One year of planning for one weekend of my life...
Right now, it seems like planning for the wedding takes up 95% of everything I do. The other five percent is for eating, bathing, sleeping, brushing my teeth, and going to the bathroom! I've had so many former brides tell me that this planning phase is going to fly by really fast, so I should really enjoy it while it lasts. I guess I won't know how much I'll miss it until it's all over, but right now I really don't think I will miss it. It's hard work! I think the part that I will truly miss is the wedding day itself, and I'm so excited for that part, and the new phase in my life afterwards!
One thing that I really do enjoy is my discussions with Erwin about ideas. Surprisingly, he is very interested in being involved, and being the artist that he is, he has awesome ideas on how to personalize every aspect of our wedding. Yesterday, we spent the day running errands, and one of our spots was Best Buy (so he could look at new cameras for our honeymoon) and the others were Michael's and Wal-Mart. It amazed me how knowledgable he was about hot glue guns and he happily added his opinions regarding fabrics and flower choices. I know his mom is pretty crafty, but I never imagined that he paid so much attention. Maybe his mom made him hold ribbons for her?
We had to go to the paint section of Wal-Mart to get some spray paint for our flower girl baskets. Erwin has a history in "Urban Art" so he was like a kid in the candy-store! When we got home, I showed him the four baskets that I needed him to coat with white paint, then he grabbed this other big basket and asked if he could paint it, too! I was thinking to myself that he might start spray painting furniture if he were to get too excited! But then he convinced me that we did need to decorate the bigger basket also to put wedding favors in, so I agreed and he was happy!
When things start to feel a little overwhelming, like I can't wrap my head around what needs to get done next, I go into my closet and close the door. I know, that sounds weird, but it works. Inside my closet is my gown, my veil and the flower girl dresses that I ordered. Going in there to look at those dresses calms me because it reminds me of what all this is for. I daydream about what everyone will look like and how fun it's going to be, and that alone recharges me.
So, we've got less than three months to go and I know it's going to feel more like one month! There is definitely no procrastinating going on over here! 86 more days!
One thing that I really do enjoy is my discussions with Erwin about ideas. Surprisingly, he is very interested in being involved, and being the artist that he is, he has awesome ideas on how to personalize every aspect of our wedding. Yesterday, we spent the day running errands, and one of our spots was Best Buy (so he could look at new cameras for our honeymoon) and the others were Michael's and Wal-Mart. It amazed me how knowledgable he was about hot glue guns and he happily added his opinions regarding fabrics and flower choices. I know his mom is pretty crafty, but I never imagined that he paid so much attention. Maybe his mom made him hold ribbons for her?
We had to go to the paint section of Wal-Mart to get some spray paint for our flower girl baskets. Erwin has a history in "Urban Art" so he was like a kid in the candy-store! When we got home, I showed him the four baskets that I needed him to coat with white paint, then he grabbed this other big basket and asked if he could paint it, too! I was thinking to myself that he might start spray painting furniture if he were to get too excited! But then he convinced me that we did need to decorate the bigger basket also to put wedding favors in, so I agreed and he was happy!
When things start to feel a little overwhelming, like I can't wrap my head around what needs to get done next, I go into my closet and close the door. I know, that sounds weird, but it works. Inside my closet is my gown, my veil and the flower girl dresses that I ordered. Going in there to look at those dresses calms me because it reminds me of what all this is for. I daydream about what everyone will look like and how fun it's going to be, and that alone recharges me.
So, we've got less than three months to go and I know it's going to feel more like one month! There is definitely no procrastinating going on over here! 86 more days!
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