well it has been just a little over a month {which means i should be getting my photos back very soon from Sarah Maren!!!} but until then here are a few of my fav. photo booth pics...{that was so much fun}
our guest book turned out great with the help of the photo book!! if you want to see more...or yours...check it out at www.travelingphotobooth.com the code for our event is GUGAH {they will be much larger on that web site}
we are off to warm sunny sandy days...
be back soon...
boy O boy...it is finally here...well in a few days that is! believe it or not i am ready to go and super excited for the details to come together, and more importantly to be marring an amazing man, and yes of course super excited for a week in the Caribbean with that amazing man ;)
i was lucky enough to have a wonderful shower with my co-workers at Green Tangerines on sunday {thanks again Kelly} i just had to share this super fun theme for the shower...date night! everyone brought a fun "date" idea from game night, bar bingo, backyard picnic, couples massage, a date night piggy bank and even tickets to the DRIVE - INNS {where it all started}...thanks so much girls, i had a wonderful time with you all and all the wonderful games which brought a lot of laughter and memories, it meant so much to me...here is a snapshot of all the goodies for future dates
and here are a few more fun detail i have finished for the wedding...simple but fun...
this banner will go on the desert table!
and a fun head band for my sweet little flower girl...miss D.
this was super fun to make i will share very soon with one i made for me!
and as soon as i have pics from the big day, you know i be sharing them...thanks so much for counting down the big day with me!!
i just had to share this with you all because it will not be know during the wedding. i get to be a part of a really cool tradition...in 1952 my grandma Hazel {dads mom} married my grandpa Bob {dads dad} and wore this guarder and put a penny of that year in the cute little pocket, then over the past 60 years her 4 daughters wore this same guarder and put a penny with there year in to the pocket...so i will be the 6th salmen to were this guarder {my penny is ready to go} and it will be my something old, borrowed and blue!!!!!
i just had to share the mustaches we made over the weekend!!! {for the photo booth} i hart them so much, thanks coreena and amanda for your help with these...as you can see we had a great time making them...amanda got a little carried away and sent me on a mustache hunt in my living room a total of 8 hidden mustaches {there was one on her shark candle and one on my flamingo too}
we have been busy with pressing wedding stuff to...{not that this was not important} sunday we did our final walk through at kissler ranch, monday we finalized or songs, tuesday we got our marriage licence and later today we are meeting with our DJ...
WOW...i am pretty sure i have the best girlfriends a girl could ask for. they planned and executed the best bachlorette party ever !!! i had such a great weekend with all of my girls, from the amazing progressive room party {with details a theme loving girl would die over}, to the cutest cake i have seen, to the best day of wine tasting, and amazing lunch and diner, tons i mean tons of laughter and a fabulous night in napa {and didn't buy a single drink}...thank you all so much!
here is "most" of the weekend...
we are off to the beautiful Napa Valley...so napa get ready, it is go time! i have a weekend of surprises from my fabulous girls who know how to throw a bachlorette party!!!
today is may 11...one more month!!!!! over the weekend i put all of the to-dos that have been floating around in my head down on paper. i am a list person so this helps me feel less overwhelmed {which i am starting to feel but trying not to let it take over} but realizehow much there is to do...a few things have been check off my list already :) one being a gift for my girls. my FABULOUS g.ma Collette was in sacramento for a few days and she helped me with this BIG project i insanely thought i was going to do my self!
sew 5 big bags/purses for my bridesmaids...HA HA HA! the timing could not have been better for her visit though {it was a last min. trip for her to do some ministry here} i had 2 the same 2 days off she had off and because she loves to sew {and introduced me to the wonderful world of quilting} i took her to the few fun stores we have here, and in conversation told her about my plan for the purses {i happened to have bought a pattern the week before} so we took the next day...and i meal all day 9am to 6pm {a family diner stopped us} and she even came over on wedns. {along with my mom} to help finish up!! she saved my hinney...thanks again Collette you are the best...and mom you are a heck of an iron-er!! I love you both.
wow i can say the big day is next month now!!!!
so i thought i would share what the flowers will look like...we are going to use the flower shop in fair oaks {the owner is a good friend} and she is going to help me with my idea which kinda goes like this...
my mom and i have been collecting bud vases for the past couple of months and plan on having half the tables have bud vase clusters, using all the summer garden flowers...i will be so colorful! and then my girls will have their own bouquet full of their color flowers {red, orange, yellow, green and a blue/purple} and of course my bouquet will have a little of all of those!!!