Because it was asked for...

So...I check up on the Horner household through Mindy's blog. I happened to stumble on her post about window mistreatments. I was interested in it, did some research, and thought hey I can do this. And my day off from school, I gave it a shot! I had previous plans for the windows involving number 2 and number 3 making a window box and then me cover it with fluff and fabric. After 3 months of waiting, I took matters into my own hands, of course with the help of the Nester by way of Mindy. They are almost finished products...just lacking a little black ribbon hot glue along the bottom. In true tradition, I guess I need to name my glue gun.

PS I also did a ragamuffin garland that I love. I'm going to hang it over the sliding glass doors and put my Christmas cards (hint hint) on them too!!!

Maui Wow-wee

Watch out Maui...the Seals :) are headed your way on June 21st!
Thanks to Scott and his years of traveling we are able to head off to the island
solely on frequent flier miles!

Sandy beaches...romantic sunsets...fresh, delicious pineapple...
days and days of just me and my guy!!!!

Bridesmaid Fun Day!

Today was a fanstastic day off from school...Bridesmaid Fun Day!!!

Angela, Jessica, Peggy, Mom, me and the Godmother Mafia had a day of fun planned! We started out with lunch at Salad Creations...which is absolutely delish! It's at the Blakeney shopping center if you are in the Matthews area.

The godmother mafia got there ahead of time and told the servers about Bridesmaid Fun Day and the people there were super friendly.

We all piled into cars and traveled down to SC to Poffie Girls to look for bridesmaid dresses. The girls put on a great fashion show, but nothing wowed everyone!

We made a second stop at Bedazzled and hit the jackpot. Of course they tried on a couple of dozen dresses (and were such troopers) but we found the one! The dresses are ordered and that is one more thing to cross off the list!

We finished the day with a trip to the movies to watch Bride Wars. A few tears were shed by all at different points in the movie...but it was great!!!!

Bridesmaids Fun Day was a success!!!

PS (Did you know that the wedding is officially five months tomorrow! FIVE MONTHS!)

What to Throw

Sad day...

The reception place won't let me have sparklers to send Scott and I off at the end of the wedding. My heart was set on those. And now I don't know what to do! So all of your brilliant minded people that read this blog, I need your help.

Birdseed just doesn't sound fun to me. Bubbles won't be visible because it is going to be late in the evening when we are going to leave. What else is there?

Wait...there's a what???

So while I was in Florida, Scott and I made a little run to the grocery store. We made a list of what I was going to cook while I was there and even planned for a night for him to take me out to dinner. I can get used to this!!! We went to the grocery store-where I realized that I am going to have to learn my way around a new store (one of the things that I didn't think about when I move). We checked out and as I was starting to help put the groceries in the trunk, he said "There's a certain way that they go in. Some things go in the back seat, some go in the back of the trunk and some go in the front of the trunk." ??????? Seriously! I just put my groceries in the trunk and go! Guess I have a lot to learn about the married life!

A Little Tea

So my fabulous mother...over Thanksgiving break did a little investigating in Sunset Beach and discovered this quaint little tea room, which is a part of the Southern Association of Tea Businesses. (I didn't know that existed)

With a little colaboration between my godmothers, they decided that it would be a perfect place to have a bridesmaid and family get together. (Girls only, of course!) So at 2 on the day before I become Stacie Seal, I will be surrounded by my favs...family and new family, godmothers and bridesmaids enjoying an afternoon of tasty treats.

Bridesmaids

I just realized that I stopped with the "Meet the Bridal Party" after Angela my maid of honor! So here is my other two girls that will be standing by me on June 20!

Meet Jessica:
Jessica and I met when she took over a third grade teacher's classroom in January. We were both trying to get our first classrooms under control and didn't really have time to chitchat. A little bit of school drama later and Jess and I were friends. Jess is great and I can always count on her for a reality check and a late night dance party. We have been living together for almost two years now and what a pair we are! I decorate...she cleans. I make dinner...she makes lunch. Not only do we live and teach together, we have almost completely survived grad school, coach Girls on the Run, and get ourselves into a whole bunch of crazy adventures.

Meet Peggy:
Peggy is my next door school neighbor. We met two years ago and I really had no idea how great of friends we would become. I honestly feel like part of her and Ronnie's family. Between weekly dinners and vacations and making Christmas cookies and more her and Ronnie and their family are friends I can't live without. Even though I have only known her for two years...I feel like she has been a life long friend. She makes me smile and laugh. She is always there.

I am very lucky to have these girls to stand by me.

Cake??

I had the perfect idea for my wedding cake...picture this. Box-shaped cupcakes with white icing. They would turn into presents by putting sage green icing and an icing bow on top. In the middle of the bow would be a white chocolate starfish. Scott and I would have our own small cake topper to cut into with the sage green icing and white chocolate starfish around the bottom. I love the idea. Monique (from Sugar Confections in Sunset Beach) was fantastic (And just to let you know, she also does cookies, cakes, and pies for other occasions for those Sunset Beach people). She had wonderful cake for me to taste and got every other type of treat that I wanted to try right then.

She had mentioned one other possibility for my cupcakes, which is the cupcake wrapper, and I finally got the picture of what she was talking about and now I don't know what to do. I think that they are super cute, but I'm not sure it is something that will really be needed...because after all I can't take the cake or the wrappers with me.

At least I have the delicious flavors decided!!!

The Finished Project

So one of my bridesmaids, Peggy, and I spent our day off putting fans together for the wedding. Oh Martha Stewart is going to be the death of me! It was her great idea to make fans and I agreed. I was thinking of all the guests that will be there on the beach and decided that they might need a fan to keep themselves cool. All it took was two pieces of cardstock, a popsicle stick, spray adhesive (the best thing ever) and some ribbon. And they turned out pretty darn cute!!!

Jewelry...

So just a little something that put a smile on my face today...

I was on a birthday present mission and remembered the great jewelry store Hand Picked (maybe I'll get a discount like Mindy for her blog shout out!). So as I walked around the store picking out a birthday present and a little for me, I decided that I should look for my bridesmaid jewelery. A couple of pieces caught my eye. The manager asked if she could help me with anything and before I could answer she said "I love your ring!!!" I spilled my story about getting married on the beach and looking for a necklace for the bridesmaids. Before I got any farther she said the starfish? And that was exacltly what I was thinking.

One More Thing...

The non-bridezilla that I am...decided to make fans for everyone at the wedding. They are super cute...they just aren't put together!! The front says a whole bunch of different things like first kiss, once upon a time, cherish, to have and to hold, wedding, congratulations...all that fun stuff. The back says "Some people come into our lives and quietly stay. Others stay for a while, leaving footprints in our heart and we are never the same"

So I was thinking we could have a fan making party. It would be pretty simple...you know glue two pieces of cardstock with a stick in between and then tie a little ribbon around the stick. Does that sound like a plan?

Borrowing your kids...

My latest plan is to borrow Ma and Pay...dress them up in the junior bridesmaids and flower girl dresses and then have a bridesmaid try on the green and white printed dress and see how it looks...

Do you think we can squeeze that in???

No Bridezilla for me!!!

On the way home from a delish dinner at one of my favorite Mexican restaurants, Jess called me. She is off to a wedding this weekend for her cousin Kate. After this and that...restructuring the bottom of the dress, buying 5 inch high heel shoes and then making the decision to cut a few inches off...Jess called me with the latest text message...all the bridesmaids toe nail polish must be the same color. Oh my! With seriously 4 days til your wedding, you have nothing else to do but stress over the toe nail polish color??? IMPRESSIVE, but maybe a touch obsessive.

So here's my promise right now, Angela, Jess, and Peggy...I will not care about the color of your toe nails, I will not make you wear crazy high heel shoes...I will not be a bridezilla.

Dresses, Dresses and More Dresses

So I'm having some issues with what the bridesmaids and the jr. bridesmaids, and the flower girl are going to wear. I got the cutest dresses in my colors for the jr. bridesmaids and flower girls at a fantastic price...the problem comes in when I had to have a dress for the bridesmaids. I love the idea of something different. So I have found two dresses. The upside is that they are both gorgeous and don't necessarily say bridesmaid which means that they could be worn again. The down side with the solid one is the price...the downside with the print one is that I think it might be too much going on. So advice experts...take a look and help this poor bride out!!!!

Pre-Wedding Counseling

So Scott and I met with Pastor Ed on Saturday afternoon. Oh my love, Scott, he is amazing and wonderful. I was nervous and he wasn't. He held my hand, smiled, loved me and that is all I could ask for.

Pastor Ed is the perfect choice. Scott and I are both happy. He is well spoken and caring. He gave us two rules:
1. A marriage is a celebration before God. Honor him.
2. As long as you don't break rule number 1, your ceremony can fit you and Scott.

What more could a bride ask for? I am happy and at ease (at least for now).

Engagement Party Fun

All You Married People...

I need your help. I have to decide on who should be the officiant at my wedding. I have two pastors in mind. One that was my neighbor a long, long, long time ago and holds a very special place in my life...but doesn't know Scott. The other is the current pastor at my church and a very eloquent and passionate speaker.

I'm not sure how to decide on which one to use. I am really torn between the two. I just attended one wedding where there were two officiants and I didn't love it.

Anyway, I'm not even sure what questions to ask to help me decide between the two. So help...what are things that I need to know?!?!?! Any suggestions? Helpful hints? Advice?

Bad things don't really come in 3's...do they?

So I was feeling the pressure to blog and can't believe I forgot to blog about this...

When Scott was in town I let all the wedding stuff slide (minus the engagement party) for a bit. I changed all the plans of meeting with the pastor and working on the registry and honeymoon discussions and our first dance song and decided with just a short visit we should have us time. The only thing that we had to get done was get Scott's ring sized. So Saturday after lunch, we stroll up to Whitehall Jewelry. (I was getting my ring sized and they were having a great sale so I decided to get his there too! We both have like a 3 year warranty on our rings.)

I walked up to the nice lady and said "I would like to get his ring sized." The nice lady said back to me..."We don't do that anymore since we are bankrupt." WHAT????? The nice lady then said, "Yeah it was kind of surprising for us too...you know one day you have a job and the next day you don't."

So do bad things really come in 3's?

What Happened?

I was so excited about my engagement cards. They looked beautiful online. A picture of me and Scott and the beach, a cute little phrase, a beautiful blue background...and a great price! I ordered them and they were waiting on me when I got home from school today. I was soooo excited until I opened the box.

And what to my surprise do Scott and I look like...oh just like we have orange faces. Our faces are seriously the color of that hat!!! So just to let you know we are both completely healthy and we are not tanorexic (love Project Runway).

What to Do?

I have a little decision to make. I can't decide what to do for a wedding favor. I know that most people don't do anything with them other than throw them away. I love the idea of supporting a charity. Scott and I are huge animal lovers. In fact Sawyer is a rescue cat. I would love to use the money to donate an animal care center.

But at the same time...these magnetic snowglobes are just about the best thing ever! I love snowglobes! There is just something about them that brings a smile to my face. And even better...I can slide a picture of Scott and I in there Seriously...who wouldn't want that????

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions