Since we finally have a date and a venu, my mom and Justin's mom decided it would be a good time to host an Engagement party for us. It's going to be just my family and his plus our wedding party. This way it will give all my family a chance to meet all of his family. We'll also use the evening to announce our wedding party.

It's not until May 2nd but here are the invitations I designed for it, very simple. I love damask and since it's so popular with weddings I just knew it wasn't something I wanted throughout my wedding so this was my way to get to use damask.

Can you believe it, I barely can. This was such a hard process. We are having our wedding and reception at The Gallery.

Because we waited to make a decision our original wedding date of May 15th, 2010 was already taken. So we had to change our date to May 1st, 2010. I never knew how far in advance these wedding venues book but at least they still had dates in May available.

Now the wedding plans can really begin. I am so excited to start.