AAAAAGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!

Okay, I've been out of the blogger loop for quite a while. I'm just so overwhelmed with wedding stuff right now. Anyone seen my countdown on this page??? 19 days people. Oh my god!! I'm leaving for Georgia in two weeks. The wedding's in 19 days and I'm not ready. How did that happen?

And to top it off, I got this brilliant idea to start an 'online thrift store'. So I've been trying to get that going but it's going to have to be put on hold. I just can't keep up with the wedding stuff, my daily stuff, and trying to start a business. Too much.

I will be posting lots of photos on here....maybe I'll add a 'slideshow' app.... when we come back from Georgia. Super excited to be taking my new Canon with. The city skyline and River Street. Not to mention the mansions and churches. Ohhhh, **sigh**. I can't wait. :)

Wedding Makeup Choices (REVISED), please help me choose!!!

Okay, I'm trying out some wedding makeup looks. I could really use some help choosing.

Here are the first three. The first two are kind of the same look, one is just a bit more intense. The third one is a little bit more purple-y.

We will be in Georgia in March, so it will be fairly warm, around 70 degrees. Here's a photo of me in the dress (still needs to be hemmed in spots) to help get a feel for what the makeup will look like against it:

Leave me a comment with which look you like best.

Choice A:

Choice B:

Choice C:

Monogram

All right.... so on to what I began in the last post. I designed our monogram yesterday. It took a little bit of time, a ton of patience and lots of starting over again (and again and again and again.....) but I finally came up with something I absolutely love!



Here's a photo of it...kind of pixelated but that's because I've enlarged it for printing.

This will be painted onto our aisle runner (more photos as that's being done) and used for other accessories, like on our favor tags, on the invitation belly bands (thanks Heather for the great idea!) and several other projects.

Stay tuned for more!!

Almost there.... twice.

Yesterday I designed our monogram that will be used on our aisle runner, on the invitations going out for the Illinois reception, and several other DIY projects I have going for this wedding! If you haven't guessed, I'm getting married. In a few months.....and then again at the end of May. Okay, okay, let me explain.



Almost two years ago, Dave proposed to me. Immediately, I said yes! And so began the planning. Long story short, we ultimately decided to have our wedding in Savannah, Georgia.... the long-time love of my life. (more on that later). But when his parents caught wind of it, they threw a fit.... so, I'm the lucky bride that gets two weddings. One in Savannah, the official one, where I, Elise Amber Mirkov will become Mrs. Elise Amber Bass. And the second one, here in Illinois where we will pay waaaaayyyyyy too much money to feed a bunch of people I will never see again. 150 guests, about 140 of them are his family. More specifically, his MOM'S family. People he hasn't seen in years. But that aside.....



So, the first wedding, the real one..... is on March 1, 2009. In Savannah. It's sooooo close. Less than three months. There's so much left to do. I've taken Wednesday off so that I can get caught up on some of the little things without interuption. It's hard to paint an aisle runner with a seven and eight year old running around. :) As the days fly by, I'm getting more and more anxious.