Bouquets for the Girls!

Elissa and I finished my bouquet, 7 bridesmaid bouquets, and a tossing bouquet tonight! OK, actually they still need ribbon, but they are getting close. You can see the hard work of a lot of people making flowers in these little beauties! Thanks girls!

Now I have flowers for the guys (made an all-ivory one for Jason this weekend) and the girls. Coursages and centerpieces next? Jason was googling places to rent Mint Julip cups...we are on the hunt!

A dress that will fit Peanut and attire for the guys!

Rachel found the perfect colored dress for herself and Peanut (left). We were worried it might be too casual, but it looks great with the others, right?!?

Here's the dresses with flowers and the guys' tie. They (the guys) look adorable, fyi!!

Dress for Rachel and Peanut?

I just ordered this dress to see if it might work! Its jersey, so a little more casual than the other 'maid dresses, so we'll have to see! Should be here in 3-7 days.

http://www.motherhood.com/Product.asp?Product_Id=905310022&MasterCategory_Id=MC3

MORE HAIR!

Veils?

On the topic of hair... still considering mini veils??? Super modern stylish! Some styles don't actually cover your eyes, so they don't look too bridal. Etsy shops have a bunch of options too! An accessory to tie our coordinating maid outfits together?

Potential Dresses for Megan!

Megan and Mary convinced me to take a study break yesterday and hide away from the horrible weather at the mall. We found two potential dresses, and brought them home to consider.
She looks great in everything!

I brought them home to try with "the collection." Each of these are options.

I think I like this one better! I love that it is shiny, and it looks really close to Tessa's color. Meg is not crazy about the silver "bling," and we were trying to figure out a way to take it off or replace it with something a little more subtle. Both are cute and would look great!

Jason loves having a house full of dresses!!

Shopping with the "little" girls!

Maggie's in love!

These girls sure know how to shop online! They saw what they wanted, and they were not swayed by any other dress at any other store. :) Maggie picked this beautiful chiffon a-line dress with just a little bit of bling.
This is the color blue we picked ("Cornflower"), so just imagine that chiffon dress in this color!
Rachel tried on the same dress, but she also knew just what she wanted.

This "non-flower girl" picked this satin a-line dress with a lace-up back in "Pool"...with matching handbag, of course!
I'm pretty sure these girls were the cutest in the store! We can't wait until the dresses arrive in 6-12 weeks!

Next Up: Shopping for Megan!!

Grey shoes...

I showed Michal & Elissa these shoes from Macy's last weekend. They are pretty DARK grey, not so silvery, but I really like 'em! Just an option out there. They have just a few sizes in stock locally, but all sizes are still available online.

http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=335616&CategoryID=13614

Bridesmaid Weekend and Trunk Show

We had so much fun this weekend and today at the show! We made a bunch of paper flowers and are really looking forward to making a bunch more! :) :) We saw Ron conduct the Everett Symphony in "The Nutcracker," and then had to brave the snow home!

We got more snow overnight, so Jack and Justin brought Kristin up this morning to deliver her stuff. J,J and I got to play outside.

Snowball. Throw it!

Shaina, MEO, and I made a TON of food. Here are some cupcakes I made that were fun. Thank you Tara and Zoe for the cookie mix, snowflake cutters, and blue sprinkles! I've used them twice already!

We had MOST of the maids together this weekend and all the dresses we have so far. Turns out we ordered just about every shade of blue, and they don't all look good together. After discussing many many combinations, we decided we like these dresses together. Not a final decision, but I feel like we are getting closer! We still have to dress Shaina, Rachel (tho everyone agrees you look stunning in the dress you have and maybe you should just go with it!), and then Megan and Maggie.

Two of the dresses we settled on are by Maggy London (Nordstrom) in "Tile Blue" and "Windsor." That would be a good place to start for the rest of the dresses that we need! It would be nice to have another dress close to the Windsor color (Elissa's).

Thanks to my girls for being so flexible and trading dresses around like crazy! (We had clothes flying everywhere!)

We're Getting Closer!

It looks like we have an option for each girl so far! From left to right the dresses are Meo, Rachel, Tessa, Elissa, Shaina (which she still has to try on and decide if she likes it). Looking ok so far? We need to get them all together in person. :) Leese, I don't think the silver will be distracting, do you?

Saw this Dress in Glamour!

http://www.anntaylorloft.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=16353&Ne=10&pCategoryId=199&Ns=CATEGORY_SEQ_211&N=1200012+4294967240&Nty=1&categoryId=211&colorFamily=Blue&defaultColorNameFromCategory=Havana%20Blue&defaultSizeTypeFromCategory=Misses#ATLtop

Just saw this dress in Glamour! It came with a 20% off coupon if anyone is interested!

I bought the shoes!!

They are so perfect! I made Jason go to two different Ann Taylors (luckily there are two in 2 blocks downtown), but we got them and they are amazing. Also tried on the charmuese dress, it is so cute! I think any of you girls would look great in it (except it's a v neck...sorry Shaina!)! Check out the shoes!!

Now that I have shoes I can start work on the dress. I can't wait to see it after alterations!

Colors by Request

Good idea, Rach. Here you go!

Jason's suit, mom's dress, and Rachel's blue dress. You can also see the flowers that we have made so far in these pics!

Rachel's blue dress...I love this color!

I guess the week has finally caught up with me...stayed up too late making Backyardigans and partied too hard with the kiddies, followed by too much bad football. Anyway, Jason and I are at home with theraflu, so I'm blogging a bunch. :)Check out this dress that Rachel already has! I put together the dress, J's suit and Rachel's law prom dress and they look awesome.

I would say Rach + MEO = a good start!