It comes to me, like an epiphany....

CUPCAKESSS!!!! YUM YUM YUMM YUMMM

You guys.....*pause* I had the greatest idea ever!....well maybe not ever. I come up with a new idea for the wedding every other day but I usually rule them out within the next week. Like there was this time I wanted to do draping decor but then I realized I'd be missing an arm, leg, and wallet! hehe! Or the time I wanted to have a lounge wedding reception but axed it for the same previous reason. Hey what can I say, I like my arms, legs and wallet.

Anyways, let me make this brief....I want to make cupcakes for my wedding. Brave, huh? When we(aka I) first started planning, I knew for a fact that I wanted cupcakes instead of a wedding cake. Not only is it cheaper....its cheaper =]. I was going to buy them but know I'm toying with the idea of making them.

I want to do two different flavors for the wedding. Here are my top four:

• BLUE Velvet
• Key lime
• Blackberry lime mojito
• Caramel Apple Chocolate Mint

The girls and I are going to get together later on this month to do cupcake trials. I'll keep you all updated about that, hopefully everything goes smoothly.

*Ohhhhh! and I hyperlinked each of the recipes to those flavors. Just click a flavor and go!

Till next time!
A Broke Bride

Bad Dream??

Last night I had a bizarre dream about the wedding.When I woke up, I didn't know what to make of it. Maybe you all can help me out a little.

So in my dream, the wedding was still a good 2 months away and I was still planning. Well, something happened and instantly I was in another venue rushing to get ready for the ceremony. I had my dress but- it was wrong. It had a PINK bottom! On top of that, only 2/8 of my bridesmaids had their dresses and only one of handsome's groomsmen had his suit(and showed up). I ended up asking an old high-school friend to be a groomsmen.

Handsome, his best man, and last minute groomsman did a little dance down the aisle...it was kind of resembled a stroll. When it comes time for me walk the aisle, I'm still distraught about my dress, my father not being there to walk me, the bridesmaids, and the overall lack of organization for the event. Instead of gracefully waltzing across the aisle, I stomp. I marched straight to the microphone and announced that this was not the wedding, it was just a rehearsal. Then I woke up...

I later discussed the dream with on of my ace's. She feels the dream is a product of my stress and I agree. There is so much that needs to be done but dont take my word for it, look at my checklist...

• cake testing
• find a caterer
• buy candy for candy bar
• Hair and make-up trials
• type up a detailed wedding time-line
• rent chair&table covers
• cupcake trials** 

That list doesn't include everything. Just the things that I want to get done before fall semester begins.

  **We're having cupcakes instead of a traditional wedding cake and I'm considering making the cupcakes myself. More about that in another post.

Link Meh

You guys.....I have a problem. I'll admit it. I've become a....

GOOGLEWEDDINGSTUFFMANIAC!

I cant help it! But lucky for YOU, I come across some pretty freakin awesome wedding sites. Cool beans -_-

Here are a few of my links! (I cant give ya'll all the good stuff)

FM(i)L

FMiL!!!! *grrrr* I'm so frustrated! *squeezes stress ball* Okay I feel better, now on to the issue at hand...my fmil(future mother inlaw).

Let me first say that handsome and I get along very well with each other's families. I absolutely love his fambam, they're great people!

Now, I love handsome's mother and is doesn't hurt that we're both virgos so our interests are similar. Great! But we both happen to be bossy.... Anyways, about a month ago she expressed to me that if handsome and I dont have X-amount of (extra budget)money by august 1st, then we need to get married in Las Vegas...0_0. I guess she doesn't want close family & friends to think our wedding is tacky. While I kind of understand her concern, handsome and I are grown ass people. We both ruled out Las Vegas awhile ago but she keeps trying to shove it down our throats. I have nothing against Vegas but I do not want to have a wedding there. Plus we already sent out STD's and the invitations are made already. On top of that we would lose the money we used to rent the venue.

*le sigh* Parents just dont understand!

How are you all getting along the the future inlaws?

This is a serious matter!*updated*

Both handsome and I love music! We both used to play instruments (well I still do) and share a love for jazz. Granted he also likes rap more than I ever will (not to say that I dont listen to it every now and then) while I'm a little more into RnB than he is. I digress. The point of this post is to ask all you lurking musical genius' to vote on our processional music as we are not going with the traditional wedding march.

Paperwork: STD's + rough invite

In January I sent out STD's (save-the-dates) and came up with a rough model for our invitations. The STD's I made myself with the help of Power-point and a printer.

It didn't take me long to design and print the postcards but the invitations were the exact opposite. I'm new to DIY'ing so I thought Michaels carried cardstock.....they didnt. So I ended up getting construction paper instead 0_0 , I know. Needless to say, the results weren't pretty(below).