wedding: dress//decorations.

part iv: dress//decorations.

so i found my dress at david's bridal in orem, utah.i knew that i wanted a dress that was fitted at the top, and flared out a little at the bottom. I knew I didn't want a lace dress, and knew I wanted beading. I was so happy to have found this one! I only tried on a few dresses, but just couldn't stop thinking about this one :) 

some of my friends ! love you all, stay tingey ;)

and now for some happier stuffs! yayyy.

decorations.

i had a ton of fun collecting items for our decorations.

i thrifted a bunch of glass jars and vases, then hot-glued lace, burlap, ribbon, and twine on them.

if they weren't filled with flowers, there was an electric candle inside the glass.

they twinkled when it got dark :)

i also had thrifted/covered books. DIY found here

It was all super simple, but that's how I wanted it..

nothing extravagent.

i loved our display table!

i kept my frames that deep brown color, since i think it's classy.

& i can use it over and over again in my home, rather than wasting my money on a bunch of obnoxiously pink frames like the one above haha (:

All my frames were purchased either at Michael's or Hobby Lobby.

each frame was no more than $20.

I had a little scrapbook on display that i made. it has a bunch of pictures of us in it, along with all of our ticket stubs and other little memorabilia from our dating days.

concert tickets, sporting tickets, movie tickets, etc.

these silhouettes were done by sarah.
love them so much :)
she is also the one that did my hair! i loved it so much.
she was so sweet to travel to the hotel where i was staying with my parents, early in the morning to help me on my big day!
she also helped inspire me on how to make my lil decorations.
sarah you are such a sweet, amazing, talented woman! thank you for making my special day even more special. it means a lot!

and finally, our guestbook was a photobook I made on shutterfly.com.

i actually had a free photobook card thing i got from registering at target, so i used that! i just paid for shipping.

for our provo reception, it was a book of our engagement photos.

for our boise reception, it was a separate book of our bridal photo's.

i liked it this way, since instead of just a boring book of signatures,

everytime we look through our pictures, we can also read the sweet messages from our friends & family.

tip #5: have an idea of what you want your dress to be like. don't be afraid to speak up if it's not exactly how you like it. don't be afraid to confront people if they are messing up. you won't regret it.

tip #6: ask creative and talented people for inspiration! sarah really helped me to get the gears goin and ideas flowing in my head to make my wedding the way i wanted it to be!