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Tonight we finally finished putting together our invitations. We (okay mostly I) really love them! But they were a pain. A real pain. And they weren’t even DIY. Well, they were partly DIY in that I wanted to use boxes instead of outer envelopes. Little did I know I was in for such a maddening experience…
Our finished invitation boxes. (If the Sheraton ever needs gift boxes…)
Midway through our planning, I became obsessed with confectionary colored elements (as is well documented here, here, and here), especially Laduree packaging.
Words amuse me. They can entice, empower, tickle or taunt. Accuse me of persiflage, and I’ll readily admit to being the guilty party.
Why? Because I’m in good company, with people like her and her.
And with myriad nuptial neologisms contending for the prime position at the tip of my tongue, I thought I’d share some freshly-minted Miss Bruschetta phraseology.
preen-up
-noun
a binding, written agreement between bride-to-be and hair and/or make-up expert(s) arranging for the day-of styling needs
Since I don’t usually wear much make-up or do anything special with my hair, I’m definitely going to need to sign a preen-up for the wedding day.
cleave-neck
-noun
an extreme v-neck, usually resulting in an inappropriate display of womanly parts
Originally, I wanted to the bridesmaid dresses to have straps; however, too many of them turned out to be cleave-necks, so we decided to try out strapless designs for more coverage.
gourmache
-noun
stomach pains brought on by excessively rich caterer’s cuisine
After one caterer’s open house, we both were suffering from what we thought was gourmache — but actually turned out to be food poisoning!
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…and properly pinning on a boutonniere is one of them!
Let’s face it. It’s darn near impossible to pin a boutonniere (or corsage) on yourself, all by yourself. Trying to get it straight and keeping it from flopping over are some of the challenges, so be prepared to help out the guys in your wedding party by learning how to master the pinning technique.
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This weekend we’ll be driving up to the UP to meet with several of our wedding vendors. I’ve been trying to finalize our plans for decorating for a few months now, and it has been difficult, to say the least. We will be meeting with the decorators on Saturday to see what they have that we can borrow so we don’t have to buy things ourselves, as well as going over their vision for the event. Why don’t we just do the decorating ourselves, you might ask? Because we’re having our reception here…
I’m grumpy, and I blame it all on invitations. Well, that and ginormous vet bills for emergency ICU admissions of poisoned dogs, but since I’m more relieved to have alive dogs, I’m blaming this on the invites.
Way back when, I declared that I didn’t care to spend any money on invitations. I love, love, love paper (it’s the nerdy teacher’s pet in me who always loved stacking up her new notebooks and writing utensils at the beginning of the school year) and have drooled over invitations online just like any other bride, but in the big scheme of things they didn’t matter enough to me to warrant more than the minimum outlay. I’d rather buy furniture.
So, on one of my many wallet-sucking trips to Wal-Mart, I grabbed a couple of packages of cheapo invitations (on clearance, no less). My intention was to show everyone that it didn’t matter if you spent $26 or $260, you could still have good-enough invites while saving a bundle. In fact, I joked that I could hand-write every invite on a different type and color of paper because nobody would ever know; only the “insiders” ever see the invites all together in happy stacks. But now I’m stuck.
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Mr. Joey and I have always been open about our incomes. We’ve had to be. When we first moved back to Seattle, I was partially supporting him as he looked for full-time work. We split the rent, but I covered most of our grocery expenses and most of our utility bills. He helped out as much as he could by doing temp work while he was working part-time as a history teacher. Apparently, not all teachers are in high demand. Finding work as an English or History high school teacher can be hard.
Mr. Joey has been full-time for 2 years, so we now split all the expenses evenly. We’ve talked about our financial future before, but only briefly, and only when talking about how we’ll never be able to retire or buy a house.
Recently, my parents told me that they wanted to give my sister and me part of our inheritance before they passed away.
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I just got back from a Modern Bride charity event called Project Bridesmaids — a collaboration between Modern Bride Magazine and Planet Hope to collect gently worn dresses for underprivileged girls to wear to prom across the US. They’re going to be collecting dresses from noon to 5pm tomorrow at the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan (311 W. 34th Street & 8th Avenue). Anyone who donates a dress gets free admission into the event featuring makeovers, a runway show, food and drink, deluxe gift bags and much more. I’m going to drop off a bunch of dresses that I no longer wear, so I hope to see you there!
I thought it would be a low key event — I think I make that assumption about every event for some reason. When I arrived, there was a red carpet and a bunch of photographers taking pictures of everyone who walked in. (Ok I admit I took this picture as I left.)
This contest is now closed. Congratulations to the winner, Hayley!
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MagnetStreet Weddings has an awesome Save the Date giveaway today — one lucky reader has a chance to win 200 save the dates of any design and any style! MagnetStreet has a new design tool that allows you to completely customize your Save the Date to reflect your style, and then you can check out your proof online instantly!
To enter this contest, please browse through their save the date gallery and let us know which design you’d select if you win, and how you’d change it to make it your own. The most popular designs are right here. You have until noon tomorrow to enter. Good luck! 
We often get emails from people with suggestions for improving Weddingbee. They usually start with: “There’s no “suggestion box” on Weddingbee, so I’m not sure where to send this…”
So we just built a Suggestion Box! It’s called “Weddingbee Ideas” and you can find it here:
Here’s how it works: you can submit ideas and vote/comment on your favorite ones. We’ll review every single idea, and do our best to implement the ones with the most votes! We hope it will be a great way to tap the collective wisdom of the hive, and to make sure we’re building stuff you guys want.
Have an ideal guest list that doesn’t fit your budget? Or perhaps you have too many family and friends that can’t travel to your wedding locale. What if you could invite them all to share in the magic as it happens… and broadcast it LIVE through the internet?
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Originally, we had 4 people on each side of the bridal party. Now, not so much.
The other night, Mr. Meatball’s best friend and “homey of honor” in our wedding, El, called to share the news that he had been cast in a very exciting and promising off-Broadway version of Neil Gaiman’s book (and now movie), Coraline. We are so proud of him and were totally thrilled to hear it. But, he said, the director wouldn’t allow him to miss a performance to be in our wedding. Not one. No. Bueno.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Mr. Meatball more devastated. Young boys don’t dream much about their wedding day, but ever since he was a young boy, Mr. Meatball looked forward to the day his best friend stood next to him at his wedding. This is his duuuuude. You know what I mean. Every high school story begins with, “this one time, me and El….”
The look on my poor man’s face was enough to break a nation’s worth of hearts. Of course, it couldn’t be helped. Of course, we 100% support El in this incredible opportunity and are beyond happy for him. But of course, having a best friend miss out on standing next to Mr. Meatball - or more so, having Mr. Meatball miss out on his best friend being there, is a difficult letdown to reconcile.
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For all of you ladies embarking on a tropical honeymoon, J. Crew has done it again with their endless array of pretty swimwear. While Mr. G and I haven’t decided where we will honeymoon, summer is on its way and I’ll need an excuse to go to the beach! Here are some of my favs…
Is a polka dot bikini, cliche? Not this one.
…but make them bake it first!
Back up with me a bit. Soon after Mr. Bruschetta and I were engaged, I found a gift idea in a magazine that turned out to be the perfect way to assemble my half of the wedding party. Nearly six months after I bookmarked it, with a newly-minted DIY spirit (and some crafting goodies to boost my confidence), I set to work on my first wedding-related project.
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