The Dress

I had quite the ordeal with my wedding dress and had to pick it up so last minute (read: the day before rehearsal). I lost 40lbs and the dress had to be resized SO many times. What was supposed to be the "final" fitting turned out to be the 3rd from last one! It was so hard to get my dress to fit like a glove yet still allow me to sit down!

i was smiling so big thinking it was ALL over with!

taking the dress in even more!

wishing i didn't have a silk dress at this point ha

About to try on the dress! 

totally related unrelated business, baby boy was finally home the day i was supposed to pick up my dress!

Ok... So, growing up- I never had a vision about what I walked down the aisle in. I am a really simple girl, but don't misunderstand that as not girly... I am definitely girly! I LOVE bows. I love pleats. I love soft white, not diamond white. I love curves. I love dainty buttons. This dress had everything I wanted. I loved the lack of rhinestones and sequins and any other thing that dressed it up. It seemed so classic to me. Something I could show my kids and not think, "oh geez, what was momma thinking?!?" Who knows, maybe my future daughter might want to wear it!?

The dress had mermaid features and it showed off the curves that I definitely have. I was nervous because even with all the weight loss, I was not a stick by any means- and the silk taffeta was a very unforgiving fabric- but it was perfect. I loved it for the barn!

go ahead. tell them how awesome their work is!

I loved the bustle and how it looked after!

the buttons were real until my hips :) 

Of course you're probably wondering what was under the dress... as in shoes... haha. Well, for the ceremony, I wore the most perfect blush Badgley Mischka heels- which is why I towered over the girls in all the pre-ceremony pictures! 

they were PERFECT and matched the girl's dresses/wedding!

You didn't think I would wear the heels all night did you? Nope. I bought the girls blush grosgrain TOMS to wear for the reception and I slipped on (with the help of my sister in law and photographer) into my own lace TOMS. 

Pink is my fav-o-rite colahhh

Ok, if you know me in real life- you know this is the biggest, fattest, juiciest, omg-blasphemous lie. Pink is my least favorite color. I hate it. Everything about it makes me cringe. The only time I like it is in nail polish.

I always said if I have a baby girl- she will have a yellow, lavender, or turquoise room- no pink in sight. I think it's mostly the way people {obnoxious girls} freak out and do pink overload, but in general I have always loved cooler colors, with the exception of my absolute favorite color, yellow.

I always thought I'd have a yellow and grey wedding. My obsession for yellow and grey is seen in my decorating throughout the house, but I didn't LOVE the idea once I started to envision my actual wedding details.

I have to get something off my chest. I'm obsessed with something lately and I'm almost ashamed to admit, I owe my nemesis, the color pink, a huge apology. So here it is.

WHEW! Now that that's taken care of... I can continue wedding theme searching with a clear conscience!

I am in love with blush tones for the wedding and have always loved antique gold- the two pair SO WELL together! White, as the third color is obviously wedding appropriate. Natural brown wood tone is another great complimentary hue, along with linen and burlap.

Here are some inspiration palettes thanks to the perfect palette!

source

love the grey and white stripes!

Gold hues

color inspiration- boys wearing gray suits

I am so excited about choosing blush as our main color... can I show you my stellar wedding shoes??!?

I'm pretty obsessed. And I've never had so much fun trying to break them in, prancing around in my house with them (ignoring that I'm in an oversized sweatshirt and old boxers with a messy afro)...

Of course, since I've never worn heels over 3 inches for longer than 3 minutes, I will be "dancing" (omg just the thought makes me want to cry/puke), and socializing during the reception in my lace toms that Ordy boy got me. LOVE my wedding shoes!!! 

So... to sum it up- I think I more than made up for my lifetime disdain of pink by including the ol' girl in my big day!!!