Guys, I had an eventful weekend. This'll be long, but whatever.
First, I had my second fitting - YAY! That went really well. I ordered the correct veil (they had ordered the wrong one back in August) and they are expediting the shipping to me. And, again, I'm obsessed with my dress. She modified the top to make it a soft sweetheart and it's absolutely gorgeous. I love my seamstress!
My mom and grandma had their first fittings. Well, my mom HATES her dress. She had it made for her and she hates the color (which she picked and which I think is gorgeous). It's a dark plum color (which doesn't match anything, but it's what she wanted!). She wants to get another dress but after what she spent on that freakin thing, she better not! It also took 3 months to come in, so . . . not sure what she's thinking. My grandmother's dress was super pretty and very simple.
Now for the DIY update.
I decided to start on some of my DIY projects like spray painting frames for the table numbers, spray painting various sized vases, spray painting our wooden initials for the mantles, etc. Everything I bought was white, but I wanted it gold.
Well - I didn't realize how difficult it would be to spray paint the effing picture frames to use for the table numbers. They were really intricate and had lots of nooks and crannies. I primed them, then starting spray painting the heck out of them to get into all the nooks/crannies. That was a mistake. When they dried on the tarp on our lawn, the paint pooled under the frames (since I sprayed them to death) and made these huge blobs on the back of the frames that I couldn't sand out or fix . . . so they were totally ruined. ALL 24 OF THEM! The rest of the gold spray painting projects turned out well (the vases are really cute!), but oh my gosh it was a MASSIVE debacle with those stupid frames. We ended up having to go to Home Goods to get a bunch of gold frames and are just sucking up the $50 I lost on the original frames. Oh well.
Moral of the story: test out one DIY thing first before using all of your supplies!
I still need to do the chalkboards for the menu and the drink menus and also write out the seating chart on the mirror. After my experience with the frames, I'm very worried about these . . . hahahaha. Maybe this is why people pay for someone else to do this stuff?
Oh and might as well update re fiance's bachelor party in Vegas.
He's on his way back right now (it's midnight) -- His flight was delayed a few hours so he's not getting back till 330am. Poor thing. While he was gone, he called me twice a day and texted me all during the day and for most of the night and even before he went to bed once, so I think he missed me
I think he had fun but he was like "I'm getting way too old for this" (he's 31). Pretty funny. He also told me he's going to "check my suitcase" before I head to Vegas based on the outfits he saw on girls out there! hahaha
Anyway, eventful weekend. Hope you guys also had a good one!