Wedding Blog

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again… how much do I love our florist Belle Fleur? Today she sent over a delivery guy to drop off a wedding gift and a thank you note for us. It’s the attention they give to these little details that really makes the overall experience of working with them such a pleasure.

Now I can reveal where we had our wedding - a huge loft in midtown called the Westside Loft. The venue was beautiful (though it doesn’t really come across in the pictures below). It’s a big space (almost 10,000 square feet) that’s broken up into 3 completely different areas. Here’s a link to the site so you can see some nice pics of what the…

MY DISPOSABLE CAMERA NIGHTMARE. DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU.

Last week, I picked up my disposable camera pictures from the wedding. Some of the rolls weren’t able to be processed at all, more than half the prints didn’t come out and the most of the ones that did were of very poor quality. The culprit?

Evidently the company I purchased the disposable cameras from taped film…

Honeymoon pics at last!

It was very easy to travel in Spain because it felt like California in many ways - the weather, the palm trees, the architecture. My high school Spanish came in handy, but it’s pretty easy to get by without speaking the language.

Our Spain itinerary:

Day 1 - Arrive Barcelona. Sleep. Eat.

Day 2 - Half-day bus tour of Cathedral, Olympic Stadiums, and Spanish Village.

Day…

Still organizing wedding pictures. It’s hard work man.

My dress is pretty filthy around the hem from all the dancing I did at the wedding. Today I called J. Scheer - a company that specializes in wedding gown cleaning and preservation. The quote? $395 to clean. $595-$695 for cleaning and preservation. I get a $100 discount because I bought my dress at the Bridal Atelier… so…

In retrospect there were many things that I would have done differently the wedding day. But you’re just so busy that you don’t have the time to think about or do them. These are the biggest regrets and the biggest hits from our wedding… maybe they’ll be helpful for you.

What I would have done differently…

1. I should have spent 10 minutes walking around and taking…

What is it like to get married? Bee’s wedding day….

Slept 5 hours. Woke up at 7:20 on wedding day. Got to salon by 8:30 for hair and make-up. Was done by 11:30. Everyone hated my hair and make-up. Went to hotel next to salon where maid of honor redid hair and make-up. Was supposed to arrive at wedding hotel by 11:45 to change into dress…

I can’t post pics because my camera is broken. But my cousin sent me the firefighter pics!! The firefighters were huge!!! This is me and my family after my parents finally got out of the elevator. Sorry the quality isn’t the greatest. Mr. Bee is the brownhead.

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My flowergirl asked her mom why she was calling me two insects because my name is Aunt Bee (ant…

Everyone tells you that the day goes by so fast and it really does. Sooooo many things went wrong but overall the day was wonderful and the good definitely outweighed the bad.

The bad stuff

1. I HATED my hair and make-up after getting it done at the salon. Can you imagine? It makes you want to cry and how can you look happy in the pictures…

I always knew that I wouldn’t do a traditional guestbook because you’re never going to look at it once the wedding is over. Here are some great guestbook alternative ideas.

Sticker picture guestbooks.

Guestbooks with precut inserts for polaroids.

I’m using the following for our own wish table.

A List of Start-Offs for Guestbook

1. For a long and loving marriage…
2. My wedding wish for you…
3. May you have…
4.…

I’m doing disposable cameras on each table. This is a cute idea - provide guests with a list of shots like a photo scavenger hunt.

1. Messiest cake eater
2. DJ sticking his tounge out
3. Specific tables when they don’t know you are taking the picture
4. Best dancer
5. Smokers banned outside
6. The B and G when they think no one is watching (not during the first dance)
7.…