So I'm going to put a few of my ideas down here in writing, maybe it will help me to get more productive. I want to do alot but I guess I look at the tasks at hand and get a little scared as to where to start.

So one idea I have for the ceremony is I want to decorate every other aisle with feather pomanders. A fellow knottie named Jo did it for her wedding and I love them, their different than the flower pomanders you see.

They look great and Jo said they were simple and easy to make, she was kind enough to share her instructions with me and this is a taks I know I can handle.

I need to think of what I can do for the alter decoration, I like the tall branches but I'm not sure, I also like the arbors with hanging flowers or draping. I need to ponder more on this...off to google images.

I finished them, I have my first DIY done. I really liked how they turned out. I will be so happy to see them on the top of my cake, whatever that may be..LOL.

Oh and I bought two more but they're the bigger ones. Maybe I'll use them on one of the extra display tables or something, I couldn't pass them up they were on clearance at Michael's for like $2.

I spend the day with my mom and we met with some linen peeps....more about that later!

After lunch we stopped in Michael's, now it was just to look. I have a few ideas of DIY items but I really wanted to JUST LOOK. I passed by an end cap and starring right there back at me were the cutest ceramic birds. I just had to have them and best of all they were only $1.99 ea.

Now they came in white only and they have these holes on the side, the white is paintable but the holes I'm just not sold on yet. I plan to pain them red then re-bake them and see how the holes look then. If anything else I can fill them with something later if I choose too.

So, what am I going to use these for you ask....the cake topper. I wanted something different, no letters, no flowers....the feathered birds were too whimsical for my taste, these fit the bill perfectly.

Here they are in all their glory (unpainted of course).

The engagement party is not going down this weekend, we're having to push it back because of a death in the family. We did reschedule it for Saturday, May 30th. So I do have that to look forward to.

I did realize that I have a year now...a year from now I will be Mrs. Lewis. I am so excited to really get started. This is now officially the beginning of my planning process....I got the venue and now I need to move on and tackle more.

Wish me luck!!!

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.

Since we have not decided on a venue yet I figured I could post some of the ideas I'm working on. We (or shall I say I) decided on a theme and Justin is fine with it. I wanted something that could represent us, be a little whimsical but yet have a meaning and I found that with.......

Love Birds

I had seen a real wedding on the knot that had similiar birds and since I couldn't get those a very kind graphic designer created them for me. I love them.

Here is a sneak peak of them, you actually have already seen them, you just don't realize it. {points up to blog header & giggles} I created a little label that I may or may not use but I do think it turned out cute.