Wedding Party Attire

The flower girls:

My grandma made their dresses. View previous posts about them here.

They did so good!

Gabrielle: 

My Junior bridesmaid, she walked Kathy, my black lab who was also ring bearer down the aisle.

Her dress was opposite the bridesmaids with the same kind of silk. My grandma also made her dress.

Kathy:

Our ring bearer had some flowers and ribbon that had the rings tied to it on a simple dog chain. There aren't any perfect pictures of her but here is a glimpe...and another bit of my dress!

The Bridesmaids:

Ashley was my matron of honor, then in order there is Alyssa, Bekah, and Ashley. My mom made all of their dresses and I think they turned out great! Their jewelry went with it perfectly! These are the only two I could find with just them, where all of them were in it!

The groomsmen:

Greg was Zach's best man, then there is Josh his brother, Shea my brother, and Jarrod. Zach is in these with them. Order in picture below from left to right : Jarros, Greg, Zach, Josh, Shea

And here is almost everyone...

Sorry you will have to wait for my dress!

Insanity!

That's kind of how I have felt lately...insane. I am exhausted and overwhelmed. Definitely ready for the next 16 days to fly by! I can't wait for the wedding and to have a nice long break from work and enjoy some time with just Zach in the beautiful country of Ireland!
The past few weeks have been so crazy, with preparing for the wedding, moving, and my art show. I must be crazy to take on all those things at once. The art show is set up and done now, and we are 98% moved out of the old house. I still have a ton of organizing to do still, and around one more load to bring over. It is crazy how the wedding is only a little more than 2 weeks away! 


Zach and I got the marriage license yesterday morning, after wasting a good 15 minutes waiting at the wrong clerk's office. We also got a permit for the tent. Good to have that taken care of and not have any crazy neighbors have a way to ruin our wedding! I also tried to get our ABC liquor license but they said I didn't need one since it is at a residence. Hopefully that doesn't come to bite me in the ass later on.


Also we really lucked out with Gooby's dress fabric.We wanted to find a periwinkle silk to match the ribbon/sashes that will be on the bridesmaids. We went to Fabric Hut and low and behold right next to my bridesmaid fabric there is a periwinkle silk that matched the ribbon EXACTLY. I was fully expecting not to find anything. We will make her a sash with the bridesmaid fabric so she will kind of be opposite of the bridesmaids. Kathy's harness and pillow will be made with leftovers from both dresses so she will coordinate too.


We still don't have a final head count but I am thinking it is around 175 right now. Pretty big party! I am praying for beautiful weather because I am a little worried we can't fit everyone under our large 40 x 80 tent. I hope everything will workout and fall into place. I can't spend time stressing over things that are uncontrollable, though it is super hard NOT to do.

18 days to go!

I don't know how it has crept up on me but this wedding seems so close now! Funny to think that 2 weeks from Saturday Zach and I will be getting hitched! I really don't feel prepared either. I feel like there is so much I have to do still but then I think about it and there really isn't too much left. For some exciting wedding news though....

We have an addition to the bridal party! Gooby will be assisting Kathy down the aisle! Before we were very unsure how to get Kathy (our ring barer) down the aisle. We thought of treats... but we don't want her barreling down the aisle! She does love some food. I don't think drooling would be the best either. So, while she is very behaved, and the best dog ever I think this is the best solution. We are hunting for fabric for Gooby (Gabrielle) 's dress tomorrow, I am hoping we can find a periwinkle silk and accent it with the bridesmaids green silk. If not her dress will probably be made of mostly leftover bridesmaid dress fabric. I am pretty excited about this though and I am sure Gooby is as well!

So for the to do's I still have to accomplish. Let me make a list, which as of late seems to be one of my favorite things to do. But hey, with so much going on you have to stay organized somehow!

• Get fabric for Gooby's dress ( Wednesday)
• Get fabric for Kathy's harness and pillow that we are making. (Wednesday)
• Get more ribbon for Bridesmaids (Wednesday)
• Get marriage license ( Wednesday)
• Get Liquor License
• Get Tent license
• Get potted plants for the aisle
• Look for Grape Vine?
• Call Teeny about making a grooms cake
• Get makeup
• Give DJ the paperwork for what we want/ don't want played at the wedding
• My mom needs to finish Ashley's Dress
• Alyssa needs to get fitted for her dress
• Get Alcohol
• Get thank you cards  
• Write Thank You notes for Bridal shower gifts
• Wrap wedding party gifts
• Get gifts for Gooby, Ava and Elle.

I am sure I am forgetting some things, but oh well. That does seem like a lot. Hopefully I can get a good portion of it done tomorrow.