Top 7 exciting wedding shoes

Okay, I just need to make a little blog with pictures of accessories that I really like. I wanted to make a list on my listography today, but I just found out that the site is down for an undisclosed amount of time. So it goes here.
 

1.Alexander McQueen Satin Heart Shaped Pump$690.00
2. Christian Louboutin Rolando Hidden-Platform Pump $695.00
3/4. Christian Louboutin - Fifi Strass $3095 (HOLY COW!)
5. Aldo - Cragar $54.98 
6. Christian Louboutin Replica Pumps $115 (I actually like these better than the real ones up there, and they have red soles, which makes them a perfect wedding match.
7. Unfortunately, i found these one someone's blog, they say they were purchased at amazon, but no details.

Okay, so there you have it. My top 7 wedding shoes. I really think I want to go with the knock off   Christian Louboutin shoes.  They are perfect. In reality, I was looking for a pair of Fendi shoes to include on here, but I don't like any of their current shoes. Well, Okay, I like plenty of them, but they didn't have any that would match my wedding colors.

pink hair clip flowers

I made some more hair clip flowers this weekend, these ones were really pretty mixes of pink and peach chiffon and tulle. I got the shiny chiffon, which really made a difference. I have instructions to make theses that I posted a few days ago, I am just posting this one to show off the colors. If you are interested in making them, scroll down.

oooh, pretty!

 

I just found this photo, and I think these might be the colors I am looking for. But more blue. With just slight pink accents. Ooh, I like red too. And I kind of want exciting shoes, so either of these combos might work out. Now to convince Josh.


Possible color combos? I don't love any of them. Oh man. This is just making me more nervous now.

Getting Nervous.

Okay, so I am a planner. I need to know exactly what is going on in my life everyday, all the time.  I've kind of gotten all my wedding ideas grouped together inside my head, but we've not made any plans. I'm really worried that our venue is going to fill up before we have made the decision to use it.  Well, we've made the decision to use it, but we haven't spoken to all the important decision making people yet, and we haven't come up with a budget yet. This is why we haven't booked it. I am freaking out here.  


I have also been worried about this money/house/job situation. I want to buy a house. I want to have enough money for our wedding. I want to know that we will both have decent jobs by the time our wedding gets here. (We are both managers at the same business, one of us will most likely have to leave by our wedding date.) That is scary. And I can not decide how I want to cut my hair.  I know what I want my hair to look like, but my hair is completely straight and boring. Try as I might, I cannot get it to hold any sort of style or curl.  I want bangs; but I don't. I CAN'T EVEN DECIDE HOW I LIKE MY HAIR ANYMORE! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT A WEDDING!?!?!?!


i am even considering changing our wedding colors. Originally I wanted blue. Now I am considering purple. 


Josh told me to do whatever I want about the wedding colors. What am I supposed to do? There are too many decisions in my life right now. I cannot cope with this.
  
    I need to go play video games.

things to make for my wedding.

1. Paper flowers
2. Wooden vases to hold the flowers. I want each vase to hold 3 bunches of paper flowers for the table centers.
3. A basket of fun easy to make favors to keep guests busy before we get there.
     a. personalized mad libs
     b. cootie catchers
     c. personalized cross word puzzles.
     d. crayons and coloring book pages. I am going to make these from pictures of us.
     e. an I spy page.
4. a box to drop coloring book pages and mad libs in so that I can make a scrap book from them
5. hearts made from book pages or music sheet streamers
6. bags for my bridesmaids
7. a guest book (I think i will bind it myself)
8. I want sparkly blue shoes. I think i will find some cheap heels that I like and try to decoupage them blue and sparkly. We will have to see how this one goes.

getting layers in tulle and chiffon flowers

It is raining pretty hard here, although my mom just texted me pictures of the snow up north (only an hour north of here; they have lots of snow on the ground and its still coming down like crazy...)


So, anyway, puppy and I are just chillin' inside cleaning  and sewing today. I might get on WoW in a bit, but first, I have to post my 1st successful  tulle and chiffon flower.

Okay, so here is how to make it:

1. Start with 3 colors of fabric. I used light blue tulle, neon blue tulle, and sky blue chiffon.  I cut out about 15 flower shapes from the light tulle, 12 from the darker tulle and 8 from the chiffon.

2. For the bottom layer, I paired 2 light tulle with one dark tulle and turned them a bit so the petals didn't line up, then sewed them together.

3. After that, I kept pairing up groups of 2 cutouts in random colors. I stacked them, then twisted every opposite petal so the bottom cutout interwove with the top cutout. This makes your flower look more 3-d.

4. Keep layering, keep twisting. Occasionally, I ran the needle and thread through from the side of the flower to pull more petals upward.

5. The top layer is 2 dark tulle cutouts, which I twisted all the petals on the bottom so they stuck up between the petals on the top layer and sewed some beads into place under them. I then sewed 10 beads into a sphere in the middle of the flower.

6. I realize it is kind of hard to understand these instructions, basically you want to keep twisting and sewing in random places to ensure your petals don't just sit on top of each other.

coffee filter flowers.

I got the idea for these from aunt peaches. I didn't like her method of dyeing, so I painted them instead.  This allowed me to get flecks of different colors of blue throughout the flower, and also allowed a quick drying time.  The basic idea is the same, however.

Step 1. Color some coffee filters in various shades of the same color.

Step 2. Fringe the coffee filters

Step 3. Gather them together 2-3 at a time, fold them into fourths and twist the bottom.

Step 4.  Insert the first bunch into a second bunch and twist.

Step 5. Insert all into a third bunch, twist, you are done.

Step 6. If you want them to go in a vase attach wire or pipe cleaner to the base of the flower.

Chiffon Poppies

I am hoping that none of my roommates come home before I can clean up the mess I have made in every single room of my house. My bedroom was already a mess, so I decided to cut up fabric in the living room.  In between cutting fabric and assembling flowers, I have been painting in the bathroom and melting fabric in the yard. Oh, and the mochas I have been making in the kitchen.  

My point, however, is that I feel good about today. I took some photos this morning in the park (an attempt to shoot hdr, which try as i might, i can not master.) About 30 minutes after sunrise the clouds took over the blue sky and I had to admit defeat. I got only one semi-decent image out of the ordeal; which initially made me feel like today might not be so productive.

After that, I cruised around youtube for a while and watched some vlog brothers videos, and then decided to actually sit down and figure out this flower problem I have been having.

First attempt at a chiffon poppy... Not as horrible as I might have guessed. Although I will be the first to admit my sewing skills are rather rusty.

More to come later. Maybe paper flowers, maybe more fabric, who knows?

On a completely different note, did I ever mention that I finally got my ring back from the jewelers? Here is a pic in case you are interested. This was taken before I got it sized down, so it is much more snug now.

women's expo / bridal show

So, I went to the women's expo and bridal show in Grand Rapids today, and it was a serious disappointment. I did have fun, but really just at the booths shopping. There was only 1 dress vendor there, 3 djs, a bunch of photographers and a few hotels. Also a couple catering companies. There were a few salons in the women's expo, but not what I was hoping for. I really wanted to see dress options, flowers and possible locations.

My major problem right now is finding a ceremony site that can just be used for a ceremony. Most of the places I am finding are ceremony and reception together, are too small, or are churches that you have to be a member to use.  I wish someone would plan all this for me and just let me make the decorations and pick out my dress.

paper poppies... try #1

Well, I attempted to make some paper poppies today. I saw them on the Martha Stewart site.
http://www.marthastewart.com/article/giant-paper-poppy-flower-decoration?backto=true

The first one was a little bit rough. I did not use her template, I kind of just made my own,  I made it smaller than what she recommended, but I still think they turned out too big. I think if I make the next bunch about half the size it would be perfect. Also, I don't like the center. I need to get better at fringing a circle. Oh well, its not as bad as it could have been. Here's a picture of the finished product.

my first blog

Okay, so here we are, a little over a year to my wedding day. At the moment, I plan on using this blog to store links and photos of inspiration from around the web. In the future, I plan on using it as a place to showcase what I have accomplished. I am a pretty crafty person, and any good ideas I have, or cute decor I manage to make will be posted on here. I am also a little scatterbrained, so I might end up posting things that a lot of people won't care about like book reviews or snippets about my day.

That being said, I do work a lot, so I'm a little bit worried about having the time to pull everything together.  We will be paying for most of our wedding ourselves, so I intend to make anything I possibly can to cut down on the $$$ we have to spend. Also I am a little bit of a control freak, and I tend to think most store bought decorations are cheap and tacky. I also have a very specific style and I won't accept similar or almost. I know what I want, and I intend to get it.