Four Months

4 months until we get married - Time is such a funny thing - it totally seems like it is around the corner and super far away. I am excited and it will be good, it is funny because I remember when it was months and months away, and now it is only four months. It will be wonderful. I am ready to have two houses (seriously this complicates things) when we are hanging out at one house or the other we inevitably end up making a million trips between our places picking up that or this - not to mention it is just strange to have two houses and starting to transition to one house (he still is staying at his house) - just beginning to move stuff that he won't need until he is at my place (summer stuff, fall stuff, bikes, and all that type crap). Anyways onto the lists:

What's Done:

• I have a dress (still needs to be fitted)
• waiting till beginning of April or so to go do this
• Church and reception hall are reserved
• Pastor - picked (complicated when many of your friends are ordained)
• Caterer - automatic when you get the reception hall
• food tasted (seriously this is the best job ever - I would love to do this every night for dinner)
• I wish I could have brought everyone with me... I love food prepared for me with many varieties of options and choices to make 
• Cake - person selected now to pick out an exact design
• Photographer - Fiances uncle and a friend
• Hair appointments - reserved for bridesmaids and me
• DJ - Fiance's uncle 
• Rehearsal Dinner - space reserved
• save the dates sent
• children's bulletins made
• centerpieces done
• post wedding pre-reception transportation reserved
• I am jazzed, I like riding in fun vehicles with the wedding party post wedding pre-reception when I am in weddings - we got a great deal on ours

TO DO:

• Groom, Groomsmen, Ushers tuxes 
• picked but now we need them all to turn in their measurements
• note to self: harass brother, cousin, and cousin to get their measurments turned into me
• Bridesmaids dresses
• picked and half have ordered - the rest have been instructed to do so
• set up golf outing for the guys
• make cloth banner/flag dealy
• make the things to identify which meal people are eating
• buy more mason jars
• work on bridesmaids gifts
• Lists: I feel like I am the queen of lists right now & have twelve thousand of them in progress
• lists of what pictures we want taken
• lists of what music we want played
• lists of who is doing what and what exactly they need to do
• lists of lists of lists (or so it feels)
• Invitations 
• in progress
• final numbers to caterer (due 7 days before wedding)
• just on the list so I don't forget
• Flowers
• have a date set with the florist to look at flowers and pick them and all that happy jazz

What am I missing?

My burlap and mason jar wedding

I realize it is trendy. I don't care.

I like it.
It's our wedding.

Anyways. While my family was here my brother (THANK GOD FOR BROTHER) helped me made all of these beautiful mason jars for decorations at our wedding reception. They were super easy to make and he did an amazing job. (I have done lots of them since he left)

What we did to make the jars. 

1. Clean jars
2. Put duct tape inside out around the jar
1. helps to keep the twine from moving all over the place
3. wrap jars with twine in whatever pattern you choose
1. I went to the local craft shops and found a multitude of shades of brown twine/hemp/jewelry making materials
2. we wrapped the twine in random patterns so no two jars are alike
3. some jars (pictured above) we put a piece of burlap ribbon and lace under a simple bow of twine
4. seal off ends with a small drop of hot glue
5. Repeat tons