Traveling to Ohio...

I'm going to make a trip to Ohio to go over and meet with some people about the wedding. I'll be there from June 11th (in the early evening) to June 16th (leaving early afternoon). During that time, I'll be visiting the Bonbonerie for cake tasting, Robin Wood Flowers (I think...my mom settled this one), Maslov Photography, and the Venue itself (most likely). It's also my sister's birthday, so it's a trip 2fer! Hope to see all my Ohio people very soon! <3

On a sadder note, unfortunately, it looks like we won't be able to bring Popple to Ohio in October. The minimum cost to bring her would be around $600...much much more than it would cost to have her looked after here. I'm saddened, but I'm not sure what else we can do. She'll just have to get the play by play when we return.

Decisions...I FINALLY MADE SOME!

Wedding Decor by pinkbot on Polyvore.com

I made a lil' Polyvore set of my favorite elements so I could see how they work together. I came up with something I'm pleased with and it's time to start buyin' up the goods. So far, I've gotten the plates, the long candle holders, the flatware, and the cups. I also go these adorable napkins that for some reason wouldn't show up on my Polyvore. Today I will finish getting the diamonds, buckets, and perhaps candles.

Yesterday, my friend Frankie, who's also engaged, and I went into downtown to get some Wedding related goodness. I found a wonderful fabric for my shrug and reception accents...an embroidered silk. However, it's colors scheme means that my reception dress will be the same material as my formal dress...which I love, so it's all good. We also found a supplier of the gorgeous, vintage style veiling so that we can create our own veils for a fraction of the price that over-priced bridal companies charge. The veiling is hard to find, but I got people on the INSIDE. It's most likely the reason that people can charge so much for pieces made out of it....that and ANYTHING bridal related is automatically inflated.

Anyways...off to purchase goodies!

Tokidoki themes

Tokidoki's art is a jam-packed landscape of cartoon-y fun...filled with hundreds of different elements to create a whimsical, joyful feeling. That's the type of vibe I'd like to incorporate. His art has several different themes that are very prominent throughout years of work. Some, I've figured out how to incorporate and some, I'm not sure I should. I want to throw them out there to see if any of your creative brains can come up with something magical. I have faith =)

Here are just a few:
- Diamonds (often with cartoon faces, but hey)

These will be easy...there already on some of the vases and, the always fun, huge table decor diamonds

- Lollipops in the candy bar and maybe even the table decor! You can get them in so many colors, swirl patterns, and sizes!

- Cherry Blossoms - most likely these will be in the cake AND I'd love to find trees for the ceremony spot...but I'm not sure how likely this will be for Ohio in October. I found LED trees, but I can't decide if that's ridiculously fun or ridiculously yikes.

- Wraped Candy (well, vampire wrapped candy) - in the candy bar and maybe table decorations?
- Sparrows
- Stars
- Hearts (Balloons!)
- Clouds - Rainbows - Lightning

- Skulls
- Music (Records, notes, MP3 players, boomboxes)
- Cows
- Daisies
- Milk Cartons
- Pink Haired Ladies (CHECK!)

Now, obviously, I do not want a cow decorations. But, if anything inspires you guys, I'd love to hear it!

I'm not gonna use the "b" word...

I'm tacky. It's not a secret. I like big sparkle...big absurdity...big glam. Boring is not something I'm really interested in. In edition to the already glimmering table cloths, I wanna up the sparkle factor with diamond table confetti! I'd like a mixture of small and medium, so that there is some more dimension to the table.
Issues thus far: I've only found 1 HUGE size of fuchsia as well as clear and light pink in a larger size. Though, I can't decide what would be best as far as the color.

The table cloth will be the fuchsia sparkle. So here are the small ones I found:


Clear Diamonds


Fuchsia Diamonds


Light Pink Diamonds


White AB Diamonds


Black Diamonds

I originally thought black or fuchsia, but now I'm not sure. Clear might look the most fun, since everything is really colorful already...

What's YOUR favorite?

4 Legged Bridal Party Member

We are very much hoping that we can bring Popple to Ohio for our wedding. It's an un-necessarily high amount to bring her on the plane, but the hotel will happily let her stay. She will most def. be a cute addition to our bridal party! Since all of the girls will be wearing black dress with jewelry/accessories that I'm bringing (candy pink), Popple should too! I've pulled some looks for her...there are many fancy dog dresses!

Quick update

I've been in full-tilt business mode, as my first vending adventure with Pink Addict is less than a month away! Wedding stuff has been kinda pushed out of my brain...however, I hopefully have more wedding posts this weekend.

Nails

I'm a nail biter. A condition that will only get worse the closer the wedding gets, no doubt. When I'm thinking or stressed or busy, it's inevitable...most of the time without me realizing it until it's too late. For the wedding, acrylics may be the only answer...it takes me great effort to bite them off (but yes, I can and have done it). I've always loved Japanese nail art and since my shoes will most likely have crystals on them, I thought it might be fun to incorporate those on my nails. Here are some of the fun designs I've gathered so far:

I think this one might be my favorite and most appropriate for the occasion (and ensemble).

It may be hard to pick up in the image, but there's one single crystal in the moon of her finger nail. But what colors...what colors? Silver, hot pink, candy pink, black, clear...
Also, if anybody knows a good nail place in Cincinnati, lemme know!