My Maid of Honor is my sister Shara. I have always dreamed of having my sister be my maid of honor and I am excited for her to plan the bridal shower and bachelorette party :) !
My Bridesmaids are Sharee Fitzgerald, my best friend from college :), my best friend Anna Peterson who I have known since kindergarten :), and James' best friend since he was born Erica who has become my friend and will always be apart of our family :)!
I am really excited that I have my bridal party all picked out! I wanted to do it a LONNNGGG time ago cause I had the cutest idea of how to ask them but then I held myself back until after I graduated. I actually got so anxious to ask my sister that I asked her the day I graduated!! haha :) But anyways, I wanted to ask the girls in a cute way soooo I thought and after many ideas I decided on one! I bought black frames and decorated each frame with the letter of their first name and pretty jewels of their favorite color. Then I made a sign that said 'Will you be my Maid of Honor?' and 'Will you be my Bridesmaid?'! I had James take pictures of me with each sign and had them printed in black and white! Then I put them in the frames and gave them to each girl! I loved it and I think all the girls loved it too!! :) Here is a picture of the one I gave Shara!!
AND....the other great news is that I FOUND my dress. In my last posting I was so excited to announce my first bridal appointment in Seattle but I found my dress before I could make it up there :)! Almost two weeks ago I went up to Spokane to see my friend Anna and ask her to be my bridesmaid. Welll we decided to go look at weddings dresses...Just for FUN!!! Well of course when you plan on doing something just for fun you actually end up finding something!! So I found this dress and it is amazing!! I think it was my 7th dress I tried on and I couldn't stop smiling :) It is a one of kind soooo no one else in the entire world will ever have the same dress as me. Well my sister wasn't there an neither was my soon to be mother-in-law and so I decided I would take the chance of it not being there and wait until everyone could come. Well I couldn't stop thinking about it allllllll night and all the next day soooo I decided it had to be my dress. So my sister, mom and I met my friend Anna up in Spokane and we went to go look at the dress and try on others just to make sure!! But it was the one...everyone loved it and I couldn't stop smiling once again!! Sooooo.....I GOT IT!!!!! :) If anyone knows of anyone who is looking for a wedding dress tell them about Marcella's Bridal in Spoakne!! It is amazing with very unique and one of a kind dresses for the unique bride. Also the staff there is wonderful and makes you feel like the most important girl in the world! I would highly recommend them!!
AND....the last of the news is that James and I went to meet our photographer Ali Walker! She is an amazing photographer and I am soo excited for her to shoot our enagagement and wedding photos! Our meeting was awesome and I loved all her ideas and thoughts!! If any of you are interested in photography, or like me you love to look at photography blogs or you know someone who is engaged let them know about her! She is an amazing and talented photographer! aliwalker.com/blog/
Welp! Thats all my news soo far!! I have everything checked off on my 12-9 month wedding list except officiant and bridal party like I mentioned before! Plus I've already dived into the 9-6 months by meeting with the photographer!! I love my chek list. It has kept me up to speed on everything I need to get done and my wedding will be organized!! :)
<3 Shayna Lynn!
wuhoo! That is all sooo exciting!! How fun that you found your dress! Makes it all seem so real... whichis CRAZY! :) Ali is an AMAZING photographer and has done quite a few of my friends- I can only imagine how amazing your pictures will turn out! So happy for you!
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