I haven't worked on this blog since I started it! I'm so ashamed... But, honestly, I've gotten so much wedding prep done, I should be proud. We've got about 40 days to go, and are in full steam ahead mode. I'll update more tomorrow, but in the meantime, check out my wedding web page on The Knot...

http://weddings.theknot.com/pwp/pwp2/view/MemberPage.aspx?coupleId=3244194593673747

The Details

To tell you a little more about me...

I'm in my mid twenties, and far from figuring out where my life will take me. I recently quit my soul sucking position as a telephone operator for a major telecommunications company, with the Boy promising I could rest easy for a while and he'd support me. He said this approximately one month before being let go from his job as a corporate headhunter. Now neither of us has a full time job, and money is tight. We're both looking, but I refuse to rejoin the ranks of anonymous agents being battered by confused clients (alliteration, anyone?). So I'm looking for a position that is well paying and interesting to me. In today's economy, I know this probably won't happen for a while. But I'm still on Craigslist and the local newspaper's website every day, searching the job listings for something that won't make me literally sick to my stomach. In the long run, I'd like to go to college, then law school, then work downtown as a contract lawyer. But school takes money. Money that we just don't have right now. So I'm working on it.

In the meantime, there's this wedding thing. I'm what you'd call a "crafty" bride. I love the D.I.Y. movement, I love Craftster.org and the people who make it cool, I love sewing my own clothes and reconstructing vintage threads from the thrift shops. I crochet, I paint, I make earrings out of buttons and records into popcorn bowls. Most of the furniture in our little house has been painted, reupholstered, made from scratch, or repurposed in some way. I've known since I was six that my wedding would have a lot of handmade details.

I'm lucky that handmade often equals cost effective, and I plan on making our wedding as small as I can get away with (we both have a LOT of family that would cry if they weren't invited) but still charming and memorable (and not for its tacky plastic chairs or endless readings).

Check back as I provide more details about what I'll be doing myself, and what my family members and friends will be doing to help out... I'll also include vendor details and crafty ways to save money without losing what's important to you.

256 Days To Go...

It seems like I have all the time in the world, but I know by many bridal planning strategies I'm hopelessly behind... I have a million ideas, but I'm stuck holding off on most of them until something else happens. I can't finalize my guest list or figure out catering until I've settled on a venue, I can't sew the bridesmaid dresses until January because I don't want to have to do more than one alteration (a couple weeks before the big day), and I can't choose a photographer until I've finalized my budget, which will have to wait until the Boy gets his new job (whatever it may be... he is currently hunting). I'm so lucky to have an amazing partner-in-crime in my only brother's fiance, Katie, who will talk wedding to me for hours without frustration or complaint. At the same time, I think this blog will help me organize my thoughts, plans, and all the amazing resources I've found online. I'll try to keep it interesting, and if I can inspire or entertain even one person, than I'll consider this blog worthwhile. Thanks for checking it out, I'll update often.