Jill’s Blingy, Pearly Earring Challenge
So earlier today, Jill posted about her challenge in finding the perfect pair of earrings for her wedding. I love a shopping challenge so I figured I would do some digging lol. I don’t know if these are what Jill is looking for – but maybe you’ll love one of them so check it out:)
1. $55 from LizardiBridal on Etsy 2. $32 from ExquisiteBride on Etsy 3. $38 from EuropeanBride on Etsy 4. $58 from BelCanto on Etsy 5. $30 from Angelique 6. $90 from PerfectDetails 7. $12 from JewelryStylist 8. $28 from Wedding Sparkles 9. $55 from Emitations 10. $99 from Emitations
O Earrings, Earrings! Wherefore Art Thou O Earrings?
I know this isn’t the end of the world. I mean, seriously, there’s some major bad stuff happening in the world right now. God bless those in Haiti that are still missing loved ones and will have to rebuild their lives from the ground up. God bless those everywhere that are experiencing hunger, abuse, oppression. Please don’t think my bridezilla-ism causes me to forget that the world is bigger than my wedding…
BUT, I am a bride to be, and I think I deserve a second to fuss….
I can not find bridal earrings ANYWHERE. I have a VERY particular pair of earrings floating around my cluttered little brain and I can’t seem to find them. Maybe they don’t exist. Maybe they are merely a fictitious figment of my wedding obsessed imagination.
Here’s what I’m looking for.
• A decent sized drop earring. NOT a chandelier as I worry that chandeliers will be too 2010.
• Not too big.
• Not too small.
• Plenty of bling.
• With a pearl or two to set them off.
• I would LOVE LOVE LOVE it if the drop part of the earring had a big stone surrounded by little ones, like my beautiful e-ring.
• AND I don’t want to spend a fortune. Maybe like $50 or so.
My dear friend and BM Jennifer has graciously lent me her tiara to use as my something borrowed. I’m absolutely overwhelmed at the sentimentality of sharing something so beautiful with a friend I’ve had LITERALLY since birth (our moms met and became bff’s when they were pregnant with us!).
So the earrings I choose must compliment the beautiful tiara. Please, fellow brides to be, do you have ANY ideas???They’d be some sort of amalgamation of these:
SOURCE
(ALMOST perfect, but no pearl)
SOURCE
(REALLY almost perfect, but just a week bit too small and a little weak on the bling)
T-Minus 4 Months
Posted by Jill in Real Weddings on February 6th, 2010
So we are t-minus four months until wedding day. Since I live 10 hours away from where our nuptials will take place, I try to cram as much as possible in to very short visits back to St. Louis. Thankfully, my wonderful employer is sending me to St. Louis to produce a show, I’m leaving tomorrow and I’ll be gone 10 days! Yay! And guess who my wonderful employer is sending along as the director of the show?! My beloved!!!! Double yay!! (Technically, he’s the real producer; I just take notes… triple yay?)
So we have two weekends in St. Louis. That’s NINETY SIX blissful hours of pure wedding planning! (Not to mention the 5 days in between those two weekends which will give me some added time with my wonderful folks!)
I am really getting such a kick out of being a bride to be. I kind of understand why girls cry after the wedding is over. What will I google!? What kind of blogs will I read? What kind of blogs will I WRITE? I’m already a little nostalgic about my wedding and its still FOUR months away. I really hope these feelings make me cherish each second of my wedding day. Not get all fussy about things not going perfectly. Who cares if it rains (eek!). Who cares if the flowers aren’t perfect or the cake is lopsided? What’s important is that I’m marrying the love of my life! Right? Now, please keep reminding me of that as the wedding gets closer! Hehe!
DIY Valentine’s Treat Bags
Posted by Chrys in DIY Weddings on February 5th, 2010
Found via DIYBride, these downloadable projects from Twig & Thistle are adorable. They would make great favor bags for a Valentine’s wedding or really any wedding with a red color scheme. They are also great for a candy buffet, bridal shower favors or sending sweet little treats to your loved one this Valentine’s Day.
Click on the image to find the project on Twig & Thistle
Ooh La La
Posted by Jill in Bridal Gowns & Accessories on February 5th, 2010
Why is it that every day I come across some wedding related beauty that I can not live without? As I was perusing Weddingbee today I found Miss Button’s blog and subsequently fell in love with THIS idea by Etsy seller Megan Hamilton…
Custom sketches of your wedding dress? Hel-lo, explain to me HOW I can live without one!! What a beautiful and significant heirloom. A custom piece of art to remember your special day. I’m SOLD.
Unfortunately my dress is having some custom nips and tucks done to it so I can’t submit mine until mid April. And while I’m on it… MID APRIL!!! That feels so far away. Yes, I am a member of the microwave-give-it-to-me-now culture, patience schmatience and I want to see my dress NOW! haha!
As I wait I have reoccurring dreams that my dress somehow ends up as a train wreck. Like blue sequins COVERING IT. Yes. Blue. Sequins. “I’m sorry, Miss Aluminum Bride, there’s nothing we can do about it, you should have specified what color beads you wanted… how were WE supposed to know that blue beads wouldn’t work with your theme?”. I woke up sweating.
Or how about this one. The dress comes in 7 inches too short. Yes, I saw that happen to a girl on Say Yes to the Dress, and as J always reminds me, I ALWAYS dream what I see on TV. Weird. I know. What would I do? As I said the dress is having custom nips and tucks. In my dream I squat down and walk like a sumo wrestler down the aisle.
Sigh. I know everything will work out. But until then I will worry.
