Music, dresses, escort cards and more...

I feel a little bit like a broken record when I constantly say "I can't believe how close it is." BUT...I truly CANNOT believe it! I got butterflies on Saturday when we hit the 6 week mark.
Today, we woke up and had our first frost. Normally, that would make me not the happiest because of having to scrape the cars and pull out the jackets and scarfs. Today, it put me on cloud nine. This weather means that the wedding is THAT MUCH closer and I am just a few short weeks away from marrying my best friend. It has been so warm here lately that it doesn't even feel like the end of October! FINALLY...we are in full-fledged fall weather!!!
A lot has happened this past week. The most important is that both my Mom and Doug's Mom got their dresses. YAY! I was getting a little nervous that we were only 6 weeks away and neither one had their dresses. My Mom's dress is STUNNING! It is called "greige" which is technically a mixture of grey and beige. I think it looks more like a slate grey. It is SUCH a flattering dress and looks phenomenal on my Mom! I was able to see the dress that Doug's Mom picked out last night as well. It is a deep plum color and makes her look so slender! She looked so beautiful and was beaming when she tried it on for us. So...the dress situation is all taken care of. Just a few alterations here and there and they are set.
Doug and I were able to meet with the organist that Doug's Dad picked for us. His name is Chris and he was SOO talented! He just got back from studying improvisation in France. Everything that we had picked out for him to play, he knew and loved! PLUS...he is so low maintenance! He is going to coordinate with the violinist, the trumpeter and my soloist, Sandy, to work on a rehearsal date. He made it so easy on me! STRESS FREE... :)
The one area of the wedding that I am having some "anxiety" (I refuse to say stress! Stress is when you get really cranky AND worried. I'm just worried at this point!) on is the escort cards (or seating cards). My ideas have changed so drastically from when I first got engaged until now. Last December, I wanted the wedding colors to be red, gold and creme. Now...I've completely re-vamped the color scheme to be black and white with touches of deep red. I don't really have a theme for the whole day. Just colors to work with. I have been searching and searching and trying to find escort cards that had black and white on them. NOTHING! How in the world could a company NOT make black and white escort cards? Seems so common to me. So, I decided to make them myself....in all of my spare time. ;) Our invitations have a black bow at the very top so after experimenting for several hours with plain white card stock, I finally came up with the idea of having all of the paper products have black bows on them to tie everything together. So, I think the escort cards, the menus, the ceremony programs and the table numbers will all have a black bow at the top of them. I think I am also going to line the underside of the white card stock with a thicker black card stock to match my invites a little more. I have NO IDEA how long all of this is going to take; I'm assuming it won't be quick.
It's amazing the nervousness that runs through your mind when you try to picture the entire event coming together AND LOOKING GOOD this late in the game. I understand why brides get crazy! I have just been trying to focus on the fact that I am going to be married to Doug and that is the real reason of the day. Nothing else really matters in the grand scheme of things. That day is going to be between God, Doug and I. Everyone else is just a spectator, offering support for that day and the years to come.
All this being said........Doug and I still need your thoughts and prayers as we try to stay on top of all that we need to do before the big day....in EXACTLY 40 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!