I Said YES! (Welcome to the Blog)

Good morning and welcome to the blog!

I thought this blog would be really handy in documenting my way from engaged to married and all of the fun along the way.

I want to start out by saying, I have always loved weddings.  From watching them on TV and movies (Muppets Take Manhatten and then a wedding on Sesame Street where Maria got married, I think), having my Barbie and Ken dolls get married, going to weddings, being in weddings, making secret Pinterest wedding boards, and the list goes on.  Clearly the wedding is just the icing on the cake; if you don't have someone you love, there's really no point.  A wedding is all about the actual marriage and I'm so excited to marry my best friend, Scott.  I have known it was him from the start. We've been dating for just over three years, and he proposed last Friday, 3/8/13.  I wasn't expecting it and it was just perfect.  It actually reminded me of something out of Pinterest, and considering he used a pin I made as a part of the proposal, this whole blog just seems fitting :)

Since I am quite the planner, I have been pinning ideas onto a secret board for months now in addition to one public board I had.  So after Scott proposed I decided to "unhide" my secret board and go through the pins.  Let me tell you, between my two boards, I had about 1,000 pins, and that's insane.  So my first tip to other brides to be, make it easy on yourself, and definitely break your boards down into categories.  For example, on my Pinterest account, I have about 36 different boards to help make things much more manageable.  I have boards for just color/theme, ceremony ideas, bridesmaids, groomsmen, reception ideas, etc etc.  You don't need to go board happy like me, but I tend to get overwhelmed with so many things that need to be done and it is easier for me to find pins when they're in a similar category.  I would suggest writing down what boards you want, creating them, and then edit your pins to match the board (or just start pinning!).  I also created a board for some of my friends to pin to if they see ideas too.  

Coming up next- what we've started doing and how I used Pinterest to guide me through the beginning stages of planning :)