The Veil That I Bought and Then Returned!
May 18th, 2008 @ 2:34 pm by Miss Cookie
During my lunch break a few Fridays ago, I had an appointment with the fabulous veil designer Sara Gabriel during her trunk show at my bridal salon, Anna Be. Sara was wonderful, bubbly, energetic, and highly creative. It was so much fun to try on veils and play dress-up, and the best part was that I got 10% off if I bought my veil that day. During the entire session she made me feel at ease, but I think the stress of the wedding and day-to-day life finally exploded into a bout of indecisiveness — I like to call it my very bridal moment.
What excited me most about the day was that I could try on my dress while trying on veils. When I arrived at Anna Be, Stacy, who helped me find my dress, informed me that my dress sample had recently been sold at their sample sale, but they had an Augusta Jones dress similar to mine. Although the top was similar, the bottom was not even close. I have a mermaid skirt and this was a pure A-line.
Just to give you an idea of my bridal attire theme, I am going for a modern, old Hollywood look — simple, yet very elegant.
When we started the session, I told Sara that I wanted to play around with long and short veils. She started me off in a long cathedral length veil.
Looking Back, Continued…
May 18th, 2008 @ 12:34 pm by Mrs. Corn
This installment of my ‘Looking Back’ series* focuses on one of the details about my big day that I am incredibly thankful for:I am so very, very happy that I planned to have all of my planning done the weekend before our wedding.
If you recall, I had quite a lot of DIY elements to my wedding:
About Our Rings
May 18th, 2008 @ 10:29 am by Miss Gingerbread
I mentioned our rings a while back and several of you asked to see them. I couldn’t seem to get a decent shot of them, which is the reason for my delayed response. My apologies.
Here’s the backstory. A few years ago, Miss GB 2.0 and I talked about getting married. It was in our far off plans, after saving up to move to Canada. We wanted to wear rings as a sign of our commitment to each other and to our future together, but we weren’t in a financial position to buy any bling.
So one day, I was walking to work and I noticed a little jewelry shop that made custom jewelery. I went home and dug out a ring that my aunt had casually dropped in my lap many years ago. I’d always assumed that the big ol’ sapphire and diamond ring was costume jewelery. I decided to get the ring appraised the next time I walked to work. Well, wouldn’t you know, it was real! I talked to the jeweler about creating two new rings out of the old one. He agreed to do the work in exchange for the sapphire.
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Pretty Shiny Things
May 17th, 2008 @ 4:29 pm by Miss Hummingbird
From the beginning, I knew I wanted a special necklace to go with my dress. For months I’d looked at pieces at boutiques and bridal shows, but somehow everything seemed way too “blingy” for our afternoon garden wedding.
So, like any logical bride, I turned to the no fail place for jewelery - Etsy. With over 100,000 sellers, if you can’t find it there, it doesn’t exist.
My criteria was simple:
1) It had to be silver.
2) It had to have a splash of colour.
3) It had to have a kind of nature/botanical look to it.
I was hunting on everybody’s favourite craft site for maybe a day when I stumbled across Meg Leigh’s shop and was sold. Simple and beautifully designed pieces, they were exactly what I was looking for . . . which actually made it really hard for me to decide what to order. So many awesome choices!
Ellen Degeneres Getting Married!
May 17th, 2008 @ 2:35 pm by Mrs. Onion
As Miss Gingerbread shared with us, same-sex couples now have the right to get married in California. I know that Mrs. Blueberry already shared the rumor that Ellen DeGeneres was getting married, but I wanted to share, if you haven’t heard already, that Ellen formally announced her engagement to long time girlfriend, Portia de Rossi.
This Moment
May 17th, 2008 @ 12:33 pm by Miss Daffodil
Everything is so surreal. The past few days have been a complete whirlwind…wrapping up all the final details, all our friends and family members flying in, my bachelorette party on thursday, our rehearsal yesterday…A part of me can’t believe it’s all really happening 
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Eight years of friendship. Five years of dating. A year and a half-long engagement. All the planning, prepping, papercutting 
. And now here we are. Today, I will marry my best friend. Today, I will declare in the presence of the most special people in our lives, my love and commitment for Mr. D, my soon-to-be husband.
I had a rare hour alone yesterday, sitting in the church before our rehearsal, finishing up the final version of my vows. And in that moment, I was able to just pause, reflect, and bask in the overwhelming outpouring of love around us. Our parents, sisters, brothers, friends…they have been so loving and accommodating, going out of their way in every possible way to truly make this the most special weekend for us. I can’t describe how precious it is to have everyone here in one place.
Animoto
May 17th, 2008 @ 10:36 am by Miss Tiramisu
Animoto is this great slideshow making tool that I found out about on the Soiree Special Events blog. I tested it out by uploading some of my favorites from the engagement shoot we had with Girls With Big Cameras. It turned out so cool that I wanted to share it with you all! It’s super easy to use - basically you just upload your pictures, choose music to set the slideshow to, and voila! It’s free for a 30-second slideshow. I decided to pony up the three bucks to try out the full-length version, and here’s what I came up with:
Watercooler
May 17th, 2008 @ 10:31 am by Watercooler
- The Verdict is (Almost) In! by Miss Gingerbread
- Last Round, I Promise by Miss Milkshake
- My Pretty Woman Dress Shopping Experience by Miss Cookie
- Cake Beauty… Help Needed by Miss Flamingo
- Girl, I’m Gonna Make You Sweat by Miss Hummingbird
- So Long, Long Hair! by Miss Radish
- My Last Entry by Mrs. Ladybug, Menus?! by Miss Cream Puff
- What Should I Wear? (By Mr. Cherry Pie), Finding a Balance Between Photos and Reality by Miss Penguin
- Au Naturale by Miss Flamingo
- Anonymous Blogging? by Miss Tiramisu
REDRUM
May 16th, 2008 @ 6:05 pm by Miss Candy Corn
Mr. Candy Corn and I have been engaged since September of 2004, so needless to say we’ve had some time on our hands to plan things. Even though I knew we’d be getting married eventually, it always seemed like a childish fantasy that would never really play out. Now that we’re actually signing contracts and making appointments to consult with vendors, it’s making my stomach dance around, Beck-style.
There is one thing that I can’t control that sort of terrifies me. The big day is getting closer and closer, and I know I’m going to be a shy spazz when I walk down the aisle with my pops and when I say my vows. The main problem on my plate is that my face turns completely red (I mean Sally Jessy Raphael glasses red) when people pay an ounce of attention to me. I don’t really know what to do about it, other than wear 8 layers of foundation (and I SO don’t do foundation). People have said that I might have rosacea, but my face doesn’t get blotchy like this:
Escort Wine Charms
May 16th, 2008 @ 5:23 pm by Miss Penguin
Taking gobs of inspiration from two of the most talented gals around, Huckleberry Karen and Lisa at Bellissima Vita, I sat down last night to make our escort cards that will tell guests where they are seated and also serve as wine charms for folks to keep track of their wine glasses.
The inspiration:
photo: Ed Pingol
