wednesday)
-get marriage license
-father-daughter dance lessons (must practice!)

That's all for now. I think.

centerpiece mock-up

Met with my uber cute prego coordinator, and she did a mock-up of what our centerpieces could look like!

Oh, and she left us with 4 checklists...1 about our flowers, 1 on invitations, 1 on our preliminary timeline, and another for Dee to discuss with the hotel coordinator.

Back to the centerpieces...so we're (I'm) hoping for long banquet tables. The design my coordinator came up with was made for long banquet tables. I've voiced out our concerns about making the most of a small budget, and she was definitely ready to oblige us.

So a large part of the cost in the wedding is wedding decor. And one thing that can start to add up quick is flowers. I thought I knew what I wanted.

source: Martha Stewart

My coordinator would not have it though. And I'm glad I'm starting to listen to her. Yea, it's cute, and simple, but that's all. And remember how my colors used to be aqua and orange? Remember the table schemes she came up with? Well, I was super excited to see what she came up with for our now nude and plum theme. I told her that I really wanted to emphasize the nude...I thought it'd be cheaper. So she showed me this:

under natural light

We used the coffee table in my parents' house, so please excuse everything else. The linen will not have wrinkles, and there will be a little bit more flowers. This was just a mock-up!

with flash

Not bad right? She wanted it to look romantic and intimate while still fulfilling our need to keep within our budget.

She also showed me samples with a softer fabric:

in nude.

in blush.

The fabric would lay over some tulle for some volume, and there would be more fabric.

Then she showed me the tulle in pink, and I loved the way the color popped in photos!

under natural light.

with flash.

See how the color just pops. Now, these flowers aren't the ones we'll be using...these were only for visual purposes. We'll be using flowers in the purply-pink range. And hopefully, we'll be able to get long banquet tables, as the design will be continuous down the length of the table. If not, our coordinator has something in mind for round tables too.

What do you guys have in mind for your centerpieces?

checking off...

the list so far:

1. wedding reception site - Irvine Hilton
2. colors - aqua and orange
3. photographer - { j a c }
4. my makeup artist - makeupbyliz (as highly recommended by MarkessaXO)
5. makeup for BMs, MOB & MOG - JAC Beauty
6. hair - Yvone of Loran Loran Salon at the Balboa Bay Club (she did my extensions)
7. wedding dress no. 1 - Mom's wedding gown
8. wedding dress no. 2 - that's right, I have 2 (and i got it for $35...another post)!
9. seamstress - Janet Brunton (working on the muslin garment of Mom's wedding gown)
10. wedding shoes - i've got like 4 pairs!