J'adore decor

I'm finally getting organized. The wedding is just more than three months away. A couple of my ladies and I are getting together tonight to discuss decoration strategies and start cranking out some of the craftier aspects of the plans.

Flower time

Cristen and I are going to pick out flowers in the morning. Like everything else color-related so far, I'm having a hard time deciding. I think it will end up being a lot of whites, but I really want one big red poppy. We'll see how hard it is to get a poppy in January in Fargo. ;)

Here's my inspiration:

Photos courtesy of The Knot, Lovely Day, Style Me Pretty, Martha Stewart

Engagement photos

My very talented friend, Chris Franz, took our engagement photos a couple of weeks ago. They turned out fantastic.

The venue

Our wedding and reception will be at the Usher's House in Moorhead.





The back part of the building is completely windows and looks gorgeous in the winter. It should be perfect for an wedding at dusk.



The front part of the building (above) is where we will hold the dance after moving the tables off the floor.

The event coordinator has been great at helping me visualize and figure out ways to make the space work really well for what we are doing.

The only problem for the time being is that the building is right along the Red River and floods most years. But rest assured, it's stood through many floods, and if it made it through last year then this year shouldn't be too hard.

Bought my dress

My mom came to town today and went to the Bridal Shop with me to see the finalists Cristen and I had selected. I got the one that I loved. I'm still kind of in shock over spending so much on something you wear once. But, I guess, you only get married once, too.

Next on the list is finalizing our wedding party. Info and bios to come!

Color inspiration

After I posted the colors the other day, I kind of struggled with whether or not I really liked them. I've tweaked them endless times, making the coral a little less pink and a tad more orange. The turquoise has gotten darker, lighter, greener and bluer. So I went back to the things that inspired me to pick those colors in the first place: Vintage appliances. Why? I don't know, they're just pretty.



So (for now) I'm sticking with the colors at the top.

The ring

Whoa, whoa. Sorry, I should have probably done this first. Let's back up the wedding planning for a second to show the ring.

Color time

After much debate and tweaking of the shades, I've decided on our wedding colors. Since we're getting married around the holidays, it's a sort of variation on Christmas.

We picked a date and everything else sort of fell into place

Troy and I are getting married on Jan., 1, 2011, also known as, 1.1.11 in Moorhead, Minn.

I have sort of plunged right into the planning, so I'll post updates on here as things are decided.