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I love this white necklace:
Sooooooooo…
In case you haven’t noticed from my previous posts…
I tend to fall hopelessly in love with very, VERY specific items.
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One month ago, today (eek, sorry for the delay!), Mr. Bear Cub and I stood on a cliff overlooking the ocean, surrounded by our loving family and friends, and solidified our love in marriage.
We had a few moments of free time the other day, which is rare for us working complete opposite work schedules most days, so we decided to take a little trip down to the courthouse and take care of one little to-do we had almost forgotten about… our marriage license!
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We began our registry over 15 months ago at Williams-Sonoma; fought our way through registering at Crate and Barrel; and jumped for joy when we found some common interests at Bloomingdale’s.
I spent a lot of time getting our registries just right before the wedding. And over the last four months, I have spent even more time returning, exchanging and re-thinking our registry—seriously, why did I think we needed three mini-butter dishes??
And at the end of the day, not all stores or registries are created equal. So, I thought I’d give an account of each of our registry experiences and throw in my favorite items at each store for good measure.
Up first, Williams-Sonoma - Grade: A-. WS is great, the people who work there are super nice, and it helps that the flagship store is only blocks away from where I work. That said, their online and in-store departments are completely separate. So, for example, if Aunt Mary buys you something online and it shows up broken or if you didn’t register for it in the first place, they’ll return the item in the store, but they have to mail you a gift card.
*You MUST register for a good set of knives- and these Globals Rock!
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[All photos in this post are credited to Shawna Noel Photography unless otherwise noted. I’ll take credit for randomly cropping some of ’em. Hehe.]
When I left off, Mr. Mary Jane and I had finished dressing and primping at home and were ready to head out the door.
The wedding was at 4:30, and we were going to meet our photographer at 3:30 to take some photos before the ceremony. We drove down to the courthouse in our own car, with our good mutual friend Bob*, in tow. I originally figured that he’d be bored watching us get our picture taken (and he probably was), but he was also extremely helpful in holding things we needed held during this time (like our marriage license, rings, and even my bouquet occasionally).
Little did I know, Bob also had something *else* in his possession.
Now, Mr. MJ had made a couple of comments earlier in the day that left me a little suspicious. For example, when I put on my bracelet and other wedding jewelry, he was persistent about what I might wear on my right hand (my answer was: nothing). So I was half-expecting some sort of shiny gift (and may have hinted once or five times throughout the summer that such a gift would be welcomed!).
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I always thought it’d be so lovely to waltz into a department store and try on a bunch of shoes. What a dream! I rock me some size 2 Converse kicks and am always on the search for shoes in sizes 3 or 4. On a good day I weasel my way into a grown-up size 5. In the winter I stick some Dr. Scholl’s Gellins in a pair of boots and call it a day, but it’s much harder to fake it with a pump or a strappy sandal.
Proms and job interviews were always the bane of my shoexistence. Sure, I can save money by shopping in the children’s department, but I can’t go down the aisle in a pair of Jo-Bro wheelies (or can I??…No, no, P.Chips. No wheelies at the wedding).
So I’ve begun to scout for wedding shoes early. It will be the ultimate quest, my own personal Everest, my odyssey, my road to Damascus (road to Shoemascus?). Can I do it? Will my little piggies cry wee wee wee all the way home?? Only time and Internet research will tell.
And who knew so many people would have opinions on the matter? MommaChips: “You need AT LEAST 3″ heels for your dress.” Potato Head (who does physical therapy): “Are you crazy?? Buy flats!! With arch support!” Ay yi yi.
I came across these on DSW, but they were sold out in size 5 (and out of my budget)! But aren’t they something?
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Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
Iceman4099 is selling an off-white gown with maroon lining and trim. The size 2 dress has beading on the bodice and a bow on the back. The asking price is $400.
Have a wedding item for sale? Post it with pictures in the Weddingbee classifieds and you might see it featured on the blog!
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In the beginning, I was fairly calm about finding invitations. I figured, ‘Whatever, everyone will just throw them in the trash, anyway. Heck, I’ll just run up to the store and pick some up!’ Yeah, apparently not. Once I became a wedding blog addict, I started seeing all the different (jaw dropping) invitations out there. Wow, this ain’t no “Party City” shindig, eh? Whoops, I think my Alabama is showing. 
I started looking online for some chic, fairly simple, inexpensive invitations. To be quite honest, I couldn’t care less about all that letterpressed, engraved, embossed, Gocco-ed mumbo jumbo. If you can’t feel the letters raised off the page of our invites, it doesn’t matter to me. As long as they’re pretty and get the point across. First stop: Wedding Paper Divas. They have letterpress, but I would have opted for their standard digital. It’s much cheaper, and like I said, It just doesn’t matter all that much to me. I was thisclose to ordering invitations from them. Their site is so easy to use, you can toy with the wording and fonts, and you get to see the preview instantly. This was our first choice when our colors were still pink/green/gold:
Oh my, how my tastes have changed. All thanks to the drug that is Weddingbee, I stumbled upon this fabulous invitation suite via Flamingo:
I outlined my reasons and our China choices back here. I even went so far as to choose the lovely Royal Daulton Countess (the hive mostly guessed my taste right!) pattern and started to shop around for the best price.
But as you know, the story of my wedding’s life is that nothing can ever be as easy as making a decision. As soon as I started pricing, I realized that Macy’s doesn’t allow you to register for this pattern online. The closest store that carries it is over two hours away. Royal Daulton does not sell it on their website. Finally, I found the pattern online through Boscov’s (or was in it Bonton?), only to find it on sale as a closeout. I decided I didn’t like the pattern enough to track down whether it was being discontinued and which stores were still carrying it.
I went back to the drawing board to look at my other options. None of them were singing to me. I couldn’t justify the expense as readily this go around.
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When it comes to dressing the ladies who will stand beside me on our wedding day, I knew that I really wanted to have them pick something that they liked and ideally, something that they could (and would!) wear again. I know that every bride claims “you can totally wear it again!” but really? Am I going to wear a shiny satin floor-length ball gown ever again in my life? I don’t go to formal events often ever, so chances of me wearing it are very slim, unless I’m wearing it while vacuuming and being a fancy lady.
That’s why I’m operating under the assumption that since all of my girls are grown adult women and have been dressing themselves for quite a few years, that they’re capable of making informed decisions about what they like and what looks good on them. Therefore, I’ve decided to let my girls pick what they want to wear (with some gentle guidance on my part). Like many brides before me I have a variety of body types to dress; one dress for all 6 girls isn’t going to cut it. Let’s do a quick rundown of who will be up there with me that day: MOH French Fries (my sister), my other sister French Fries, two Fry Gals from my college days, and two Fry Gals from my first “real world” job.
So, these are the parameters that I’m thinking:
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Misha Nikole Photography captured this gorgeous laid-back cowgirl.
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I was at a wedding last weekend and mentioned to a friend that I’d be heading to New York for Bridal Market, and an old friend told me to look out for Hey Lady shoes by his good friends Jessica and Emily Leung. I asked how I would recognize them, just in case I forgot the company name, and he said, “Trust me, you’ll know them when you see them.”
Uhh… okay. I figured I’d never find them, and I left the conversation at that. But when I came upon Hey Lady, he was right: I instantly knew I’d found who I was looking for. But if I hadn’t been seeking them out in the first place, I would have been drawn to their shoe porn anyway.
So I only made you wait a day; that’s not so bad! Now that you have seen my beautiful veil it’s time to learn how it was made! As promised, here is: The making of Miss Sunbeam’s veil. A step by step tutorial by Mrs. DG.
*All photos taken by Mrs. DG unless otherwise noted*
First pick an appropriate length of tulle. A typical veil is 108 inches in width, though the narrower the width, the less poufy it will be. Other common widths are 72 and 54 inches. We chose 54 inches for Miss Sunbeam’s veil to keep a narrow profile and less poufy attachment.
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While we were getting misty-eyed at the bedecken ceremony, our guests were beginning to arrive at our ceremony site on the marina. But don’t let the fancy phrase “on the marina” fool you: our ceremony site was a glorified tennis court.
Oh well. When the hotel gives you tennis court…
There is so much to talk about, so many projects to share, so many pictures to show. I don’t even know where to begin. I wanted to start with 12 things that I loved about the wedding. You will remember that before I left, I wrote about 10 things I was most excited about and I thought it might be nice to write about the 12 things that I loved the most.
1. Taking a week off before the wedding was SOOOO worth it. It was amazing. Getting to indulge in being a bride was so wonderful. I did so many things the week before the wedding that were wonderful.
2. I loved getting to spend time before the wedding with some of my dear friends. I went hiking with my bridesman (former roommie) Patrick and my MOH and sister Meg. We had a great time on top of a mountain overlooking my favorite place on earth: Boone, NC. It is very close to where the wedding took place. We had such a great time playing around and pretending to fly!
(My bridesman Patrick and sister/MOH Meg flying!)
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