BRIDAL SHOWER INVITATIONS *sample*

It has taken me days to construct these so I hope you guys like them!! There is a little more i am adding once they are printed out but this is the basic lay out.

The "Little Birdie.." is the front side.

"A Little Birdie Told Me...." : Bridal Shower

While making a quick trip into the lovely Dollar Store to pick up some recipe cards to study for my final exam, I came across some of the cutest Owl and Polka dot cupcake papers.... *DING!* Inspriation!

MEG'S BRIDAL SHOWER THEME!

I then continued to scavenge through the low priced merchandise and found plenty more cute owl products and polka dotted things.
 PERFECT!!! Having a theme sure does help with decorating the party!

I have been on Pinterest the last few days trying to find as much decorating tips that I could and let me tell you, this Bridal Shower is going to be a 'Hoot!' :)
Here's a few sneak peaks at a couple ideas I found:

MEG IS 23 !!!!!!!!!!

We celebrated Meg's Birthday on the 14th with a surprise party that really threw her for a spin! She completely had no idea! We even had a special surprise waiting for her, wrapped up in streamers:  

                                                                 JENNI !!

Good work Derek for getting this thrown together!! Brownie Points! ;)

Bridesmaid Dresses

We spent a day in Calgary and got the fabric for our wonderful bridesmaid dresses!  Sam's Step-Grandmother has volunteered her services to fashion the dresses which saves us a big chunk of change, since our original budget was about $100.00/dress. But the fabric alone for all 5 dresses came to (approx.)$120.00 ! So now we just pay for the time they take to be made. Just in fabric each dress is about $23.00, please pay that amount to Sam ( and Meg ) since they bought the fabrics and thread needed. Next we found the belts we wanted for the dresses, those were 2/$15, so $7.50/belt. We are still on the hunt for the jewelry we want, they are going to be long necklaces. You will be in charge of providing your own earrings, bracelets, and rings.
 The dresses are pink ( light pink of course to match meg's colors) the underlayer is more of a peach -pink though, and the belts are white, and meg wants white flats, NO TOE! Toes must be covered!! We were going to attempt to find matching shoes but this is becoming a hard task so we are leaving that up to you as well. So Shoes and extra jewelry is up to each girl. And for the wonderful grandmother we are going to throw together some money and get her a giftcard and if everyone could also write her a card or something to show how much we appreciate her time and efforts that would be fabulous!

It's Official!!

WEDDING BELLS ARE ABOUT TO RING!!!!! The time is drawing near, so to try and keep everyone on track and updated, I have created this blog. Where our journey to the big day can be documented!!  Hopefully after reading this everyone in the wedding party will have sent their email addresses to this BLOG email address so we can stay even more in contact.
IF there are any questions at all, just email them!
AND just so it is clear, Sam is running this blog (hi!) until it is handed over to Meg's for her wedding!!
Cheers!