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4368 days agoFH & I looked at a house this morning that we've decided to put an offer in on! I've never owned a home and am SO excited. It's much larger and cheaper than we expected, but know that we are blessed & have had faith that God would provide just the...
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4369 days agoI finally got to go get my dress today, was so excited and am now kind of let down, an emotion that caught me off guard. I have lost 5 pounds since I ordered it (most of that in the last 1 1/2 weeks). I need to lose more weight in general and, you...
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4369 days agoDo your thank you notes match your invites? Trying to decide...
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4369 days agoI have to work for another hour and a half, then I get to go get my dress! I want to have it now. I will post a seperate thread tonight with pictures. I'm nervous that it will fit because my measurements fell into 3 size ranges (chest 16/ waist...
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4380 days agoMy hair & makeup lady/friend said the whole thing is going to take 2-3 hours. Holy cats...that's a lot of me sitting still! Seems a shame to let that fancy hair and makeup go to waste...did any of you do something fun the night of your trial?
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4387 days agoWe are doing a dessert reception for about 100 people. There will be punch & Chex mix during the "cocktail half hour" while we take pictures. Then coffee and water with dessert. So far, the plan is that FH's sister is making 3 cheesecakes (a caramel...
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4388 days agoWe are getting married at a state park and the road is finally open (closes for our snowy Minnesota winters). We took my kids and had a picnic lunch there today & did some planning. I'm SO bummed that they're going to be tearing out the...
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4389 days agoI am making a monogram frame for our house that will also be on the fireplace mantle at our reception. Today I got the fabric and ribbon, and now need to decide what color to paint the frame. Opinions? The "B" is currently white and is going to be...
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4399 days agoFH and I are thinking about adding S'Mores to our dessert reception. In trying to keep things simple, I'm trying to figure out if it would work to do Sterno in Terra Cotta pots instead of building long boxes? This way they could be assembled ahead of...
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4399 days agoHere is a picture of my dress. Ordered in ivory, it's taffeta. We are getting married outside, still deciding on exactly where the ceremony will be, but it'll either be on grass or a slightly inclined dirt path. I've had a hard time finding shoes and...
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4399 days agoThe wedding is in 5 months, second wedding for each of us. We went ahead and made our registry more than a month ago because we had a kid-free afternoon but not enough time to do house projects. No showers have been officially planned, but his family...
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4402 days agoMy dress is ivory taffeta with a little silver bling (pictured below). I am going to wear the square diamond stud earrings that FH gave me for Valentine's Day. Beyond that...trying to figure out what kind of necklace to look for. I'm going to wear my...
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4406 days agoI have two cousins getting married in the 2 months before me, the 3 weddings are in 3 different states. The weddings are July 12, August 15 then mine September 7. I had been planning to send my invites just after July 4, but now I'm a little...
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4406 days agoSo I've been trying to figure out what to do for a card box/basket & realized this morning that I own a basket that will work perfect! woo hoo Now I just need to incorporate some red and the word "cards". Here's my pile of supplies that I already...
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4411 days agoI have to drop my kids off on the other side of town tomorrow morning...mysteriously close to the only Hobby Lobby in the state. I'm probably nuts, but I just have some general ideas of what I want...I need a card box and stuff for centerpieces,...
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4413 days agoI'm finding I have a hard time making certain decisions about the wedding. Mostly it's the "little" things that I know don't really matter that I'm having the most trouble with. I could get a card box taken care of...looked at lots, can't decide what...