do it yourself pretties.

something that always gets me excited is the idea of this wedding coming out exactly as planned. Looking like US!:) And all those little things are going to be what I think we love most in the end. Especially the thought that we put together all the bouquets. Even if the 'growing them' thing doesn't work out and we have to hit up a Farmer's Market the night before!!

Jacob making us a little cake, one to save so that we can break it out the night of our one year anniversary and eat it with milk while catching up on episodes of Dexter:)

have I mentioned lately how much I can't wait to marry the man of my dreams?! PS. That's YOU Jacob!!!!;)

photos courtesy of Once Wed via Project Wedding

diy-ing, in every sense of the phrase.

all photos via Style Me Pretty - Photography by Davina + Daniel

here's some seriously ridiculous details and besides quitting my job and recruiting the entire family...even the family of family...and their neighbors kids....I would not be able to accomplish all the details I'd like to incorporate into our wedding day and reception.

I'll have to settle for drooling over these and convincing myself that I will indeed make it ALL happen, if only to sleep at night, knowing that I'm closer to a good cry than I am to making truffle for the wedding.

the chalk board idea - check. This is completely doable.

vintage plates - Are you kidding me?! I have no use for these in any part of my wedding but I will now force Jacob to stay up an extra hour tonight while I come up with any reason to get these plates. Even if it means setting up a lonely card table in one corner just to set them on for show.

wild flowers - check. This is done.

trifle - I must have a friend out there...a friend of a friend...that can make 2 of these for the wedding. AND our guests will need glass vintage plates to eat it on, of course. On it.

fiesta style.

photo courtesy of Style Me Pretty via The Nichols

brilliant. That I am:) I find this picture and now I know what we should have at our reception!!! YESSSSS! We've been going round and round about what food to have at the reception. We knew we wanted it to be 'us', as everything should be. SO we decided on our favorite foods:

me -watermelon, grapes, skittles
jacob - beef sticks, cheese curds, pizza bites
*again...we are as classy as they come;)

BUT then there's my dad. He's a hungry hippo...ALL the time. So we were 'encouraged;)' to add something a little more substantial. And I agree completely with this. Seeing as NO one will be attending the wedding ceremony, we'd like to make the reception as cozy and family/friend orientated as possible and really show everyone a good time! So having a little more food there sounded like a great idea. BUT until now we were thinking little pieces of chicken, little buns, blah, blah, blah. And THEN...this picture!!!!

so we decided to officially, go with some burritosssss! Yum Yum! Mini soft shells, big bowl of shredded cheese, some sour cream and salsa, warmers with beef and pork chunks and a few bowls of pico de gallo (find the recipe HERE, although my mom makes it the best:)!!!! It sounds like more work...but it really, really isn't and it's a really, really simple little snack that will fill you up but won't hurt if you have a few!

because I was sooo excited...I had to call Jacob at work. He agreed that it warranted me interrupting him from making hot dogs:)

cookies and cupcakes.

photo courtesy of 100 Layer Cake via One Love Photo

me and Jacob are meeting with our 'cupcake lady' tomorrow and I just stumbled upon this pretty picture that inspired me to see about intermingling the cupcakes with cookies. I LOVE chocolate chip cookies. love. That's that.

And for some reason I'm thinking that it looks great together and that the price might even be a lot more pleasent on the eyes if we had less cupcakes and lots of cookies!

cupcake topper.

Etsy - The Blissful Baker $6.50

after searching through the Etsy site for wedding cake toppers....our favorite has to be the Star Wars ones. I mean, hands down awesome! And Jacob loves Star Wars and seriously....they're adorable!

Etsy - Bunny With a Tool Belt $75

Etsy - Star House $125

Etsy - Bunny With a Tool Belt $75

Etsy - Bunny With a Tool Belt $75

Etsy - Bee Mine Designs $45

loving all of these. Nothing else to be said. The price just isn't right on most and like I mentioned above...the Star Wars ones could not be MORE perfect for us. So yeah, decision has been made but still unsure we'll go for it yet.

AHHH which reminds me that we have an appointment/meeting with the 'cupcake lady' Wednesday and are more than excited to do some taste testing and see what we like and what we can make happen! YAY for wedding stuff!:)