Echoes.

OCD will once again be reigned in within a day or two, thanks to Walgreens.

OCD brings a fun aspect to wedding planning.
My dream wedding, in the beginning, would have been one at which I wrote a check to the planner and showed up on the day of and everything was done to my specifications/personality.
However, because I’m not rich, and because my boyfriend believes that it’s weird that I never wanted to plan a wedding and therefore this will be good for me, I have been working it in the wedding world with my own two hands.

But, since I got all the big stuff out of the way…

Which, let’s tangent for a bit – The big stuff seems to be the stuff that freaks most of the people out, but for me, it was the easiest!
I started with the photographer that I was dying to work with and worked from there.
Church was easy, since, well – I can’t marry Nick where HE lives in October.  In Minneapolis there is snow everywhere!
But, the weather is gorgeous in Memphis at that time and so I chose my church.
So the big stuff was easy.  17 weddings helped me plan for that…

But then comes the hard part for me…
Details.
It’s not that I’m not good at details – I’m a perfectionist.  I’m VERY good at details.
But I’m also a high functioning OCD nutcase.  Meaning that the word ‘perfectionist’ as a description is simply being polite.  Everything simply HAS to speak to me.  And that means that there are so many things that has to speak to me that I’ve ended up as queen of my panic molehill with a crazy to do list.
Hopefully this refill will help me regain perspective.

Now I just have to find something to kick me in the butt and give me ENERGY!

One thing that has been inspiring me lately is all the DIY projects out there on the web.
Now, I USED to be a huge DIYer.  But since I’ve been working in Finance, my energy levels have been sucked out by the inordinate amount of brain power it takes for a right brained person to operate in a left brained world. 
So, this wedding has definitely inspired me to turn back to my noodle necklace roots.
But things that make the wedding OURS instead of just another ceremony – that will touch my heart on that day and in years to come.  THAT is where my focus and inspiration has been lately.

Such as using wedding bells to send us off – bells that remind me of my late grandmother that I lost last March and miss every single day, that remind me of when he proposed in Loring Park last September.
The wishing wall – where people can sign in with more than just names – with words and pieces of advice that I’ll be able to read over and again.
The ‘photo booth’ with its props and sunshine love.  I can’t wait to see what the people closest to me will do with them.

And today, this inspired me – a little personal touch so Nick could carry my love with him throughout the day:

from Weddingbee.com - a pocket square

Now I just have to think of something adorable and wonderful to embroider…
Along with my other varied DIY projects.

I love it.