Bling Bling Link Up

I'm so happy to be linking up with Happiness is... who just got engaged over the holiday!! Congratulations and best wishes for you and Mr Wonderful! I so look forward to wedding posts from you.

For the link up, we're to post our wedding/engagement rings and where we keep them at night. I wish we had better pics of our rings, but those photo ops somehow got skipped in our engagement and wedding photos, I guess we were having too much fun to take them!

Well, I sleep in my rings, but when I do take them off, I keep them in this gorgeous crystal heart holder my sister gave me as a bridal shower gift .

 

Nambe Ring Holder

I've said it before in posts, but this is one of my favorite gifts. My Mother had a ring holder on her dresser growing up and I always wanted my own, I remember always looking at it and admiring how beautiful it was so this gift from my sister is very sentimental.

If you're interested, you can read about our Love Story and Our Engagement in the links. 


Thanks again for the link up love! I can't wait to see everyone's posts, both married and the single ladies!

Our Wedding Thank Yous

So I just realized loves is that there's still some goodies I haven't shared with you from the wedding. I wanted to show you what we did for our Thank Yous because we heard a ton of feedback on them and I absolutely loved how they turned out.

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Now, I wish I had better pictures to show you (dang cell phone pics), but Mixbook won't allow me to save the images. The pictures on the cards are just as clear as the originals and the writing is in hot pink. The first picture is the front with our Thank You picture on a gray wooden background, the left inside of the card had the saying, and on the back of the card had our initials. I seriously loved them and couldn't be happier with how they turned out!

Where to Find Details of Our Wedding

Are you ready ladies? I'm giving away all my secrets to the wedding! They're not really secrets, I just want to share all the details about my wedding that took me hours of researching and stalking on the internet to find. You see all these perfect wedding details online and in magazines, but where the H did these brides find them? Were they rented, did they make them, was it supplied by their venue? It drove me crazy for a long time before my own details started coming together. If you'd like to see how these items looked at the wedding, click the tag "Our Wedding" below the post to see all the pictures I've posted on the blog.

Our Guestbook

For our guestbook we used a children's toybox from Ikea (find it here). I had seen a couple of benches used as sign-ins for weddings online and thought it was such a great idea. Then, when I found this toybox that doubled as a seat, I thought it would be perfect for our future home as a place to store extra items like blankets or photoalbums.

Chalkboards

 

We knew right away we wanted to use chalkboards as kind of a theme throughout the festivities- our Save the Dates, seating chart, and tables numbers. We found our large ones here through Amazon and the smaller ones here through Save On Crafts.

Our Cake Toppers

 

I seriously love Etsy, it's one of the best sites ever created!

I saw cake toppers like this on a few wedding blogs and new instantly I wanted them for our cake. I found our Personalized Wood Doll set from PeanutButterBandit on Etsy. Kathy did a fabulous job painting the toppers to look like us, I loved how she painted my dress and plan on using these toppers as decoration in a hutch or as a Christmas ornaments- I haven't decided yet.

Our Ring Dish

 

Instead of a traditional pillow, I wanted something we can use/have forever and found this Ring Bearer Dish on Etsy from WiseImpressions. It came so quickly and we were able to change the saying to "Here Comes the Sun" which was our first dance. You can also choose what colors and ribbon to match your needs. We plan on hanging this in our future home or also using it as a Christmas Ornament.

My Wedding Jewelry

 

I had a hard time finding jewelry that I loved at a reasonable price, but found this Natalia Bracelet and Earring Set from Anna Bellagio. I felt like a princess in this jewelry, I usually don't wear such large pieces, but they were perfect for my dress and the overall look I wanted.

I had a few questions for Anna Bellagio, like what does it look like in gold, and they were so helpful and I had the best customer service there! They sent the jewelry in cute pink boxes with ribbon and even included a hand-written note.

My Feather Fascinator

I bought this Splendor Ivory and White Fascinator with Rhinestone Jewel from WeeGardens.  It was absolutely beautiful and I received so many compliments on it! I can't believe WeeGardens made it herself, in real life it looked IDENTICAL to ones that cost 3-4 times as much. It was great quality, the feathers were soft and beautiful, and the clip was easy to use.

My Garters

As for my garters, I was kind of on the fence about getting them, until I started looking online! There are so many beautiful and crazy ones, I couldn't imagine not having one to toss and one to keep. I found some really beautiful and intricate garters, but the prices were outrageous! Then I came across Bridal White and Something Blue Garter from HelloDesignCrew and fell in love. My "something blue" had accidently been trashed so I needed to find something in it's place and I loved how simple and cute these garters were. Mary makes gorgeous garters, it was hard to choose one and it came packaged perfectly and quickly!

That covers the big things I was on the lookout for. If there's something else you have a question about, please let me know in email (lovelipstickandpearls@ymail.com) or comments!

Bridal Party Gifts

For the gift tags, I used this lace template from Martha Stewart, but printed it in gray scale. Then cut them into a tag shape. So easy to do!

All sunglasses are from Forever 21.

The nightgowns are from Victoria Secret, the Canterbury Knit Nightie found here.

We also gifted the Bridesmaids with faux pearl earrings, bracelets and Victoria Secret lip gloss.

 

Their shoes are Van Slip Ons in Charlcoal, found here.

For our Ringbearers

We found these awesome Personalized Doodlebugz Doodlebag here.

For our Flowergirls

This Personalized Ballerina Bag from here was just perfect!
We also gave the girls some faux pearl necklaces and bracelets to match the bridesmaids.

For our parents, we are giving them custom wedding albums from Mixbook.

Ok, I think I covered my bases. If there's anything I left out that you're interested in knowing where we got them or how we made them, let me know in an email or comment. Or if you have questions about the quality or service of anything!

Our Wedding: Guest Shots

Some of the best pictures came from our bridal party and guests! Here's some of my favorites I wanted to share!

Getting Ready

My sister-in-laws doing my"sorority pose". Ha ha ha this seriously cracks me up! I love this pic!

Waiting for the ceremony to start

Let the party start!

Getting Ready and Details

Ok ladies, this is the last of my wedding mega-posts. I'll spread the remaining posts, advice/inspiration/shopping/guest pics, out across to just once a week on my "Wedding Thursdays".
If anyone has any specific questions, don't be afraid to ask! Please feel free to email me at lovelipstickandpearls@ymail.com!

I love my hair dresser/make-up artist. Her curling iron is like a magic wand. This chick has talent.

I loved my jewelry. I felt like Miss America. The flips flops were the best idea ever.

Remember how I'm not really a flower person? Not anymore, I'm in love with my bouquets and the boutonnieres. Lovely. Each girl's bouquet was all pink and one type of flower and my bouquet was a mix of all the flowers and some bright yellow ones. Their groomsmen counterparts boutonniere matched their bouquet too. Loved them!

Reception details.

Our guestbook is a toybox seat! It now sits cutely in the corner of our living room and is great storage for extra blankets and pillows.


Our cake was two layer of lemon and one layer of strawberry with cream cheese frosting. It was delicious!


We had 6 different types of flags for the drinks, they were so easy and simple to make!


Our favors were Smore's on a stick. Matthew proposed while we were camping so it was a perfect fit!


Bridal Party Bags

Two things somehow no one got a picture of was our kids table and a question table. We had several children at our wedding so I had a whole table for them to play with packed with bubbles, puzzles, coloring books, masks to color, and candy necklaces to make. The kids and their parents loved it and it kept them busy throughout the night.

Our questions table was inside the pool house and was set up with a huge apothecary jar, pictures of Matt and I, and 8 cards with different questions for our guests to answer while waiting for the restroom. The questions ranged from where we should vacation, what hobbies should we take, and favorite memories.