2 Weeks Left Until a REALLY Big Day!!!

Well, there are only 2 more weeks until our wedding and my head is spinning! I have literally been non-stop for the past 6 weeks. Brian's bachelor party is this weekend. Him and his friends are headed up to Maine to go skydiving and camping and I am looking forward to a weekend of doing nothing but getting my hair trimmed and highlighted!

I finally got around to downloading pictures of our invitations. I ended up having to make more because I ran out and we got some "no" responses from our A list, so we made more and sent them out. Here are some pics:

I am really happy with how they ended up turning out. I started out making them knowing what colors I wanted to use and knowing that I wanted a picture of us covered with the piece of vellum. Then, I just looked through all of my stamps and put the "S" monogram on the front and then went from there. It came together nicely and I have had a lot of people tell me how great they are. Someone even said, "I never save any cards that people send, but I am definitely saving your invitation". I thought that was a really great compliment!

I have to say that I have put Stampin' Up on the back burner for the past several weeks. I do love that about the company. When I am ready to pick it up again, it will be there for me. I am getting smarter about my stamp purchases. The retired list came out in June and usually I go through it with a fine tooth comb and make a big list to order before I can't get the stamps that I want anymore. However, this year I did not purchase one single set off the list! I am ready for the new catalog to come out in August because I have purchased everything that I have wanted out of the current one. And I even went ahead and went through my hundreds of stamps and took out the ones that haven't been used. Those, I am trying to find a new and loving home for. They have been neglected by me, so maybe somebody else can love them better than I could :)

I am surprised that I still like stamping after all of the projects that I have worked on for the wedding! Between 80 invitations, 50 bridal shower thank-yous, 75 wedding thank-yous, favors, and decorations it's good to find myself still visiting websites for ideas on what to work on next. I have a list compiled of projects to work on once my life slows down a bit!

So, with 2 weeks to go, as crazy as these past several weeks have been, I have an amazing calm to me. I am ready for this step in my life...I have been ready for a long time. I knew that Brian was "the one" for me from an early point in our relationship, so it's crazy to think that it's all finally coming together and something that I have wanted and wished for for so long is finally happening! I will post more as the days get closer and will definitely post pics after the wedding!