Beginning of Wedding Planning

First, I need help with what to do for my pumpkin this year! Remember last year? Yeah how can I top that? I would like to do an homage from one of the my favorite movies that came out this year. So which should I choose from? Hunger Games, Spider-Man, Batman or something else? Please help!!

So I guess I can start to tell you all about this wedding of mine. I met my fiance at church away at school at the beginning of last semester. We were friends and then we were friendlier and now we're getting married! It's kind of crazy to think we're getting married!

We decided to get married in December so the winter wedding plans started with a winter color palette. My favorite color is red and his is green. Christmas right? Yeah, we're not going with a Christmas theme. So red it was. I looked at different paint chips and was able to decide the right hue. Choosing the accent color was the easy part. Either color we chose, green or red, I knew it was going to be a light gold or champagne color. After choosing colors, things got moving because decisions were easier to make. Here's my color!

 

 

So when planning an event or more specifically the wedding, you have to take into account what season the event will happen in. 

Spring: lighter, airy colors like pastels or white

Summer: bright, fun and bold colors like primary colors

Fall: earthy tones with a more red or yellow hue like fall leaves

Winter: darker colors, earthy tones still work, bluer hues like purple or deep reds and greens

Accent colors shouldn't rival your main color. Choosing metal colors like silver, gold or bronze is a great place to start. Accent colors should be more mild. Compare the colors together. Don't be afraid of being picky! I was quite picky when it came to finding the right shade of champagne.

 

A Million Questions I want to know the answers to:

So would you all like to know? Anything? Do you all want to know about the wedding plans (ie venue decorations, centerpiece, flowers, bridesmaid dresses, etc.)? Am I asking enough questions? I don't want to bore you readers with wedding plans so you all tell me! Thank you all :)

Toddler Distraction Question- Help Please!

I decided last week I was going to put together a box of things that would highly interest my 15 month old PB. If I am sitting in the room with her she sits and plays if I stand up and walk to a different room she is glued to me whining. Yes, I know this is very typical but I would like her to learn independence as well as strengthen her fine motor and problem-solving skills. I have looked at many Pinterest boards and pins as well as done a Google search for ideas but they all violate the rules that I want for my box-o-distraction:

Please note a few things about this picture: how tired she looks (no nap), the cat is sitting on  folded laundry (no more folding for Mom), PB can reach just about everything. 

1. Mess free. I can deal with picking up pieces but not paint, spaghetti, or shaving cream.
2. Activities on her level. She is not interested in matching or counting yet. 
3. Inexpensive. I'm not spending $5 on an activity when my toddler only has a 30 second attention span on a good day.
4. Safe so she can be unsupervised. The whole reason I want this box is so I can get dressed or make meals without PB being in danger of hurting herself on the hot stove or curling iron because she is glued to my knee cap.

I do have a few ideas that I plan on doing: a wipe container with fabric squares she can pull out, balloons filled with play-doh, and a water bottle with water a beads inside. 

So now I'm asking you faithful readers:

What would you put in an Early Toddler Distraction Box?

Links and tips are much appreciated!!

Click here to see what I came up with