After Mr. Bloom and I got engaged, the itching for everything DIY came about... Designing my invites, card boxes, favors, centerpieces... and much more is going to be a task, but I know that when I see my final products it will be worth it. I made that, I did that...not to mention the rest of my support group..
My Groom... He is a sports-watching, sports-playing, sports-loving guy. He has pretty much figured out what is and isn't important to him when it comes to planning a wedding. Colors? Not so much. Cake? Ohhh Yea! He gives his input when I ask, and I can kind of figure when he wouldn't mind I made some decisions without him... He is very artistic so he gives great input when it comes to designs and things like that. And, most of all he knows when I just need someone to make a decision for me.. Sometimes I can be a bit indecisive, and his decide and go attitude definitely helps me out a lot! Sometimes we brides need to remember that we are indeed marrying men. Wedding planning is not the most exciting thing to them...they have not been thinking about it since they were little.. so I try not to get upset when he is into ESPN more than my "Does this match that" questions...
My main DIY helper is... My mother. I love how excited she is. Reading my bride magazines (which my brother bought me a two year subscription for my birthday! ha ha) and marking the pages for me.. I guess some people may see that as overbearing, but so far so good. She is happy to help, and allows me to veto some of those crazy ideas in her head.. I have two older brothers and am her only daughter, so I am sure you can understand her excitement...She only wants the best of what she is able to give me. I couldn't have a more supportive mother, who is maybe even a little more crazy about DIY'ing than me! I definitely hear I can make that alot! She is also very creative and talented and if she dreams something up she thinks she can make it happen! So, we definitely aren't in need of ideas!
Then you add my future mother in law... I like to call them Double Trouble... ha ha. She has no daughters, just 3 sons! She and my FFIL got married fairly young and fairly quickly, so she never got to have the total wedding planning experience.. Unfortunately for her MIL's get very bad raps... But I am here to state on the record that not every mother in law is a monster in law! I am extremely lucky. I am happy to include her when it comes to the wedding details. She has been there through the picking of the venue, the dress, and discussions of linens and the overwhelming bridal extravaganzas! Her input is very important to me and I am very excited that she wants to be apart of it. I wouldn't have it any other way!
Then I have 5 willing bridesmaids! Though we are not down to the nitty gritty they have been there to listen, to give input, to shake their heads or tell me everything is going to be beautiful. I couldn't have picked a better group of girls!
Then there is...Friends and Family...I am already very thankful of the family that has offered to pay for certain aspects of the wedding and the friends that have volunteered themselves for assembly parties. When planning a wedding, any help you can get is appreciated...
And last but not least, don't think I forgot about Dad. Though he may not be into DIY'ing, talking about color schemes, or assembly parties...he does want the best for his Princess.. (23 year old princess..ha ha) My mom likes to call him the "Budget Enforcer!" Lol. He tries to keep us in line! We'll see how that goes!
Though I have read some wedding blogs, I did not commit their formats to memory. So, Is this how other people start their blogs? I have no clue.. But to me.. getting a feel for who I am, who I am completing this journey with and other little tidbits about me is important. I am now a blogger, a "wedding planner", and a self proclaimed DIY'er... This most definitely makes me a DIY Bride in Bloom. : ) .
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