Take a deep breath…
I have purchased the black lace.
And didn’t wake up in a panic this morning.
Ah… bliss.
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Disaster Thwarted
Monday, May 25th, 2009Things that wake me up from a deep sleep
Sunday, May 24th, 2009- My cat stomping on my face, and if it’s a good night, there will be some drool involved
- Chet, knocking me out of bed
- Dougs’ toilet flushing
- Diesel trucks starting way too early in the morning
- Realizing that my shoes, my perfect, perfect shoes don’t match my dress.
Uh huh. You read that right. Saturday morning, I woke up from a deep, deep sleep realizing that my dress won’t match my shoes. I was so ticked.
I then went on to realize that if I have this beautiful chocolate brown lace, it won’t match the black that I’ve asked my bridal brigade and grooms men (and groom) to wear. And, on top of that, if the shoes don’t match, what kind of shoes will I find to wear?!
AhHHHHHHhhhHHhHHhHHH!!!
Okay, not even kidding, I have had some serious stuff go wrong in this wedding planning, none of which I have written in this blog, so keep that in mind.
But, I am freaking out over lace? Over lace?! Are you kidding me?
Well, yes, I am. I don’t know why, but this is what my brain has decided to be stuck on. The fact that I am wearing brown lace, which doesn’t go with black or my shoes… (Again, I have no idea…)
So, we’re going back to the store today, I believe, to purchase black lace and take back the brown.
I feel so special. No, really, I do.
And… we have fabric
Friday, May 22nd, 2009Phew. What a crazy couple of days.
When I first e-mailed my aunt about my wedding dress she was very reluctant.
In fact, the conversation went something like this:
“Hey Aunt Jan! I was wondering if it would be possible for you to make my wedding dress.”
“I can’t believe you would have that much confidence in me… I will have to look at the pattern… I’m honored you would ask, but, I made Kari’s attendants dresses and don’t know about this…” (Keep in mind that Jan lives in Indiana and I am in Texas, soon to be Nebraska)
I then convinced her she could do this, especially after I showed her this. She felt a lot more comfortable when she realized we could do a muslin mock up (and should) before putting together the dress.
It also took a lot of me saying “this is just a dress. don’t think about it as a ‘wedding dress’. It’s just a dress.” See, I have this very laissez-faire approach to our wedding. In the end, all that I care about it Chet and I being married. And we will be. It doesn’t matter what we’re wearing, who’s beside us, what is served at the dinner, if my hair is done by a professional, if we have centerpieces, if we 1000 cranes; it doesn’t matter. We will be married, and that is all that I care about. The end.
But, it’s been awesome working on this dress.
In total, we’ve* done 4 mock up tops. And now, she has perfected the top, and got the size(s)** right and fitting. Today, she added the skirt to it.. and it’s amazing!! Oh, I am so excited about this, and know that it was the absolute right thing to do.
So, this evening, we picked up her daughter for a girls night and made our way to the fabric store. I picked out the material we’re going to use, the lace we’ll use to decorate, and everything else.
Total? $130.00
Yeah, that’s right. That is my wedding dress, which cost me $130.00. How amazing is that? And the best part is that we’ve designed it so that I can wear it again; it doesn’t scream “I AM A WEDDING DRESS!!!!”.
Now, you want pictures, right?
Well, too bad. I’m going to keep the dress a secret from Chet. I’ve wrestled with this idea, of whether to do it or not, but I think I’m going too. I think it’ll be fun to surprise him with it’s beautiful-ness on our wedding day. So there.
However,if you would like to see pictures (and promise not to tell Chet) I will send them to you. E-mail me at nmlozano {at} gmail {dot} com. But, since I know you’re dying for a pciture, here’s one:
My future in-laws. Chet’s in the tie, Sissi is next to me, Reid is behind me and Chet’s brothers are on the end
My family. My aunt (who’s making the dress) is behind my mom in the tan dress. Charlotte, my dear, dear friend is next to Jan in the back.
All from my graduation!!
*Please know that when I say “we” I mean, she. I haven’t done a dang thing except keep her company.
**Those effing sizes are bs. According to them, I range in size from 16 to 28. Fo’ real.
What I Want
Monday, May 18th, 2009On Saturday… I graduated.
I am now an official alumna of Sam Houston State University. I’m going to miss it.
So, of course with graduating, we had parties all week long that we went too. And from each of these events, I took something away that I want for our shin-dig.
At all of these places, we realized how much we wanted to just relax. At these parties, it was achieved (and brilliantly, might I add!). At the Stardust Room it was cheap drinks and good friends to laugh with. At Doug’s graduation party, it was a picnic with his family and Chet’s family. Lots of wonderful DIY stuff that made it special. At mine, it was casual and lovely.
My parents (and Aunt and Charlotte) rented a lakehouse and decorated it in a beautiful way. When we walked in, there were candles and family waiting to surprise me.
And all of these atmospheres are what we want to accomplish… somehow.
Don’t know how, but we will.
For now, I am in Indiana with Jan, and we are working on my dress over the next two weeks. Yup, she is creating my wedding dress. I am just avoiding being stuck by pins and making her laugh so much she’s losing her voice. It’ll be a great vacation.
Hi… my name is Nicole
Friday, May 8th, 2009…and I have a dress problem*
See, it all started when I saw this image from Julie Ke and Jonny’s wedding:
Tell me, is this not beautiful? I fell in love with her dress… and then I saw the bridesmaids dresses.
All pictures can be found here (including pictures of her gorgeous wedding!)
Okay, seriously. Aren’t these gorgeous? I love them. But there are two issues:
1.) I do not have bridesmaids that I can tell to purchase these dresses thank-you-very-much
2.) I can’t find them anywhere! Seriously. I have looked and looked and looked. Which is what has created my problem.
So, I thought that I would share with you pictures of dresses I like and would probably order my ‘maids to where, if I had had formal ones.
Enjoy!
This is nothing like the ones above, but it’s still purrrty.
Now we’re talking. Isn’t this and this gorgeous?And all for less than $100!
Here
This one is my favorite. I would love to have all of my girls dressed in it…
(all dresses [and more!] can be found at: Nordstroms)
See, here’s my problem with telling my girls that they have to wear certain things. One reason is because I can’t justify asking my wonderful college friends to spend about $100 on a dress they may or may not wear again. The second is because I don’t know if they will be hanging out with us during the ceremony. And if they aren’t.. well, why tell them they have to wear something?
But, my inner control freak is screaming “tell them what to wear! you must be in control! this is not right!!” But, I tell her to shut up, drink a martini and let go.
Because in the end, Chet and I will be married, and that is what really matters.
(Sidenote: I am telling them to all wear black cocktail dresses though. hehe. My justification is the fact that they can choose something that they , and as a bonus, they will wear it again.)