The Dress

I've had my dress hanging on my closet door for a good part of the past week.

Zipped up of course.

(Again, forgive my iPhone photo quality)

But poor Jordan.  Temptation to look at the dress doesn't get any harder than when it's hanging on a closet in the hallway!

Finally today I had my fitting appointment - Andrea and I went to a place in Arvada called The Wedding Seamstress.  And this lady is THE wedding seamstress.   And totally affordable!  I am so relieved to have this taken care of!

Next on the list is designing invitations.  My vision is simple and clean.  With a big flower in the corner with a pop of color.  Val recommended a few at Paper Source.  See below.  You can also order the pink flower as a stamp which is brilliant - we could carry the graphic throughout other items for the wedding.

Andrea found this fabulous printing store in Littleton (can't remember the name) - I am hoping to take some design ideas to the store this weekend or next week.  If anyone has a simple flower graphic in mind, send it my way please!

 

Slacker

I am a total blog-slacker lately!

Was on The Knot reading over my "to-do" list tonight and hyperventilated over how much I have not done (that, according to the list, I should have done two months ago).

Cannot believe we've been engaged for almost 3 months!

Need to get my butt in gear - with blogging and actual wedding planning!

More later.

In the meantime, I hope you find humor in the picture below! (Forgive the horrible quality.  I took a picture of the Denver Post with my iPhone - I recommend clicking on the picture for a close-up!)

This is of Jordan and I at Sloan Lake halfway through the race to be Hitched in the Highlands!  The look on our faces cracks me up!  

Jordan's sheer look of determination.

The look of horror on my face.

Shoes

I adore these. Do you? Adore. No idea where they were bought.

Let's admire them from afar.

Family Tree | Gift Idea

For your parents ... for your inlaws ...

In fact, I might make one for Wayne for father's day (I hope he doesn't read this?!)

Found here
Via Here

Non Traditional Boutonniere (can be cuter than the real thing)

Found here: Yellow Boutonniere

~ refreshing ~

Something about this Ann Taylor dress is SO refreshing. It is like a sweet glass of lemonade! Bad news…they do not have color swatches available but they recommended ordering a “sash” to get an idea. Just an thought…

-Andrea

Splash of Color to Keep Me Warm

Should be working right now but I'm waiting for a few packages of samples to be delivered. He gave me a 2 hour window of 8-10a.m. Ri-dic-ulous! So what does a girl do? Blog, of course.

A few updates:

• Pretty much set on the Heritage Todd Creek Golf Club as the reception site - working on the menu to finalize the logistics and date.
• Also found a beautiful church fairly close to HTCGC - the staff was amazingly friendly and we are coordinating our marriage classes now!
• .....Unless we win Hitched in the Highlands on Sunday (totally will)
• And if that happens, I no longer have to worry about any of this!

Regardless of where we get married, I figure I am going to need a cute lil' cardigan to keep me warm at the reception. An easy way to add in color without getting anxiety and changing my mind. :)

All Cardigans @ Anthropologie

What do you think? Too casual? Should I look for something dressier? Ideas?

I SO wish I could post a picture of my beautiful dress on the blog. My lovely fiance reads my blog (Aww!) and I would die if he saw it.

But just a hint. It is a Melissa Sweet.

Another Guest Book Idea

Okay this one I LOVE.

{Jasmine Star Photography}

Okay so what you do is - have a large selection of postcards in a bowl for guests to sign [as the guest book]. Then, have someone {Mom, I'm volunteering you! :) } mail 1-2 postcards/per week to Jordan and I. This way, we have special reminders of our wedding day throughout our first year of marriage.

Isn't this amazing? So creative! And a great way to remind Jordan and I how special our wedding day was, what amazing friends and family we have, and the love we share.

Anyone Home?

I'll be the first to admit that I am an op-in-ion-ated gal. I love opinions. Starts conversation. Gives me ideas. Makes me think. Unless of course, your opinion is wrong.

Just kidding!

Really - I love your opinions. Yeah you, reading this! So, what do you think? Could ya show me some l o v e and leave some comments? I would love to hear what you think of my oh-so-exciting wedding planning from everyone reading out there!

A gal only gets married once, ya know. And I want to make the planning as much fun as possible!

Love,
Linz

Hitched in the Highlands

Just a quick update on Hitched in the Highlands.

Well.

We didn't . . .

Just kidding.

We were chosen!!!! (Did I have ya fooled there? Even for a second?)

Jordan and I were 1 of 10 couples chosen to compete to be Hitched in the Highlands!

The race through the Highlands is Sunday, February 28 at 9a.m. (fans welcome). I'm thinking over the next week I'll be watching a lot of re-runs of the Amazing Race. We. Must. Win.

The winning couple will win a wedding worth over $22,000 (No, that's not a typo) and the oh-so-generous-amazing-adorable folks that are donating the prizes include:

5280 Magazine, Anna Be, David Lynn Photography, Happy Cakes, The Wedding Seamstress, Fries the Moment Design, Kiran Browner, Kismet, Highlands Smiles, Little Man IceCream, Lola, Love Hair, Magnolia Hotel, Mile High Station, Mondo Vino, Fallico Wine, Plum Sage Florist, Pout Beauty, Road Runner Sports, Tootsies, Rebelle, Wordshop.

I KNOW, right? Long-winded list! Let the games begin!