Saturday Dress Fitting

I went for the first dress fitting today with Mom Miller and Mom Leban. I can't post pictures of it on here since Todd wants the dress to be a surprise for him, so I did email the photos to the bridesmaids so they can see. I got my shoes, too, which are super-super-cute.

The extra-extra good news was that BOTH moms found dresses for the wedding! We didn't take photos, but I drew pictures of their dresses when I got home. The first picture is a drawing of Mom Miller's dress. It's made mostly out of a ballgown material (I don't know the name for it) and it has a short bolero-style jacket over the dress part which is strapless or you can attach the staps that come with. The bodice has gathered layers, (which is what looks like stripes in my sketch!) and it goes down asymmetrically to the hips. She got hers in "celadon," which is a really greenish-grey jewel tone kind of color. It's hard to describe, but looks awesome. The flowery-looking thing on the sketch is actually a crystal-y brooch/applique at the hip which is very pretty.

The second drawing is of Mom Leban's dress. Her dress is made of chiffon, according to Camille at the bridal shop. Mom Leban's dress has a long skirt that has a sheer top layer and slightly curves out at the bottom, which I thought looked really flattering. The top is made of a stiffer material, but has folds/layers that look like stripes in my sketch (but aren't) and each layer/fold has tiny crystal-y beading along the edge, which really makes the dress look fantastic. The entire jacket piece is sheer chiffon as well, and has the same crystal-y beading on the edges and cuffs. Camille said she's going to take the sleeves up to an elbow- or 3/4 length, and we all agreed that looked really nice as well. Oh, and Mom Leban's dress is going to be in blue - the name is called "bluestone."

I actually just found photos of both dresses online, but I didn't post them here. I did, however, link to them above (by the corresponding "Mom's" names) - they're both "Jade" by Jasmine Bridal "mother-of-the-bride" dresses.

Flowers

We have flowers!  Todd's family has relatives who own Pink Carnation Flower Shop in Riverside. We'll be going in for a consultation in the new year to blend our thoughts with their expertise. We were talking with Beth and Becky on Christmas and found out they both used the shop for their weddings and were thrilled. 

So if you have any event that calls for flowers, they come highly recommended!  Yea!

Big News on Dresses!

I gave Camille @ the bridal shop my mom's address (assuming we'd be in a different residence by the time the wedding came to, and I didn't want the shop to send anything to the wrong address...).  So today I got a phone call from my mom saying that my DRESS IS IN!!!  I have a fitting on Saturday, January 10th to check things out, and hopefully get the alterations going... so before that date I have to get my "undergarments" in order (uh, I didn't even start that yet... better go...) and I'll have my shoes to try on, too - but Camille is getting those in at the shop, so she'll have them for me, so that's a small relief.

So I called to get all the details, and asked about bridesmaids dresses, too, since those are ordered via a different maker.  She gave me an estimate of approximately the end of January for those to come in - so that's good news, too!  And the shoes will come in before the fitting for the bridesmaids dresses too, because she orders them right after the dresses come in (she assured me that shoes arrive fast).  So bridesmaids gotta get their undergarments in order, too (hee hee) - I notice the dresses have a lower back, so I wonder if a special accommodation needs to be made for that? (btw, this is the dress style, but it's not purple - it's black - and it will NOT have that god-awful bubble hem...) :)

...but when the bridesmaids dresses DO come in, we will all get a postcard letting us know.  I'm going to try to go with to the first fitting so we can get the hemline set so everyone else just lines up to the first one.  For that, I will need to know who's the tallest of the bridesmaids, since I discovered that the tallest gets hemmed first.  Man, the stuff you learn with wedding planning!

update...

Hello - we've been really busy with work & holidays to update lately, but we're still here! Save the date cards have been sent out - hopefully YOUR card has already arrived to you safely!

We have NOT, however, sent out Christmas cards yet! eek!

Saturday (December 13th!) was our official "6 Months Until..." countdown date. Hmmm... guess I'd better check on those bridesmaids dresses...

Next on my to-do list is flower girl dress shopping. Todd's working on wedding band designs and has got some really cool sketches drawn up!

Save the Date, Part 2

coming soon, to a mailbox near you...

follow us!

If you use blogger, too, make sure you join the list of followers (currently me, and uh..., me) on the wedding blog.  I know we haven't posted lately, but not much has gone on lately except more money woes keeping us from getting stuff done and still sitting here on the condo, hoping to have a house to make a nice little home before the big wedding day.

But anyways, the followers list is easy to add to: it's down on the right hand column (scroll down) and click on the little link to follow our blog and then when you log in to blogger, any updates show up on the dashboard.  Plus, we get the pleasure of having you added to our mental list of super-cool friends, so yayy.

more photos added.

I added some photos from Nicole to the Flickr site. If you can't see them, it's because I think I set them to "family/friends" view only, so add me to your flickr contacts and it should work. Let me know if there are any issues with that.

Thanks!

engagement party!

Last night was our engagement party/get together for the bridal party, our immediate families, and some friends.  We started out at Greek Islands with our parents for dinner, then moved on to Lombard Roller Rink for open skate night.  We ended the evening with some drinks and bowling at Lucky Strike at the Yorktown Mall.  It was really really fun, and we want to give a humongous thanks to everyone who attended: Mom Leban, Mom & Dad Miller, Lisa and Greg, Bobby and Jeri, Michelle and Jason, Nicole, Angela, Deanna and Matt, Sam, Ray, Toth, Joe, and Andy and Jill!

Check out photos of the party at our flickr site.  If you have any other photos to share, please let us know!