I am so tired!

I am feeling more Red Bull inspired than I am wedding inspired. In spite of all of my elation that I get to start planning, I'm all like "...what up?" I found a new great blog though! Sane Bride Advice. I read the articles on picking your colors and I  thought I would just pay homage to my own:

Dear Navy Blue and Orange,

Seriously, you're the best. Orange: you come in so many shades and varieties and you lend yourself to the natural nuances of my venue, what could I do without you? And Navy, you! You embrace the greens and brown accents that autumnal New England offers. So, thank you for adding your richness to nature. My dear colors, I cannot wait to see you in all of your glory. (which will be my wedding day, because I am not a Mets fan)

XOXO,
B

I told you I was tired. On the flip side, I think there is some sound reasoning to my love letter. It is the same sound reasoning that goes into what the ladies at Sane were saying: your colors should enhance your environment, not fight it. I am kind of a purist when it comes to the need to respect seasonal colors. I will tell anyone as much as well. Just ask me what I think about black, red and silver for an outdoor wedding set in the middle of July.

I also don't think you should be inflexible with your colors as long as you keep with the same base. I plan on having multiple shades of blue - sans anything crossing the line into the aqua or Tiffany blue region. We won't wage ware on that, royal blues, natural blues and anything with that kind of purple base. For the orange, I am going to steer clear of anything that doesn't look like a natural orange. I am thinking more of a burnt fall-ish color.

That's all I got. Inventory is in a few days and I have a pile of work on my desk. I do have some well reviewed wedding dresses under $500 to share. Soon! In other news, I think I am buying a bike tonight!

hey, bartender!

That's me! I'm behind a bar. It was taken with a blackberry but look at how white my teeth are. Thank you, Crest Premium White Strips. I'm still not even done with them; I horded seven so that I can pump up the brightness in the few days before our e-session next Thursday. So excited!

I am not a bartender, so what am I doing behind that bar? Serving drinks for charity! That sounds more prestigious than it actually is because the charity was my softball team. We need money for equipment! Girl scouts sell cookies, we sell beer. This great Irish Pub, Gael, in the museum's neighborhood allowed me and Andrew (one of the team captains) to get behind the bar and pour some drinks. I was a natural at doing tap beers and I had a quite a knack with the mixed well drinks, but Kevin and Conor (the professionals) kept yelling at me for my heavy hand. Whatever, guys, all I'm saying is that people kept coming back to me! A great funk band started at 8pm and we had a mini dance party. All in all, I think it was an excellent exercise in building team spirit!

This weekend, we're going to Philadelphia to see Steve's sister graduate from college and say Happy Mother's Day to his mom. We're going to an art fair downtown so I am going to keep an eye out for unique reception decor. I am hoping to find someone crafty who can make some small-ish easels to hold our table 'numbers'. We're not actually having numbers, we're naming the tables after our favorite songs and then stuffing a mixed compilation of all of them in our OOT bags...(more on that later). Steve is going to use his artistic magic to create the signs and I am looking for some hand made type mini-easel to set against the center piece. I found some cool ones on Etsy, but I actually want to get my hands on something before I marry the idea. I'm also not sure what kind of look I want for them. There are two styles I have in mind:

I like the classic, kind of industrial, functional look of the one on the left, but the one on the right is a bit cleaner and  I think it has the potential to blend better with the rest of the table. Like I said, I really need to see something in person because I go bananas about it. Maybe I'll end up deciding on something 100% different. I really think that searching is the majority of the fun.

Day Three.

It's Tuesday! Tuesday should technically be day four but I totally brain farted last night and neglected stripping. I put one on my top teeth this morning while I was getting ready for work. I will double up top/bottom tonight while watching LOST. So far, I am really happy with this product. I am already starting to notice a difference with my teeth and I only have some slight sensitivity immediately after removing the strips. I avoid antagonizing this tenderness by using warm water to rinse as opposed to cold.

Steve and I did not find what we were looking for on Sunday. He is applying for a new job and had to spend 85% of the day working on his portfolio; I managed to get him out of the house for an hour or so. I was hopeful but the venture proved to be fruitless. For the record, this is what we're looking for: These are going to be the 'vases' for our center pieces. After spending two hours with our florist (Jane) and coming to a lot of great conclusions, Steve and I both kept poo-pooing the standard glass square/bowl that typically holds lower arrangements. We're both very shabby-chic, vintage inspired, created by Brooklyn, type people and the cookie-cutter flower holders weren't lighting our fire. Jane had a cut glass bowl on her shelving and I said, 'Couldn't we do something like that?' She had never worked with such a vase - but that doesn't mean she wasn't excited about the idea of using them!

We're never going to be able to find twenty of the same bowl and that's half the fun of it. As long as they are vaguely the same size and shape, I think it will work out splendidly. I don't even care if they are all clear. These bowls - I'm sure you've seen them in your mom's garage? Come in blues, greens, clears, etc. Since our colors are navy and orange with yellow and green accents - whatever color the bowl is can be heavier in its complementary color. No two center pieces will be exactly alike! Jane has done this before and showed me the end result:
She is just so talented. I never thought I could ever be so excited about flowers. To me, the best part of this all is Steve and I have a year and a half to hunt and find the twenty perfect cut glass bowls for our Wedding. We figure we will just scout out flea markets, second hand shops, tag sales, etc. Jane is kind of enough to allow us to periodically drop the bowls off at her studio so that tragedy does not befall them in our apartment.