Bride.2.be...that's ME!

I have recently discovered a fantastic blog by a girl who had a Detroit Wedding last fall. I am absolutely in LOVE with this blog - it is appropriately called My Detroit Wedding. Bridgette is the author; I emailed her to tell her how much I have been enjoying her blog, and it turns out, she is from Sterling Heights and graduated from Sterling a year after me! Small world huh!? No wonder I can relate to her blog so well. And, thanks to her blog, I have discovered a name for my wedding theme...

Fall Vintage Chic. Love it!

Bridgette and I have had some of the same experiences already, and I feel like her blog will be a fantastic guide as I go forward with our wedding plans; which I have re-entered "full swing" as of last weekend.

I contacted two people on Craigslist to take a look at some fall wedding items that they had for sale. I went up to Macomb Township on Saturday morning and met with a very nice lady who was selling hand crafted fall wedding decorations (left over from her son's wedding). Most of her sale items fit my wedding theme, but she wanted SO much money for the items. It was all really nice, but I just couldn't bring myself to spend $125 for plastic pew bows and $150 for 75 votives with leaves carefully glued to the bottom.

I didn't buy anything from this nice lady, but instead, left with a dose of motivation to get moving on wedding plans once again. I left her house and headed down M59 - making a few stops along the way...Walmart for candles, Marshalls for stuff I didn't need & The Flower Factory. Ahhhh, the Flower Factory. That is where I struck gold. I found 15 fall wreaths for $8 a piece, and a sample candle lantern for $10. These are the key elements to the centerpiece that I had in my mind.

I went home, pulled out some of the votives that I had stashed away, and created my vision. I threw down a bed sheet (in place of the real linens) and set up my sample centerpiece on my kitchen table... and... VOILA! My DIY centerpiece has been created! Mission accomplished.

Much to my dismay, I was home alone when I created my vision - so, I called my MOH Cecilia and tried describing what I had created, and she just said, "pack it up, bring it over and then we will have some wine and watch a movie!" She's so awesome. She was also kind enough to take this photo for me, since Jason has our camera in L.A. with him!