Under Pressure... sing it Queen

as my FI and i flew back from our Wedding Open House in SLC, we spent time discussing our 10 mile long to-do list.... which by the way we have 18 days or 2.5 weeks left!

 time to really buckle down.

the past 4 days wass the most time we've consecutively spent together maybe since our trip to Jackson Hole last summer when we got engaged! so, we used most of this past weekend to catch up on all of the "things" we've been meaning to talk about or forget to bring up - in relation to the wedding.

after talking and interupting each other mid thought so we wouldn't lose our own train of thought - it hit us that not only are we rapidly approaching our wedding date (duh!), we still have so many miles to cover on the journey to Aug 2nd.... not to mention we are trying to set up shop for our married lives together after that date... so it's wedding and marriage planning all rolled into one large rolling snowball. (i like visual imagery)

here's a brilliant yet totally lame idea i came up with to help keep me on track - rather than just a huge to-do list i made 3 to work from and i'm filling them in according to the week.

here's an example of a few things per week:

this week (before the bachelor party)

- get keys to apartment/ paint/ get utilities transfered

- get final hotel guest list for OOT Bags & order Bags

- go hunting for OOT goodies

- prep for crazy wedding workshop this weekend

next week (before my bachelorette party):

- finish bridal party gifts (since i'm such a DIY lady)

- make sure all my time off from work is taken care of

- empty my bank account - ie. pay all bills due while we are on our honeymoon

- finalize music & wedding weekend/ day of timeline and distribute to all vendors & bridal party members

week of wedding:

- no more DIY projects! must be complete before leaving for Vegas

- finish HM packing

- get floating rafts for HM =) so cheesy

- go crazy!  jk

it helped me to lay out the weeks this way... and now i'm starting to break down these lists into smaller ones i can use each day of those weeks.  for example the night before i have a game plan of what errands need to be run before or after work, so the next day i can not only conserve gas, but my time and sanity - which could be better used for another task!

do i sound insane or has anyone previously or is anyone currently in the state i am (not quite panic but on the verge)?  sorry for the ramblings of this tired lady, i'm cutting myself off and going to bed.... g'night

a fiance-free, no peeking kinda post

i really mean it...

 Justus - 

under

no

circumstance

 

do 

 

you 

want 

 

to 

go

past

this

point!

! 

!

!

   - ok i think i'm getting a little overboard here  =)

so my wedding dress is done... yippee! it's been done for a few weeks, this is one thing i'm proud to say didn't end up on the procrastination list! and if you know me, you know that's a huge deal

this post is really about my fabulous seamstress than my dress, but i threw in some ivory eye candy for those of you dying to see the dress.

so aside from standard alterations, i was having trouble with this :

in the above pic the fabric kept slouching on my torso (the one feature of my dress that i was not happy with)... not to worry, my fabulous seamstress Thanh fixed the problem!

Thanh works from her home and sews/recreates dresses, and also does alterations in the evenings as a hobby... but her talent is much greater than it should be for someone doing this as a hobby!

She showed us photos of designer dresses she has duplicated, and she's amazing... she is clearly one very gifted lady! 

i came to her as a referral from a friend of mine at work, and when she looked at me in my dress she knew exactly what to do! as when she ran through the laundry list of alterations my dress needed, my mom and i braced ourselves fearing for my wedding budget... but there was nothing to fear, not only did she finish all my insane alterations in 10 DAYS!!! she was so affordable!  so thank you toni for the recommendation.... you're a life saver.

here's the back view: she was showing us how the bustle would look once she was finished.

above: this is just and poor quality up close shot of my train and its details.

we were so impressed with Thanh that my mom dropped off all her materials last night for her to start work on her MOB dress!

have alterations been a breeze or a nightmare for any other brides?

also if you're in the LA/OC area and would like to contact Thanh, i'm happy to pass her info along!