Our Gorgeous Linens!

....hopefully!

I had the honor of working the "San Francisco Wedding Fair" which was held at the Four Seasons Hotel. It was a blast working for great people such as Connie and Karla. They sure know how to run a show! And please believe I was right by their side all the while taking mental notes. {Why? Because one day I inspire to be just like them! Successful coordinators who are top of their game!}

Any who, I managed to sneak away a few minutes for personal reasons. And that personal reason was my wedding! hehe. I just couldn't resist. All day I was drooling over this certain piece of art. This certain something that you can honestly say "it made my mouth drop!"

Ladies and Gents, here she is, in all her beauty!

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Isn't she a sight to see? They call her a specialty linen that consists of hand crafted crystal beading. I give all credit to this amazing vendor, Hartmann Studios.

Unfortunately, I was unable to get any details. All I had time for was a quick snap shot of my dream linens, grabbed a few business cards and left a short yet genuine promise that I would be in touch with them sooner than later.

So what do you think? Do we have a winner?

ALL 270 OF THEM!

THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT!
I repeat, this is a public service announcement!

We SCORED with our place setting purchase. We have all of our gold charger plates with 6 to spare. OMG! What a relief!

{source: 4 my rooms}

And get this! Can you believe we walked out of Walmart spending a little over $174 for all? That makes each plate equivalent to 63 cents each! Wow, what a bargain! Especially since I was getting quotes for $1.25 per charger JUST to rent.

OMG, you have no idea what a relief this is to me. I have been wanting gold chargers since the day I started planning my wedding and everywhere I've searched, they were asking an arm and a leg for them. And the places where I did find deals, they were located so far away that shipping costs would've kick my booty! So I told myself, that I would wait til Christmas of 2009 to purchase my chargers {since I knew Walmart sold red, gold and silver chargers as part of their Holiday Trim collection} and so I did. I waited and I waited. And what do you know, Christmas came and went.

I purposely waited to make my BIG move for December 26th in order for me to score first pick on the holiday Christmas clearance sale. So of course, to reassure that I get all I need, I had set my alarm Christmas night for 7am the following morning.

{source: Denver}

December 26th at 7am, I jumped up out of bed, brushed my teeth, combed my hair, colored in my eyebrows {{hehe}}

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and was on my way.

When I arrived, I pretty much BOOKED it to the holiday section. lol. Like a bat out of hell. I made it, I spotted my items and from there on out.... it was GAME ON!

After an hour of scurrying through each and every box set, after breaking a sweat, after loading two carts filled of gold chargers, after making friends that just enjoyed watching me go crazy, after $174...I found myself here. In my home. Counting! And here they are.

{source: my crappy camera phone}


ALL 270 OF EM!

{source: my crappy camera phone}

Aren't they just a beauty!

For me, this was well worth the wait. Well worth the adrenaline rush. Well worth not sleeping in on my day off!

Consider me a HAPPY CAMPER! =)