Flowers

I had such a wonderful time down in southern california yesterday. My mom and I woke up at 4:30am and drove down to la to meet up with my cousin Shawna at the LA flower market. We spent a couple hours from 9am - 11ish picking out gorgeous flowers that I want to use for my wedding. We found the flowers for my bridesmaids bouquets, my bouquet and found the materials we need for the centerpieces. I can't believe how much we got accomplished. Shawna was a huge help and I think we came up with a beautiful combination of flowers. After finishing everything for the flowers, we headed down to Newport Beach and met up with 6 of my great girlfriends. Such a fun night and a wonderful trip down south.

California

How great it feels to be in California! I got a lot done today. I couldn't have done it with out my mom though, she's a trooper. We reserved all of our linens, tables, chairs, silverware, plates, etc for the wedding. Gosh, I did not realize how much stuff we needed to rent! We went and checked out two photographers also. Photography is probably the most important element of the wedding I care about besides the groom. I want to make sure I make the right decision because that will be my memories for a lifetime. We went out to dinner with our great family friends tonight. I forgot how wonderful it feels to be surrounded by such great friends and family. I love being home and makes me miss it too. It makes me even more excited for the wedding though. I can't wait to have both of our families together and all our great friends for our special day.

Tomorrow will be another busy day. My mom and I are off to LA to meet up with my cousin Shawna to visit the Flower Market. I'm sure all the beautiful flowers will inspire me. After LA we are going to Newport Beach to see more friends. Some of them I haven't seen in over a year... I can't wait to see them all!

Engagement Photos

We just got our engagement photos back and I love them! Kristin Brito did such a great job! Visit her website if you live in the Maryland area and would like to book her for a photo shoot. I couldn't be happier with her patience during the shoot, her great job editing the photos and how prompt she was at sending the pics to me. smiles all around for me! Here's a little taste...

Checking off the list

Another item to check off my list - I sent my bridesmaid packages out today! Feels good to be able to check a few things off my list a week. Our engagement photo shoot went really well yesterday. It was so much fun and I hope we got some good ones! I was really happy that I looked online at probably 100 blogs to see different types of engagement shoots beforehand. It was nice to offer up a couple different ideas as well as give us some ideas for outfits and backgrounds. My cousin is doing some editing and is sending me the pictures in the next couple days... I can't wait! I just ordered a photo book on snapfish of all our engagement pictures and wedding dress shopping. I figure, I should probably get the photos in albums quickly, otherwise I can see myself putting it off until I get back from my honeymoon. The photobooks on snapfish allowed me to make it look like I was scrapbooking, but a lot less time consuming!

I was supposed to finish my save the dates last night, but that didn't happen. I did buy photo paper and ink for my printer though. Today I'll buy the rest of the supplies and hopefully get some of the cards printed. If I dont finish in the next couple days, it wont get done until after I get back from cali. It's not a huge deal, but I'd like to get them mailed as soon as possible.