DIY Pearl Necklaces

For those of you who don't know, I read the boards on The Knot a lot. If I didn't have these ladies on TK, I would be stressed to the max and swimming in the unknown of wedding planning. They have been so helpful and the ideas are endless. One of the ideas that are popular, are diy pearl necklaces for the bridesmaids. I love them and they are simple easy to do. I have never created something like this before, and it was super easy.

There are several brides on the TK with these directions posted, but I received mine directly from birdcagebride's blog which is called Feathers and Pearls. She has put the pictures of the supplies and step by step instructions. Extremely helpful and if for some reason you can't read her blog later on, feel free to page me on the NC board.

I went to Michael's and bought all the supplies for under $50. I would give you the exact amount, but I bought ribbon, a basket and some other stuff too. I bought two of the bead wire just in case, you won't need it. I still have leftover from one spool. I also used 50 beads per necklace. The pictures are my finished product. You will be saving tons of money by doing if you consider spending $20-$25 per necklace per bridesmaid. Plus, you can't go wrong with pearls!! I ended up making 7 pearl necklaces. I needed 6 including the flower girl.

Shoes!

I love shoes. I don't shop for them all the time, I prefer to have a few really good pairs. But I like bright colors, fun shoes. So for the wedding day, of course I would want fun colorful shoes. I really love red shoes, I know a lot of brides wear red shoes and its not so out of the ordinary. But its more than just your silver beautiful shoe. Or that's what I keep telling myself.

I picked out some red slingback peep toes wedge shoe. I went back to look and they no longer carry them in my size. On any website. Humf.


My mom, also love shoes. Actually I would consider her to have a shoe obsession. She found me some similar shoes and ordered them for me as present. There's a picture of them above. They are also in key lime green (called hunter green but it looks more key lime to me), black and maybe sand/gold color. Hopefully these will work and I'll wear them on my wedding day.

30 Day Shred

I am sure you have heard of Jillian and her work out videos. If you haven't, she's one of the trainers on the Biggest Loser. I ordered her dvds 30 Day Shred and Boost Metabolism. So far, I've done 2 days of the level 1 shred. It is a 25 minute workout, strength, cardio and abs repeated in that order. The first day, I tried to complete it with 8lb weights (normally these are fine and I have used 10lbs to work out too). Little did I know, I couldn't complete all the reps with those weights!! The next day I rushed to Walmart and bought a pair of the 5lbs weights. Tried it again and perfect, I was sore. I will complete it again today.

Saturday, I worked on the Boost Metabolism dvd. It consists of several circuits (maybe 7 or 8?), with no weights. Its all kick boxing, jumping, squats, punches, and abs. I did well but couldn't complete the last 2 circuits. My advice, is to not take a break. I mean I would take a quick sip of water than hopped back to it. But before the last 2 circuits, I PAUSED the dvd to talk to fiance. My advice: DON'T DO IT. Haha, I quit after that. The next circuit was jumping, and my thighs had already had enough. Maybe I will attack the dvd again later in the week or just complete some of the circuits at a time. However, I think completing the whole dvd at once will probably give the best results.

My goal: to lose 10lbs (?) and definitely tone up for the wedding events this summer. Plus to be healthy and have more energy. I always feel better when I work out consistently.

Save the Dates- CHECK

I'm about to put the stamps and seal the save the dates. I have 69 of these cheap easy babies that need to go out in the mail. Honestly, I didn't put the time and effort in these that I would have liked, but I don't think they are that important. And if I had to skimp on something, I'd rather it be these. I'm ready to move on to shoe shopping, invites, or making appointments. So here we go!!!! Off to do the 3 S's....STAMP, SEAL, SEND