Freebies: Mad Men Inspired Save The Date Cards

{The Wedding Chicks Mad Men Inspired Save the Date Cards}

Right on the tail of our super fun Mad Men-themed BBQ, I stumble upon these super cute Mad Men Inspired Save the Dates from The Wedding Chicks. It's a template you can play with, and then have Emailed to you for free.

Inspiration: New Color Palettes

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I subscribe to The Knot's newsletter. Today I received an email containing "20 (New!) Wedding Color Combos", so of course I had to look! The above two are my favorite of the bunch. It makes me want to revisit that post I made a while ago about color palettes, and do some more work. What are your favorite colors?

This is the one, really!

Okay, here's an update on the ring situation. Josh and I went to try on rings on Thursday, and it was a lot of fun. While I loved the ones I picked out originally -I mean... the lace design is just magnifique- Josh and I both agreed that these are more me. It's hard to tell in the pictures, but both the bands are so delicate and beautiful, and the obvious bonus is that we can use my mom's oval diamond in the setting. It's funny to think that these fit me so perfectly and just happen to be almost half as much.  When does that happen, right?  Usually it's the opposite hehe.

I saw Josh checking out some wedding bands, too. I think he saw a few he wouldn't mind wearing.  I saw a brushed platinum one that I really liked for him... maybe that'll be an update later on!

This is the one!

I found THE perfect engagement ring for me yesterday.  Now, tell me that's not a totally amazing ring?? Josh agreed that it's a "very pretty ring!"

"Grace and strength unite in this stunning star selection. Strings of channel-set graduated diamonds lead up the shoulders of the band, giving this modern-classic design a pretty profile. Lace-like signature Tacori crescent silhouettes create windows of light along the sides for interest from every angle."

We were laying in bed last night having a really wonderful conversation, and "the ring" came up. I told him all about how and why I picked it and how that's it, that's absolutely what I want. Then he asked me, "Can we get it around here?" So of course I told him where we could find it. Eeeee, he's going to ask me soon, I just know it.

We are going to use my mom's oval diamond to put in a solitaire setting at first, while we save up for these!  Josh said, "Three rings?  Isn't that kind of excessive?"  and I said, "I'm a girl, I can never have too many diamonds."  Later I found out my mom also has three rings.  But instead of two engagement rings and one wedding band like I'll have, she has one engagement ring and two wedding bands.