::Wedding Wednesday::

Getting back on track, I’ve got a Wedding Wednesday update J

Checked items so far this month:             Engagement Photos

                                                                         Book a florist

To Do (hopefully this month) still:                   Book transportation

                                                                                Buy a wedding dress (ha!)

                                                                                Pick out Bridesmaid dresses

Slow but I’ve made some progress!

We went to the very pretty grounds of Glendon Hall @ York University for our engagement photos (And a surprise location TBA later J ) I got all dolled up and got my make up done by the wonderfully talented Jen (She’s an old friend of mine!) It was nice catching up with her AND seeing the amazing job she did =) You can check out her blog with some more of her work here - http://jenmyluz.blogspot.ca/ 
 Can’t wait to see the photos!!

We also booked Pocket of Posies for our floral needs. Sam worked within my budget and is a pleasure to deal with! I’ll have to post some pictures of her wonderful work sometime. In the meantime, feel free to check out her website above!

Cheers!

Time

Time heals all wounds they say. I believe it does.

It’s been a week since we all found out about our beloved friend who passed away. It’s been 9 days since she passed away and 1 day since her funeral. Time. It’ keeps on going and each day it heals a little bit of us.

As much as I would love to share some funny stories about her, I just can’t right now. Doing that would make me break down and cry. I’m at the office typing this out and well, that won’t be a pretty sight. Again.

What I will do however is ask you to consider donating to the Canadian Diabetes Association. If you are looking to add a new charity to your list of donations, I would ask that you consider donating to them. Meghan had diabetes and unfortunately a diabetic coma is what ultimately ended her life. I don’t think many of us take diabetes seriously if we don’t know much about it. But the truth is, it is deadly.  I have now added the Canadian Diabetes Association to my list of donations that I try to give to multiple times a year, in her honor. Even by just donating one time, it could still make a difference. Thank you so much for considering donating to CDA. 

-Dee

At a loss for words...

Sometimes I find myself in a situation that leaves me speechless. I have found myself in that situation for the past week.

I am slowly finding my words again and thought I’d finally post on here.

On Monday August 20^th, an amazing and dear friend of mine passed away suddenly. It was a shock to a lot of people. She had touched a lot of lives and had so much going for her. She will deeply be missed by everyone including myself.

I can finally talk/think/write about her without tearing up so that is a step in the right direction. I know this post alone has taken me a couple days to even complete as I’ve broken down several times just thinking at which way I wanted to go with this post which led me to postponing it. I don’t think I can go further into it without breaking down again so I’ll just end it pretty much here.

Rest in Peace Meghan Fox. You will be missed terribly and loved by many people!

Terrific Tuesday

Another doomy and gloomy day but so far it’s a good one so I can’t complain!

Last night I went to an Aloette party at my friend Erin’s house. I was pleasantly surprised to be honest! I never heard of the company but their products seem quite good and reasonably priced (which to me is everything LOL) so I bought a bunch of things and they should be arriving next week! I’m sure I’ll put up some product testimonials and give you the good, bad and ugly about it!  I will also be hosting my own Aloette party in October to get myself on a skin care regime for the wedding – I want to keep my face clear and perfect so might as well start soon!

Tonight, Erin and I are going to the salon to get our hair coloured. If I like them, I’ll likely be making a hair/makeup appointment for this Saturday for Heather’s wedding! This is the first time in a LONG time that I’ve been pampered for a wedding. Yeah, I’m spending some money, but I’ve been generally good with saving so I am treating myself to some pampering! I am also still looking for an outfit. I have a dress but I’m not too impressed with it. I’m not a dress person and I don’t know why I am trying to like it haha I’m much more comfortable in dressy pants and a cute top so I’m trying to get out of the ‘norm’ for me.

Looks like we have settled on a date for our engagement photos! October 13^th. We are working on getting a permit for a University that we want to have our pictures taken at. (A friend of mine didn’t have to get a permit and just showed up with her photog, but I know my luck and we will be asked to leave most likely so I’m (begrudgingly) going about it the proper way haha.  I’m excited and nervous at the same time. I need to figure out an outfit (or two) and all that jazz. At least the bonus of having in Oct vs Sept 6^th like originally scheduled is that I have more time to choose and outfit and change it a couple times if I am not that happy with it. (Yes, we all know I OVER ANALYSE EVERYTHING!)

Also thought I’d mention a new site that I am keeping tabs on as it may come in handy for the wedding. It’s like Groupon but for wedding deals! I’ve already purchased a gallery canvas for when we get our engagement shots for a great price. So me being the frugalista that I am, I can’t pass up a good deal! The site it called Weddeals.ca  Let me know what you think about it. What are you on the lookout for?  I'll also let you know of any additional purchases I make :)

Have a Terrific Tuesday!

Cheers!

Gloomy!

Is what the weather is right now. It's all rainy, dark and gloomy outside.

The weather has been quite good for quite some time so I can’t really complain if we get rain once and an while. It’ll be good for the grass (weeds at our house!)

I don’t know if it’s today’s weather making me feel this way or just because I’ve been go-go-go non stop that I feel a little burnt out.  I have been feeling unmotivated to do things and I have been too busy to work on a bunch of things that NEED to get done (Kris, I know I still need to get you a quote!!! I haven’t forgotten!) It’s been a super busy year thus far and I don’t really see it slowing down much, if at all.  So when I get a free hour (or day) to myself, I’ve spent it doing absolutely nothing at all and now I’m feeling guilty about it which in turn sucks!  I need to get on top of everything and book in some free time so I don’t feel guilty doing nothing but read a book, play games or just do anything I like doing but never have the time!

I'm Back!!! For Reals this time!

Oh hai!

Long time no see!

Well, it’s because my year has been FLYING right by. It feels like Christmas was only a couple months ago and now we’re already 8 months into the year! Yikes! Time sure does fly when you are having fun!

Also another nerve wrecking thing: Just over 10 months until the wedding!!! What happened to our LONG engagement. I can’t believe we’ve been engaged for over a year now. I am in panic mode now, even though I have a bunch of the big things out of the way – Venue, Church, DJ, Photographer (finally!!). I’ve been dress shopping and have 3 I really like but I still feel that I have to visit a couple more stores haha.

Other news – not too much. Same ol same ol busyness. Always something going on and things to do with never enough time! Oh and I’ve been spending way too much time on Pinterest. I frickin LOVE that website. It’s good for inspiration but bad for the wallet! I’ve wanted to clean, organize and remodel the house several times over. I am also pinning things for our future house – which is also bad LOL

Well I’m back now since I have access to the blog again (forgot email addy used AND password HA!) so I shall be posting more regularly about everything and anything!

Stay tuned for an upcoming easy and cute craft project J

Cheers!

Dee

{Wedding} Planning Binder

Here is my finished wedding binder cover =)

I wasn't too fond of the paper at first but now I think it's not all that bad overall. I think it's missing something but I can't figure it out just yet. 

On the spine of the binder it will have black matching striped patterned paper and the date in numbers cut out in silver card stock.I'll post a pic when that's put together.

Many of thanks to Kerry {Momma K Crafts} as I borrowed both cartridges from her to make this =)

Supples: 
Cricut - Sweethearts cricut cartridge, Sophisticated cricut cartridge
Paper - Stampin' Up, Pattern Paper - something Pickle (Will update this when I find out)