Weddingbee Blog

Battery Park, Downtown Manhattan.

Mr. Firefly and I were not seeing each other before the ceremony, so we we took most of our formal pictures after the ceremony. However, I did want to take a few with my parents, sister and maid of honor while things were still quiet. But boy, it was hot out there!

Bridesmaids Dresses: My sister was pregnant when I would have needed to order BM dresses. Instead of going the traditional route, I bought Laundry by Shelli Segal dresses off the rack from Lord & Taylor (I bought her 2 different sizes and returned the one that wound up being big). They were beautiful, less than $200 (with coupon) and the girls can wear them again. Don’t limit yourself to traditional BM dresses! A

My Mother’s Dress: My mother is young, so she wasn’t going for the long grey/beige dress with jacket route. Her gorgeous dress is Carmen Marc Valvo, also from Lord & Taylor. Exepensive, but beautiful and of course she’ll wear it again. NYC ladies: it seems like each deparment store carries a slightly different collection of CMV dresses (Saks and Bloomies didn’t carry my mom’s dress), so be sure to check out more than one store. A

My niece and nephew soon arrive. My nephew was amazed. He still talks about.

Flower Girl Dress: US Angels from Pearls Place. The quality was great and Pearls Place gave around a 25% discount. Netbride quoted a similar price (and responded very quickly via email), but I liked being able to talk to a live person and thought I’d support a New Orleans business. My grandmother made the dark purple sash to match the bridesmaids dresses because US Angels only had light ones. My niece is a tall 2-year old so we ordered a size 3. A

Boys Tuxedos: Ebay seller Kids Town Online. We ordered straight tie tuxes for the boys, which weren’t quite as formal as the bow-tie tuxes Kids Town offered because Mr. Firefly was originally going to wear a straight tie. He changed his mind last minute but I think everyone looked fine anyway. The boys looked adorable and the tuxes were CHEAP! Seriously, they were $25 + shipping. Not the best quality (polyester), but who cares, they’ll only wear it once. The service was incredible; I think Kids Town sent them out as soon as I ordered. Be careful when choosing a size as they do not accept returns. The size chart is accurate and we ordered true to the boys’ “street size.” A

Practice makes perfect… (didn’t go quite as smothly at show time ;)).