Lynching..

Background story:
So last month I started putting together an online store with items brides would be interested in for custom work. I then add a page to my personal site that linked to this store. Also on my personal site is a listing of things I am purging from our own wedding leftovers as well as a few things from around the house.

As with most websites there is a navigation header on my personal site, and it is visible on the For Sale page. I have posted on the knot and in my signature is a link to the For Sale page in case someone wants to check out what I am trying to get rid of. Per the 'rules' of the knot boards we are no longer supposed to promote ourselves as 'knotties for hire' so I don't have a link in my signature directly to website. But someone didn't like that I had a link on my For Sale page that went to my design site.

Insert lynching here. I have had a few people not like my attempts at listing on my personal site about my new adventure: of starting some semblance of a design company. But my issue is that I am not directly advertising it on the boards or to anyone on the knot. In fact just the opposite. I assist people on the DIY boards, because I like to help people discover their inner craftiness. If people find their way to my storefront it is because they are curious of what I might have to offer, not because I am directly advertising my services on the boards or my website.

I am currently banned from posting on the message boards because of the navigation bar on my website. I have since hidden the bar on the for sale page so that I could be allowed back on and offer my expertise and knowledge to those that want to do for themselves. I have a feeling the folks who are reporting me are other knottie for hire that don't want me to get any business but have links on their own pages about the products they sell. Karma might find them soon. As they may also get reported.

On a happier note, if you would like to check out the beginnings of my storefront go to designs.squared

Fun Times at Ridgemont High

So I was just examining the photos from the bachelorette party last Saturday, and some of them are just so fun. I am not going to post them, as I want Casey to make the call on which of them she wants to post. Some of Kristi's pictures flared out, but it created a cool effect.

My dresses came back today from being altered. Yea! Ian is picking up his tux tonight, so we are all set for our wedding gear. Can't hardly wait, it will be a fun and joyous event, to see two of our good friends get married!

I now pronounce you ...

So the third candidate got back to me and we met with him on Saturday. It went well. But for our needs we wanted someone that presented themselves a little nicer. So we chose the gal we the week prior. Onto the next item on the list...

In other news, my save the dates came in!!! And they turned out soo good, the only thing is, we might be moving so the address on them is now null and void. So I will be putting labels on them if we do in fact move. I'll put a picture of them up when I get home tonight.

Mom is coming into town in 2 weeks, and I will be finalizing my dress decision. I think. I am having such an issue with it, because I love all of my choices equally and some for differing reasons. I went and looked at a few more of the new styles that came in for Spring on Friday, and now have 4 total that i need to chose from. It's hard, because one I know isn't a good choice because it will get dirty there is so much fabric. But because I never have been one to wear dresses or skirts, I don't think that the feeling of this is the "one" will ever come. It doesn't help that one place doesn't have a close enough size for me to try it on and know how it will completely fit.

Next up... photographer & videographer(if Ian's friend can do it for us)

to have and to hold. . .

So this weekend we are interviewing prospective officiants for our wedding.

First one seemed a little slacker-ish, so we cancelled our appointment. Second one, is a really nice lady. She got in an accident on her way to meeting with us. Ian is worried that it might be a sign, we'll see. The third has yet to respond to my email inquiry but to his credit I had just emailed him late on Friday so if I don't hear from him on Monday afternoon I will call him.

Another option that we have been considering is a family friend who is a minister. I haven't asked them yet, but I might be doing that this week just to cover all my bases.

Now we are off to find gold shoes and go wine tasting in temecula.

To save or not to save. . .

So I finished designing my save the date cards last night, and i had hoped it turned out well despite the working through the groggy fog that I am in from being sick. Well I got an email back from the printer, telling me that despite everything looking good, there was a wee bit of a problem. I thought I left enough room for a full bleed(printing all the way to the edge) but I didn't. So instead of being a crappy company and printing them anyway with the possibility of a funky uneven white rim, they proof all submissions and give you the option of resubmitting the file so that it comes out right. Now I just have to wait until I go home before I can do it since it is on my home computer. Got to love overnightprints.com :-)

I Finally Got my BM!!!

... and by BM I mean my bridesmaid dress. My color is a dark purple, and it quite lovely. The other gals are in Spice and Fuchsia, the Spice is very nice, and the Fuchsia is...well just to much pink for my blood. I may be a girl, but I am still a tomboy-ish gal deep down. Pink frequents my closet, but only occasionally, and sometimes even then I don't always wear it.

In other news, I am going to be making a decision on which dress I will be wearing for my own wedding by the end of the month, whether I actually order it is another story. Trying to lose weight and buying an expensive dress that should only be taken in about 2 dress sizes is not very cohesive. Because these dresses if you don't have a corset tieback, which mine doesn't, does not retain its proper and pretty shape if you take it in too much. Although when I lost 25 lbs a number of months ago, I didn't drop a size at all, so we'll see. I just don't want to order a size smaller and hope that I will make it into it, because as much as I have strong willpower, I have issues dealing with eating, esp when I am the only one in the house trying to watch what I eat.

Moving right along, have my centerpieces, well part of them anyways. And I am taking it to one of the two florists I am meeting with to see what they can do and how they can incorporate it into everything nice and smoothly. More updates on that and everything later, now back to the regularly scheduled program... work.

Phew!

Bridal shower for Casey went off without any major issues. Yea! Oh wait except for the exploding dishwasher that leaked suds out everywhere. ha!

We bought our bridesmaid dresses today, and I am excited. I love the cut and the color is a great color, definately a dress I will be able to reuse. Now just have to wait for the call of when it gets delivered.

O Happy Day...

So planning for a wedding is fun, and exhausting. Especially when there are 2 weddings in the same year.

Casey is getting married in March, Ian and I are both part of the bridal party. Currently am planning Casey's early bridal shower, and hopefully she enjoys it.

My mom is in town so we are going to as m any bridal shows as possible while she is here but there are only small ones that we can go to. At least I get to spend some time with her and have her get her feet a little wet with the wedding planning. With her living out of state it is really hard to have her be involved as much as I would like her to be.

Wedding colors are eggplant/sage/burnt orange(coppery), which is my main color has yet too be decided. We are getting married at an outdoor venue so green might be out since there is lots of greenery.

Ian has his boys lined up, I am still pondering the rest of my side. Casey is my maid of honor, and my co-worker Kelly is one of my bridesmaids, the other opening I am having issues with. We don't hangout with a lot of people, and it's a hard decision to make.

Ok, that is enough for now.

Off to get a haircut...

Engaged!!!

Ian asked at the same spot he asked me to be his girlfriend: the Huntington Beach Pier (on June 18th, 2007)

We had dinner at Ruby's on the end of the pier, and he was acting a little weird throughout dinner. He went to go to the bathroom while we were waiting for the check, but he took his jacket with him. I knew something was amiss. We we nt for a stroll along the beach after dinner, and he kept wanting to walk under the pier. Hmmm... it is starting to sound familiar... first date ask me out while walking under the pier.
Although leave it to me to ruin his surprise, I had hugged him and afterwards put my hands upon his chest. Well there happened to be a lump, i guess not really a lump but a box. And so he got a little huffy cause I blew his cover, but unfortunately it was already blown when he took his jacket to the bathroom, and it was nowhere near cold in the restaurant.
after a few seconds of frustration he got on his knee, brought out the little box, and took out the ring and asked me to marry him as he placed it on my finger.

Of course you know my answer - Yes!

Although, Ian being Ian, he had to take a few pictures with his cell phone so that they could be emailed to the mothers, and then we began the few calls we could make, since it was after 10pm and some people were probably already in bed.

And then the planning begun!!!