Parties Galore!!

We have SO MUCH going on in the next few months, it's extremely mind boggling!  With that being said, let me share a couple of the invites for our upcoming parties / events we're hosting!!

Coming up the first weekend in February is our SUPERBOWL party! 

I'm hoping that my STEELERS will make it thru the playoffs next weekend, so they'll be one step closer to the big game, however, if they don't, we're still celebrating!!

Here are our invites:

What do you think?  They're pretty cute if I may say so myself.

I bought the PDF file from an Etsy Store and am very happy with the final product.

(I'll be doing a COMPLETE review of Etsy Stores in a very near future post, so you'll get the info on where to purchase invites)

Two weeks after the Super Bowl, I'll be hosting a very special Baby Shower!  I'm so excited because not only are the parents very good friends of ours, but Brian and I were asked and are honored to be Baby Jason's God Parents!!  :)

Here are the invites for the shower:

Aren't they just simply adorable?  I found this invitation on Etsy as well, however I had a very good friend of mine (who does anything party related with regard to invites, favor tags, Hershey Kiss labels, Candy Bar wrap around labels, and much, much more) see if she could replicate it, and she did!!

I'll be doing an enclosure card which will contain their registry info.

I also found these cute Umbrella & Tear Drop confetti on Etsy to sprinkle on the cake and food tables!!

Super Cute huh??

I'll definitely be updating my blog as the party planning gets into full swing!

Happy Saturday!!!

TEN...SEVENTY-NINE...The Countdown Continues

TEN

Mondays left

SEVENTY-NINE

Days until THEE day

One of the DIY projects that I'm working on in the next couple of days are my AHR Invitations. They "Boarding Pass" invites and I absolutely love them!

These resemble "Boarding Passes" and consists of three 'passes' for each invite. The first one is an Announcement of our actual Wedding Ceremony for guests who weren't able to cruise with us. The second is the actual Invitation to the AHR (at home reception). And the last one is the RSVP.

I have also made a "Boarding Pass Envelope" which has our Monogram printed on it and the three Boarding Passes will be inserted directly into these envelopes. I'm very, very, pleased with the way these have turned out!!

My goal for the next couple of days is to get all of the boarding passes printed out ~ I have to make about 60 sets for our California Reception, and about 75 for our Minnesota Reception. So, we're talking a total of 405 boarding passes. Yikes! That's going to be a lot of cutting to do!! I foresee having friends come over for a night of putting these puppies together!

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I'd like to share with you all an excerpt from a fellow blogger ~ Heather @ Namaste-Heather wrote a post regarding blogging and what it means to her. I feel the same way she does and wanted to share it here with you all.

"If there is one thing I’ve learned about blogging it's that a community exists. Bloggers enjoy not only composing posts, but reading other people’s blogs; and commenting is a MUST if you wish to be a part of the community. I love it when people comment on my blog and I learn so much from them. It is a beautiful reciprocal process."

I enjoy reading many others blogs ~ it's awesome to read about another person's blog and find that we share the same exact interests! Whether it be just a simple hobby that we share, or the fact that we're at the same point and time in our lives where we're in the midst of planning a wedding. It's nice to be able to read and relate! How awesome is that?!?

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I love Saturdays!! Although come Holiday Time, it's a little lonely on my Saturdays! Brian has to work every Saturday usually starting the beginning of November right through the new year. Boo!! Beginning in January, I have three of the four Saturdays for the month booked with Wedding Cakes so I'm glad I'll have my helper available!! ha!

I have to say.... please bear with me and this new Blog. I'm trying to 'spruce' it up a bit and seem to be having problems with my Google Friends Connect Button. For some reason, my HTML code is not working, but fear not... I will figure it out!!! It'll make it a lot easier for those who have Blogger to follow me (which is the majority of the bloggers out there in the blogging world)!!

Today my agenda is to get some wedding related tasks out of the way!! I know I say that now, but I'm hoping that I get at least two things WR crossed off my list. We'll see though ~ it's such a gloomy, wet and rainy day here that I would much rather just curl up in bed and read a book!! However, with 130 days left until the big day, I'm thinking I should get my behind in gear!!! And soon!!

As pictured above... these are our Invites we're going to use for both AHR's (At Home Reception). Despite the fact that the California Reception is about 5 months out and the Minnesota Reception is 6 months out, (so we'll say 3 months and 4 months out due to RSVP dates) I still have to print approximately 100 - 125 sets for each reception...so that's a total of about 250 sets. 250 times 3 Boarding Passes per invites totals 750. 750 Boarding Passes to print, individually cut out and round the corners. 750 That is a huge amount!!! So, I suppose if I work on a few each week I'll be able to get them done and out at least two months prior to the event date so as to allow everyone to receive them and RSVP approximately 3 weeks ahead of time. I think 3 weeks prior to the event is a good RSVP date right?!?

Here's a list of Wedding Related items that I need to accomplish in the next week:

* Finalize Ceremony Wording
* Choose & Order Bridal party flowers (VERY IMPORTANT)
* Choose Ceremony Music
* Work on both California Reception Menu & Minnesota Reception Menu
* Get both Wedding & TTD Dress altered :)

Yes, that is just a smidgen of what I have to get done at some point this week. I can honestly say that I may very well get some of those things crossed off my list. I only have to bake two days this week so I'll be able to tackle some of my DIY projects I still have left as well. Here's a list of those:

* Cruise Cabin Door Hangers
* Welcome Letter / Brochure
* Tags for Welcome Bags
* Tags and/or Labels for Goodies/Snack bags

And I know for a fact that I have about 124 other things that I can add to that list!! Not wedding related, I HAVE TO get our Holiday Letter mailed out! :) Nothing like waiting 'til the last minute huh?!?!?

Well, hope you all have a WONDERFUL and safe Saturday!!! :)

Picture of my Boarding Pass AHR Invites

Here's a mock up of my Boarding Pass AHR Invites. There will be three boarding passes in each. The first one says that "We're Married", the second is the actual invitation to the AHR and the third one is the RSVP. :) Yay! The only change I'm going to make to them are maybe, maybe, inserting my new wonderful monogram that a fellow DW Knottie has made for me. (there was a little typo in it, so she's fixing it for me). Tell me what you guys think!!!!! Here's a picture of the Monogram........