CHANDELIER 

While I was looking through the many photos on Pinterest under the wedding section I saw a few ceremony set ups that were outside that had chandeliers hanging from the trees.   It caught my attention and I had to have one! I looked around online for one for a few months but I was scared to purchase one with out seeing how big it really was in person.  I went to Menards and found the perfect one for $200!   Later on I found one that would work just as well at Costco for $150.  I already had my $200 one so I stuck with that.

Kenny, my father-in-law, had a huge part in setting up for our wedding.  We got married in the middle of a golf course so everything was running on a generator.  There was a lot of extension cords involved.  He had some help from Kyle and Kyle's groomsmen, but he was the brains of the operation! 

It wasn't as dark outside as I wanted it to be during the ceremony but we really couldn't wait any longer if we were going to stay on schedule.  We had the ceremony at sunset which did end up looking pretty stinkin' cool in the pictures!  After the ceremony was over we stayed and had pictures taken at the ceremony area.  By that time it was dark!

The chandelier was one of the first things I knew I wanted at my wedding.  The theme of 'light' took over my wedding.  We had a massive amount of Christmas lights at the ceremony site.  We used christmas lights to construct what I call a starry night sky over the dance floor and the reception area.  My cake lit up.  My dress also lit up.  We had balloons that lit up.  There were probably more details involving light but I can't think of them right now.  

The chandelier is in storage now.  Once we move into a house we are going to hang the chandelier up so we can see it every day. It will be a nice little reminder of our beautiful wedding!

BRIDESMAID DRESSES

   I knew for a while that I didn't want to have all my bridesmaids in the same dress.  It was important to me that they all feel pretty on the day of my wedding.  I wanted the wedding to be enjoyable for every person that day not just me and my soon-to-be husband.  I assigned each bridesmaids a color.  One was purple.  One was pink.  One was teal.  One was aqua.  The guidelines were simple... or so I thought. 

1) get a floor length gown in your color, not poofy just flowy. 

2) it needs to have a little bit of bling but not too much because I want you all to sort of match

3) I either want all of you wearing the same exact neckline, or I want 4 completely different necklines.

Why did I care about these details you ask... I don't know! I just did. ok? I had a vision.  Shopping for the dresses was a huge pain in the butt for my bridesmaids.  I started going with this idea because I thought it would be easier for them but it ended up frustrating all of them and I felt bad, but they forgave me and got over it because they love me.  Christa (Purple) found her dress at Dillards.  Aslynn (Pink) ordered hers online.  Jessie (Teal) found hers at Younkers.  Last but not least Ashley ( Aqua) found hers at Davids Bridal.

My vision came to life and they all looked stunningly beautiful the day of my wedding.  Their dresses went perfect together.  The colors of their dresses looked amazing all standing next to each other.  

   

   

MIKULICH WEDDING CAKE

I finally got my wedding pictures back so I can share all the wonderful details of our wedding with you folks! Today, I will tell you about our wedding cake :)

At first I insisted that I didn't want a cake because I didn't want to spend the money on it.  During one of our late Wednesday night wedding planning meetings my sister, Christa, and I had this conversation:

Christa "So what do you want to do for a wedding cake?"

     Me: "Well, I don't really want one.... well maybe just a small one"

Christa: "Ok, so lets just do a white two layer cake from Hy-Vee."

    Me: "No, I want it bigger and prettier."

Christa: "Ok, so you are saying that you want a real wedding cake then."

    Me: "Yes, thank you for reading between the lines there." 

Once she finally got it out of me that I wanted a real wedding cake, we knew exactly where to go to get it!

 Michelle Lindell Sweettoeatcakes

We scheduled a consultation with Michelle for a Saturday at Starbucks. I told her my wedding colors and a little bit about my wedding theme, and what my dress looked like.   We got to taste different flavors of cake and settled on 3 different flavors.  Each layer is a different flavor of cake.  I told her how we were going to have the ceremony outside and hang a chandelier from the trees.  We decided to go with the ruffles on the bottom because my wedding dress was very ruffle-y.  The coolest part about this cake was that the little lights on the chandelier actually lit up!!!

 

I bought the cake topper from Ebay, and Michelle provided the cake stand!  Not only did Michelle drive all the way from Iowa to deliver the cake to our Kansas City Wedding, but she also stayed for the reception and cut and served the cake!   I'm so glad we decided to get a wedding cake!  It ended up being one of my absolute favorite parts about my wedding!  

Now the part I'm sure you're wondering about, How much does a beautiful custom cake like this cost?

$320,  or $380 with the delivery fee.  

  That's right, it's Christmas time!   This will be my first married Christmas.  I've been married for almost 3 months now.  We live in a small apartment but I really want to make every Christmas special.  Here is my first Christmas craft!

Ok, so.... I totally stole this Idea from Pinterest.  I'm still proud of how it turned out anyway :)  

Here is what I used:

- an old white frame that is big and chunky (my sister picked this up at Salvation Army for $2.99)

- a can of red spray paint from walmart

- white gross grain ribbon

-my extra christmas ornaments that I didn't have hooks for 

-duct tape

-scissors

Here is the picture from Pinterest that I got my inspiration from:

I wish I had a different bigger ribbon for the bow part but I didn't feel like going to the store.

I planned on using a wreath hanger to hang it on my door but because of where I duct taped all of the ribbon I can't.    I'm going to go get another wreath hanger and put one on each side of the frame that way it doesn't get in the way of the hanging ribbons.