Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Let down.

Way back in November I was surfing Etsy for bridesmaids gifts. I came across a necklace that I loved. It was a lovely engraved locket with a Czech glass flower beads. The seller was having a bogo sale on all of her necklaces so I was hoping I could score a good deal on the gifts. I contacted her about the locket.

This is the original locket. Cute right? I explained to the seller that I was getting married and that I would love to give my girls this necklace as well as wear one myself. I asked her if she could make it in silver and if she could do Kelly green and Navy flowers. A few days later she got back to me and seemed really excited to fill the order. She said that she had to do some looking around to find matching lockets.


She came across these. She wasn't able to get all 4 of them to be the same but we decided to give the girls the smaller matching ones and I would get the larger, slightly different one. I asked if they could be ready by Christmas. I didn't find out till the last minute that they were not ready yet. I was planning a trip home in February and I asked if they could be ready then. She said she would probably be able to do that. Once again, they were not ready. Easter? Nope. She finally emailed me back shortly after Easter with photos of the finished necklaces. The pictures were little thumbnails and I could barely see them. But, from what I could tell they were exactly what I was looking for. I got so excited I emailed her back to find out the price and asked to set up a delivery. I didn't hear back from her. I emailed her again 2 weeks later. I waited another 2 weeks, nothing. And another 2 weeks, not a single response. At this point I have emailed her 4 times with out a response. I know that she has been on her site because she has updated her page, adding new items, posting new sales, etc. It has been almost 2 weeks since my last email.

I asked my friend Kathryn what she thought. I never put down a deposit or paid for the lockets. Kathryn agreed that I should just walk away and find something new. I sent the seller one final email. I explained that I was upset that I was unable to contact her for almost 2 months and that my wedding is about 2 months away. I stressed that I was disappointed I would not be wearing a locket on my wedding day.

Time to move on and find something new. Sorry girls, I really wanted to get you something special and I thought I had found it. I will do my best to make your neckline dazzle.

Friday, June 11, 2010

Weekend in Chicago

This past weekend Gordon and I went home to take care of wedding stuff. We had a million things to do and only a few days to get it all done.

Things to do while at home:
  • Get my hair done, last time it will be colored or trimmed until the week of the wedding.
  • Have dinner with our whole family, both sides, to discuss rehearsal dinner and open house during the wedding weekend.
  • Engagement Photo session with shots in the city and out at Toyota Park (where the Chicago Fire play).
  • Soccer Game!! Chicago Fire v. Philly Union (Fire won!!).
  • Bridal Shower.
  • Pick up veil from veil maker.
  • Wedding Tasting, and pick out linens, tables, furniture, bar, etc.
Some how we did all of this and went to Q101's Jamboree, hung out with friends, and had time just the two of us.

Here is a sneak peak at our engagement session by our wonderful photographer Tasha. We cannot wait to see the rest of the photos.