Shoe lusting!

Is anyone else having a hard time finding shoes that makes their heart beat a little quicker?  I sure am.  I have some shoe criteria:

1. Low heel height: for comfort and my FI is not much taller than me.  Though he does not mind me wearing heels, I don't want to tower over him at the wedding.

2. Color:  I'm looking for a burst of color.  There's nothing more boring than a dye white satin kitten heel bridal shoe.  I've looked and looked, I cannot find one I like.  (HELP!)

3. Cute!: I want something sexy and cute.  Is that too much to ask for a lower heeled shoe?!  

I've found one that I like.  They fit into our color schemes and the heels aren't too high.  Here they are: 

This one is Nine West in the burnt orange color, 2 1/2 inch heel height.

I don't know.  What do you think?  Are you having trouble finding shoes that make you happy?

Dishes, Glasses, and Forks...OH MY! (part III)

Riedel Ouverture

Wine! Wine! Wine!  I love these glasses.  We registered for several styles of wine glasses by Riedel.  The glasses with stems are the Ouverture style.  The glasses without stems are O Riedel.  We registered for several types of glasses for different kinds of wine.  I'm really excited about these glasses, I hope we get many of them!    

O Riedel

For our stemware, we chose Ricci Argentieri's Rivets.  We really liked this style because it is unique and went really well with our place settings and glasses.  

Ricci Argentieri Rivets

What do you think?!  I'm so excited about all of this!  YAY!

Dishes, Glasses, and Forks...OH MY! (part II)

After we chose our everyday ware, then Becky helped us choose our everyday glasses. So many choices, what to pick...what to pick...hrmm. This was really difficult because we wanted something different than the standard glass. Also, I really wanted them to go with our dishes. After much looking around, we decided on Miller Rogaska Weston tumblers, iced beverage glasses, and goblets. I think they go really well with our plates, because they are fun and unique looking. I also liked that they are heavier on the bottom because I am slightly clumsy and tend to spill once and a while. What do you think? Was this a hard choice for anyone else?

Dishes, Glasses, and Forks...OH MY! (part I)

This weekend we began our registry! I love it. So many choices, I thought we'd never make a decision. Good thing he is decisive because sometimes I just cannot be! First, we chose our everyday ware. We narrowed the choices down to Juliska, Casafina, and Frances Palmer.

Juliska

Casafina

The Juliska and Casafina are very popular according to Becky at Glass Bazaar. We know a few people who have the Juliska and love it. However, we chose the Frances Palmer.

Frances Palmer

The Frances Palmer Collection is designed by an artist so that no two are exactly the same. They are very whimsical! We love the variety of shapes and styles that the dinner plates and salad plates come in! They are beautiful. We chose to get a combination of two different dinner plates, two different salad plates, dessert plates, cereal bowls, salad bowls (which I am in love with), and mugs in the white and blue. Look at the cake plate!

Frances Palmer

So, what do you think?
We decided not to register for fine china. I'm not sure how everyone feels about this. But, Sam and I decided that it was something we just do not need right now. We think that someday if we need it, we will be able to buy our own. Beside, I'm going to want to show off my beautiful everyday dishes! Are other people having difficulty making the same decision?

Off to Big Orange Country

This week has been hectic! We got very little done as far as the wedding is concerned. However, I eliminated several school projects off of my list of things to do, which is a relief. Save-the-Dates have not gone out yet. Trying to figure out the hotel situation for our out-of-town guests is taking longer than I had anticipated. We heard that some of the hotels were featured on the Knoxville News for some not so good reasons. So, we've decided to investigate several places in person while we are home this weekend. Has anyone else had hotel troubles for out-of-town guests?

The one wedding related thing I did this week was to get my ears pierced. I know, I know...24 year old without pierced ears, rarely heard of. I just never really cared before now. After seeing these from I knew I had to.  They are from Abaloria:: Hand Crafted Jewelry.  They have so many pretty things on this site.  I almost can't help myself, I want it all! 

Introductions, please!

Hi, my name is Lea. I am a 24 year-old graduate student who is madly in love with her fiance, Sam. We have 187 days until our wedding, just shy of the six month mark. I'll be honest, I'm an organized person who loves making to-do lists and completing tasks. You would think I am calm, cool, and collected...nope! To do, to do, to do...it's all I think about. My hope is that once my spring semester is over, I can start my DIY projects (I love crafting) and enjoy the rest of my wedding planning.

First of all, the biggest dilemma I have had is choosing a color scheme. I love color...all colors. There are no favorites here. So after months of deliberating we settled on burnt orange (because we love the flame calla lilies) and shades of blue.





These are the swatches of the bridesmaids dresses and a picture of the flowers that inspired me! What do you think?

My current project is our Save-the-Dates. The colors aren't exactly what I had hoped for and the picture is a little dark. However, they are fun and cute! Hopefully I will have them out in the mail with an accommodations card in a week. I'm giving myself 7 days because we are going to Knoxville this weekend for a wedding! Yay! Also, meeting with the cake lady and starting out registry. I'm very excited!