Rustic Decor

I did some shopping today while it was raining. I wasn't really looking for wedding things but I always keep my eyes open. I happened to come across this adorable blue box, with bird wire on top and a little chalkboard on the front. I thought it would be the PERFECT card box for my wedding. I have not decided if I want to paint it or "rough" it up at all. For now I like it and I will decide later exactly how to DIY it.

I also found these large shutter/doors to be used as a back drop or decorations piece. I am thinking of painting it in my wedding colors or "roughing" it up a bit so it seems more rustic. 

My plan is to use them as a photo display station as well in this style found on Pinterest: 

I also found a smaller set of shutters that I want to use behind the cake or on the head table or something. Similar style to the previous Pinterest idea. For $5, I I couldn't pass it up!!! 

Overall, I am super excited to have stumbled upon these awesome rustic decorations that I can DIY into fabulous country rustic wedding decor. Now I just need to find more! 

Happy DIYing :)

Basics

I have finally gotten around to writing down my basic wedding ideas and plans.  It's good to have your basic, most important wedding details figured out early. You need to agree and decide upon the 3 lost important things to your fiancé and you in your wedding. Those are the things you should not compromise on and skimp on. Save money in other ways and pay for quality in these areas. We chose venues, food and photographer as our most important things. Also we have the other basic details and preliminary guest list, wedding party information, etc. With this information you can begin to really plan!! Here is my notes:

Starting to Plan

As soon as I got engaged, I wanted to start planning. I am OCD and overly organized though so my planning had to be perfectly organized. First thing I did was buy a wedding planning binder. I went with the Knot version because it had excellent reviews and seemed to cover a lot of the basics but was flexible for me to add my own ideas. 

It has great ideas, tips, questions to ask, things to remember.... Very happy I purchased this, $20 well spent! 

Along with the Knot binder, I wanted my own binder for the overflow. 

In this binder I have extra paper, notebooks, address lists, a pencil bag. 

Here is what I have in my pencil bag: highlighters, colored pens, sticky tabs, pencil, black pen and sharpies. Also another little legal pad for lists and jottif random ideas. 

So there it is: my wedding planning binders. 

Inspiration!

Yes, I am a Pinterest addict... I will be the first to admit it. My Wedding board has over 700 pins...

I am also obsessed with DIY so of course, I will be DIYing a lot of my wedding.

Some of my favorite wedding items are: Lace, Burlap, Horseshoes, Mason Jars, Wildflowers, cowboy boots....

My colors are soft green (my favorite color), aqua (for my fiancé') and hints of ballerina pink.

Some of my favorite inspirations:

Welcome to my Wedding Blog!
I just got engaged (June 17, 2014):

 

and I am so excited to begin planning my wedding! I want to have a outdoor, country, western wedding full of DIY and crafts. We are planning for a long engagement, 2 years, so I have plenty of time to put all the fun DIY projects I have pinned to use. My bridesmaids and I have already started planning the crafts we will be making and it is going to be so fun AND save me a lot of money. Check in regularly for my updates, ideas, planning frustrations, finished projects, failed projects and any other wedding planning nonsense I come up with.

That's all for now- my "When I Wear a White Dress" board on Pinterest is calling my name... :)