I had my bachelorette party on the weekend and it was awesome! My sisters had planned the whole day and hadn't told me anything so I didn't know what to expect.
My girlfriend came and picked my up and we went to my mum's house to meet my sisters and one other friend. My sisters got me to change into an outfit and we headed out in the "Meagan's Stagette Mobile". They took me to the Shooting Edge, a shooting range, where we picked out 3 different guns and got to learn how to load them and shoot them. It was a very empowering, scary, fun activity that teaches you how much you have to respect these weapons. It reaffirms that I would never, ever have a gun in my house.
From there we went back to my mum's house for a Shower my sisters had organized. A few more of my girlfriends showed up and we had finger sandwiches (with all the crusts cut off) and drank martinis with penis ice cubes! The funny thing was that not everyone even noticed they were drinking beverages with penis ice cubes!!!
Around 4:30 we had a special guest who, to everyone's surprise was a lady who is from a company called MisBehaven and brings massage oils, lubricants and sex toys! It was a blast...who would have known!
From there we got dressed to go for dinner and the bar. Needless to say there was copious amounts of drinking and we had an absolute blast. Looking back at the pictures...there are some I can't remember taking!! The way a Bachelorette party should end!
Ciao,
MS
Monday, July 30, 2007
Monday, July 23, 2007
41 Days oh my!
Last I wrote I was getting ready to go for another dress fitting. Unfortunately, we had to reschedule as they needed a few more days to complete the alterations. Now I am going this coming Friday and I am very excited!
We met with our Videographer, Josh, and we had a blast. It was a bit awkward at first talking to the video camera but it got easier as the session continued. We felt very professional as we even had a lapel microphone! Josh has a great video camera and he got some very good angles during the shooting. I can't wait to see the final product at our wedding! We have to finalize the pictures of us growing up for him to add to the slideshow but other than that he is ready to film on the wedding day.
We spent an hour and a half with Scott and his wife Kelly, our photographer, in Fishcreek provincial park last Thursday taking our engagement pictures. We had a blast with the two of them. In the hour and a half Scott took over 500 pictures! We had a bit of a sneak preview of them and they look awesome. He is couriering over a CD of all our pictures so hopefully they will arrive soon and we will be able to look at them. We get to pick a couple of them but I am not sure it is going to be easy to pick only two.
My stagette is on Saturday!! I don't have any idea as to what is happening...all I know is that it is going on all day. My sisters are picking me up in the morning and I probably will not be going home. I will fill you in after the fact.
Our craft night is set for next week so we are busy trying to get everything finished before we have the crew come over to help finish our favors and programs.
Will keep you all in the loop as to the upcoming events.
Ciao,
MS
We met with our Videographer, Josh, and we had a blast. It was a bit awkward at first talking to the video camera but it got easier as the session continued. We felt very professional as we even had a lapel microphone! Josh has a great video camera and he got some very good angles during the shooting. I can't wait to see the final product at our wedding! We have to finalize the pictures of us growing up for him to add to the slideshow but other than that he is ready to film on the wedding day.
We spent an hour and a half with Scott and his wife Kelly, our photographer, in Fishcreek provincial park last Thursday taking our engagement pictures. We had a blast with the two of them. In the hour and a half Scott took over 500 pictures! We had a bit of a sneak preview of them and they look awesome. He is couriering over a CD of all our pictures so hopefully they will arrive soon and we will be able to look at them. We get to pick a couple of them but I am not sure it is going to be easy to pick only two.
My stagette is on Saturday!! I don't have any idea as to what is happening...all I know is that it is going on all day. My sisters are picking me up in the morning and I probably will not be going home. I will fill you in after the fact.
Our craft night is set for next week so we are busy trying to get everything finished before we have the crew come over to help finish our favors and programs.
Will keep you all in the loop as to the upcoming events.
Ciao,
MS
Monday, July 9, 2007
55 days...
Wow! Here we go...the last two months are flying by already. I go for a dress fitting on Friday and I am so excited! This will be the first time I try on my gown with all of the alterations finished. The hem will be done, bodice fit and bustle set. I love the bustle of the dress because the shape the it takes makes it a completely new dress.
David and I are now finishing everything off. My goal is to have (almost) everything done by the end of the month. Then we will only have to seat the guests at our reception and we will be done! Ha...yah right...it's a goal, that's all I can say.
My mum has found a dress and she looks fabulous in it. It is one of those dresses that doesn't look like much when it is on the rack, however, looks like it belongs on the red carpet when it is on.
We have decided to meet our videographer at our old high school on Saturday to do our 'Love Story' shoot. It is the perfect place as it is where our friendship and romance blossomed. This will be shown at our reception and I am very excited about staring in our own movie!
That is really all for now. I will keep everyone posted as we progress with all the events in July.
MS
David and I are now finishing everything off. My goal is to have (almost) everything done by the end of the month. Then we will only have to seat the guests at our reception and we will be done! Ha...yah right...it's a goal, that's all I can say.
My mum has found a dress and she looks fabulous in it. It is one of those dresses that doesn't look like much when it is on the rack, however, looks like it belongs on the red carpet when it is on.
We have decided to meet our videographer at our old high school on Saturday to do our 'Love Story' shoot. It is the perfect place as it is where our friendship and romance blossomed. This will be shown at our reception and I am very excited about staring in our own movie!
That is really all for now. I will keep everyone posted as we progress with all the events in July.
MS
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
2 months!!
Can you believe it? Two more months (less a day) until I am officially married! I can't wait. There is still a lot to do, but the time will come when none of that will matter anymore and the day will be upon us. What am I to blog about then? I am going to have to think about that!
Responses have started to trickle in and it is like a little surprise party every time you open one..."who will be coming to our wedding today"? We have to settle on the music for our reception and for our wedding video, finish our programs and favors and finalize flowers. Then we will have to touch base with everyone of our vendors to make sure we are good to go for the day.
One week Friday I get to go for another wedding dress fitting! I am in awe every time I put that gown on! I love it so much I can't even describe it.
In about a week and a half we have a video shoot with our videographer! We get to film our love story which will be included in the video presentation and slide show at our reception. I am really excited to get out and spend some time doing this together. i think it will be really cool and something we will probably never get to do again - star in a video production!
Dave and I also have our official engagement photos with our photographer in a couple of weeks. I am excited to actually get out with Scott and shoot! See what he does for us...and the creativity that stems from us getting outside.
My stagette is coming up too. I have been completely left in the dark with this whole thing. I have zero clue as to what is going on...just that I have to be available from about 9:00 in the morning on...I feel a little nervous about what my sisters have planned.
That's it for now...I promise to fill you all in on every thing that we are doing!
MS
Responses have started to trickle in and it is like a little surprise party every time you open one..."who will be coming to our wedding today"? We have to settle on the music for our reception and for our wedding video, finish our programs and favors and finalize flowers. Then we will have to touch base with everyone of our vendors to make sure we are good to go for the day.
One week Friday I get to go for another wedding dress fitting! I am in awe every time I put that gown on! I love it so much I can't even describe it.
In about a week and a half we have a video shoot with our videographer! We get to film our love story which will be included in the video presentation and slide show at our reception. I am really excited to get out and spend some time doing this together. i think it will be really cool and something we will probably never get to do again - star in a video production!
Dave and I also have our official engagement photos with our photographer in a couple of weeks. I am excited to actually get out with Scott and shoot! See what he does for us...and the creativity that stems from us getting outside.
My stagette is coming up too. I have been completely left in the dark with this whole thing. I have zero clue as to what is going on...just that I have to be available from about 9:00 in the morning on...I feel a little nervous about what my sisters have planned.
That's it for now...I promise to fill you all in on every thing that we are doing!
MS
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
The dresses
Well, I think they might just make it in time! The bridesmaid dresses are due to arrive August 21 at the latest. What we are hoping is that they are similar to the bridal gowns which tend to arrive a week before their scheduled time. We are however going to have a back up plan and order similar dresses from another designer, Nicole Miller, that do not take as long to arrive and have them ready to go in case something happens to the Melissa Sweet dresses. Apparently, Evalina only needs 24 hours for turn around - worst case scenario - so fingers crossed the Melissa Sweet dresses will arrive and we won't have to resort to Plan B.
Invitations have started to be sent out - officially. I put the international and out of province invitations in the mail this morning and Dave and I are sitting down to finish the rest off tonight. So, according to our plan...all the invites should be in the mail by tomorrow morning!
That's it, that's all...for now!
MS
Invitations have started to be sent out - officially. I put the international and out of province invitations in the mail this morning and Dave and I are sitting down to finish the rest off tonight. So, according to our plan...all the invites should be in the mail by tomorrow morning!
That's it, that's all...for now!
MS
Monday, June 4, 2007
90 Days and Counting!
Not that I haven't been counting all along, but we are officially down to 90 days! I can't believe how quickly time flies.
I had a dress fitting a week ago. I don't know if it is possible to love something more and more every time you see it, but that is what happens with my dress. I absolutely love it! I am so excited for my fiance to see me in it. I know his jaw will hit the floor! I love everything about it, the way it sounds, the way it moves, the way it feels...and of course the most important, the way I feel when I am in it!
We ordered bridesmaid dresses! The dresses are also from Melissa Sweet. We decided to save everyone the stress of my Mum making the dresses and to buy them. They aren't that much more expensive than if we were to go buy the silk ourselves...so for the few extra dollars it is worth it to get them set in. My sisters look fabulous in their dresses and they complement my dress extremely well. The catch, as of right now, they don't arrive until a week before the wedding. Evalina Schmidtke of Evalina Couture is in the process of trying to see if they can be delivered a week earlier so we have time for alterations and we aren't so close to the day. She has been an absolute joy to work with. You know when you walk into her salon that you will be treated like a princess and she does not disappoint. She is honest when it comes to what will look good and what won't. Evalina will not put you in an ugly dress. I don't think an ugly dress even exists at her salon.
What else...we are in the process of sending out our invitations. We bought $94 worth of stamps last week and are going to do all the stuffing and addressing tonight. This makes the whole wedding seem so much more real. Not that it wasn't before, but now, the invitations are going to be out and we are going to get all the replies and that makes me so excited!
WOW!!! 90 days! I can't believe it.
MS
I had a dress fitting a week ago. I don't know if it is possible to love something more and more every time you see it, but that is what happens with my dress. I absolutely love it! I am so excited for my fiance to see me in it. I know his jaw will hit the floor! I love everything about it, the way it sounds, the way it moves, the way it feels...and of course the most important, the way I feel when I am in it!
We ordered bridesmaid dresses! The dresses are also from Melissa Sweet. We decided to save everyone the stress of my Mum making the dresses and to buy them. They aren't that much more expensive than if we were to go buy the silk ourselves...so for the few extra dollars it is worth it to get them set in. My sisters look fabulous in their dresses and they complement my dress extremely well. The catch, as of right now, they don't arrive until a week before the wedding. Evalina Schmidtke of Evalina Couture is in the process of trying to see if they can be delivered a week earlier so we have time for alterations and we aren't so close to the day. She has been an absolute joy to work with. You know when you walk into her salon that you will be treated like a princess and she does not disappoint. She is honest when it comes to what will look good and what won't. Evalina will not put you in an ugly dress. I don't think an ugly dress even exists at her salon.
What else...we are in the process of sending out our invitations. We bought $94 worth of stamps last week and are going to do all the stuffing and addressing tonight. This makes the whole wedding seem so much more real. Not that it wasn't before, but now, the invitations are going to be out and we are going to get all the replies and that makes me so excited!
WOW!!! 90 days! I can't believe it.
MS
Friday, May 18, 2007
May...already!
Wow! How time flies. I can not believe it is already the middle of May. I have been so bad at updating my blog and I apologize to those of you who read this. I have been so incredibly busy with work it is unbelievable. I can see now why so many women opt for a wedding planner, when work gets hectic...wedding planning takes a back seat and if you do not have a lot of time to plan...it doesn't happen. Thank god we started planning this over a year ago and we have had time to do everything.
So...an update. We have now purchased our favor containers which I couldn't be happier with. They look exactly like mini old fashioned candy jars. They have stainless steel lids that seal so they will be perfect for dried tea. We have also decided on a lavender mint mix tea that Dave and I enjoy after a hard day at the office.
We spent 1 1/2 hours at Michaels the other night picking out ribbon for our favors and our programs and paper for our tissue packages, and the inserts for our invitations. I am really happy with all the colours we have chosen. The tissue packages and the programs will bring a range of blue into the ceremony since most of the colours right now are brown and ivory/creams/whites.
We have set up times with our photographer and our videographer for our engagement photo session and to do the filiming of our Love Story for our video! I can't wait to sit down with them and come up with some really neat ideas to showcase our personalities and our love and commitment for each other. We haven't had a chance to sit down and decide on locations for these but we might do filming around the place we met...our high school!
One more week until I go for my first gown fitting! I can't wait to put my dress on again. I love the way the material feels ad the weight of the dress. I love the way the train sits and of course the way it makes me feel like the most beautiful bride ever!
We only have 107 days left! Before we know it...we will be married!
MS
So...an update. We have now purchased our favor containers which I couldn't be happier with. They look exactly like mini old fashioned candy jars. They have stainless steel lids that seal so they will be perfect for dried tea. We have also decided on a lavender mint mix tea that Dave and I enjoy after a hard day at the office.
We spent 1 1/2 hours at Michaels the other night picking out ribbon for our favors and our programs and paper for our tissue packages, and the inserts for our invitations. I am really happy with all the colours we have chosen. The tissue packages and the programs will bring a range of blue into the ceremony since most of the colours right now are brown and ivory/creams/whites.
We have set up times with our photographer and our videographer for our engagement photo session and to do the filiming of our Love Story for our video! I can't wait to sit down with them and come up with some really neat ideas to showcase our personalities and our love and commitment for each other. We haven't had a chance to sit down and decide on locations for these but we might do filming around the place we met...our high school!
One more week until I go for my first gown fitting! I can't wait to put my dress on again. I love the way the material feels ad the weight of the dress. I love the way the train sits and of course the way it makes me feel like the most beautiful bride ever!
We only have 107 days left! Before we know it...we will be married!
MS
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