i was TOTALLY going to do this!

not kidding. i could not believe it when i checked idiy last night:

i woke up one morning last weekend actually planning something like this in my head for the programs. i made a freaking template that day!! but then i decided against it in favor of the cd case idea. i mean, ok, it's not the most original idea ever, but still, talk about coincidental timing. and also, this couple did a blank-guest-notecard thing instead of a more traditional guestbook just like we're going to! except they didn't incorporate it into the ceremony, so i guess we still have originality points there.

ok, i actually don't care at all if other weddings have similar things to ours, this one really looks beautiful. i just wanted to throw a little fit about the info wheel...

soooooooo much paper

so there are three key factors working in conjunction for the wedding:

• small
• sustainable
• inexpensive

it's interesting how any one of these things sort of naturally leads to the others. these were the reasons behind the postcard invitations. and i love those invitations, i love how they came out. but i admit, i also love spending hours drooling over letterpress stationery, too. there are so many gorgeous invitation ideas... but the one thing that i think every time i really look at them is "holy crap! that's so much paper!" i mean, really. they aren't just 'invitations,' they're like whole little paper-craft villages. invitation, invitation envelope, rsvp, rsvp envelope, accommodations, maps. it's a freaking tree per person! and they cost more than basically the whole rest of our wedding. but cost aside, just the sheer paper volume was enough to keep us from ever even consider the standard invite option.

*sigh*

but they're so pretty. and so i'm giving in and getting my paper demons out with the programs. i'm not sure where i'll come up with all the recycled cardboard yet, but i'll find it. and when i do, i love the idea of something like this - now these are invitations, via style me pretty, but i plan to simply morph them into programs:

we're having more of a wedding weekend than a simple ceremony, so we want to include information about all of the events and activities. there'll be friday night bowling and a day at the coast after the wedding itself. i love this idea because it's a way to fit it all in without cramming it onto a single sheet of paper. but the best reason for the pocket idea has to do with our plans for the actual ceremony, which involves notecards for guests to write things down on. this way, we can include the blank cards with all of their other info and get them started thinking on it right away.

so this is just idea one. open to suggestions for other diy/inexpensive/recyclable projects!

i want this hair

oh!!! so pretty! i luv luv luv her hair and i absolutely want this hairstyle (possibly/probably minus the headband) for our park wedding. uh. it won't be long enough by then. but my curly hair can make up for that!

boutonnieres

i love these fabric & ribbon boutonnieres from martha stewart. r will be wearing an "old-timey" suit, as he likes to say. i think the fabric circle boutonniere would be fabulous! A agrees, she thinks we should make it out of the same fabric as my dress (which hasn't been bought yet...)

i think the guys get kind of shafted in the fashion part of weddings, to be honest. so i love the suit r has in mind, sort of vintage British tweed. it's so much more his style, and so much more exciting, than some standard black tux. plus, the wedding is going to be in a park - not exactly black tux appropriate.

the dress

i have no idea how i originally came upon this photo, but as soon as i saw it i knew it was The Dress. i'll possibly go just a bit shorter and with more fitted sleeves.

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i am so damn lucky to have an insanely talented family - my sister A will be making the dress for me. i can't wait to try on a test run!

wedding

ok, so what i really want right now is a place to unload wedding thoughts. since we're well into the planning of this thing, i'll try to go back to the basics. i designed some very simple poppy postcards. they went out a few weeks ago.

what if i started a new blog

i keep starting and stopping this sort of thing. let's see how it goes.