So, we're getting married...

As you can probably guess from the enormous gap between this post and my last, we haven't been doing much cooking lately. :(  What have we been doing, you ask?  Only about a million wedding things!  Here's a peak into what's been going on in our lives lately:

We designed our own "save the date" post cards (and ordered them on www.vistaprint.com for free - just paid shipping!).  Those went out several months ago:

I made our ring bearer pillow (including the flower):

Designed a guest book out of our engagement photos (ordered from My Publisher - love the quality!):

You can check out the entire photo book here:  http://www.mypublisher.com/?e=OHm3Q8zJl3RvUuxo1vSS6Ru3fpWS8cLa&_mp=hNMla%2B/g0epFh9ubwV%2Bckl1yPF9K1HKg%0A

And finally, the project that has occupied my life for the past several weeks...I made invitations from SCRATCH!

Before....

After....

I designed the invitations myself, printed and cut them myself.  And each of those flowers was hand stamped!

I even made my own envelope liners by tracing and cutting them from a large sheet of paper:

As a final touch, I designed monogram postage stamps, and ordered them from Zazzle.com:

And, with just 45 days to go (eeek!), I still have an enormous to-do list!

I need to...

• Make my veil
• Make my bracelet
• Finish the bridesmaid's gifts (they're getting pretty clutches with hand-made flowers, a bracelet and earrings)
• Make ceremony programs
• Make table numbers and menus 
• Figure out the seating chart
• Make escort cards
• Make kissing balls/pomanders for flower girls
• Make favors and associated packaging (we're doing chocolate dipped pretzel rods)
• Make emergency kit
• Pay off final vendor balances
• Apply for our marriage license after June 28
• Wrap all attendant gifts
• Send out shower thank you's 
• Get final headcount to the reception venue 
• Have final dress fitting 

Wow...it's enough to make you dizzy!  So this is why there probably won't be another cooking post until after the big day - July 24.  Until then, happy eating!