Modern Bride

I bought my *first* bridal magazine today... I'm under the impression that it's some kind of right of passage or something... so I did it. I was at the grocery store trying to somewhat stock my kitchen (as I've been out of town for 2 weeks and everything in my fridge is moldy... including fake crab meat... I found that odd), and I saw two bridal magazines at the check out. I had NO idea which one to get, so, being the budget minded woman I am, I bought the cheap one! lol The Aug/Sept issue of Modern Bride.

I flipped through it and I have to say, I'm a little disappointed. There were a few cool things/ideas in there (which I'll share at the end of this post) but, for the most part I was not overly impressed. And, is it a bad sign that I only found a couple dresses that I 'liked' and none that I LOVED?

I have noticed that, as far as the wedding planning/dreaming process has gone, I've thought about EVERYTHING except "The Dress"... I'm wondering what that means. A couple people have asked me style of dress I want... I have very little idea... and, for the most part, I don't even know the NAMES for the styles! lol I know the "mermaid" and I know I DON'T want that... and I don't want anything TOO poofy... but that's about as far as my descriptive talents go in this area. I was hoping the magazine would help me out a bit... not so much. What's a good magazine to get to peruse dress styles?



** Here are some of the items/ideas that I found in the magazine that I DID like though... =)

The "XShot". I am FOREVER taking arm-extended self portraits... this would be FANTASTIC for the honeymoon! lol


Personalized M & Ms! I hadn't really put that much thought into wedding favors. I think the personalized matchbook covers/napkins are kinda a waste of money, and, up until this point I figured we wouldn't have favors, but I think this is sooo cute! Maybe just but a bunch and put a bowl of them on each table or something! =)


David's Bridal, style F13408. I really want to put my bridesmaids in a dress that they will wear again. I don't want them to pay a bunch of money for a hideous dress that's going to goodwill the next time they clean out their closet. So, I want my bridesmaids dressed in dressed that don't look like bridesmaids dresses! lol Plus, I want something short and cute. I like this one! Except for my MOH... I think I might put her in something more like this:

** Love you Josie! lol

Jessica McClintock gown, style 21194 Celine. This looked better on pg. 89 of the magazine, but this was the only shot I could find of it online. So, I would probably never wear this dress, but it DID catch my attention... and then I saw it was only $238 and that grabbed it more! =)


Private Label by G, Style 1370... so I really like this dress... I'm sure I wouldn't like the price tag though...

New Favorite Wedding Blog!

This is the first wedding blog that I've found and read EVERY SINGLE POST... lol.. I love it! It's a blog written by a GROOM. He's hilarious and I actually laughed out loud a few times! I passed it along to my fiance, and I hope he's able to enjoy it and perhaps help with the wedding planning/dreaming a bit more! lol

**The picture is the link!

Video Save the Dates

Jacob and I are not planning on sending out save the dates (we don't really see the point), but I found this on my new favorite wedding blog and thought it was awesome! =)

STDs

Ok.... for all you bride bloggers out there... abbreviating your "Save the Dates" in this way is not good... lol. I have seen numerous blog titles along the lines of "What to do about our STDs" and "Unique STDs"... for the love of wedding planning goodness, please just spell out these words! lol

Unique Cake Toppers

I ran across these comical cake toppers from beau-coup.com today.... I love them! I want one! =)

Reception Site Down the Crapper

Well... our super simple reception site is not going to be as super simple as we'd originally thought. Jacob's parents have a house on the beach in a 5 house "neighborhood" which are primarily used as vacation rental houses. There is a BIG field/yard in front of four of the houses that we were hoping to be able to use for the reception site... but apparently all of the neighbors are not fond of the idea of a wedding party on their property so... back to the drawing board. We are looking for a cute, simple, CHEAP reception site somewhere between Newport and Florence, Oregon. A community center, someone's big back yard, a city park... whatever!

Thank goodness we have miles of possible beach for the actual ceremony! =)

Rebellion!

Ha Ha Ha! I'm back up in BC for a few weeks (sans Jacob) and, since I have no chaperone, it's 11:30 PM and I'm looking at WEDDING BLOGS! *evil smile*

Along my search I started to "follow" a TON more fellow bloggers, and also found this Tacky Weddings site... pretty funny.... =)