Last E-pic post

Ok I promise this will be the last post about our engagements pictures..but...THEY'RE HERE! I'm so excited! Once again I will say our photographer @ www.katieriversphoto.com did an amazing job! Here are a few  who am I kidding..I cant post only a few!:)

Engagement pictures and all kinds of updates!

First of all HIIiiiii!!! I forgot my blogger account and password so its been ages since I logged on! OOPS! Password was retrieved so IM BAAAACK!

First of all let me show you the MAHVALOUS picture sneak peak my photographer uploaded this morning from my engagement session last night! SHES QUICK!

 

sorry so small! as soon as shes done with them all ill put up a link for anyone who wants to  check them out!

If you are in the North Georgia area and want a fantastic & FUN photographer you must check out

www.katieriversphoto.com !

So lets get a wedding update shall we?

Our wedding date is 132 days away!? WHHHAATTT??

I feel like our planning is going SO slow and I'm freaking out (on the inside) a bit

Bridesmaids looks are completely DONE! CHECK!

Groomsmen looks are done EXCEPT we have a few that need to go order their suit! ::throat clearing and sideways glancing::

Flower girl look is DONE!

Need to order the Ring Bearers bow ties and then they will also be DONE!

We are slowly making installments to all of our vendors! ( this is the part that is freaking me out!)

Invitations are all done except for minor assembling and they will be going out in 10 weeks!

My Bridal shower has been booked for an adorable place in ATL called the Cupcake Lounge! We are doing a fun cupcakes and cocktails theme!:)

My Honeymoon shower in underway

& my girls wont tell me a single thing about my Bachlorette Party!

I'm a little schizophrenic when it comes to this wedding! one minute I'm SO excited and the next im so stressed out about finances I wonder if we shouldn't have just eloped!

I know in the end its gonna be great and so special! I cant wait until September 27th..i probably wont be able to sleep because I'llbe so GIDDY!

In Other News!: Jake and I have started looking for our first home! (is it bad that I'm slightly more excited about this than the wedding??)

We are looking in the areas of Waleska, Ball Ground and Acworth! I know God will guide us to the right spot for us! We are VERY excited!

Lots of new and Fun things coming up for us in the next 6 months! AAAGGHH!

Until next time Bloggers!
-Mrs. H in the making!

COWBOY BOOTS!

Weve decided to whole-heart-ed-ly embrace the rustic feel of our wedding! The girls have all decided they love the BM dress with cowboy boots! And I think it looks pretty fab myself! Here it is! What do YOU think?

Not the greatest cell phone pic..but you get the point:)

Tomorrow I am off to a bead show to pick out the beades for the custom necklaces I am having made! I cant wait to see them all come together!

Found my accessories!

OK...so nothing has been purchased so i may change my mind  (raise your hand if you are indecisive like me:) but so far this is what Ive chosen!

Veil:



Hair piece:


Sash/belt:

Jewelry:


I'm still keeping my dress a secret:)

these are the shoes I'm kind of stuck between
 sparkle ballet flats that I will probably DIY

or
 gold crochet sandals....my fiance is only an inch taller than me so I WILL be going with flats:)

Whatcha think?

STD

hehehe that titles makes me giggle...and kind of grimace too! For those of you not up on the wedding lingo that's Save The Date :)..now don't you feel a little better about reading further into this blog LOL

So Jake and I had pretty much decided NOT to do STD's...its really just an extra cost isnt it? unless you are someone who has alot of OOT (OUT OF TOWN..for the wedding lingo impaired) guests. However i ran across this adorable STD/Christmas card on etsy and since we send out Christmas cards every year anyway we decided this was perfect! We can have STD and technically save money because its doubling as our Christmas card this year! Here is the final product!

Cute Right?

The BEST part? I got 75 of these puppies including shipping for $6.22! yup! I simply edited them in picnik.com, ordered them as prints from snapfish and with the code PENNYNOV I got each print for a penny a piece! woohoo!!! I cant wait to send these cuties out!:)

Bridesmaids attire

 We have found our Bridesmaid dress! When I started Bridesmaid dress shopping I knew I wanted 4 things: First off I did not want a "normal" bridesmaids dress (you know what I mean. the stiff material that you will NEVER wear again) I wanted a beautiful shade of blue, flowy material and I wanted a belted dress. I wasn't sure I would ever find it! After searching through 283,363,827 dresses I came across this beauty

and this is what it looked like when I took Erin and Tracy to try it on!

(these were a size or two too big, but all they had in store)

I LOVE IT!

Today I get a message from one of my girls that the dress has gone on sale for 58$! My last three bridesmaids ordered it today at the sale price (yay) and the bridesmaids who already had paid full price were able to call Customer Service and get the difference credited back to their account! I am sooo excited that my girls are getting their Bridesmaid dresses for such a great deal!  Now to find the accessories!:)

Our wedding Party

Choosing Bridesmaids was in a way tough and in a way easy! I knew who I wanted in my bridal party BUT to avoid having a VERY lopsided party (more Bridesmaids than Groomsmen) I unfortunately had to narrow it down a bit (and we are still gonna be slightly lopsided..oh well)

Bridesmaids:
 Erin and Dean - my sisters - now my maids of Honor:)

 Tracy and Catalina- My besties since highschool! Couldnt imagine not having them in on everything!

 Beth- Jakes Bestfriends wife- Who knew I could become so close to someone Ive only known 4 years!

 Bailey- Another of Jakes bestfriends wives- Love this girl!

 Holly- another bestie since highschool!

 My sweet Flower girl Alyssa- the daughter of another good friend Christina:)

Groomsmen-

 Santiago- Jakes friend since college

 Stephen- best man- friends with Jake since highschol

 Greg- has known jake for 8+ years- they work together:)

 David- a longtime highschool friend of Jakes

 Chris- Jakes Brother:)

 Little Santi- our ring bearer:)

Little Stephen- our Bible bearer:)

Our Venue

We went last Sunday and FINALLY paid the deposit on our venue! We feel SO lucky and blessed to have been able to find this venue! Its perfect for us! I cant wait to see everything come together!

The Walters Farm

Let the planning begin!!!

Our Color Scheme

We have chosen our Color Scheme! If you know me you know that I'm two things: Obsessed with colors and indecisive! I am very proud to say that I have 100% chosen my color scheme!
 Slate Blue
 Olive Green
 and LOTS of burlap and twine!:)

I'm SO excited! I think these are great Fall colors with out using your expected red, orange, yellow and brown! :)

Venue!

Jake and I went to look at our first venue this past Sunday and WE LOVED IT! We tentively set a date for Sunday September 2nd, but I think we are going to try to push it back a few days to Friday August 31,2012!

Just a little sneak peak!

We also went ahead and made a honeymoon registry! Is it bad that we have hardly anything wedding done..but already have a honeymoon registry! lol

www.honeyfund.com/wedding/HALLhoneymoon

FINALLY!

JAKE ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM! its still so surreal! We are both over the moon excited to plan a wedding and have it all be about US for a while!:)

THE PROPOSAL

 Saturday June 18th we had reservations at our favorite Mexican place for Margaritas with friends and family to celebrate my graduation! We were at home getting ready and I was sitting on the couch. Jake asked me If I was ready for my graduation gift. I looked up at him , rolled my eyes and said  "you didn't get me anything for graduation". He grabbed my hands and pulled me off the couch and started hugging on my and kissing my cheek ( at this point I thought he seemed a little nervous:: a little shaky ,and doing the nervous swallow lol) but i didn't think much of it. He stepped back and said " you re right, I didn't get you a graduation gift....but I do have to ask you a question" then he went down to one knee, pulled out a little red box and said "will you marry me?" At this point I was in shock and realized that he had grabbed the wrong hand (hehehe) I pulled my hand back and probably said "oh My God" a zillion times and "are you sure, is this for real" I didn't say YES until he laughed and said the ring is on your hand babe..yes its for real!" LOL it was a very simple proposal but it was so perfect! We left about 20 minutes later and I got to go to the celebration and tell all my friends and family the great news! IT was a fantastic night!

Now for pics!

we have a secret

on the count of 3 "WERE GETTING MARRIED" (mid sentence lol)

future Mr. and Mrs. Hall

the RING! perfect!

Me, my FIANCE, my mom and the soon to be In laws!

Now we cant wait to start party planning! We've talked about some dates, color schemes and such but we are waiting for a few things to fall into place to make any decisions:)