A Woman's Right to Shoes

Yes, I bought a new pair of shoes for my wedding.

"I will literally be the old woman who lived in her shoes."

-Carrie Bradshaw (and me)

Ciao,

Wordle to your motha!

So, I just came across this fun little website called Wordle. Maybe I'm way out of touch, but this is news to me and I love it! You can either enter in a bunch of words or link to your blog and Wordle will pull out your most frequently used words and arrange them like this...

It's kind of small, so be sure to click on it to see all the inane words I use on this blog! :) On a separate note, how could "orange" be bigger than "pink"? Don't I say pink, like, a lot? I mean, it is my favorite color! *sigh* I'll just take solace in the fact that it's the second largest word up there... :)

Ciao,

Flower Ideas

I had to write this down before I forget! We won't be meeting with our florist again until a few weeks before the wedding, so I wanted to make sure I remember this!

I've been struggling to figure out a way to incorporate our pink and orange colors into our flowers. You see, I'm dead set on having an all pink bouquet. I don't know why, but I'm just not as much of a fan of multi-colored bouquets. I want to carry a hot pink ball of flowers down the aisle!
With my pink shoes and white dress, I won't be carrying a lick of orange. So, I think it would be cute if Steve were decked out in orange!

Hehe, okay...maybe not that much orange! Maybe an orange boutonniere, white vest, and orange pocket square? Or perhaps an orange vest and white pocket square?

Then, for the bridesmaids, who will be wearing a black dress, black shoes, and pink sash (again, no orange in the outfit), they could carry orange flowers. The orange bouquets will be used as centerpieces on the head table during dinner, so we would have a pink runner across the front of the head table, similar to this picture...

For the groomsmen (sorry to jump from ceremony to reception then back to ceremony!), they would probably wear orange vests with pink boutonnieres, sort of flip-flopping the colors of the bridesmaids.

I've been contemplating this whole flower/color dilemma for quite some time now, but I think I have it sorted out!

Ciao,

Still Swooning Over Cakes...

I don't know how else to start this post other than "CAKE BALLS!" Ok, that probably sounded way less mature than I anticipated, but, seriously, they're cake balls...

Apparently, all you have to do is make a regular red velvet cake, turn it into crumbs, and combine it with cream cheese frosting to get some super moist and delicious cake balls! Obviously, my paraphrased instructions aren't going to cut it, so here are the full directions from Bakerella.

I do love red velvet cake, but when I heard about PINK velvet cake, you know I got on board!
So, apparently all you have to do is add make a buttermilk cake and add a touch of cocoa and pink food coloring, and you've got yourself a pink cake! Yeah, I'm pretty much in love! Of course, only the Pink Cake Box could make such a delectably pink cake! You have to check out some of their other designs too. Unreal!













Ok, done swooning for now...

Ciao,

My wedding shoes!

I found the most fabulous wedding shoes this weekend! They always say third time's the charm...

So, without further ado, here are the gorgeous pink heels:


When I found them, I rattled off to my MOH why they were so perfect.

• Peeptoe
• Slingback
• Flower detail, aaaand...
  
• Pink!

They're not available online anymore in pink, but here's the link to the pair in black.

This may sound kind of silly, but I seriously think God brought these shoes to me! My MOH and I were shopping the Kohl's clearance racks (got a sweater dress at 90% off for $4!!!), and I decided to put back a cute cute cute blue cropped cardigan because it was only 60% off for $12. I mean, hey, I'm on a budget! So, perhaps God was rewarding me for not splurging!

I actually almost walked out of the shoe department without seeing these, since someone was blocking that particular aisle with their large heinie. Or maybe it was their cart...I can't remember. Anyway, we decided to take one last stroll through the area we missed and then we found them! The first pair we found were size 6, so we quickly ran to the size 9 rack. Low and behold, there were two pairs available! Oddly enough, one box had two lefts and the other had two rights (good thing I caught that! Hehe, I'd literally be dancing with two left feet!), but we got them sorted out and I'm ecstatic about them!

What a whirlwind, but at least now I can put the shoe search to rest!

Ciao,

How to keep the boogie shoes on...

Steve and I are going to have a pretty kickin' first dance, so I have to have shoes that I can, well, dance in! My first thought...professional dance shoes! Let see, there are...

Pointe shoes
(ouch, my toes hurt just thinking about it)

Ballet slippers
(Cute, but not quite what I'm after. My dress is shorter, so they need to look good! I'm thinking heels...)

Tap shoes
(clackity-clack-clack...hehe, just kidding!)

Ballroom shoes
(These are pretty much perfect - they have a heel, peep toe, and ankle strap, but they're not pink! And with all my searches, I could not find any pink ballroom dance shoes!)

Well, at this point I was ready to give up and go barefoot. But then...I found these!

Heelstraps

Pretty perfect, right? They slip right over your shoes! They look best with shoes that don't have sides, unlike mine, so I'd only wear them during the dance. Let's just hope I don't have to do a spontaneous high kick without them on! Bye-bye shoe! :)

There is a slightly cheaper (excuse me, more "cost-effective") shoe strap that I found at a professional dance gear shop...
but they look a little more obvious. Plus, since they just wrap around the instep of the foot, I'm worried they might fall off or something. I'm probably being silly - they wouldn't be for sale if they didn't do their job - but I'm just not sure they're "the ones".

So, let's hope this solution works for the dance, otherwise I'll be back at square one...barefoot!

Ciao!

My my my my my boogie shoes!

I love pink. Not a disputed fact. Never has been, never will be. Just one look into my apartment and a quick scan will yield:

a pink stand mixer

a pink Nalgene bottle

a giant pink calculator
pink shower curtains
pink wine bottles
a pink umbrella...the list goes on!

So, when I had to decide on a shoe to wear at the wedding, why wouldn't I choose pink? I honestly have wanted to wear pink shoes at my wedding since I knew I loved the color pink! But finding the right pair has proven to be quite the task. First, we started with the ever classy Paris Hilton.

Unfortunately, they were a bit too tall for my liking and not quite the right shade of pink. Not a total loss though - I did get to wear them to a wedding a couple months ago! Just not my own... :)



Onto option #2 - the forever cheaptastic Forever 21. Loved these shoes the moment I saw them!
However, the vamp is a little too high for my liking, the peeptoe is too wide, and the pleated detail looked, well, cheap. I actually have a couple of pink ribbons in this color (coincidentally, they came from the Paris Hilton shoe box!) that I may use in place of the pleated detail - I just have to buy some matching thread to finish off the ends of the ribbon.


However!! There is a third option! :) These fabulous little babies from Wet Seal.
Pink: check! Peeptoe: check! Bow: check! The lace detail will look really pretty with my dress because they both have sort of a vintage feel to them.

So, now my plan is to fix up the Forever 21 heels and purchase the Wet Seal heels so that I can wear one pair for the wedding and the other for the rehearsal dinner. A girl can never have too many pink shoes!

Ciao!

Pink and Orange Color Scheme

Pink & Orange Wedding Inspiration - by seashell127 on Polyvore.com

How does a couple go from purple/blue/silver to pink/orange for a wedding color scheme? Oh, just a simple realization that the classic winter colors weren't "us".

My favorite color is pink. Steve's favorite color is orange. Put the together and what do have you got? Bibbity bobbity - wedding colors! Kind of an obvious choice, now that you think about it...

My mom wasn't fond of the color combo when she first heard about it, but I think we have her convinced!

I love them because I think they fit my bubbly personality. And Steve's just happy because he gets to have his orange KTM dirtbike at the reception...
Boys and their toys... :)

So, there you have it - the mystery behind our wedding colors! :)

Ciao!