Bridezilla

I've figured out why so many women get the "bridezilla" label.

Because she makes decisions for months and months, carefully plan everything - taking every possible problem into consideration. She makes plans based on what's best for her fiance and herself.

And then when the work is finally over, people step up and start criticizing her plans. "you should have..." "it would have been better if you would have..." "why didn't you..." "i can't believe your not..."

If you wanted to help, your opinion would have been helpful about 6 months ago. Now all you're doing is putting me down. Because I tried my hardest. I'm sorry that wasn't good enough for you.

I've already encountered several Debbie Downers...and I'm not going to put up with it at the rehearsal. So it'll be my turn to stand up for myself and my choices. And in the process earn my "bridezilla" title.

Only 4 days left!!!!

Just putting the finishing touches on the wedding plans. :) doing the slideshow tonight, meeting with the chef at the reception site tomorrow.

and it goes without saying that next week i'll be on a bloggy break for the honeymoon.

Tears for our Land

Early voting had me in tears. How did we get to the point in this country where our choices are limited to people I wouldn't vote for Dog Catcher?

I cast my vote for a 3rd party candidate that I'm sure you've never heard of. He's a good man with good ideas, which is probably why he's not a major party candidate.

I'm scared for this country. I'm scared for my children and grandchildren.

I get my wedding dress today!!!!!!

Sorry, I was too excited about it to think of a good title :)

for today:

*wedding dress pick-up
*thank you cards for all the awesome stuff i got at my work shower yesterday
*early vote (tomorrow is the last day)
*dinner with my parents @ the new house

10 days and counting!!!

Bullet point heaven

okay so from now till the wedding i don't see myself getting to do more than bullet point updates. prayers for me and mr. right would be greatly appreciated.

*the bestman officially backed out, so mr. right's dad will be filling that role.

*mr. right found out Sunday night that his hourly independant contractor work ends on Nov. 1st. He's straight commissions after that.

*mr. right has clients coming in this weekend, so he won't be able to go out of town with me as we had planned to visit some of my friends.

*today is marriage license day!

*we hung the pictures in the new house last night, everything looks good but the master bedroom and that blue/green is a difficult color to match. i'm thinking minimalist for its decor. the color on the wall is decoration enough.

12 days...

and counting.

still don't have a best man.

or a slide show.

getting a little stressed.

Works for Me Wednesday: Dining Room Chairs

When my great-grandmother passes away five years ago, I asked to be able to keep her kitchen table and china cabinet. She loved the formal feel that they had, and even though her house was way to small for them, she found room. If anyone wanted to get up from the table, the had to suck in, but she loved it.

I love my Mamaw, so I wanted to keep something that meant so much to her. I didn't have a home yet, so my mother let me store it in her basement. While the seats looked old fashioned, the rest of the table was in good shape.






I had decided that it was time to let the table go. I didn't foresee myself having a formal dining room and I had other things that belonged to her to keep for cherished memories.

Only I was wrong - Mr. Right and I found "the one" when we were house shopping and it had a formal dining room table! The only problem was making those 1970s chair more modern.

Thankfully, my father is crafty when it comes to things like that. He told me to purchase fabric that I liked and that he would recover them. In my kitchen, I have one red accent wall. Its the main wall in the kitchen and the vaulted ceiling makes it even more gorgeous.

One thing my Mamaw and I shared was the love of the color red. Her entire bedroom was decorated in red: bed spread, satin sheets, chair, vases, lamps. The last formal pictures she had made (when she was in her 70s) was in her favorite red dress. When I found my red fabric that matched the wall in the kitchen, I knew it was perfect. It would make the chairs look nice, and she would have loved them!






I can't tell you all the steps to covering them. But from what I understand its as simple as unscrewing the seat from the chair, folding the fabric around the base and securing it with a staple gun, and then screwing the seat back onto the chair. In this case, he left the old covering on and just covered over it, to give the chair a little more cushion.






Hand-me-downs, family memories, and arts & crafts projects for my dad all work for me!

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