205 Days Until the Wedding: I am a TERRIBLE blogger

Yes, it's true.  I am the worst blogger in the world.  I have no idea when the last time I wrote.

But worse,  I don't remember when I wanted to. Frowny face :(

The problem is I haven't really had a reason to blog.  Lately the wedding planning has hit a bit of a slump.  I haven't had a reason to do anything or write.  That's not a bad thing.  In fact it's been nice not to worry about things.

So, reason for this post- Brooches!

I have decided to make a brooch bouquet for the wedding.  The idea stemmed from seeing amazing ones posted all over Etsy & Pinterest. They are really, really lovely and of course I wanted something really unique for the wedding. I had tried making a paper flower bouquet but that didn't turn out the way I wanted.

This is just an example of what I'm going to try to do

My great grandmother passed away in 2008. She was a really wonderful lady.  See, I grew up without my real father in my life.  However, my (stepfather) daddy's family has always completely accepted me as their own. She was one of my favorite people. She left me two pieces of jewelry- a pair diamond earrings and a little brooch.

I was looking at this one day and it hit me.  Why would I pay someone 2 to 4 hundred dollars (yes I am serious, look it up) for a brooch bouquet off of Etsy when I could definitely make one of these on my own.  AND not only that, but I could use this brooch and get some from my mom and make this totally special!!!

Seriously, I don't know why I didn't think of it before then but hey, sometimes I'm weird.


So, I started to look for brooch's.  I am pretty picky when it comes to jewelry so I knew that I was going to have to find some really special pieces.  The first stop came one weekend in the King Williams District with Devon.  That area is where we would love to live and we love all the food and shops down there.  I came across a few really awesome pieces that I was able to scoop up for fairly cheap.

I wasn't going to get the one on the top right (the swirly silver with the pearl) It was a little out of my price range but I was telling the lady at the shop what I was doing with the brooch's and she gave it to me- FOR FREE!!!  Oh those words are so wonderful to someone planning a wedding!


A few days later something really amazing happened.  I had posted on facebook what I was planning on doing and I posted that if anyone wanted to donate any brooch's, then I would gladly accept. (I will gladly still accept any donations!)  Well one of my friend's from college got married this past summer and I met his mother at his wedding.  She sent me a message and asked me if I would like some of the brooch's that she had.  I accepted of course and she sent me these:

I was so blown away by her generosity!  (If she happens to read this) Mrs. Pat you are so awesome.  I am constantly blown away by people's kindness but you really made my day (week and month lol) by sending me these!

I particularly love the music note one because of the fact that Devon and I met at band.

I am really excited about this little detail to my wedding.  I'll post more pictures as I collect more brooch's.


In other wedding news, my dress will be ready in mid-May!!!  I simply cannot wait until I get to try on my wedding dress.  Also, we are going to be taking our engagement pictures in June.  I know Lilly is going to do an amazing job.


Well, I promise I will try to post at least once a week from now on.  With only six and a half months left things should be picking up rather quickly.  I'm so excited!!!