The Shoe Search pt. 1

Now that we have established what I like, let's jump from there to possible bridal shoes with the following criteria:

• Have a heel, but not too high
  
• Must be comfortable enough to wear all day & night
• Be Champagne or Navy... don't know that any other color will work. Maybe ivory in a pinch.

That said, here is candidate #1: Aleala, costing $125 from the Born company:

Moving on to Sofft, we have Cally at $100:

Naturalizer's Emery costs $65:

and Payless wins with the most options!
From Lela Rose, we have Gillian at $38:

and from Payless' American Eagle Krystal at $28:

Now, if I were to break my own rules on colors, here are my other shoe loves:
Payless' Lela Rose line, Elsby for $38:

and Sofft's Carlina for $98; aren't red shoes hot?


*sigh* I don't know how I feel about Gillian's alternating Wood/Lucite wedge heel, or Cally's beige crocodile leather, but they are good options. Boy do I wish that Elsby came in a champagne or Krystal didn't have those ruffles. Still, plenty of time left. This is just where I'm at right now...

Invitations and Postage

Acc0rding to most every website *cough THE KNOT et al.* I shouldn't even be thinking about ordering my invitations until six months before the wedding. Yet, I should have a firm color scheme and an overall theme in mind. What better way to show off both than with a decent idea of what I want my invites to look like, hmm?

My invites may look smashing, but what about the silly postage? Little bells or "YAY OUR WEDDING" don't really appeal to me, neither do random celebrities... Here are some good alternatives:
And, just because I am absolutely crazy and it fits with my color scheme anyway, wouldn't you love to see me use Eid Mubarak stamps? really? because I would. I would fricking keel over and die a happy turtle if I could use these stamps. Eid in Arabic simply means "holiday" and mubarak means "happy". I'd like to think of my wedding as a Happy Holiday. So pretty....
But that probably won't fly with my father. *sigh*. Still, lovely calligraphy work.

Wait, they're bumping the rates another two cents come May 11th? are you serious? I guess that's why they say wait until six months before so you don't do something ridiculously impulsive like buy enough stamps for the save the dates, invites, rsvp cards, and thank yous all at once... oops.

Just kidding.