Lesley Lynne

Official Wedding Countdown: 58 days!

58 days sounds like no time at all at this point. I thought I had wedding on the brain before, but seriously my mind has not stopped thinking about wedding stuff.. I am now even DREAMING about wedding stuff. 

Since last week, we have made some major progress. After going to such a beautiful outdoor wedding of a friend of mine, my mom and I were extremely motivated to get the ball rolling. We have so far finished table runners, centerpieces, and have a plan for all the table decor. We also have discussed the plan for the layout of the food area and figured out what we need to do in that area. A MAJOR accomplishment was the invitations. We addressed them, checked them, stuffed them, and stamped them, so when the time comes, they will be ready to send out. 

I even took a picture when I finished all of them because I was so happy to be finished with that process:

(The picture is deceiving because they are stuffed so tightly in the box, it was a perfect fit for the right amount of invites!)

Today my mom and I received an invitation to my bridal shower that is coming up! It was absolutely adorable and I was so excited to get it in the mail! :)

The other thing that I worked on this week was picking out engagement photos. Hopefully I will have the rest to share soon! 

I am just thrilled with the way things are going. I still feel a little strange that it is actually my wedding that I am doing all this work for. I’m so thankful for everyone’s help though… it is a lot of work, but on July 28th, I know it will be worth every second of it. :)

This week I have been out of town so I am a little late getting to my weekly wedding update, but boy, do I have a good one!!! 

With less than 65 days to go we are in full swing of putting things together and making sure details have been addressed. We are stuffing invitations and double checking addresses, it is crazy!!! 

I was so lucky this week that my soon to be Mother-in-law took me on a quick trip to meet with Mayra, of My Fabulous Faces!!!!  Mayra is the sweetest and I learned so much! I am hoping to pull off doing my own make up for the wedding and I know feel so much more confident about it! Here’s some pictures from our visit:

I just fell in love with Mayra! I’m sure everyone does! :)

We also went and checked out the “Dry Bar”… where they wash your hair and then blow dry it and style it for you! It was so much fun and more information was definitely learned there. Here we are after we got our hair done:

It was such a fun, quick trip and now it is back to full on wedding mode! With 2 months to go, we’re going about 100 MPH. Let the fun begin!!! :)

72 days until I become “Mrs. Lee”!

This week was the first time I have felt and thought, “wow… there is so much to be done”… We can only do so much in advance and the To Do list seems to be expanding each day. But, that’s part of the whole process-

This week I started what you could call a wedding inventory list:

We have collected  large amount of things for the reception and ceremony, but need to have exact numbers written down so we can plan everything out accordingly to make sure it will be a simple set up the day of the wedding.

I’ve also had the job of cleaning up some lanterns we bought… don’t you just hate it when price tags or stickers don’t come off clean?! Thank goodness for GOO GONE. 

The invitations have been printed and we are beginning to get the envelops addressed and ready to send. We have a temporary program in place that needs to be approved and then those will be printed. Flowers are being formed into beautiful bouquets… Really, this wedding is never not on my brain (but I am not complaining, I’m enjoying and soaking up every bit of it)! 

Really with each day, there is more and more to do and to look forward to! :) 

79 days until we say, “I Do”!!! 

Gant and I wrapped up our Spring semester and are thrilled to have a break from school for a bit (well, I am… he’s going back to school in less than a week already)! 

Now that I have come home and seen this:

(It may look like a big pile of junk, but really it is boxes and boxes of things we’ve ordered for the wedding)

I am ready to tackle this whole wedding thing. I’m ready to make decorations and get everything sorted out. I’m so excited… I’ve dreamed about doing all of this my whole life… :)

Tomorrow, is my second dress fitting for alterations. I’m pretty excited to see my dress again… We also are going to go pick out wedding bands and get those made which is another exciting thing. I’m anxious to see what we end up getting and I can’t wait to see what it looks like with my engagement ring… :) 

Now that I am where all the wedding stuff is, I’m sure that I will have much more to post on as we begin to make things, however, I do not want to give too much away! 

To end this week’s post I want to be sure to wish all the moms a Happy Mother’s Day!

For me I’d like to wish two women in particular and that is my Mom and Liz, my soon-to be mother-in-law-

Mom and Liz,

        Without the both of you, I have no idea if I would be where I am today. Both of you are wonderful, godly women who I strive to be like on a daily basis. I appreciate your constant encouragement, love, and advice through every thing that I face. I appreciate how much work you both have done this far in the whole wedding process and you truly both are helping create the wedding of my dreams. I only hope one day that I can be half as good of a mother as both of you have been. :) Happy Mother’s Day! Love you both! 

(My Mom and I before Katelyn’s wedding)

(Obviously this is not Liz and me, but for some reason we do not have a single picture together…but this is a cute picture from the day of prom in 2009 with Gant! Hey Liz, maybe we should take a picture together some time.. :) !!! )

Only 86 days until the big day!!!

Big news this week is that our engagement was officially announced in the newspaper:

I feel like I say this every week, but I’m honestly so anxious, thrilled, and exciting for our wedding!!!

Gant and I both have two finals left and then we only have one semester left of school here at OSU. I’m thrilled to almost have another full semester under my belt. I cannot wait to be finished completely. 

Next week I have my second dress fitting and an appointment for alterations. I’m really anxious for that appointment because it will be the first time I will get to see my dress (when I ordered my dress I only tried on the one they had in the store which was not the color or size I needed)… Hopefully all goes well next Thursday. :)

For now, it is time to continue studying for my two last finals and getting all rested up for the midnight premier of The Avengers!!! :)