Tick-tock, tick-tock

It's true what they say.

At first time was moving slowly, like a snail, and I had all the time in the world to find inspiration and to pack away pictures of what I wanted and drempt of for the day.

That has all changed. The time just seems to move much quicker the closer I get to our wedding.

While most of my projects have been or have plans to be completed in the near future, there are still a few things I need to make some time to do.

I'm going to come out and tell you that I kinda suck and I'll be complaining a little bit about it but its my own fault.

I need a clutch. STILL.

I've blogged about it before, I know, sorry that you are once again being tortured by my unableness to make up my mind and indecisiveness.

The problem is, I hate clutches. Hate. If it was a normal purse I know i'd use it again and I'd be find with spending money on something nice. However with a clutch, I know I will never use it again and I don't want to spend a lot of money on it, but at the same time I don't want it to look like it came from the $1 store eventhough I would be completely content paying only a dollar for it. hehe.

Oh wait, did I mention this clutch I need if for the rehearsal dinner? yeah. I got my wedding clutch already, and for that I spent a whopping $8. So I'm really looking for something around the same price point for the rehearsal. I would use it for the rehearsal too, but it is pink and totally will not match my lilac dress.

I'm in search of a white clutch.

I found a few at the mall yesterday as I ran through the mall in a desperate search on my 30 minute lunch break. I went to every store that would possible have clutches, and there was only one store that really had a selection. The selection consited of 3 different options, all of which were not very cute, and were $30. Say what? I'm not spending $30 on a white clutch that is hideous.

puh-lease.

So today, I did an online search and I found a white clutch I love.

It is a Saugus handbag from bestbridalprices.com and it is $41.00. I love it! And this week only they are allowing a 10% discount on handbags-use code Handbags to get the discount.

problem solved. But wait....

Just before I was going to purchase it, I saw that it would take 1-4 weeks to get to me after the processing time! I don't have that long. Since the wedding is in 10 days (t-e-n) the rehearsal is in 9, and I will need to have it in my hot little hands in 8. *sigh*

I also found a cute clutch on the Dessy site which will also take much to long to get to me. It seems I may have waited to long to purchase anything online and I find this super annoying since the stores here apparently don't sell clutches!

maybe I can get the Man to carry my lip gloss for me. What do you think-- have you attended an event sans-clutch? how did you carry the necessary "stuff" a girl needs to carry? And why are department store clutchs so darn ugly and expensive?

Escort me to my table

Escort Cards.

They are essential to help the guests to find their table for the night. With so many cool ideas out there, it is hard to choose just one.

My 1st inspiration came from Martha [Stewart] and it wasn't an escort card at all,



it was a place card placed at the table. I was going to do this and then make a Large board listing all the tables for people so they could examine it during cocktail hour and know which table to go to, but then i scratched that idea.

I had cut out a ton of butterflies for my last lantern project, and I just couldn't bring myself to do it again for the cards. Plus, I wondered if it would be a little too much.

I want a touch of butterflies, not an overwhelming amount.




After contemplating what to do, I found some wicked cool paper at AC Moore during a 40% off sale, so I bought enough of it to have [and then some--I didn't want to run out of supplies like I seem to do for all my projects] for the place cards I was thinking up in my head.

I got to work making the standard, run of the mill cards.
Please excuse my poor picture taking skills and the flash.

First I made a sample one to measure everything, measuring is not usually something I do, but I knew this was essential to the making of the cards. I cut the main cards out of the watercolor paper I had and scraps I had saved from a previous project.

Second, I printed the names and table numbers on the front of the card, while on the back I printed the meal choice they had chosen(a requirement from the place we are having the reception).

Then I cut a strip of fun paper 1"x4," lined it up correctly in my butterfly puncher and punched some butterflies out and then glued it down on the card using some scrapbook glue I found in my bucket of crafts downstairs.



There are three different cards, one silver paper, one pink paper, and one turquoise paper. The turquoise is for the beef meal choice, the pink for the chicken, and the silver for the pork.

I thought it would be a fun way to bring some more color into the reception area.



These were really easy to do but very time consuming. I was surprised at how long it took to make the escort cards. What project surprised you in your wedding planning?

Bachelorette Sneaknyness

Holy moly my wedding is in 12 days! how did that happen? One day it was months and months away, and the next day I get an invitation in my mailbox to my bachelorette party that is this Saturday!

I know what Part of the Party entails. My day will start out in Saratoga at noon at the Saratoga Racetrack where I will hopefully win tons of money to spend on the honeymoon!


I told MOH Cooper that I wanted the girls who weren't 21 yet (my sister and the man's sister) to be able to be involved in my day somehow too.



After the racetrack we are going to head to downtown Saratoga (sorry non 21 girls) for a little bar fun. Those are the only two details I know about. Oh and I know MOH Cooper has been sending out secret e-mails containing all the details to the invitees, but I don't know what was included in the super secret e-mails...

Then this morning I received this in the mail


it's a T-shirt and it's sooooooooooooooooooooooo cute (and it totally says "bride" under the date but I apparently folded it and didn't notice it wasn't showing in the picture). I can't help feeling that it is somehow going to be included in the bachelorette festivities, but I have yet to be informed of what it is for. No one will tell me.

did your bridesmaid do something sneaky and fun for your bachelorette?

Carried Away?

In trying to come up with some creative ideas to decorate the Gazebo where our ceremony will take place, I found something from Martha Stewart that I really liked.


I thought a couple of these lanterns paired with the lilly pomanders I already made would be the perfect touch.



I printed out some butterfly templates, laminated them, traced them onto cardstock and cut out tons o butterflys....

I bought these lanterns on sale because I really liked the cherry blossom design and thought it would go well. I busted out my hot glue gun and glued the butterflys on. I apparently forgot how the Martha Stewart ones looked.

Here is the finished product:


I'm actually not sure how I feel about these. I may or may not use them. I feel like there are a little too many butterfly's on the lantern, but I'm not sure... what do you guys think? Yay or nay?

Running out of steam

I am having a hard time staying focused right now. With the wedding in less than two weeks, while I should be working on these:



I'm really finding myself unmotivated and unfocused.

I started to make a practice program tonight, but unhappy with how part of it was turning out, and sick of sitting in front of the computer staring at the design I'm not completely happy with, I turn to blogging about it instead while I watch "House Bunny" on cable.

productive? not really.



The wedding program is supposed to be simple. Something not everyone even has. I could totally not make them but I want to have them, I just don't want to make them myself right now.

I have all the supplies, but I'm having a hard time with the "Ceremony Order" and I'm getting frustrated about it. We are not having a religious ceremony and I it is harder for me to put into words in the program because of this.

Does anyone have any ceremony program advice? what exactly should be included?

A soft glow

I wanted to add a bit of color to the tables. Along with our centerpiece, I wanted a soft glow, something a candle could give. I thought of floating candles, but I've never been a huge fan of those. They just weren't me enough.

Then I thought of votive candles, but thought that those can tend to be boring. I did a search for colorful votive holders and found some hot pink ones for an amazing price. I added them to my cart but then I just couldn't push the proceed button. Something was missing, something wasn't right, and I passed up the deal because I couldn't make up my mind.


After all that, I decided I DID want votives on the table, but I wanted them my way. The votive holders you could purchase were not going to be what my votive holders had to look like.


I decided to buy some clear votive holders and dress them up.

I went to AC Moore and bought some iridescent velum and a hot pink stamp pad. I bought two different stamps off of ebay, one with cherry blossoms and one with butterflys.

I stamped the velum with the two different patterns and let it dry for days.

I took one of the votive holders and traced around it with a piece of paper and created a template to use. I traced the template onto a thicker piece of cardstock and used this as my pattern for cutting the votive wrappers out.

I couldn't get great pictures of the finished product because of the flash that I can't seem to turn off of my camera (sorry guys) but this is what they looked like in the end.








Have you decided to dress up something you thought was a little plain?

The calm before the storm

With a little over two weeks until the wedding (I can't believe how fast it snuck up on me) and about a million things to do still I'm feeling really...............................................................................

CALM.

I was expecting to feel more frazzled, to be in more of a frenzy trying to get things done at this point, but I find myself extremely and surprisingly calm during this time.

I had a few freak outs months ago complete with insomnia and major stress so I was expecting the last few weeks before the wedding to be like that, only worse.

Boy am I glad it's not.

I find myself feeling very content which I think is leading to the calm feeling. I decided after the invitations that I was just not going to care as much anymore [about the little things] and I really found a sense of serenity in that. Ever since that day, the stress has been gone.

Despite the fact that the knot checklist I have says I have over 100 things to still "do," I have this calmness that has washed over and encompassed me. I can't help but wonder if it is the calm before the "storm." Everyone talks about how stressful the last few weeks are and I can't help but wonder why I feel the exact opposite way!

I absolutely can not wait to marry this man. I'm so excited I think I might burst. I know I'm making the right decision and I can not wait to begin this new chapter in our lives together. It is so hard for me to think that in a few weeks we will be husband and wife. After planning the day for so long and wishing it would be here even longer, it finally is[almost]!

As you get closer to your wedding date, how are you feeling?

Gifting the Men

The man was put in charge of finding gifts for the groomsmen. He knew about this task for many many many months. He obviously knows the guys a lot better than I do, so I thought it would be easier for him to come up with a gift for the men. I simply forgot about how hard it is for him to make up his mind and how he likes to wait until the last minute to get things done.

How do you say thanks in an appropriate way without getting a gift that won't be shoved in a drawer and forgotten about for all eternity?



I wish I had the answer to that one. I really do.

Most of the groomsmen gifts you see people give wouldn't be appreciated by this group of guys. Really nice Cufflinks would never be used, they just aren't cufflink kind of guys. Cool colored socks to color coordinate the looks on the wedding day? I'll be lucky if they don't wear the big white crew socks with their tuxes. A day of golfing? Noppers, not for these guys.

The fact that they are all so diverse certainly made the gifting task a lot harder.

After looking online with no luck, the man got annoyed. He thought about getting them all something different, but he wasn't even liking the ideas of gifts found online. Somehow they all looked chintzy to him, not good enough for his men.

So the Man took to the mall. He shopped all day last Friday while I was working (I would have rather been shopping), and he came up with this:(sorry for the fuzzy picture, it's off the things remembered website)*

It's a box. He's going to have their names engraved somehow, although he isn't sure if he's doing first or just last name or initials. Inside the box you will find a flask, a cigar holder and a cigar cutter.

The Man thought he'd fill the flask with some crown royal and buy some Cubans. The man picked out a gift that was a little more than we thought we'd spend, since we have 7 groomsmen it adds up fast. I actually think all of the groomsmen will all really like it.

*not sure if this is the actual set, but he got something similar from things remembered.

Did you have trouble picking out groomsmen gifts?

Gifting the Girlies- Part 2

My girls all know what one of their gifts is. I just couldn't help myself and I told them. haha. Technically, I didn't want them to spend money on their jewelery since I was planning on having it made. So I told them I was taking care of their jewelery so that they wouldn't waste their money on it.

Although they know what their big gift is, they have no idea what it looks like. And I'd like to keep it that way.If you are one of my bridesmaids, you are not allowed to click on the "read more" link.



Let's start with the Jewelery boxes. After scouring online for some super cool hot pink or turquoise boxes with no luck, I bought them all at the $1 store. Oh yeah. The pink and turquoise boxes were white when I bought them. I painted them with acrylic paint. 2 coats did the trick. I bought the pink ribbon at Walmart and adhered it to the boxes with double sided tape. I then added the little pink bows (which was also a $1 store find).

Inside each box you will find a Jewelery set containing one set of earrings and one necklace. I had the jewelery made with Swarovski Round 6mm beads in Clear AB and Blue Zircon AB that I scored on ebay for a lot cheaper than any bead store. The round swarovski beads were a lot pricier than the bicone beads you usually see, but I wanted something differen--- something special for my girls. I hope they find many uses for their jewelery after my wedding. I seriously want a set for myself.

There is a 10mm Clear Ab drop pendant (I forget what the name of the exact shape was, and it doesn't show up very well, but it is there looking beautiful).



The earrings are made out of a cluster of Swarovski crystals dangling from some o rings and some fabulous squiggly findings I found on ebay.

I got lucky on the jewelery front. My little sister (bridesmaid mini-me) recently became interested in making jewelery (last year) and I simply asked her if she might be interested in making the jewels for me. She said yes. I told her she would obviously know what he gift looked like, and she didn't care. I knew she'd do a good job and she was easy to work with. I simply told her what I wanted the necklaces to look like and she made me 4 samples to choose from(they were all so good it was hard to choose). For the earrings, I asked her if she knew how to make the clusters,and she admitted that she didn't but she'd try, and they came out awesome! So I told her to make them all like that. She does good work doesn't she?

I have one more surprise for the girls, but I probably won't blog about that until after the wedding.

What did you gift for your girls?

Shop 'till you drop (part deaux)

I was on a mission. A mission to find a rehearsal dinner dress, a clutch for the wedding and some clothes to wear on the honeymoon in Jamaica.

I'm not used to spending money on myself because I usually don't, and while I was considering buying the purple dress from Macy's, I also was on the look out for a cool bridal clutch.

Now, not being used to spending money on myself, I didn't want to spend a lot of money on a wedding clutch that I know I won't use again.





When all the bridal clutches you love cost upwards of $50.00 it sets in that you are wasting your money. If I knew I would use it again, and get the use out of it that I should, I would happily shell out the dough, but I'm just not a clutch kind of gal.

Then it happened, while at Boscovs, I spotted it right away.

The perfect shade of fuchsia. Perfect because it's beautiful. Perfect because it is the same color as my shoes. Perfect because it is so me. Perfect because it was on sale. for $17.95.

I grabbed it and debated if I dared but a clutch that wasn't white. My mother instantly decided I should because it's me. And I agreed. I brought it up to the counter to purchase it where I found out it was on mega sale and rang up at $8.50. sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

Clutch.Check.
done and done.

I also scored some great deals at JC Penny on some super cute sundresses for $15.99 and some great deals on some tanks at Old Navy.

How have you scored some great deals for wedding attire/accessories on a shopping trip?

Shop 'till you drop (part 1)

I have been browsing online for rehearsal dresses forever. Originally I thought I wanted a black and white dress and I found the most beautiful one at White House Black market. I waited too long to purchase it and it's no longer available. *boo* I can't even post a picture of it because I can't find it. anywhere.

Since then I've been looking online all over the place for the perfect dress. I have found a few that I thought may work
I really Liked this pink one from Nordstrom's...


but I don't have a Nordstroms near me so that I can try it on. And since the wedding is in three weeks I don't feel comfortable purchasing at such a late time. And despite the fact that I thought it was pretty, something was missing.

So I ventured out to the world of shopping today in search of the perfect dress for the rehearsal and some cool honeymoon gear.

I brought my mother along to help and we literally shopped all day long. It.was.great.

Our Journey started at Macys where I purused the dress section and picked up several dresses before spoting a really cute purple dress with rosettes on it. Of course, this particular dress was not on sale like all the others that were in my arms, and it was quite a bit more than I wanted to spend, but there was something about it that said, "try me! try me!" so i added it to the bunch I already had.

We headed over to the dressing room hoping to find the "one" early on in the day. I tried on my mothers favorite dress and it looked okay, but I had another dress on my mind....

I wanted to try on the purple dress next. My mother hadn't seen me pick it up and giggled at it as she saw it on the hangar. She was not a fan. However, when I put it on, it looked really fantastic! She had to agree that it looked really great.

I didn't want to spend the money on it, so I decided to keep trying other dresses. All the other dresses I tried on there did not even come close to how I felt with that purple dress. So, not wanting to give in and splurge on it just yet, I had them "hold" it for me, so I could continue looking in the mall for something fantastic and within my budget.

I tried on a TON of dresses, all different styles, shapes, colors, and nothing, nothing even came close to matching the purple one. I just couldn't get it out of my head.

I don't think I've ever considered spending that much on one single dress before in my life. Granted, it wasn't a HUGE amount per say, just more than I wanted to spend, but for the way it made me look and feel, I decided I needed to splurge this one time. I think it will be the perfect dress for the rehearsal, and it's such a lightweight material (silk) that I can even bring it to Jamaica on the honeymoon for some fun there too.

I will definately get my money's worth out of it.

Here is my beauty. It really doesn't look like much in the picture, but it is FABULOUS when it is on. I swear. It's perfect and I don't regret the splurge at all.

What in your wedding has caused you to splurge?

Gifting the Girlies

One of the fun parts about being a bridesmaid besides attending all the fun things is getting Gifts from the bride and groom. After spending all that money on the parties and gifts for the bride and groom, it certainly is nice to get something that shows all of that has been appreciated.

I would love to get my girls tons of gifts, but unfortunately I'm not made of money. I don't have a money tree to hit up, but I do have some serious craftiness that comes in pretty handy.

If you are one of my bridesmaids and you thought you'd come and check out my blog, you need to stop reading now. No more reading until after the wedding or you will ruin the surprise and it will be all your own fault. I will not feel one bit sorry for you if you peek.

you've been warned.



One of the bridesmaid gifts I have decided to give the girls is a pair of flip flops. While this may not seem like much, I do have girls traveling from out of town and I don't think they'll think to bring an extra pair of shoes. I thought this would be something really sweet for them to have in case their shoes start hurting them.

I went to Old Navy and bought them each a pair of silver flops. The really comfy ones, yeah, you know which ones I'm talking about.
I wanted to Glam them up a bit. So I went to AC Moore and bought:
all purpose spray adhesive
Silver glitter
and at the grocery store, some small white plastic bags.

First I took the small garbage bags and wrapped the part of the shoe I didn't want glittered so that it wouldn't get hit with adhesive my accident. That's how I roll.


Next, I shook up the spray adhesive and sprayed the silver thong part of the sandal that I wanted to cover in glitter. I then took a spoon and sprinkled the glitter on the thong, and let dry, then cut off the plastic bag.

Hello gorgeous.


I then Cleaned off any excess glitter that I may have gotten on the shoe, or in a spot I didn't want with some packaging tape. Just press down the tape and the glitter comes up easily.

The glitter wasn't sticking as well as I imagined and the thong part felt sticky to me, which I didn't want at all. To resolve this problem, I busted out some Clear Acrylic Sealer that I already had (previously bought at the craft store), and gave the thongs two good coats. That did the trick!Easy, cheap, and fabulous. I know I'd love a pair. In fact, I want to make myself a pair now. You could do this with any color that you wanted to use. Just find the perfect glitter and go to town.

*I did this project outside as it's very messy.
** I HIGHLY suggest using rubber gloves because if you get the spray adhesive on your hand, it's really sticky, gross, and takes forever to get off.

What fun finds do you have planned for your girls?

And then there were Two

In some of my previous posts you may have read about my struggle to find enough Pink Lillies to finish my Silk Pomander project. Well, as you know, there was no happy ending. No more pink lillies were found at any of the AC Moore Stores in the US. Their flower selections are still scarce in the stores, and there are no pink lillies, I have them all.

I wanted two pomanders, so I decided if I made them smaller, I'd be able to have two. I bought two smaller paper lanterns (12") instead of the 16" I had already started.

This week I began the painfull task of dismantaling the ones I had. I was pretty upset that I had to do this. However, I did end up with enough flowers to complete two of these and they came out fabulous. I'm not going to go over the steps again, but I am going to show you the finished project.Look at them, sitting there, all beautiful. While not as impressive as the 16" ones I previously started and had to give up, these came out great and they will do the trick.

TARGET Rocks my socks.

I have always loved Target. Everytime I've needed a cool gift, Target has been there providing it for me. So when it came to getting some gifts for our little ones (the Flower girl and Ring Bearer) Target popped right into my mind.

In an effort to get the gift picking out behind us, I decided to stroll on over to Target this weekend to see what they had in store for me.

I have to preface this by saying I apparently had a shopping problem that day.

I walked into target and immediately checked out the $1 items and kept finding cool things. I wanted to get the kids something they could use to entertain themselves during the day. There were googles, beach balls, and some dry ease boards there... all for 1! These were things I knew the kids would like. Since they are brother and sister and I know how they are, whatever I got for one, I had to get for the other.

After browsing the 1 items I headed back to the toy section in search of dry erase markers, crayons and some paper. I found a whole bunch of really fun cheap gifts for the kids that I knew they would adore. I snatched them up and kept on going. I found everything I wanted and more. I splurged one one of those velcro catch games which I split between the gift bags, one for each.

I left Target with a full basket and an empty wallet!

The flower girl has one extra gift that the ring bearer does not. I had my sister, mini-me, make her a necklace and earring set. They came out super fab.

The necklace and earrings are made out of two different colored pink swarovski bicone crystals and some 2mm silve balls.

Have you found any great gifts for your ring bearer and flower girl?

Is it really that difficult?

When we mailed out our invitations we included a response card with a self addressed stamped envelope. All our guests were required to do was to write in their name and guests name and check off their meal choice. I made the deadline for a month after the invites went out to give plenty of time.

Sounds easy right?

Wrong.

We have gotten most of the RSVP's back thankfully and our biggest culprit for not mailing back seem to be the groomsmen. Obviously I know they are coming which makes them think they don't need to send in the little card. *sigh* Yes, you still do because I need to know who you are bringing and what you are eating.

Seriously, is it a guy thing?

Love grows

Please excuse my blogging absesnce. I had hurt myself last weekend and I'm finally beginning to feel slightly better.... so that means I should be able to work on some more crafting projects soon and will be able to post about them next week hopefully. In the mean time....

I had heard about some wedding ring bowls people were using instead of a ringbearer pillow. I instantly fell in love with the idea of a ring bowl instead of a pillow. What the heck was I going to do with an all-to-expensive pillow after the wedding anyway? Now a bowl, a ring bowl, could be useful even AFTER the wedding.

I first saw a picture/heard about ring bowls from weddingbee when I saw one of the "bees" blog about a site called Etsy and a seller, Paloma's Nest. I instantly clicked on the link provided and checked out her stuff. Love was the first word that came to mind, Need was the second one.

Since my wedding was months and months and months away at that point, I happily bookmarked paloma's nest and promised myself I'd go back and visit often.

And I did. And I noticed that the more and more and more Paloma's Nest was blogged about on weddingbee, the more the prices for the ring bowls went up. *sigh* Such is supply and demand. I have nothing against raising prices, but it is a bit of a downer when you're planning on spending a certain amount on a ring bowl, and then the price keeps increasing.

With a few months to go 'till the wedding, I decided it was time to stop drooling and to purchase my lovely. When I went to Palomas Nest to buy it, I was suprised at how much the price had increased. So I did what any resourceful bride would do, I began looking around for something similar on Etsy.

I came across another site, Love Grows By Giving, which had very similar ring bowls more at the price I wanted to spend. However, I wanted something specific that wasn't on her site. I signed in, and convo'ed her asking if she could do a bowl with a certain phrase and our names going along the circumference of the bowl, with our date in the middle. She was a pleasure to work with. Although she said it would take a month for the bowl to be made and shipped over from Singapore, it arrived very quickly, and although it was slightly smaller than I thought it would be, it was perfect.

I changed the ribbon out to be pink and made it ours completely. I love me some Etsy!

What Etsy items are you currently drooling over?

The Wrentch in my Plans

This past weekend was great. We celebrated my birthday and the 4th with friends on Lake George. We had good weather for the most part, made good memories and had good times. However, I fell pretty hard on my butt and I'm almost positive that I broke my tailbone. I broke it in high school while sledding down an icy hill and it feels exactly like that again. I remember it taking for-ever for it to heal. Who does that 35 days away from their wedding? Yep, that would be me.

What have you done close to your wedding that you regretted?

To have and to hold

As The July 4th weekend comes upon us, I am reminded of two very scary things:

1. I'm one step(year) closer to the big (dreaded) 3-0 (my birthday is on the 4th)

2. Our wedding is soooooooooooo soon (a month and a few days away)...

and one very fun thing: Our one year engage-aversary is on the 4th!

Let me rephrase one thing, the wedding and marriage part isn't the part that scares me, but it's all the things I have left to do that are driving me insane. I feel like for every one thing I accomplish, ten more things pop up in it's place. And right now, time just seems to be moving at warp speed, never quite allowing me to catch up to where I'd like to be. Anyone else experiencing the warp speed like me?

Anyhow, I've decided it's time to make a final decision on what I'll be holding at the wedding (besides my new husbands hand that is..) and I seem to be having a hard time deciding exactly what I want.....and the main problem is that I can't find one in WHITE that I love for less than $500......

I found one I loved at zappos

....and then I saw the price tag. Dang! So not even close to being in the budget.

These are my contendors at the moment:

Up first is this cute little number that I would love to have. The problem, it only comes in hot pink. It would match my shoes and be super fun to have, but I'm still not 100% sure. I'd also like to put a flower on it which might dress it up a little and make it fit in more...

*Found on ebags
Up next is another cute one I found, but it only comes in light pink. Not exactl the right shade of pink... but i think the cut is so cute. Why oh why can't it come in white?

*Found on ebags
The last one I found is from the dessy site. It's reasonably price and comes in an assortment of colors.... so technically I could get white, but I don't know if it's tooooooo ruffl-y.

This last one I found at target online. It comes in white, it's cheap, but i'm not sure if it looks bridal like enough... and it's made of polyester and cotton (i wanted silky goodness) but then again, i could get a cute satin flower to add to the front of it to dress it up... (now that I'm looking at it more it kind of reminds me of the one I liked from zappos)

Which one would you pick, or do you have a suggestion for something better?