My Rain Cloud is Gone

I was starting to think I was going to be stuck in a funk forever. I had tried everything...girl's night, shopping, cleaning, and even comfort food!  Nothing seemed to work, I think it was like a cold it had to run it's course. 

So this week is going by very quickly which is a good thing because this weekend we have big plans to go cake tasting!  I am super excited and stressing out at the same time. All I think about when I start thinking wedding cakes is ... $$$!  With really no ideas of what I was looking for I went searching online, found this one and just fell in love.

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I love It! It's a little big but the simplicity of it just makes the cake so beautiful to me.  The tree bark stand really brings it together with the rustic look I am going for. I think I could even love it without the flowers. Of course the ribbon will be the Lapis Purple I am going with, and if I do go with flowers they will be a lighter purple color. Speaking of falling in love...

I found the tree bark stand idea at Kinser Event Company's Blog and I absolutely fell head over heels! Now if I can only find someone who is chopping down some tress to get some pieces cut. Seems like ever since all those cake shows came on TLC and Food Network everyone wants to charge an arm and a leg for wedding cakes. Maybe this being my very 1st wedding cake purchase I just have a small case of  sticker shock. 

So the Bride's Maid dresses have been found and it's all left to the girls to get them before the wedding. Megan and I went to David's Bridal yesterday after a long time of procrastinating the trip to find dresses. I had looked at DB's before and was not happy with the selecting, so then we were left with trying to get all the girls together to go dress sale shopping, resulting in failure. Got a email from DB's yesterday with some new fall dress styles and actually liked a couple of them. Resulting in dress success! 

So here they are you really can't tell from the picture but the fabric is Satin, and the sides have pockets, which the girls love! It was a very quick and easy trip and I am very happy to say "It's over"! I am very excited to be checking things off my list again. I ordered our invitations last week so they should be coming in soon. I think I am going to keep those a surprise, don't want to give everything away! 

So cross your fingers we find cake's Alex and I can agree on...style and price!!!

Until then..