The Wonder-ment of Hobby Lobby

Have you ever been to Hobby Lobby? I don't have one near me so all of my 23 years have been spent in the expensive aisles of Michael's or Joann Fabrics. To get my cheap fix, I've even resulted to Walmart for all of my crafting needs. Never more, never more.

My invitation guru, Lisa Arruno, suggested we hit Hobby Lobby for some design ideas. So this past Saturday after our mid-mark meeting with the hotel, we trekked out to Bolingbrook (yuck) to see the Wonderful Lobby of Hobby. We arrived (for the second time after having to make a bathroom/lunch pit stop at Panda Express....?) and I immediatly grabbed a basket. I tend to have a short attention span and get cranky, whereas Mike is darting all over the place looking at things we've looked at four times, or discovering a new corner. To my amazement, they DO have awesomet things. And everything is 50% off? What kind of place is this? A Christian store...

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Long story short we snagged some sweet booty for like $40 that is really going to add to the style and design of the wedding. Granted, I'm not really sure what style/design we're going for at this point but we're full of ideas and have the merchandise to match!

We picked up a large glass jar for the "Candy Bar." We will actually be borrowing four penny candy jars from Lisa that she used for her son's birthday party. Best.Mom.Ever! Also for the "Bar" we picked up some little easels and chalkboards to write directions and the candy types. We will be doing a mock-up closer to the wedding! Now we just have to decide on the candy types but I found a fabulous website of Old Fashioned Penny Candy that is reasonable so I'm very excited! We plan on purchasing Chinese takeout containers and putting our monogramed stickers on them and VOILA: favors! So exciting!

We also picked up some decorations for our head table that will be cute as decorations in our home as well....when we get one.... :)

Until next time!

xoxo

100 days! Scatter-brained....

No lies, this is the diary of a scatter-brained bride. For whatever reason I cannot seem to concentrate on one task at a time. I guess I don't feel THAT bad about thinking I'm behind on the wedding stuff because I talked to the friend who does my hair; her wedding is August 6th and she is at the same point we are! One small victory at a time, Kelly....

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That brings me to my topic of the week - 100 day countdown! Remember in grade school when the teacher would announce the 100th day of class and you would do things that had to do with the number 100. Both educational and fun, right? Well there's nothing educational about wedding planning except the fact that Mike and I might be able to start a business with all the planning knowledge we have behind us at this point.

The 100th day countdown to the wedding can only mean one thing - tomorrow we're in double digits! Which only makes me lose it just a little bit. It doesn't help that this is the busiest time at work and I'm sick in the middle of summer but to say I'm stressed would be an understatement. I bought some candles, aromatherepy, and got a facial to deal with the stress but I feel like it's still here...underlying stress....

So just for kicks I thought I'd go over what's left for us. It really isn't anything too terrible that we can't handle but just to get my bearings...

1) Find a ceremony musician. (The church provides one, of course my mom wants to find someone to play the "actual organ".)

2) Tuxes. I think I'm going to have to step in on this one because Mike and the groomsmen went out to Bdubs to get together a couple weeks ago and only talked about shoes, went shopping for Silly Bands, and watched my brother eat 9 of the hottest wings. No, they're not 16. (Well, Marc is 15...) but their median age is 22. If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself...?

3) Bridesmaid dresses - some have ordered. Some have not.

4) Florist - need one. Cheap one.

5) Table decs - we're doing these ourselves but we keep going back and forth about what we want....

6) Invites - have been ordered but we'll need to be stuffing and sending these soon.

7) Honeymoon - still can't decide.

8) Finalize menu with the Hyatt

9) Make church decorations - more info to follow on those!

10) Make flower girl's gift

11) Bridal party gifts (we know what we're getting we just haven't gotten them yet!)

12) Transportation?! - *silent scream*

13) Complete Pre-Cana. We're signed up, just have to make sure we show up and get the certificate! :) (And learn something!)

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I'm sure I'm missing things but, as I said before, scatterbrained bride cannot seem to think of what these are! A lot of things are on our completed list however!

1) Venue booked

2) Ceremony booked (Church)

3) Dj Booked

4) Photographer booked

5) Invites ordered (pics to follow)

6) Save the Dates sent

7) Makeup artist picked (trial to follow)

8) Ceremony singer booked

9) Bridal Dress and Veil purchased (fittings and alterations to follow) shoes purchased too!

10) Shower booked! (August 7th!)

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So most of the HUGE BIG things are done. Just little things to do. Hopefully that makes us feel a little better. Mike's coming over tonight for pizza and we're going to go over everything wedding! We're going to check our lists twice! Updates to hopefully follow :)

xoxo,

Scatterbrained Bride