Girls (Really Do) Just Wanna Have Fun

So many people use the phrase "Girls just wanna have fun" that's it become almost cliche, which is dreadfully unfortunate! Because truly, all I want for my bachelorette party is to have a ridiculous amount of fun with my favorite girls. I don't want a male stripper, I don't want to drink myself sick, and I surely don't want to sit around and watch chick-flicks. I was talking with one of my bridesmaids yesterday and I realized that my idea of a fun bachelorette party would be to do something definitely out-of-the-ordinary (at least when it comes to such parties), and something totally fun. And I had a flash of brilliance!

Here's my idea of the perfect bachelorette party:

1. Start out the afternoon by going roller skating! I'll wear a cheesy bride-to-be veil and maybe even get some rollerblades to decorate in pink, white, and black. We'll all act crazy and probably bust our butts a few times! Can you imagine the wonderful pictures? :D

2. From there, we'll all dress up in pretty clothes and go out for a nice (but not too fancy) dinner...my favorite would be something Italian!

3. Finally, we'll conclude the night with some bar-hopping (and I'll wear the veil again)! I'll drink girly drinks and we'll dance and laugh until we can hardly breathe. My favorite place to do that is 8Es Bar here in Athens because there's good music and plenty of fun to be had!

I am so excited for this idea that I even went made another Bridal Canvas and made a bachelorette-themed canvas! Check it out:

(A better version of the canvas, plus photo credits and a great cover of Cyndi Lauper's famous song can be found if you follow the link above!)

BridalCanvas.com

So this site is pretty nifty! It's a user-friendly and quick way to make beautiful inspiration boards and other similar stuff. Here's one I made in under ten minutes:



Check it out! :)

Our Honeymoon Registry is up and running!

I'm so excited!

http://www.atlastravelweb.com/registry.shtml

I made pink daisy cards through vistaprint.com to put into our shower invites...and it only cost $10 for 250 of them, even after shipping!

Here's a low-quality preview of the cards:


I'm hoping we'll get at least a few donations since we can't really afford the trip, haha.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

This is my second favorite holiday, only slightly behind Christmas! But in the past I have never done anything except wear green to celebrate. This year, Jordan surprised me by getting us tickets to an Irish song and dance concert tonight! There will also be plenty of Irish specials in the form of alcoholic beverages! ;) I'll be sure to share some pictures, as I'm quite excited and my camera battery has been charging throughout the afternoon!

And to make this post slightly wedding-related, I have some great news! My invitations arrived, courtesy of this etsy seller, and they are a.m.a.z.i.n.g!!!!!! They are even more beautiful in person, and I can't wait to send them to people and get compliments on our great taste! ;)

To be sure, I'm dreaming of Ireland on this wonderful St. Patrick's Day, since we'll be visiting in just over six months!! :D

Reception Centerpieces

I'm fast becoming an etsy bride. I don't mind one bit, but it seems that I've purchased a large portion of our wedding stuff from etsy.com! The latest find is creative reception centerpieces! We are, more than ever, on a tight budget and can't afford to have lavish centerpieces for the reception, as much as I'd like to. At the same time, I didn't want people to show up at our reception and immediately view our centerpieces as pathetic and inadequate. So how to keep our guests from noticing the small size? Display centerpieces made of something other than real flowers!

So I browsed around on etsy and found some really interesting ideas, including felt and button flowers, origami flowers, and button bouquets. In the end, I decided on pink and white bouquets made of chipboard and button "flowers", from this seller. I received them in the mail a couple weeks ago and they are so adorable!! We will be putting one bouquet of nine flowers into each slender vase, and then filling the vases with blue jello for some added color.


And for the bride and groom table, we're going to use one set in black and white:


They were not only affordable, but handmade and cutecutecute!! Best of all, I realized when I received them that the pink and white flowers match the flowers on the front of our recently-ordered invitations (see the post below to compare). I love it when a plan comes together. :)