Weddingbee

1. Mr. Daisy flanked by his parents and trailed by his brother (best man)
2. Lil E (bridesmaid) and the Thaitalian (groomsman)
3. Sam (bridesmaid) and Scott (groomsman)
4. The Bean (MOH#2) and the Cuban (groomsman)
5. My sister (MOH#1) and my brother (groomsman)
6. Then my parents entered and waited at the beginning of the aisle
7. When the music changed, I met them and they walked me down the aisle, with me carrying my ginormous shower “bouquet”

The thing is, I had *agonized* over the processional order, even emailing a zillion a few spreadsheets back and forth with my planner Shira to decide if we’d do strict height order, strict role order (i.e. MOH last), modified height order, and a million other permutations. In the end, I thought I had come up with the *perfect* processional. which goes to show that theory and reality are two different ballgames.

Once we had the revised processional squared away and had done another quick run through, we were whisked off by waiting town cars to our rehearsal dinner at Bobby Van’s (more on that amazing dinner to come).

Besides in church weddings, are day-before rehearsals common? Will you be doing a run-through of the main event? Will it be the night before or just earlier on the wedding day itself?

And what are you doing about the processional? Single file? Two by two? …?
« Hide it

With chairs set into rows, and a nice soft carpeted floor, I think it’ll be nice. It can also be heated, which I think we’ll be needing next November. It has high ceilings as seen here:

While the idea of walking down a church aisle in my dress and veil was appealing, having to leave the hotel at 7am to get my hair done, go back to the hotel to get dressed, only to have to go back to the city the hair people are in to get married was not. I could get dressed in the church, but I really didn’t want to. Anyway, that would be a lot of travel so early in the morning!

So we are now getting married in the tent in the back of the venue! This saves us money by not using the church (it’s about 2k), time by not having to go back and forth, and more money by not needing reception cards! All in all we’re very happy with the decision- now we can get married for real!

We just need to find an officiant. How did you find yours? We’re in Southern California, if that helps!
« Hide it

I thought it was time to give it all away to a weddingbee reader who would get more use out of it than I ever would because I don’t even look through them anymore. But then I started thinking about how much work I’d put into them, how a friend might want them, all the great stuff that was in there… and I started having doubts about giving them away because they do have sentimental value.

I guess it’s harder to let go because I’m in the wedding biz and who knows if I’ll ever need them one day. But I’m also on this “simplifying my life and getting rid of things I don’t use” kick right now, and besides styles and trends do change… I’m a bit torn but will I even miss them when they’re gone?

Do you have a wedding binder of ideas/inspiration? Do you think I should give my binders away to a weddingbee reader?
« Hide it

My brother and his friends were total Street Fighter addicts growing up, so the Haduken shirt would be awesome. I think these tees would make fun, cool and original gifts for your bridesmaids or groomsmen. « Hide it

(knottie MrsAndrea&Kevin)

Some of these boutonnieres aren’t the right colors or even styles for me, but I thought they were interesting. Have you decided on your boutonnieres?
« Hide it