Meet Me At The Altar

Wedding! Wedding! Wedding!!  It has been a very productive past week and weekend! One day this week, mom and I took off looking for fabric and different ideas to throw around for some things for the reception! We had a lot of fun and really enjoyed each other. We found some different fabrics and bought pieces of them to see what magic mom can work up. We also found some candles to use at the reception!

On Sunday, mom and I headed to Louisville for a Bridal Show, "Meet Me At The Altar". It was my first bridal show as a bride so I was really excited! I didn't know really what all to expect!! We arrived at the show around 2 pm. At Registration, we learned of a "cake dive" that was going to be happening around 4:30. I wasn't sure what all that entailed, but the girl told me she did it last year as a bride and that it was totally worth it. So mom and I began our journey through all the vendors at the bridal show. We gathered a lot of good ideas and saw things that solidified ideas that we wanted to stray away from and ideas that we had thought about that looked gorgeous! There aren't a huge variety of photographers, etc being from a small town, so it was good to see other photographers, florists, etc to be able to compare them to the ones here. Still haven't made a final decision on a photographer, but think we will end up going with a local one! 

      In order to be a part of the cake dive, each bride had a green sheet of paper that they must have signed by each vendor! So I was frantically going around to each vendor so I could register for the cake dive. Mom just thought the cake dive was such a wonderful idea.....which she ends up getting more of then what she expected! Around 3, they had a runway of lots of beautiful wedding gowns and bridesmaids dresses. I absolutely fell in love with one dress and look forward to going to the shop that sponsored the runway to try it on! Hopefully, that will be in the next couple of weeks! At 4, they drew 20 brides names out of the registration to get the chance to participate in the cake dive! And all I remember hearing...from LONDON KY.....Jennifer Felts! AHHH my mom was cheering and I was having mixed thoughts....I kept thinking, oh wow, I hope I win something great, but I really dont want to do this! haha

To make a long story short...20 girls including myself lined up along a very long sheet cake. Each of us had a number that we stood in front of and the cake was marked off in sections on the table. Each of us was responsible for our section of the cake. We were CAKE DIVING, FACE ONLY, NO HANDS to find a token! Each token had a number on it that determined what you won! After taking all my jewelry off and pulling my hair back, I was ready for the dive! Let me tell you, brides will do ANYTHING to win something for their wedding! Guess I am considered to belong to that group now?! :)

Ready to begin the cake dive! So excited and nervous!

We all were going at it and I thought my strategy would work great! I decided I was going to use my chin to dig in the cake so cake wouldn't go up my nose! This worked for some time, but then failed! Cake was all up my nose and I couldn't breathe! All I could hear was my mom cracking up and pictures being taken of all of us! 

Taking a break from my face in the cake to see if I could see the token!

Cake was in my hair, nose, all ALL over my face! But such a fun time!

After about 5 minutes, about 15 girls of the 20 still could not find their token! So.......either a fiance or MOB (Mother of the Brides) were allowed to join in! Yes, my mother dove straight in! haha It was great. It didn't take 2 minutes and she had found the token! (only because I had went through the whole cake except for one corner:)). 

My beautiful and fun mother who was such a great sport to help out!

It was so much fun and ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT! In the end, I won an amazing price totaling $900!!! It was so exciting!

Mom and I after cleaning up a little with our token! #14!!

Needless to say, I do not want to see, smell, or eat birthday cake for a long time! haha I'm looking forward to another bridal show!!

On another note, Tracy will be in Kentucky in 4 days and I absolutely can't wait!  I'm so excited for us to blog about our time together in Kentucky! We have some fun things planned and will hopefully get some relaxation time together as well!

Everyone take care until we post again!