LadyZak

This is what I am using (I think) We are doing a casual bbq as well, but we are having a specific eating time... Love makes life a paradise... Jennifer and Shane joined hearts and were married in The Mayan Riviera, Mexico February 02, 2009 join us for a Casual Summer Mexican Barbeque(You might even see the groom barbeque) June 20, 2009 Starting at 5:30 p.m.Dinner starts at 6:30 (With slideshow, pictures and dancing afterwards) At the ___________________________

Hi Girls I have been meaning to post the new ones I ended up making, after seeing some that some of the other girls have made and what I liked. I just never had a chance before we got married. (the first ones I put up were to white against my dress as I went back to my first one after I got it altered) With my shoes on

My mom isn't coming to mine either, (now there is other reasons beyond monetary, but that is how is started out) and it is hard, but we decided to push on and do what we wanted for our day. I like the skype idea though (I might see if we can do it ) I have used it - my fiancée works out of town alot and we have discovered it works really well, and my dad and I use it as well - it will just be getting my mom to be able to download it and figure it out in the next week.

Your dress is lovely, you look gorgeous in it. I like it with the bustle up. but in the end up to you

Your dress is lovely, you look gorgeous in it. I like it with the bustle up. but in the end up to you

Ok so I have had my mental breakdown and I think I am going to see if I can get my first dress altered - I think what it is, is the 2nd dress does not feel "princessy" enough. And we all want to feel like a princess on our day right? If I cant well it is fine, I like the second dress, but I think I would rather use it for the reception. But we will see what happens

Thanks Ladies I am sure it is all nerves, I am just feeling tired, overwhelmed. Just want this stupid move over with. I am getting annoyed at the stupidest things... I will try it with my hair and make up done. I dont like my first dress really at all on me... Maybe it would be different once I saw it altered but right now i hate it.... I dont right now....

Ok so we leave in about 3 and half weeks and as I have posted before - I had to get another dress I was not going to have to alter, (or at least not alot) and I had fallen in love with this one dress. So I got it, but now feel like I look like a grandma or something... I know the style is good for me and I loved it when i found it, just not sure why I am questioning it now. Maybe it is just nerves? Or could have been that my moms comment was love the dress, hate the hair (it was -30 i was travelling by bus, I had a hat on for like 3 hrs) So maybe now I relate that comment to the dress... AGHHHH What do you think...

HI I'm in Edmonton right now, but in the (very long) process of moving back to Vancouver.

Good luck that sucks - their shipping costs are crazy as it was, I wanted to get something and the shipping was almost as much as the product. I hope they can do something for you.

Those are very pretty, I am not that talented, simple was better. Good luck to your mom, I am sure they will look fabulous

Quote: Originally Posted by klopez i was going to do the same...spent about an hour and a half in michael's deciding on beads and getting all the other stuff....got home and said "forget it" and returned everything the next day! GO ME!!!!! HAHA LOL I understand - I thought about it as well. But in the end glad I did it, but then again with everything goinn on with our move I have the time right now....

Quote: Originally Posted by heather007 Looks great!!!! I'm currently working on mine too, except I keep changing my mind on what I like!!!! ~~ I understand that, I did that too - serveral times, I actually have about 3 different "samples" but in the end they are the ones I liked the best. But tore it out like 100 times just to get it right....

Ok so I love the look of the beaded footless sandals but i refuse to pay 80$ or more for them. So I decided to try myself. I really like them, so going to work on the second one now

So I have finally had a chance to put the pictures up here, I made my BM necklaces and bracelets - though realizing the pictures are not super clear, And with moving right now, not positive where they are, I think they might be in Vancouver already (I hope) One has blue cat's eye's beads and pink crystals and the other has pink cat's eyes beads and blue crystals.

Ok so I had some time, and think I have it figured out - I hope

Ok so I uploaded them to photobucket - I hope that works - I edited my original post, but will also put it here. jlgrid - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

The only way I could figure out how to do it was with word....they are attached

So I was starting to panic a little with everything that had been happening with the move, I kept having to move my dress fitting. But I had seen a dress here in Edmonton that i had fallen in love with but I had refused to have 2 dresses. Well now I do. I just needed a little adjustment that took a day (the original dress needed much more) and the cost was about the same as getting the first one altered (specially since there isnt much time left so they were going to add a "rush" fee - but my own fault really) It is very simple, but elegant, which I love....I am so EXCITED (ignore the hair and no makeup thing and the part where I look terrible) jlgrid - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting - ok try this...

Thanks for the help girls. It got worse yesterday, as I went to leave again (after the car was "fixed") and got about 2 hours out and it started doing the same thing. So I turned abound, and came back and again it got to the point of I could only go 40km - well at one point 20kms and hour -but I made it back -whew So after talking to FI I am just waiting for him to be done this rotation, and we are going to rent a cube van and drive back together - not sure what we are doing with my vehicle yet - he had someone offer him some $$ for it, and we might do that as we dont even know if what it would take to get it certified in BC. But we will see. I can always take transit in Vancouver - it is pretty good there. And as for the dress fitting I have cancelled it all together and for about the same cost as they were saying my fitting was going to be - I got a new dress (one i Had seen a while ago and fell in love with, but refused to buy a second dress even though I loved it more then my first one) It needed a minor little alteration, and they say it should be ready tomorrow - yahoo - if I get pictures I will post them. So that is one less stress. Well actually a couple, so now just figuring out things to do with the wedding, try and get some of my diy projects done, if I havent already taken the stuff back Thanks for listening

That sounds amazing, don't worry about what others think or are doing, it is your wedding, do what you want. Would love to see some pics after your wedding.

Thanks girls, Well I am mostly packed now, so that is a good thing what isnt done can be done very easily when I come back. And apparently the car is fixed so just need to figure out getting it picked up. I am sure it will all be fine in the end. Your right too I just need to make sure we communicating. Not sure if I am going back tonight or not, I have spoken to the person doing my dress fitting and she understands. We are leaving it last min - and if we need to reschedule she is going to fit me in on Friday some how. But with less then a month a way before we leave it worries me. But i am sure it will fine. Thanks again for listening And I like the wine idea - I might just have to take your advice.

I just needed to vent what is happening right now, I feel so overwhelmed and this is really the only safe place I feel I can right now. We are getting married on Feb 2, - leaving Jan 26 and have been living in Edmonton AB and with the economy right now, it does not make sense to rent out our house in Vancouver and live here and rent when jobs come and go for my FI. And right now he is working up north, so why pay rent for a place in Edmonton and a mortgage for our place in Van when we are not even living together. Which is part of the problem, the distance makes it very hard for him to understand what is going on, but I do have to say he does try, but we are (like so many of you) working with a budget and trying to save money. So he will harp on about it alot, which I have to say I dont spend frivolously, but it bugs me that he makes comments when doesn’t know what is going on. Then I feel guilty that I am upset about it.... An example - I got a cab yesterday, after my drive from heck (it is explained below) and it cost about 15$ after the tip - and I got in trouble for that..but honestly I could not think enough to figure out the bus system - Anyway the really reasons stressing me out - As I mentioned we are moving, and FI decided that it makes more sense for me to drive to Edmonton and back 2 times (well will be 3 as I am coming back to meet him when he is done work - and we will empty our storage locker, but he could come back another time to do it, if it came down to it) opposed to renting a truck or movers. So I went to Van on Sat (which is a 12 hr drive through the mountians) and it went fine, no worries - there has been a lot of snow in Vancouver which is weird, but really not too many problems. So I planned on coming back on Sunday and FI has a friend who has a cargo van, which would help I was to meet him around 12-1 at his weekend job to switch cars, well he had not shown up by 130, so I decided i had to go as if i was to go as I needed to be back by the 31st for my dress fitting (yes i was pushing it and knew it, but it was possible) So I was on my way, I hit all kinds of weather, icy roads, and fog - it was not a good drive. Well about 300km (3hrs away or so) from Edmonton my SUV decided to start to act up, and would slow down the go back to normal - hills were brutal and since I was in the mountains kind of hard to avoid. Then about an hour out of Edmonton I could not get my car to go faster then 40 kms per hour - so what should have taken me about a hour took me two and half hours. By the end of it my 12 hour drive turned into 18 hrs. Needless to say I was stressed by the time I got home. I tried to sleep and everyone was calling, so I got up after an hour, and then we figured out what to do about the car and I brought it in to get looked at. Well as it turns out some pipe was plugged and costs about $800 to replace. (though sometimes i am thankful FI talks as much as he does - he was talking to his foreman who it turns out knows the guy who owns the shop and it helped us as they too 100$ off) So anyway we dont have joint accounts yet - and as we are moving I no longer have a job (adds to the stress) so now trying to figure out how to get me the money as he uses credit unions and email transfers can apparently take days.) But hopefully we can work something out with that. I have my dress fitting tomorrow in Vancouver at 2 pm, so if I go tonight and drive all through the night and have no problems, I could make it, but looking at the weather, it is not nice by Vancouver again. So I am not sure if I will make it. I have also been doing all the Christmas shopping ect for both families, I worked up to the 23rd and still have not quite finished all the packing.... Just feeling a little overwhelmed I have no idea if any of this makes sense, but thanks for letting me vent and sorry it is so long

Wow, you did an amazing job. I agree with what many others have said you could definalty sell them if you wanted.

Thanks for the Late lunch idea, we are getting married in Feb 09, but arent having our AHR till June, (just due to schedules ect) And have been debating on what to do about food, I think we both just assumed we needed to have a full sit down dinner. What are you going to have for the lunch? Thanks