Ms. Dahlia, Detroit/Cleveland
Age and Occupation: 24, PhD Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, IT System Administrator
Engagement Date: December 31, 2006
Wedding Date: May 2008
Blogging Since: September 19, 2007
Venue: United Methodist Cathedral & historic downtown hotel in Cleveland
About Me: I enjoy cooking, dancing and swimming. I am a geek and apply game theory to my everyday life. Winter is my favorite time of year, especially when spent curled up with good coffee and a book by Madeleine L'Engle.
Getting Ready
June 26th, 2008 @ 1:51 pm by Ms. Dahlia
After the hair and makeup, we were slightly behind schedule upon return to the hotel. My fabulous youngest brother had gotten myself and the other ladies sandwiches, and my mom and a dear friend (from Germany!) were waiting for us in the bridal suite. My original thought had been to eat lunch together, but people grabbed their lunch to go, and my mom went to make sure that my she and my dad would also have something to eat.
So I got a chance to eat, and Ken took some pictures.
Yes, that is me, eating a sandwich.
Tip: Hanging your dress in the window is often the only place in the room that will enable you to keep the train from dragging. It’s why everyone has the dress in the window shot.
The goods: my purse, the shoes, jewelry and the perfume Mr. Dahlia gave me at Christmas.And then it was time to get dressed:
The hardest part was trying to figure out how to get the dress off the hanger.
Tip: Spanx rock. Hard. And if you are planning on having this part of the day documented on film, I recommend being totally comfortable walking around in your undergarments.
Ken had told me that sometimes it takes brides all of 2 minutes to get dressed, and other times it takes an hour.
Me? I was of the 2 minute variety.
Step…
Pull up…
Zip…
Tape… (yes, I did use fashion tape to make sure my dress wouldn’t fall down)
And I’m dressed
My mom helped with my great-great-aunt’s necklace. (Note the hair beginning to fall out. This is MY fault, in that I couldn’t wait until after the wedding to chop my hair, and was insistent that I get a french twist.)
Putting in the matching earrings that we got converted to work for pierced ears.
Putting on the shoes. My mom helped me get in and out of my shoes for every dress fitting.
All set and ready to go, with a little bit of time to chat.
Saying good-bye to my mom
Checking myself out one last time before meeting Mr. Dahlia…
All pictures are copyright of Ken Blaze.
12 Responses to “Getting Ready”
So pretty! You look so classic. Lovely! Man, I hope I am of the 2 minute variety too!
So gorgeous! ROck the spanx - SHIET! Love the dress, the shoes, gorgeous. mo MORE MORE!
Love all the pictures! You look gorgeous! I think I’ll be a 2 min dresser myself
D, you ROCK the full body spanx! So beautiful and love the last pic of you checkin’ yourself out! Putting on necklace pics are always my fave too…love that one of you and your mom!
That last picture is so perfect I think. It’s what ever woman does before she leaves the house. Did you ever write about having your earrings converted?
Ooh, you look lovely! I love your dress and its simplicity. While I’d like to be a 2-minute bride, my dress has a lot of little buttons up the back of the bodice that will take a while to fasten.
ooooh! Spanx! I’m for ‘em… except my dress is a sweetheart neckline and I’ve only seen Spanx that have a straight across neckline… *sigh* back to Google.
Beautiful! Those red shoes are my wedding shoes too! Yay Nine West 
you look gorgeous! not only that but you make it all look so easy and relaxed. can’t wait to see more!
My dress is simple and I’ll be a two-minute girl too. I must remember to do it slowly and savour those two minutes!
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