Let them be SEXY!

We have chosen a bridesmaid dress!

Bridesmaid Shelly and I were having some cocktails on the patio of a restaurant yesterday.  It was 70 degrees and sunny here, and a perfect day for patio drinking!  We started looking up bridesmaid dress ideas, and we found the winner!!

It's so perfect!

It's from here and all of the girls love it.  

Three are wearing it in brown, and three in this green color:

All 6 of my girls are absolutely gorgeous inside and out, and these dresses are going to have them look SMOKIN'!

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We finished addressing our save the dates, and they are going in the mail today.  I have to say, I'm so excited to hear responses when people receive them, but I'm also sad to see them go out the door.  They are so pretty!

My Aunt's beautiful handwriting...

The saga continues...

Ok, I have made an executive decision and I'm sticking with it.  

Some bridesmaids love this look, some think it's "cowboy-ish".  I have decided (thanks to your comments) that I love it.  I've loved this look since the first time I saw it here and I don't want to look back and regret not making the decision that I really wanted.  (thanks Adrienne!)

Now-another question.  

I thought it would be perfect to have them all buy their own chocolate brown dress and then wear any shade of brown or tan boots.  Bridesmaid Claire is saying that she thinks we need color.  SO, do I ask three of them to buy/wear a colored dress?  I like the green in the picture.  We weren't going to use green but I am drifting further and further away from having a set color scheme.  I don't think it's necessary and I'm about ready to say eff it-and go with whatever I like.  Our shephard staffs down the aisle are going to have wild flowers of all colors from Vince's dad's garden.  There is no reason to stick with specific colors when the point of the venue is the fall leaf backdrop.  

Right?

I am aware that I am thinking out loud but I am feeling kind of frustrated.  Everyone has an opinion.  EVERYONE.  And it's getting old.  It's getting old because most opinions I'm getting are OLD fashioned.  I want a different kind of wedding.  I want it to feel different.  I don't like cookie cutter anything.

So-do I ask them to buy specific dresses?  This goes against my wedding morals of not telling my best girlfriends what to buy.  I want to let them chose what they want.

UGH I'm so confused~what do I do?!?!

My bridesmaids are going to kill me.

I know these are all over the blogs today, but I am SERIOUSLY considering telling my girls to scratch the black dresses and different colored shoes....for this....

We are getting married on a farm!  In the fall!  This is SO appropriate.  So far, the responses from the girls is not good.  How far do you think I should take the "it's my day, wear what I tell you to wear" line?

My Matron of Honor says this makes it look like a themed wedding.  Then she said yee haw.  

Am I crazy?!

You NEED this!

Ladies....

You need to check out this new company my dear friend Suzette and her friend Wendy just started.

It's called Wine and Designs and it's awesome!

The prices are amazing, and they make it so much fun, you'll want to get your girls together for a night of drinking, appetizers, and WINE GLASS PAINTING!

They come in these cute kits and they have everything you could possibly need.  They can even give you specific colors to coordinate with your wedding colors!

The best thing about them is after you are finished- you cook them in the oven and they are dishwasher safe forever!

Aren't they cute?  I just love the idea of getting some friends together for a fun night and doing this.  

check her out at 

www.wineanddesigns.com

Wedding stuff is so much fun!!

I have been having such a great time with wedding planning.  I have already made cards for and asked (almost) all of my bridesmaids to be in the wedding.  Here is an idea I got from 

budget savvy bride.

I had Vince sketch the dresses (he's crafty!) and then I cut them out and detailed them.  The girls will be wearing black dresses of their choosing, and I will provide the marigold pashminas and chunky necklaces.

I used plum colored paper and marigold cardstock...

I put one dress on the front of each card and then I wrote a poem for each girl on the back

They turned out really cute, and so far all of the girls have really loved them!  

Stay tuned for our save the dates!!!