Wedding Blog

Our RSVP’s were marked “The courtesy of your reply is requested by the first of May 2007″. So far, of the 83 invites we sent out, we’ve gotten 45 back–just over half of them. Now, somehow I doubt we’ll get 38 responses in the mail tomorrow–don’t you?

You may know I’m not a patient person, so the amount of uncertainty we still have is killin’ me!

So…

There are some issues in this world that really tend to polarize people: politics, religion, cake toppers…

I for one come down firmly on the side of Switzerland regarding this last item. But I do know this. If I were sure I wanted one, and I were sure my wedding were going to be retro-riffic, I’d know where to go. Fancy Flours has a great selection…

These Pictures of 200 Calories of Various Foods were making the blog circuit a couple of weeks ago. Since I’m not very good at estimating calories, I thought it was a great way to see what 200 calories actually looks like when comparing healthy food and junk food.

Last week Lifehacker linked to pictures of 300 - 400 calorie meals to give you an idea of…

While I spent hundreds of hours pouring over every little detail of my “wedding day look”, I have always thought that my FI’s attire deserved the same amount of attention (although he, as a typical boy, told me that he couldn’t care less if he rented or bought/what color it was/what kind of fit/etc.). Either way, I still wanted him to feel extra special on…

Recently Mr. Kiwi put us in a bit of a bind. Out of respect for his brother and sister, we are inviting their in-laws. So it’s his sister’s husband’s parents, and his brother’s in-laws as well (confused yet?). Since we had discussed it previously, I was all set to address a save-the-date to Lena’s (Mr. Kiwi’s sister) sister in law, too. Well, Lena had to…

Time for my first survey! The Weekly Roundup featured a story on grooms’ showers and joint showers, and now I’m wondering how common this really is.

The town that Mr. Pumpkin comes from (Pense, SK) throws a shower whenever someone from the town gets married. The moms of all of the kids from the bride or groom’s class in school host the shower, and everyone comes…

In today’s hive:

1. kp is looking for recommendations for a NY florist offering bargain prices for wedding flowers. She’s heard of Korean florists that offer packages between $1000 and $1500. Can anyone verify this, or suggest another “hidden find”?
2. Summer Bride is on the hunt for a birdcage veil. She wants something “less cagey” and more “off the face” to go with her tea-length dress. Anyone know…

For anyone following my early foray into cake country, I can assure you that nothing’s changed. We’re still clueless. In fact, we’re worse than clueless. We’re confused.

We met with adorable Ella, who showed us her portfolio and watched patiently as we loved each cake more than the next. And who wouldn’t? Some options:

I think the word you’re looking for is “totallycompletelyunbelievable.” She said some of…

Lately, I have been totally stressed about wedding planning. Both Mr. Raspberry and I are very busy with our jobs–after the Daily Candy post last week, I have been slammed, which is a good thing. But I’ve been working so much, I feel like I’m not taking enough time to enjoy all the little parts of planning our wedding. At the same time, I try…

Based on your feedback, we added a bee to the header. You can see two different versions here:

• Bee #1
• Bee #2

You can also check out all our previous renditions here:

• Original
• Update #1 - white header
• Update #2 - larger bride, transparent swirls

What do you think? Which of these renditions is your favorite so far?

I have blogged and raved about the fabulous Fifty-Foot Films in the past - they are so creative, innovative, and their films are absolutely romantic and utterly breathtaking. They are well-renowned for what they refer to as ‘cinematic decadence’ - you definitely have to check out their website!

I adore their artistic style, the fact that every video just exudes warmth and romance, and I love the…

Some of you have asked me to do a review of my Canon Rebel xTi, but I’ve really only used it a handful of times the past two months. Since Mrs. Ladybug and I have the same camera and we both wanted to practice using it, we went to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden yesterday for the Cherry Blossom Festival. It was jam packed, but if…

One of the things I love about Mr. Lovebug is that he consents to letting me put together fantastically hip outfits for him. For dinner the other night, I had him in a Goonie’s t-shirt, a velvet blazer, True Religion jeans, and Converse. Very dashing, I assure you.

Of course, I can’t rest on my laurels. The drive to keep him cutting-edge cute compels me to…

I know it’s sort-of relatively last minute to be thinking about this, but now I’m having a thought (uh oh! Miss Blueberry having a thought? Hang onto your veils, girls!)…

You probably already know that we’re having a dessert reception, but I’ll just go ahead and say it again. It’ll be full-blown, not just a little wedding cake + mints + punch thing…

We’re talking cake, (fudge)…

Mr. Kiwi and I are not ashamed to admit the biggest reason we chose our venue: the cake was included from my favorite bakery. Well, actually they gave us two choices, our favorite Hansen’s Cakes, and Torrance Bakery cakes. Up to this past weekend we were set for our bakery, we just had to go taste the cakes and fillings. Then my FSIL said that…