Tee hee hee!!!!

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I am so effin excited about this whole wedding thing, if only for the fact that I’m getting to do all these cool things I’ve always wanted to do but never had an excuse for! I’m excited for all the other reasons too of course, but mostly the crafts!

My first attempt at testing out the wax seal was GREAT!

Doesn’t it look great!?!?!?!?!  The only tiny thing that bugged me was the bubble in the wax at the lower left corner. But i’m sure with time i’ll just get better and better! I’m sooooo pleased with the Letter art. I looked through a lot of stores online and in person for the perfect seal and I’m over the moon happy with this one. I got it from this etsy shop! They were so helpful and kind!  I ordered it just hours after a cut off time for shipping but i needed it faster as we’re sending off the invites soon, so I convo’ed them and explained my situation and they made an exception for me and shipped it out that week! YAY! Also, it was the BEST priced one I saw out there! In fact, for the quality, i think it’s a STEAL! YAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYYAY!

Christine is excited.

PS.  The S is for what will be my new last name.

I Love Deliveries!

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I’ve always loved deliveries and I’ve been an on-line shopper for years. But I have never received as many deliveries as I have the last few months as I really dive into finishing my wedding planning!

Today’s delivery?

The wax seal i blogged about last week!

It’s a really nice little kit and the stamp is nice and heavy. I cannot wait to get started on my invites!

COSMIC

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It’s May 15th Y’ALL.

Which means I spent 45 mins this morning navigating the unbelievable slow site http://www.swimsuitsforall.com placing my order for my super uber sexy honeymoon bathing suit! YES!

Here’s a new pic of the suit that I can’t get enough!

I CANNOT WAIT for it to arrive. I hope I ordered the right size ><

I also got the super sexy lounge wear thingie.

I’m going to be so hot Andy won’t know what to do!

Tee hee ~_~

In other exciting news, my ceremony shoes arrived yesterday as well!  At first I was going to wear flats, but my dress is a wee bit too long and heels are needed.  I saw these on ModCloth and HAD TO HAVE THEM.

Are they not the cutest?! They match too cause Andy will be wearing a light gray tux and there are pink accents everywhere! YAY!

The Little Things

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My custom stamps just arrived and they look great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When I told Andy that I had ordered these, he gave me “the look” and asked if we really needed custom stamps.

I gave him “the look” back that said DUH.

What I find the most amusing about this whole wedding planning process is that I didn’t want a “traditional” wedding. I wanted a private ceremony with just our immediate family, and a pot luck reception. Or, I wanted to elope! But Andy insisted that we had to have the whole white wedding thing.

I could have gone along heels dragging, but me being who I am, i decided to throw myself into it! If i was going to have a traditional wedding, then I was going to have THE BEST wedding possible.

That means custom stamps.

And personalized napkins.

And two dresses >< BUT! I’m not going crazy spending! I am a bride on a sever budget and I’m DIY’ing, couponing and searching for the best deals on everything!

Anywhooooo, I’m so excited about these stamps. I wanted to jazz up our invites because they are a simple kit we got at Michaels (super on sale!!!) and they are a little on the plain side. I know invites go in the garbage, which is why we went with a simple set, but the artsy part of me can’t handle not putting my own personal spin on it! So another item I’ve ordered is a wax seal stamp of the letter “S” which will me my new last name.

Pretty cool eh? Also a great deal off Etsy! I can’t wait for it to arrive!

Wedding crafts/planning is pretty much all I’m doing these days with just over three months to go! I’m still loving every minute of it but I am looking forward to getting back to regular life and regular crafting. ^^

In Which I weigh in on the “Fatkini”

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*giggle*

Weigh in on it? Get it? Weigh in?? Ok, terrible pun aside.

(Disclaimer:  I normally don’t talk about my weight or body issues, but i’m going to be bold here and share my fears, which i’m sure a lot of you guys can relate to about swim wear and confidence etc.)

A week ago I’d never even heard the term “Fatkini”. What is it, you ask? Well, it’s a plus size bikini.  There’s lots of debate in the fat acceptance community on whether this is a empowering word that we’ve taken back, or a fat shaming word that labels us.  I can see both sides of the argument, but really, it’s just a word and I don’t really care.

Where did this whole voyage into “fatkini’s” come from? Well, one day Andy and I were talking about my weight-loss progress (I’m at 21 pounds lost since last fall) and I was despairing about every reaching my goal and Andy was trying to bolster my spirits by saying that he loves me no matter what and that he just wants me to feel confident and comfortable and then (i can’t remember the exact words)  something about how he wants me to do whatever it takes for me to feel comfortable in a bikini.

It stopped me cold.

A bikini?! What?!

I was all…. “ERRRHMMMMMM, yah that’s never ever ever going to happen!!!!!!!!!”

Even if i did reach my goal the thought of wearing a bikini is just plain frightening. And I got a little upset, thinking that Andy has un-realistic goals for me that I’ll never achieve, (which of course is not what he meant) and how no matter how much weight I lose I’ll always be worried about my tummy and stretch-marks and so forth. But then something happened over the following weeks.

I started to think about how I do need a new bathing suit (we’ve been planning our honeymoon so swimming is very much on my mind!) and I thought well, maybe I’m not quite at the bikini stage yet, but maybe I could find something a bit sexier or bolder than my boring safe brown plus size tankini i normally look for.

This led me to the internets to check out suits, (because where I live there is pretty much nothing here for plus size stuff) and all of a sudden, i start seeing pics and posts everywhere of this whole “fatkini” movement.  And these women looked good! They looked happy and confident and were rocking these two pieces like nothing else!

Then I saw this one.

And I fell in LOVE.

Could I pull this off? I started to think so. I started to think, HELL YES.

I love the high waist, very flattering, hides the part I’m worried about.  But cosmic and sexy and damn, i wants! This is part of a new collection from Gabi Fresh that doesn’t even come out until the 15th of May but I can’t stop obsessing about it! I neeeeeeed to own this suit and rock it on my honey moon.  I haven’t mentioned it to Andy and I’m not worried he’ll see this, (he NEVER reads my blog so we’re ok) so I want to surprise him with this sexy suit! The article said prices will range from $50 to $99 ish which is pretty reasonable for a suit. So. Yah. is it may 15th yet??? I need to wake up early and set an alarm / reminder because I have a feeling this suit is going to sell out FAST!

Any who, enough about that.  You know what is also exciting?!

Emerald and Bouquet! SO EXCITED!