The wedding was great. We have been married for 3 months since yesterday. sorry for the lack of blogging

5 days!

wow so its five days until the wedding.
almost everything has fallen into place
all i need now are tiny things like a wreath hanger and some guitar cables. haha.
oh and we cant forget rose petals.

im trying to eat right so i can fit into my dress. maybe it was just joseph and kelly not knowing how to zip something but it wouldnt budge, mandy can do it shes done it before lol.

anyhoo..
i must go now

xox

Alright we are 2 weeks and 5 days away.
still have quite a few little things to do.
Friday mandy came down and we did a semi-hair trial and a make up trial. the make up i think is going to look awesome.
the hair we didnt have any hairspray because im a crappy girl so we couldnt do it how its supposed to look. but shes coming down on the 3rd and we are going to dye and try again.
Friday we also picked up my dress. *sighhhh* no more stressing about that. now its just a matter of finding alterations that can get it done in about a week. davids bridal was too crazy expensive for just a hem. crazies. maybe at the cheaper place i can get a bustle for the price of what davids bridal wanted for the hem for both! mwah ha.
I need to sign the contract and mail it and then call and give them a credit card number. then ask my mom for the remainder that kellys mom wont pay.

we need to go get the marriage liscense.

alright ill remember more in a little while..

xox

one month

wow! its exactly one month until the wedding.
crazy huh?

today we went to pick up some bowls for centerpieces from a girl selling them on the knot. 16 bowls and 10 yards of tulle for only 40 bucks! not bad not bad. maybe ill do people a favor and sell mine after the wedding.

i made a list today at work of things i still needed to do

- look into fake flowers prices and such (hobby lobby, micheals, garden ridge etc)
- river rocks prices and how many are in a package. i need quite a few.
- wreath , i need to decide if i want a real or fake. fake would be cool because i could use it in our house or something when we get older
- white over the door wreath hanger.
- paint pens to write on river rocks. either a sage green or white. im thinking white
- huge basket or vase for a large arrangement
- florist foam
- wire to make table numbers (josephs idea: wrap wire to spell out letters and then have it have a straight wire go down then wrap around a river rock and sit in the water of the bowls )
- call the florist! i havent got an email back from her and i emailed her on sunday. (freaking out)
- maybe look for some ribbon or tulle
- more floating candles from walmart
- look for jewelry. unless im wearing the necklace my grandma got me from morroco.
- finish track listing for cds and start burning them
- stop listening to peter gabriel
- figure out programs
- prices on rose petals or dozens of roses.

okay i think thats it. haha i keep saying ehh i only have a few more things to do. yeah right!

RSVPs

yes's - 18 people
no's- 10 people

at this rate i hope it stays at under 100 people.. *crosses fingers*

Oh!

wedding bands
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Here are our wedding bands, kellys of course is on the left and my bling bling is on the right. i love my ring!

Good times, so far we have recieved 6 total people's worth of Accepts RSVP and 10 Regrets.

OH! and i just got a package on the porch a table cloth from kellys uncle.

more wedding stuff!

so today we went to walmart and bought 10 of the bowls for the centerpieces. i only bought 10 for now since we have not even got ANY RSVP's and they have been out for about a week now. oh and we bought the stones for the bowls. cds , labels and cases for the mix cd favor. im getting so much done! i cant believe it.

we also put a deposit on a cake at walmart, no seriously , its awesome. 110 bucks for a cake! thats cheap! and it feeds like 118 people! im going to decorate it myself too, some flowers or something.
hmm what else.. im looking into a florist and i have to look into finding a decently priced photographer.

xox

what we did this weekend

well! with my mom in town we got alot done.

what has been done
- payed the remainder for the hall
- bought my dress,veil, boustiee and petticoat. (ready by sept. 7th, pushing it but its on time)
- got kellys suit, tie and alterations. (pick up august 15th)
- got rings (pick up kellys sized ring august 31st)
- got our chucks, i convinced my momma to let me wear chucks for both the ceremony and reception
- ate at the restaurant that is going to be catering, its pretty good. texas rib kings

Needs to be done
- the cake, walmart probably. cheaper and will look good
- flowers
- find a photographer
- decorations and centerpieces
- favors (cds, stickers and cd cases)

i feel so accomplished and not nervous anymore

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DCP_0639
Originally uploaded by algebraashley.

me and my momma at the bridal shower

whats been up

So this past weekend we went to lake jackson to do invitations and to go to the bridal shower.
i like how the invitations turned out for the most part, we also got matching thank you cards. im anxiously waiting for the RSVP's to return.

the bridal shower was awkward but we got alot of awesome gifts. i guess it was just because it was alot of older ladies , no one really talking to me. it was weird.

this weekend is my wedding stuff weekend
i know i know its kinda late, im hopeing everything will go well with the dress and i can actually get the one i want. we were having money issues that were finally resolved. we basically have to go all in one swoop and get what we need. suits, shoes , decorations, the cake, etc..
lets keep our fingers crossed for a good weekend

OH! how could i forget! my 21st birthday is this weekend ,lyn and chad are coming into town on friday night. should be funnnnn

I've been thinking about rehearsal dinner clothes.. and i want to wear a skirt but something not too dressy but not too casual either i dunno.. how about either this top with

this skirt .. or

this top with ..

this skirt.

i saw this bouqet and knew the old was out and this one was in.

and this bout is simple and will look great.

shoes shoes shoes

okay so for homecoming and prom i wore chucks, for pretty much any event ive worn chucks then why is it that my mom said i cant wear chucks? she said wear a flat. so im going to compromise with these sparkly things from journeys they are pretty cute and only 19.99!! ill probably only wear them for the ceremony and part of the reception, like the eating part. then for the dancing change into the chucks

my something blue

a few looks i like

i like the way this centerpiece and table all look together , especially the double layered table cloths.

and this monogram wreath

the dress

okay im going to post pictures of the dress. kelly doesnt normally visit this site so i shouldnt have anything to worry about .. so this is the dress.

this is the picture from davids bridal to show the detail because dumb me didnt take the picture of the detail.

the wedding

wow 129 days to go. i have ALOT of things to do.
- a florist
- a caterer
- a photographer
Tons more little things.. its hard work planning a wedding

a few things i made this weekend.. a flowergirl basket! its cute. it has a light green ribbon around the handle ..

a closer view..

okay and i decided to use left over hydrengea or whatever its called to make pens that matched and now i cant decide which i like more for the guestbook table .. the lillies or

the hydregeas or whatever ..

OH i forgot to post pictures of Mercury Hall..

These are the trees under which the ceremony will take place...

along with this arch thing

a side of the building , look at those stained glass windows, they are gorgeous!

The front door, we will probably put a wreath or maybe those cute monograms made out of flowers hanging on the door..

a look back at the front door and the foyer where the guestbook table will be

the hall, hardwood floors, cute windows , cracked and aged white walls. its adorable

the kitchen, there are panels that come down

kelly standing in hall

the hall to the bathroom

a last look at the trees

wedding cd cover. songs picked. still need to revise and organize songs in a good order.. dont you just love the little pez bride & groom?!

hairstyles!

At first i wanted to do a simple chingon (sp?) but i started to look at pictures of updos and i started to like this one

front of that one

a totally cute chignon..

and the one that started the chignon love. ill do a trial with mandy and see what i like more.. yea..

the knot webpage

Ashley and Kelly's Knot Webpage

the bridesmaid dress

my bouquet most likely. and lyns will be either slightly smaller or mine will be bigger

CAKE IDEAS! but smooth not designed if there are designs just leaf doodles will do

and i totally want to make some of these since it is september and it most likely will be warm

Meet the Fockers....er The Greenes

So this past trip to Houston was so my parents and kellys parents could meet.YES i know after 3 1/2 years of being together our parents have never met. his do live an hour south of houston GOSH. SO anyway we met up at spaghetti warehouse at 1 o'clock downtown, ate food and sat around and listened to our parents talk for about 2 hours. it was odd. you would think they would talk about us, but they didnt! they talked about where they grew up and old vietnam tv shows. it didnt go as bad as i thought it would. so then we left and went to look at new furniture at ikea.

oh today i ordered swatches of the maid of honor dress for lyn. 30 bucks but it will help in picking colors. it looks alot like the ribbon we bought so im sure it will do fine. i think we are getting this dress in kiwi instead of the proposed celadon, now i look at the picture i think its too light of a dress.
also the swatches will help me pick the ties.

since doug the officiant is our friend that he should wear the same color tie as martin the best man?

officiant

so i was looking up things about officants and ordained ministries online and i thought wow. how much cheaper and not to mention special would it be to have a close friend of ours become ordained and do the ceremony for us!
so i got to thinking...and doug came into our heads so i call him up and he says he would be honored. so im thinking for us to just pay for his certificate and that is like 270 off the cost it would be to hire someone we dont even know..
and after our wedding he could even be hired for other peoples weddings also!
how cool..

so i feel this much more accomplished that we now have an officant! :)
i already have the basics of the ceremony all completed.


oh in other news , im trying to get my list to stay at and around 150. no more than 175, i know ive been saying 175 people but now im thinking thats toooo manyyy peopleee. so im cutting it to 150. give or take a few.

a dress i like

save the dates

save the date. which one do you like more? the one with the calendar, ( i got scared of it because it doesnt say marriage or tie the knot so i thought people might not know what it is for) or

or the second one which is totally simple and looking back at it now, too simple

So i made a few of these flower topped ball-point pens with some green/white lillies on them for the guestbook signing, ill probably just put them in a vase with some clear and white rocks at the bottom to look cute next to this guestbook

our Lenox toasting flutes, there totally cute and heart, from bed bath and beyond. i like them. maybe after the wedding we will get them etched or engraved.

the cake server and knife, from Hobby Lobby, the go with the whole heart thing with the flutes. simple & cheap!

mr and mrs. federline

britney spears and kevin federline got married september 18th of 2004
we are going to be getting married a day before britney and kevin have their 1 year .. oh man..
i found this funny

centerpieces

here are some centerpiece ideas.. im still very unsure on what we are going to do










we like the floating flower in the shallow bowl.. but who knows..