UPDATE: Bridesmaids dresses

Laurie and I braved the weather and went back to Davids Bridal tonight and made a decision on the dresses. She tried on all three of them and we agreed that actually the one on the left pictured below looked the best. I even put on my dress again to see what it would look like next to it. It is much better looking in person than in the picture. I think you are all going to look beautiful in it. I'm so excited!
So the next step is for each of you to go to the store and tell them you want to try on the bridesmaid dress in my name. The style number is 8567 and color Serene, if there are any questions.
Let me know if you have any problems.

P.S. Ang- ask about the extended length. Laurie had to get it, you may need it too.

Bridesmaid Dresses

Phew! Dress shopping was quite an adventure last night. Thanks to Laurie for being patient and helping narrow down choices and focus. There are so many pretty dresses to choose from and you all know how well I do with making decisions! :) Anyway, we got it narrowed down to 4 dresses then 2 and finally the dress that we both loved, in the color I loved. Unfortuantely our consultant looked it up in the computer and it would take 12 weeks to get the dress in.... so back to the drawing board. At least I picked the color I want but they only have a limited number of dresses that come in that color (of course). So I found three more dresses that might be possibilities. Laurie and I are going back in tonight to see how they look on.

I had originally planned on giving you guys a choice of a few different dresses but after talking to the lady last night, I may need to just make an executive decision. The fastest they can get the dresses in is 6 weeks and then with a fitting and alterations, we're pushing it to meet the April 10th deadline. So once Laurie and I pick the dress tonight, I'll need everyone to get to Davids Bridal as soon as you can to place your order.

Ok so the color I picked is called Serene. Its a sort of a smoky slate blue. It doesn't look great in the pictures but I fell in love with it in the store.

First, althought it doesn't really matter, here's the dress i really wanted:

Here are the other options we are looking at tonight. My favorite out of these is the one on the far right. Any thoughts?

Oh and pretty much any of the dresses can have straps added if you're not a fan of strapless.

Honeymoon

Hmm...Hawaii or Paris? They both have their pros and cons. I guess it depends on what type of honeymoon we want. With Hawaii we would have some stuff to do but I imagine mostly laying on the beach for a week. :) With Paris we would have plenty to do and see. It would be cool to go to museums and see architechture and the package included a few days in Cannes so we would get a little beach time too. We meet with the travel agent Tuesday. I'll let you know what we decide. Mom, Liese...Any wisdom?

Flowers

I'll probably be calling the florist tomorrow to set up an appointment. I'm having a tough time deciding on flowers- I'll take any suggestions you have. I love startgazer lilies and i think the bouquet with the lilies and dark red roses is beautiful. But with it being spring, I was thinking a mix of wild flowers would be pretty. Or maybe tulips. It will all probably come down to cost, but anyone have any other ideas?

Favors

Thought I would share some ideas we had for favors. I think the golf tees will be cute since we will be at a golf course. Since it will be spring, I thought seed packets would be nice. I found these plantable cards which I think are really cool but kind of pricey. So I may just end up buying some bulk wildflower seed and put into little packets with a card attached. What do you guys think? Of course I would do candy or something on the table too, just thought these would be nice personalized gifts.

Ring

Here are some pictures of the ring I found. We are having it custom-made at a local jeweler so it is going to take a couple weeks before I get it :( You will all be the first to know when i do get it!

Dress

The pictures don't do it justice. I fell in love with it as soon as I put it on.

Hi!

Hey Ladies! Thank you all for agreeing to take part in my special day. I love you all so much and it means a lot to me to have you involved.

Since everyone is spread over half the country, I figured a blog would be a good way for us to share ideas and for me to get your opinions and advice on things I'll be deciding for the wedding.

I've already started a wedding website to give all the guests important info for the wedding.
You can find it at http://jamesandmelissa.ourwedding.com/
Check out the venue websites. I'm so excited and I know this will be a great day!

For those of you who haven't seen it yet, I'll post pictures of my ring and dress.

Laurie and I are going dress shopping tomorrow night. I'll post pictures of some dress ideas and everyone can let us know what you think.

Talk to you later!
-Melissa