Purple and Pearls

I know I say this every month, but seriously who is stealing time!?

I can’t believe we’re only 4 months away from our wedding day, it doesn’t seem real sometimes.   Has told me he’d been thinking about his speech last night and had half written it in his head by the time he’d fallen asleep.  On one hand it feels like there is still forever to wait, especially as the weather has been so gorgeous lately November feels ages away.  Then when I think about all the things we have left to do and how fast time has already gone, 4 months really doesn’t feel too long away at all!

We have our pre-wedding shoot on Sunday which we are both a little nervous about, I just really hope the photos turn out well!  I have a plan for the pictures, which depends on a couple of things and as long as it all works out I’ll share my ideas on Purple and Pearls.

I was determined to finish our invites in June and whilst they’re not 100% complete we did put in a lot of work to get them to where they are now.

We’re intending on sending these out at the end of July/beginning of August so these are top priority this month.

We also began work out the order of services.  I printed out 88 Chrysler Buildings on to thick pearlescent ”Morphing Mauve” card and Suzie and I roughly cut them out until we can spend longer on the more intricate corners.

I also printed out all of our evening invitations and have bought more pearlescent ”Morphing Mauve” card from PDA Card and Craft to back them.

Not on our “to do list” last month but also very important was to finish booking our honeymoon hotels.  I’m very pleased to say we have now booked Seattle, San Francisco and Hawaii with only Dallas still to go.

In July I am looking to…

• Finish, address and send out our day invitations… (exciting!)
• Finish cutting out and back the evening invitations.
• Cut out the Chrysler Buildings.
• Smooth down chalkboard hearts and attach ribbon. (I can also start to write out the names of people I know are going to 100% attend, like me and Has!)
• Tackle a few paint jobs I have to finish.
• Continue the search for bridesmaids shoes. (This maybe more of an autumn task as it’s all about the strappy sandal at the moment, which I don’t think would be suitable.  Frost-bitten toes anyone?!
• Book our Dallas hotel.

I really want to focus on the DIY projects this month.  Ideally I want everything to be completed before September.  Most of our weekends are taken up by various events this month, including a friends wedding this Saturday, a craft fair, 2 birthdays and another festival at the end of the month.  Busy busy!