Wedding Confessions

1. My wedding band is 15x as expensive as Nate's band (and that was after the 20% discount).

2. But I still want to "go for" some splurge earrings...

These are my favorite, but not cheap at $250.

These are more affordable and also cute, but I'm not sure that I could pull them off.

Only for a wedding would I say, "these simple studs are just $48."

3. At least my wedding shoes are free... I'm wearing a pair of wedges that I've had for 3+ years. I try not to tell too many people because they just try to guilt me into buying another pair.

4. I got a bit lazy/ cheap when the time came to add a bow to the back of my wedding dress. The alterations were already costing $200 for the things I needed so I just skipped it. Hopefully, I'll find another embellishment that I can add to up the girly factor.

5. Speaking of dresses, my absolute favorite wedding dress ever was this all cotton number done by Project Runway winner, Jay. I remember thinking, "that's exactly the look I want!" when I first saw the episode.

6. I'm way-way-way more excited about eventually buying our "forever" home than I am about the wedding. Sometimes I resent the wedding expenses because I know that they're getting in the way of my down payment plan.

Have any wedding confessions that you'd like to make?

for the tables

I feel like I've been steadily chugging along with wedding planning lately. My dress alterations are scheduled, I've been receiving a steady stream of RSVPs, and we've made plans to go shopping for Nate's ring this weekend. This week, I even bought two different elements for the tables!

I decided to go ahead and buy the tablecloths for the reception instead of renting them. Even without reselling them later, I'm saving hundreds of dollars by doing this thanks to Craigslist (lower prices, no taxes, and no service fees). The big negative to buying my own linens is that I'll be in charge of making sure they're wrinkle-free and ready by the wedding. Although it will be a bit of work to make this happen, I chose to take it on because it's something I can do well in advance of the wedding (unlike preparing the food, making the cake, etc).

As you might remember, I'm making my own cake stands based on the blogger-favorite candle stick/ plate trick. Lucky for me, I didn't have to go through my plan of searching at all the thrift stores in my neighborhood for a collection of candlesticks and plates that would work- Dollar Tree happened to have everything I needed!

I'm kinda liking the airy glass look, but I could also spray paint the bases with white or another color so that they jump out from the table a bit more. Here's what white dishes would look like on the tablecloths (which seem to photograph as a different color in each picture- they're blue-green): 

What would you do- spray paint the glass or leave them as-is?