Trey and Jess’s Wedding
Honeymoon Recap
Jul 27th
Wedding Day Recap
Jun 14th
Goal #1: At the end of the day, be married to the person you love most in the world.
ACHIEVED
Things did not all go as planned, which if anyone will recall, was planned. And everyone loved it anyway which was so much more important to me.
Miscellaneous Happenings
Jun 7th
By the above picture, you can probably guess what happened there. That was Saturday. I was headed out to crash Trey’s bachelor party and I decided, “What the hell? It’s a week before the wedding, I’ll just throw my phone on the concrete steps in front of the house and see what happens!” (Not really. It fell out of my purse.)
Surprisingly, I did not cry. This is a big deal for me.
I drove to a Verizon dealer near the house. They were closed. So, then I had to use the very broken phone to find an alternate Verizon location. That was exciting! Shards in the fingers are not so good . . .
So, it definitely still works, but is incredibly difficult to deal with. My replacement should be arriving on Tuesday (aka tomorrow)
In other, more better news! More >
Wedding Brain Dump
May 29th
Two weeks and counting now till the big day. Finalized some details with the party rentals yesterday morning. Made my hair appointment for the day of. Fiance and I traveled down to Calvert for the marriage license then headed to the caterer for the tasting of the final menu. Very long and exhausting day.
I am officially at the point where I am worried I’m forgetting something important and I have no idea what it could be. I’m also paranoid that people aren’t going to have fun and it’ll be my fault. Fun! Boo. 
Have to keep telling myself it’ll be fine and if something is missing, it’s not likely anyone will notice. It will be plenty fun.
The mantra: If, at the end of the day, you’re married to the person you love most of all, the day is a success.
The alternate mantra: Something will go wrong. And that’s okay.
Obviously, I prefer mantra number one.
Next on the list of things that need done are:
- table assignments
- sprucing up the wedding favors
- making the table assignment board
- figuring out how we’re going to label the tables
- hoping what I’m wearing under my dress fits as I’m on my third option, here
- attendant gifts
- and paying people
Believe me, that list is a lot shorter than it used to be.
Veni Vidi Crafti
May 16th
I came. I saw. I crafted. . . I also totally just made that up. People who know Latin can and will correct me, later, I know it. For now, that’s what I’m going with.
I like to think I am somewhat skilled. I have relearned how to crochet and knit using the Internets. I know my way around Photoshop, Eclipse, PHP, HTML, and CSS enough to be not only dangerous but also useful. So, why not make my own bouquets, boutonnieres, and hair fascinator for the wedding? And that’s precisely what I did.
Yesterday, my goal was to get the boutonnieres done and wrap the handle of the last bridesmaid bouquet. Little did I realize that I’d get those done, but with time to spare to work on the moms corsages (two moms, two grandmothers, and two step-moms get to wear pretty flowers!) and follow the wild hair I got to make the feather fascinator! More >
Wedding Invitation Design Experiments
Mar 21st
I’m getting married in June. I am Captain Procrastination as well as Captain I-can-do-it-all-myself. These two things? They are not a good combination. These are important details, remember them for later. Needless to say, my invitations are not yet in the mail. Nor are they printed. They are, however, designed, finally.
I am one of those people who knows enough about Adobe’s products to be dangerous. I could have gone to one of the multiple very cool, funky, interesting wedding invitation sites and ordered some very, very cool wedding invitations. I also know enough about printing and the wedding stationery business to be just as dangerous. First, I know the difference between engraved invitations, thermographed invitations, and letterpress invitations. I also know they are are all RIDICULOUSLY expensive! Gorgeous! But ridiculously expensive all the same. I’m working on wedding number two, here, so a) I get to pay for everything myself and b) I’m not spending a ton of money on formal/traditional wedding invitations.
So, my basic plan is this: Design my invitations; send the paper and design off with the fiancé to work where they will be professionally printed and die-cut at an incredible discount; assemble, address, and mail off the invitations; profit. Naturally, my first steps would be to rough out an invitation idea and find myself some paper.
