Posts from — August 2008

Ok, so my mind is reeling right now, so pardon me if this seems a little scattered to you!

First, I had a brilliant idea for our guest book, but I have to pass it by Bryan to see if it is as brilliant as I think it is before getting too excited

Second, holy moly. I read this post on weddingbee about what to do with your gown before the wedding, and now I am flipping out. I didn’t event think about storing it carefully before the wedding. Right now it is hanging up in my sisters room in the plastic DB bag it came in… hanging… with sunlight… and it is lace… why didn’t i think about this?! So now I need to find an acid free box or something and properly store it so that my beloved dress is just as beloved 10 months from now!  Did you get your dress super early too? What have you done with it to preserve it until the wedding? Or did you, like me, totally forget about that detail and are freaking out right now?

Oh the ups and downs of this whole process!  Anyways, happy Friday! I am so excited for this weekend! Tomorrow Bryan and I will be attending a friends annual crab feast, where they fly in crabs from maryland and we spend the day, well, feasting on crabs, crabcakes, and these little dessert things, also from maryland, mmm. I will be sure to get some good crab-hammering action photos for you guys Then Sunday I am off to meet up with my parents who are camping down towards San Diego. Sadly Bryan can’t come, but I am so excited to get some down time, some s’mores, and some good old bonding time with my parents and cousins! 

UPDATE: crisis adverted! I bought this archival box from the container store! whew.

I will be back on Tuesday with photos, a clear head, and some more great wedding inspiration!

 Here are some vintage etsy finds to inspire over the weekend

From Nantaka Joy. It is a shame that they would be hidden away in a cabinet somewhere… They are pretty enough to frame!

If you haven’t already heard, Stephanie, a fellow blogger, and her husband were recently in a private plane crash. Today there are a ton of auctions going on to raise money for their recovery! Here is some info from the woman in charge:

“Happy Nie Nie Day to you! (What’s Nie Nie Day? See here.) On the schedule: auctions. And more auctions. And then some auctions. Followed by a few auctions.

At last count, there are 165+ opportunities to get spendy on an assortment of fantastic products. UPDATE: Make that 275+ opportunities! (275?!! I am officially a ball of tears. Tears of gratitude.) With all proceeds going straight to Stephanie and Christian. So have fun shopping and bidding, and feel free to be generous. Let’s keep the love flowing.”

So go here, check out the auction list, and put some of your shopping power towards a good cause

These would be so cute has favors, place cards, escort cards,or even used as part of save the dates!

If you haven’t checked out this flickr group yet, do it! Here are a few of my favorites:

(proof of a grey J. Crew dress!)

(love that hair!)

So here are a few more etsy cufflink finds:

From here and here.

And because I love all things The Office:

From here. Check out the rest of this sellers stuff, you won’t be disappointed!

So I already posted about possible bridesmaid gifts, so this post is about possible groomsmen gifts. I don’t have much experience with cufflinks seeing how my dad is a crane operator and Bryan doesn’t wear them, but I think that they are cute, which was enough for me to do some searching  

I first found these cufflinks from The Broken Plate, and then I looked through the rest of her stuff. They are very pretty, but maybe a touch too feminine? Anyways, the rings are adorable, the bagpiper is an Ode to my Mr. Bill and the belt buckle, well, I just couldn’t NOT show it to you

Come by later for some more etsy finds

thank you to everyone who commented about the dress yesterday, I appreciate everyones opinions and insight into the world of fabric and fit Unfortunately I think the consensus is… the hunt for the bridesmaid dresses is still on. (As I type that the vision of Ross standing outside Elizabeths window after breaking up with her comes to my head. Cue water-balloon. BREAKUP STILL ON!)

Um, I need your honest opinion because my mind converts anything from J Crew into amazing, and I can’t tell if I like this dress or not.

We would get it in this color:

My color, J Crew, and under $175… all these things are making me think it is perfect. But I need to know if I am just going crazy or not. My 7 maids come in all shapes and sizes, and I wonder how flattering this would be on everyone… hmm   Thanks  

I specifically asked one of my maids “what is the point of a bridal clutch?”  I have seen 1, ever, in bridal pictures… it just kind of seems like one of those “it’s my wedding day so of course i have to have a bridal clutch, duh!” kind of things. (Please, if you are a firm believer in the bridal clutch, leave me a comment and prove me wrong, because I need an excuse to buy this: ) 

And since I would be buying things, I would need these too.

This is cute too:

And this:

By the way, yay for this  being my 100th post! Woohoo