Deep breath...

This is me:

What am I doing, you ask?  Beating the crap out of my computer.  Long story short- I had to restart my Pharm exam over halfway through because of my POS computer.  Not a happy camper right now, but I am taking my deep breaths and trying not to have a full blown breakdown right now.  I just want someone to tell me what the hell I was thinking when I thought I could take all this on this year.  ?? Anyone?  No?  Yeah- I don't know either...

In other news, March is full of appointments and checking with vendors to finalize, so it will hopefully pull everything together.  We meet with the DJ next week, ceremony musician and the priest the 2nd week of March, I have my second dress fitting, my first makeup trial, and I still have to schedule something with the florist, cake baker, and Giovanni's for our food tasting.  But projects are coming along- The table runners are here:

I'm still obsessed with these runners~ they are much heavier fabric and better quality than the previous ones and I think they look nicer.  I have to figure out what I'm doing with the square glass cubes- I have around 35 of them or so, so not enough for 3 on each table like this has....These were the original hydrangea vases, and I'm still doing those for the head table but I'm not sure what to do with the tables that will have the candy.  Or should I just take them away and only have the candy and candles on these tables??  And ideas are appreciated~ I am having a hard time picturing what will work..

My candy collection is growing (and hopefully I can keep away so my waist doesn't grow along with it!):

So far we have oreos, purple chocolates, grape licorice, airheads that were supposed to be white packaged but are tinted blue, purple laffy taffy, riesen candies, truffles, kisses, m&ms, life saver mints, pop rocks, purple peeps and blow pops.  Still need more but definetly coming along.  Here is one idea I had for the candy containers:

And here are the cards I am working on to label the candy jars:
 

What do you think?  The stamp/embossing is the same as on the cake letters  =)  

Another project almost done are the bathroom baskets.  These are pretty much just an extra thing for me to worry about, certainly not necessary and definitely are just an extra added touch.  But its those little things that I love and that I notice, so I really wanted to do these.   "what are bathroom baskets" you might be asking?  Well let me explain by a picture: 

  

Basically there is one basket in each the mens and the women's restroom and they are filled with a bunch of "might possibly need at some point if I have an emergency" junk.  I love stuff like this and I am partially famous for my overpacking just in case style.  So there is everything from bandaids and mouthwash to spray deodorant and tylenol.  I'm not even going to list everything as it would be a long list and I still have some items to get!  But check out the boxes:
Oh yeah- love it =)  And the napkins with the P in front will be in there too.  I still have to make signs for these but they  are close to complete.  

Sean helped me finish the candy bags (for leftover candy so people can take some home.  I bought purple and black bags and printed some thank you labels and here we go:  

 

The label says "thank you", our names and the date.  Simple and kinda cheap but I think it will work ok for the purpose.  I did buy a border stamp if I feel the need to jazz up the bags a little, but we'll see...

Another project in progress are the sleeves for the photo booth pictures- I'm printing out the wording on scrapbook paper with a damask design in either purple or black and then we'll slide that into the plastic sleeves I bought (bookmark sleeves to be exact) and then some ribbon at the top and that should be done.  Here is what we have so far:

You can see the purple printed paper in the back and all the sleeves are tucked in the basket for now.  Only a few in the back have the ribbon attached~ that will be a process having to cut all that ribbon and tie them onto these~ anyone up for fun ribbon projects? =)

And I did finish the memory poem I wanted to have at the ceremony and reception~ I can't remember if I showed you the frame I bought for it:

Not really a good pic, but you get the idea.  I found this baby at Hobby Lobby for only $6.  The poem is just a standard "in loving memory" specific to a wedding day, so I thought it would work fine.  I don't feel it's about the message, for me it's more the symbolism that those we have lost are still there with us for the wedding.  

I guess that's all for now~ hopefully I will have some "finished" stamps to put on projects soon!