My Bridal Shower...

was one of the most fun experiences of my life so far! It's one step in this whole wedding process that I have been looking forward to for a really long time, and I couldn't have imagined how amazing it ended up being! I have the most amazing group of family and friends. They always say to count your blessings, and last Saturday I counted 18+ of them! Here's the group...

My sister-in-law and my mom set up such a nice party! The decor was beautiful and of course, it all matched the wedding theme!

Can you see the little leaves on the roses on the cupcakes? Those were all me (with the help of my mom haha) It was fun! We played a couple of games, like "try and remember every single item that Rachel is wearing" and of course, toilet paper wedding dress! Oh my goodness, I just can't get over how much fun I had :) It will be a day of memories that will stay with me forever! Thank you everyone, again! I love you all!

Time for a change!

So, today I'm going to post about something that has nothing to do with the wedding in any way shape or form. What will that be?? My latest little projects that I've done around the house! Ive been obsessed with "blogland" lately, and I have been inspired to get my life together in the form of cleaning, reorganizing, and redecorating! I think I've started going to Goodwill at least 3 times a week now, and I can't stop looking at things and thinking of how they can be made better!

So what was my first task? Helping my sad entertainment center look a little more...classy?...I don't know if that's the right word, but oh well! Here is a lovely picture of what it looked like before...


Don't mind all the junk on top of it. That is not what I was worried about. That can be cleaned up very easily! I was more worried about my large array of dvd's and tv shows that you can see in the cupboards! When I have guests over, I don't necessarily want them to know that Eric and I are obsessed with Family Guy and Lost right off the bat...So I turned to one of my favorite products in the world!



Frosted Window Film!!! You can get in from a hardware store for about $20. I live in a town home and my bathroom window happens to look right into my next door neighbors house, so this was a definite must for me to get! Looks good in my bathroom, and it also looks really good on this entertainment center! It gives my dvd collection a little more mystery, don't ya think?



Love it! Next, I'll be using this product in Eric's office to help hide his video game collection :) Until next time, I hope you enjoyed this slightly helpful idea post! My next post will definitely be about wedding stuff! Maybe about my Bridal Shower!...Stay tuned. Or not. Whatever :)

Faith.Hope.Love

The blogosphere!

My goal for this year is to get myself out into the blogosphere and share any knowledge or creative ideas I mat have. It seems like fun! But for now, I'll just focus on the wedding. Only 70 days! woohoO!...yeah...thats all i have for now. Boring day. Im too focused on the SUNSHINE!!!! :)

Dreams...

I had another dream about the wedding the other night. I dreamt that the wedding was over, and everyone was leaving, and I had this aching feeling that I didn't even get to talk to anyone during the reception. It all had gone so fast! I can only imagine that this is what it might feel like on that day so I am starting to prepare myself. I don't want ANY wasted time that day! I want to mingle, dance, have fun, and hangout with EVERYONE that comes to the wedding. I want to savor every single moment, and that starts now! We had a site visit this morning. We are getting married at Thornewood Castle in Lakewood, WA. It is a beautiful place for a wedding!


We met there with the photographer, the caterer, and one of my moms friends who will be helping set up. I feel so lucky to have such an amazing team that will not only be helping to set up a beautiful wedding, but also helping keep my moms stress level at a stable 6 instead of 10. We got everything laid out and all the times finalized and I feel so much better! I really don't have any reason to be stressed about anything at this point, and bless Eric's heart, he is just going along for the ride! Only 92 days!!!! 3 months!!! Yay!!!

100 days!

Only 100 days left until the big day! I'm getting more and more excited as every day passes! And also starting to dream more and more about the day...literally...the other night I had a dream that I brought my wedding ring in to get it dipped in white gold, and they took it and turned it into a disgusting two-toned piece of junk! Not quite sure what that means, but either way...I'm still excited! I went in and got my hair done on Tuesday. It turned out PERFECTLY! Exactly the way I was imagining it! I can't wait to get it done again for the wedding :) Now I just need to *officially* finalize the guest list, get the invitations sent out, get the programs printed up, meet with all the vendors one more time, and then just relax until July 24th! The Bridal shower is coming up soon :) AHHHH!!! I LOVE all this wedding stuff! It doesn't quite feel real to me yet, but I know it will all come at me soon enough! Oh yeah...and Eric is enjoying this whole process as well haha. He really needs to get in and get his tux situation figured out, but I know he will do that when he feels ready to (or when I force him into the car and drive him to Men's Warehouse myself haha)YAY wedding!!!!

Update!

It's been a while since I've updated, so for those of you who actually look at this, which is probably no one, here ya go! We signed a contract for the DJ! I'm super excited! The company is really awesome, and I feel like they will really be able to bring our wedding to life! The music is the #1 most important thing to me for our wedding...so anyone reading this...you WILL be up off your butt dancing! haha...anyways. Since that is done, my current obsession is how I'm going to look on that day! I've started my wedding diet/workout plan, and am currently researching like crazy to find the right hair style and makeup look! I'm SOOOOOO excited. This is the fun part for me :) So anyways...back to work for me!

DJ!

We have a meeting with a DJ in a week! I'm pretty nervous about this part actually. The music is really really really really important to me and Eric. We definitely want people enjoying themselves on the dance floor, and it is going to take a pretty good DJ to get people out of their seats! Wish us luck!