Project Wedding: Flower girls and Ring bearer

Well, I officially can blog about my nieces and nephew being in my wedding because they got their packages and accepted! I really wanted to do some personal stuff for my wedding. I just want it to be special and want them to remember it as something meaningful to me. I decided that it would be super fun to have all three of my nieces as my flower girls and my nephew as my ring bearer. They are such fun friends and I think they would enjoy all walking down the aisle together:) PLUS they are all adorable!!!....BONUS! :) I wish Wella wella (my youngest niece, Luella) could be in it, but alas...I think she will be too tiny still. Well, her chubs wont be small! :) I miss her! I will probably sneak her into lots of pictures with the wedding party!

So since I have been really committing myself to doing special DIY things throughout my wedding preps, I decided to do something fun for the kids:) In order to ask them to be in my wedding, I wrote them a little poem and laminated it (bonus, i love laminating) with a picture of all three girls together. They are such buds and I took a silly pic of them over a holiday and who knew I would need it now! I also sent them each a cute little handmade bow for their hair that I got from a cute specialty store here in Wichita. It was kind of a bribe to say yes! haha. I sent Sammy a cap gun, cuz I mean, this kid doesn't want a hair clip and man does he love guns! So I sent him a different bribe. Here are some pics of the packages I put together for them to open. I was so excited to hear from them when they got it! Chance and I have been on the edge of our seats ever since we mailed it. I wish real mail was like email!
(If you click on the last picture it will make it bigger so you can read the poem I attempted to write)





Oh, and here is a pic of the ring bearer "pillow" that we ordered. I think it goes with my sort of, rustic, shabby chic theme. And maybe Sammy will think it's cooler than carrying a lace bordered pillow;) It's kind of like a cut out from a tree trunk?....Anyway, I took a liking to it! It's from Etsy of course:)



Thanks Sammy, Claire, Ellie, and Jane for being a part of your Aunt's big day! I love you so much!

PS
Here are a couple recent pictures of the ring:) I just love trying different nail colors to make it look extra pretty. I know, I know, I won't always take care of my hands and I will eventually get used to my ring as I get into marriage, but I want to take advantage of how much I love it now! So here are a few recent ones! (As if it fluctuates haha)

Project Wedding: Food and Shoes

Ok, so I am overflowing with thankfulness, because God has blessed me with AMAZING in-laws. They have been there for me during visits to Ellinwood and have been so encouraging to get to know. I never thought I would love the family I married into so much. As if God hasn't already given me a fabulous immediate family, He goes and gives me more! I am so lucky. I have two parents who love and support us constantly and now I have two more! Thank you Mom, Dad, Jimmy, and Big Ran ;).....you all are so special.

One cool in-law fact is that Randy owns a restaurant in Ellinwood. I believe I have blogged about it before...
Anyway, he has amazing talent for cooking (again, I already have a mom that is a fabulous cook and now a future father in law!) and commits himself to catering as well! We thought and prayed about it for awhile and finally decided to ask if he would cater for our wedding (and rehearsal dinner!). I was hesitant, because I really don't want him hurrying around all day and missing out on wedding day stuff. He seemed to really be open to doing it and every time we mentioned it, he was very positive and said he would love to. I still think he is going to get in trouble with me on my wedding day for working too much, but he assures me he will stay in his "father of the groom" position once the wedding starts. We'll see... ;)
Here is Chance and his dad when we went to see him at a fair he was selling food at. Lone Wolf...yummmm...




Anyway, I have a caterer now! A great one at that! His place is called the Lone Wolf and he will be hauling down his big ole stocked up trailer to Wichita for cookin. I am so excited to have him be a part of our day! I have my dad as the officiant and my father in law as the cook! It's a family affair apparently:) So I haven't decided WHAT he is going to cater yet but I am open for suggestions. He can LITERALLY do anything. So I am not sure where to start! He has great potatoes, so that's a for sure, but vegetables and meat....I don't know. Feel free to comment your ideas.

Ok, SHOES! I have found the shoes people....get excited. I was nervous to order them because they are from Etsy, a sight where only handmade and vintage things can be sold. So it's not like they are returnable! But, I made the purchase! I really wanted super cute heels at first, but then I thought about trotting around in them all day and dancing...and I decided cute flats would be fun and realistic. So I have been looking far and wide for some unique flats that would be bold...like my wedding:)
Well, how much more bold can hand made, hand painted flats be? Here they are...I don't have them yet, I just sent my measurements, but I will take a picture of them when I get them in. They will also say "Chance (heart) Katie" on the back banner. With a drawn heart in between our names. The front top part will all be the same except she is adding our wedding date above the flower:) It is really neat because as soon as I bought them she took them off her store! So maybe that means no one else can buy them??? The store is called "No ordinary stuff"...So that makes me feel special, haha. Anyway, here they are:




So maybe it's weird that I combined shoes with food, but those are the updates:) Keepin up?.....

Project Wedding: Guest favors

Ok, so I have found the CUTEST little wedding favor idea. DIY of course:) It is a make your own tiny little s'mores kit! Here's a picture. It has a tiny candle, matches, graham crackers, chocolate, and tiny marshmallows! :)



I'm almost certain I want to do this. I have never seen this idea done before and I think my guests would really like to take one home! Maybe I'll see another idea I like better, but I am pretty set on this action.