Wedding Planning: Things I'm excited for

On my first installment of Wedding Planning I talked about some of my woes thus far. 

I have to say that now that we have the venue, photographer and DJ booked, I feel much better. 

I'm such a planner by nature that I want to rush through all of the planning but need to remind myself that I have lots of time. 

Some of the things I most excited for:

{Engagement shots}

We are planning on taking these at the end of February, hopefully when everything is blossoming and beautiful. I was trying to rush to get these done and I was totally bummed because the scenery around here is not pretty right now. Then I realized that save the dates don't need to go out until mid-March. So, I slowed my roll and spoke with our photographer and we are going to do end of February shots and I can't wait! What am I going to wear? Help!

{Save the Dates)

I see all you blogger ladies out there raving about Minted and I am so excited to finally get to use their site and create my own! When I first visited Minted was doing a promotion that if you set up a wedding website through them you would get a $50 credit. Sold. As I searched around their website, I saw all the fantastic things that minted included like addressing your save the dates for you. They give you a wonderful form to download your guest list and addresses and you just have to upload it and go. Genius I tell you. Also, if you prefer, you can have your guest RSVP through your wedding site.  They also will send you this beautiful sample pack showcasing all of their beautiful papers, fonts, envelopes, foiling, etc. Get this for sure.

{Registering}

As you all know, Scott and I already have a home and it is full of almost everything we could ever need. I'm still so excited to register. There are so many things that we wouldn't buy for ourselves but would love as gifts. We won't go over the top and we may even do an Amazon registry to include some not so standard registry items. Anyone ever done an amazon registry?

{Invitations}

See "Save the Dates"

Pretty much excited about this for all the same reason. Oh...also! Back in December Home Sweet Ruby was doing a Minted giveaway for $150 and I WON!!! I've NEVER won a giveaway before and this one was EVERYTHING!! So a special thank you to Cait for that giveaway and for helping us with our Wedding Invitations...every little bit helps!

{Bachelorette and Bridal Festivities}
The other day my bestie asked me about where and when we should do the bachelorette. I started to get really excited about all of the fun festivities to come. We also just attended a bridal shower for my cousin and it was so fun to get some shower ideas and imagine what my shower will be like.

{The Wedding}
Obviously.
It's easy to get wrapped up in the planning and the details, but its important to remember that in the end its all about me and Scott and our love; past present and future.