Friday, June 6, 2014

Branford House RW: Katie Slater

TGIF!!!!!

This week has been one of the longest ever….but now it is Friday! This weekend all of our friends will be getting together in Newport for Stonge and Ina's wedding - the official kick-off to our wedding season!

To help get myself out of work mode and into wedding mode, I'm going to share this beautiful Branford House real wedding from Katie Slater photography with you, that I found on TWD's blog earlier this week!  Even on a rainy day, the Branford House is a stunning backdrop. (I'm still crossing my fingers for sun!)

Check out the blog for all of the images!  But here are a few of my favorites below…








Tuesday, June 3, 2014

The June List: 2 Months to go!!!

This weekend our friends from college Stonge and Ina are getting married in Newport!  We can NOT wait to celebrate with them and enjoy our long weekend with friends :)  The craziest part, is that their wedding date is exactly 2 months before ours! {!!!}  I remember when we set our date feeling like their wedding, never mind ours, was so far away….and here it is!!  Let the fabulous madness that is this summer begin! I can not wait.

Anywayyyy, that being said…let's see what is on our plate for June.

The JUNE List:
First: the things that are rolling over..
Buy Ant's belt
Build all lawn games {groom will be doing this, but still!}
- Make all table #s 
- Start looking for Find MOTB dress 
- Finalize menu for rehearsal dinner
- Decide on rehearsal dinner invites & order
- Send out friendly reminders about the hotel room block!
Now: the new things on the list for this month…
- Send out invitations {both rehearsal dinner and wedding}
- Complete FOTB & FOTG outfits
- Go shopping for rehearsal dinner "things" {everything but the food & drink}
- Celebrate my bridal shower!!!
- Finish paint & names for place cards
- Mock up seating chart
- Finalize key songs
- Pick a date to meet with DJ in July
- Send email to Noreen about flowers
- Pay balance for honeymoon
- Get in touch with caterer about drink menu
- Contact Mystic Market re: cake stand size
- Hair trial!!!
- Second dress fitting
- Wedding signage
- Book transportation
- Bridal party gifts 100%

…..ahhhhhhh.  This is the first time a list has seemed a bit overwhelming for me.  Not because it's actually stressful - but just because there is only one month left I can let the items roll over into! Can we just discuss for a minute again how crazy that is.

I can't wait for things at work to slow down a bit, so I can starting checking things off this list, and hopefully even get a little ahead into my July list!  Thank you in advance to all of the wonderful people who are going to help make that happen!!

I'm going to leave you with a few more pics of my weekend - because it was so marvelous...

We LOVE having visitors at the house! 



We got our first REAL {aka, Rhode Island} beach visit of the season in this weekend also!  I love playing tourist in my home state.

Selfie with the best man!



and lastly…if you follow me on instagram, then you know I already got a jumpstart on the June list last night!!!  How handsome are these two??


What do you have planned for June???

Monday, June 2, 2014

The May List: Recap

I'm pretty sure May came and went over the course of about 48 hours.  Being sick for a week didn't help, but it was legit the fastest month ever!  I have a feeling the next two are going to be just as quick.  We did a decent job with our list, and I'm going to have to be very aggressive with my next couple of lists…since there are only a couple left!!!!  We have SO many activities over the next couple of months it's going to take a lot of team work to make everything happen on time.  and I am so so excited about all of it!!

So, back to May…let's look at how we did.

The MAY List:
Coffee or BH visit with Pat - discuss ceremony music & other song ideas - done and done! We still have some songs to decide on but we walked through the BH with Pat and have a good idea of layout! and agreed on a few key songs :)
- Buy Ant's belt - not done.  A trip to the outlets will be necessary soon.
- Send updated timeline stuff to Rachel - done!!  We're on the same page with all of the pre-ceremony aspects of the timelinenow we just need to work out all the nitty gritty during the reception.
- Book videographer - DONE! Sing and dance and clap your hands.  It would be appropriate.
- Pay $xxx.xx of our honeymoon balance - Done! Trying to take advantage of our CC rewards so we're paying in chunks.  But we did reach out initial goal for May payments.
- Buy my shoes - DONE! Another one that involves a little singing and dancing as I cross it off.  You all read plenty about that process already :)
- Build all lawn games {groom will be doing this, but still!} - startedbut not yet complete.
- Send email to groomsmen about shoes/belts/shirts - Done!  The guys have all the details they need to complete their outfits, which makes me feel wayyyyy better.
- Schedule hair trial - Done! and coming up in just two weeks!!!
- Make all table #s - Not 100% done, I knew that was an aggressive goalbut they are all purchased and painted! Now we need to complete the photos and assemble them.
- Start looking for MOTB dress - Not done, but we have a date to go looking!
- Take at least one dad suit shopping - Sort of cheating…but we have decided that a suit my dad owns will work perfectly! He just needs to get it tailoredand we have a date to go shopping with Ant's dad this coming week.
- Finalize menu for rehearsal dinner - Not 100% done.  We have contacted the BBQ place and gotten initial info, we just need to hash out the rest of the final menu.
- Decide on rehearsal dinner invites - Not done…I am putting way too much thought into them, I'm pretty sure.  Hoping to make a quick decision and move on with that one this week!
- Decide if I need to see a seamstress about my rehearsal dinner dress - Done.  I don't!
- Send out friendly reminders about the hotel room block! Not done… just slacking.  We will be trying to get that done before the wedding we are going to next weekend!
- Look into transportation options - Done! Research is all done…just need to make a decision and book it :)
- Celebrate our one year engagement anniversary!!! - Done! We had a fabulous day together.

A few shots of some of the DIY items from our list this month!


shoreline bride ct

shoreline bride ct

We got to see my mom and grandfather for lunch this weekend - it was beautiful out and the Madison Beach Hotel has such a nice patio!





How was your May???