Mrs. Daffodil, San Francisco/Los Angeles
Age and Occupation: 26, Nonprofit Strategy Consultant
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Resident Physician
Engagement Date: December 29, 2006
Wedding Date: May, 2008
Blogging Since: August, 2007
Venue: Church w/ floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Valley; Westin in downtown LA
About Me: I moved around a lot growing up, but consider myself a Southerner at heart. I love scrapbooking, dancing, doggies, and diet coke. I am all about personalizing everything and hence, I'm a DIY bride who is just loving the entire wedding planning process! Mr. Daffodil and I met in our college fellowship group and were "just friends" for three years before we started dating. We've been together for four years now and can't wait to get married in sunny SoCal, Mr. Daffodil's hometown.
Officially Mrs. D (On Paper) For the Very First Time
July 17th, 2008 @ 5:14 pm by Mrs. Daffodil
It only took a few extra minutes, and it was just a small personal touch that I thought would be a little treat for ourselves. Consider this an addendum to my post last week about our place cards… I forgot to mention the place cards I created for Mr. D and myself! During all the planning, I found that in the craziness of crafting all these perfect details for your guests - the programs, the place cards, the favors, etc. - it was nice to spend a couple extra minutes on a little something for ourselves. Just a sweet, simple, and special souvenir, that now sits displayed on our mantle with our toasting glasses 
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I have to admit it was pretty trippy to see my new last name (on public display, no less) for the first time! It felt a little weird in the crafting process… but on our wedding day, as I sat down at our sweetheart table and looked over at my place card, it just felt pretty cool in a quiet kind of way. Like, wow, we really are married now.
Well, I guess blocking out my last name kind of defeats the purpose of this post 
, but trust me, it felt pretty cool. Perhaps slightly bittersweet that I gave up my maiden name, but bittersweet in a joyful way nonetheless.
Let me go on a tangent for a second to satisfy your DIY cravings. I crafted them in the same way as I did our guest placecards, except a little bigger (1.75″x4.75″), without the jewel, and with more paper flowers. To be honest, I only did it that way because I ran out of the little jewels, so I thought I’d compensate by adding more blooms.
Here’s the one I crafted for Mr. D too…
Any little personal touches you are adding to your wedding, for no one else other than the two of you?
3 Responses to “Officially Mrs. D (On Paper) For the Very First Time”
I am going to put my new last name on our escort cards. I can not wait.
I did the same thing. Our escort cards said Davis and Miriam B——d but my place card said Miriam B——d. Everytime I saw it before the wedding, it came close to dumbfounding me. The day of, it was priceless 
we forgot to number our sweetheart table, so we made our table cards say “table 0.” my computer science/engineering geek husband enjoyed that greatly.
