The Official Cake!!

Hello everyone! So as i said in my last blog, i had a meeting with the Heritage Gardens cake lady last Monday, Sept. 6. I went with my mom and we met with her at Heritage Gardens at 10 am.  We were shown into her office and told she would be right with us. While we waited, we were given some books to look through with tons of different cake designs. I was certain i already knew what i wanted, but decided to look through them anyway, just for fun. In the 2nd book i found a vintage styled cake with draped lace on it, made from fondant. I immediately fell in love with it and felt that it fit my dress perfectly. When Cindy came in, she first went over flavors. I kept with the flavors i had been thinking of, which was: Red velvet for the top tier, Key lime for the second tier, and Snickerdoodle for the bottom tier. I am also sticking with the square twisted look that i had liked from the start, (and previously posted a picture of.)  When she asked what design, I decided i wanted to go with the vintage lace design instead of the design i had thought i wanted. I don't plan on using the flowers that were shown in the design pic, because they don't match my colors and weren't a huge hit with me anyways. Not sure yet what i'll put on instead, but i have a few ideas. :)

More things checked off my To-Do list!

All right, so i decided to do a little update blog on how some before mentioned wedding plans are finally progressing.  Today i finally called the temple to change our sealing time from 12:20 to 11:40. We realized when we finally sat down and wrote out an outline as to how the day was going to go, that we may want to give ourselves just a bit more time in case pictures go a bit longer, or something like that. We have been talking about for quite a few weeks now but just kept forgetting to call. I made sure that i got it done this morning before i did anything else. I also finally called the lady who does the wedding cakes through Heritage Gardens to set up and appointment to see her cake designs and test one more time the cake flavors i have picked to make 100% sure they are the ones i want. We will meet with her on monday at 10 am and i am super excited to get the cake finally done with so it can be checked off my list. lol. I am also super excited because Nick and I have our engagement pics session this thursday at 5:30. I am super excited to finally being doing engagement photos. This should be so much fun! I am also pretty sure that i have finally settled on which photo booth company i wanna use, and will let you know which one it is once i have officially booked them. Haha cause you never know, i could change my mind since its not 100% made up yet. ; ) I will blog again thursday or friday after the photo session and let you know how everything went. ttyl!

We finally registered!

Nick and I have finally gone and registered! Haha we have been saying for the last little bit that we should, but it just never got done. This week, we finally got it accomplished. On moday (the 23rd) Nick came over and as we were deciding what we should do that night, he suggested we finally get our wedding registering done. So we decided to start with Bed, Bath, and Beyond and promptly drove over there. We were kindlt directed to the wedding section at the back of the store, where we were met by a kind older woman named Janet. She was so sweet and very helpful and got us all signed up and ready. Once that was done she gave us the gun, and after explaining some tips she has learned from years of helping couples do this, we were off. We had arrived at the store around 8 pm so, though me got most of it done, we did completely finish registering. Janet let us stay until like 9:30 even though the store closed at 9. She was so amazing! On Thurs. i get out of school at 1:45 and Nick happened to have the day off, so we decided to finish registering then. We went first to Bed, Bath, and Beyond and finished registering there. It only took about 30 min to finish up. We then decided to go and register at Target as well. This time it went much faster since we had now done it before. It feels so great to have that 100% done now and out of the way. I am excited to now move on to to other important steps in the wedding planning process. : )

New kitchen floor!

Haha again, this isn't wedding plan related, but i felt it should be put up. I just remembered that i had a couple pictures of the new floor that was done in Nick and I's house, so i decided to post them so you could all see the tile work that was done. I wish i had a before picture because the difference is amazing! I am so happy with the tile. It looks awesome. :D

This is our cute kitchen. We redid the floor from linoleum to tile!

A close up of the new tile. :) I love the color and pattern!!

Dress fitting

On wed. (Aug. 18) I had my first dress fitting. I was super excited! Because my shoes are fairly tall, nothing needs to be done with my hem which is nice. The major thing that needs to be done, is that the jacket that came with my dress is shear, and because i am going to wearing garments once im married, i have to get the jacket lined. They are also making it so the dress can have a bustle on the back, so that i can pull up the train while at the reception. It will take about 8 weeks for all this to be done, so i should get my dress back around Oct. 8th. : ) I am excited to then do my bridals in Oct, because it will look even more like fall then when it just barely starts to in Sept. I can't wait for it to be finished so i can see what it looks liked with a new jacket!

Engagement and Bridal pics!

I am very excited because i have scheduled the date for Nick and I's engagement pictures. I know it may be dorky, but when i was younger, one of the main reason i was excited to someday get married was to get to do engagement pics. I always loved looking at the ones my parents would get, and now I'm so excited that i finally get to do my own! Plus, it will just be super to have tons of professional photos of Nick and I to have forever. We are doing them on Sept. 9 around 5:30 at the Jordan International Peace Gardens, which are super beautiful! Haha now all we have to do is decide on what we are going to wear for the pictures. Ooo decisions, decisions.... Oh ya and on Aug. 7 i also did some early bridals with a family friend; her name is Rachael Nelson She is a great photographer and is now trying to start up her own photography buisness. She needs more pictures for her website, so I agreed to do some bridals with her for fun to help her out. She isn't the photographer i am using for my wedding because i already had someone before i knew she was doing it, but she does an awesome job and i would have gladly used her. We did the pictures at the Capital and i can't wait to see them all once she edits them and sends me a cd. : D It was really great to get to wear my wedding dress already and see how i look in it all done up. It was so fun!

Bridesmaid Stuff :)

So on Thursday i went to Modest By Design and officially ordered all my bridesmaid dress! I am so excited to have that checked off! They will take about 9 weeks to be ready and arrive and should get here on October 1 about. Its perfect timing because it gives plenty of time for any needed alterations, plus my maid of honor Sadie gets home from her mission Oct. 19, with time to spare for any alterations she may need. In case you are wondering or can't remember, the dress i went with is the dress i posted a picture of in an earlier blog, the red one with the black waist, though of course mine won't be red, but green.  I also got the black birdcage veils ordered for them and they should be in around Sept. 6 i believe. I was able to bring one home already, but the others had to be ordered be cause they had no more in stock that day. I know need to decided if i want them to have the same shoes or not really care. I definitely want them all to have black, closed-toe shoes, but i think as to the design and stuff I'll just let them get whatever they want, from where-ever they want. Since they are black and not a color, and black goes with everything, its not really that big of a deal. I'm also thinking i want them to wear simple pearl jewelery (earrings, necklace, and a bracelet) as their accessories. Its still a work in progress with the jewelery though so I'll let ya know when i reach a final verdict. Also, i am meeting with the photographer tonight for all the final signings and deposit, so that will be official taken care of as well. Now onto other important stuff such as the cake! ;)