Weddingbee Blog

After a short five-mile drive to the Japanese Cultural Center, Mr. Sew and I stood in the parking lot as he bustled my dress.

I talked about bustles before, but on the final dress Mr. Sew decided to get creative, and he engineered his own bustle system. Instead of ties or hooks, my dress was on a pulley system. Yep. My dress bustled like a curtain that’s pulled up at theater stage.

(Personal photo)

(Personal photo)

Two strings in the front, and two in the back—I pulled them out from the waistband of my dress, and Sak tugged on them to make the hem rise. Then he tied the strings together, and I tucked them back into the waistband. It was so fast no one took any pictures, and Mr. Sew’s mom was confused as to how my train suddenly disappeared.

Anyway, after waiting a while for everyone to get situated, we entered. To the Pokemon theme from Super Smash Bros.

I love how both Mr. Sew’s dad and my dad are both doing the same politician wave.

(Photo by family)

As soon as we entered, our first dance began. We used “Lucky” by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat.

I had asked Mr. Sew’s uncle, our emcee, that if it started to look awkward, to call our parents up to join us. Luckily, he did.

(Photo by family)

And even luckier, other people decided they wanted to come up, too. My brother even made Sewing-Sis dance with Mr. Sew’s brother. Both were a little reluctant and grumpy about that situation.

I’m glad we both made it through the dance in one piece. We are horrible, awkward dancers—but the “step and sway” worked OK for us. I asked Mr. Sew if I could twirl him, to which he responded, “Can I dip you?” Alas, we’ll just never be twirlers or dippers.

The song ended, and guests clapped. Obviously they were glad it was over and dinner could start!

(Photo by family)

(Unless otherwise noted, all images by Terra Photography)

Our wedding week in review:

• We took care of some last minute DIY details and officialized everything.
• We vacationed with our out-of-towners and threw a yummy welcome beach brunch.
• Mr. Sew saluted an angry dragon during our wedding rehearsal, and we sniffed at our dinner.
• Wal-Mart crashed my bachelorette.
• The women magically transformed, and Mr. Sew tied me into our dress.
• There was a windy photo shoot on the beach, and then we hung out at the chapel in flat shoes.
• We marched to the altar and got married.
• Everyone was camera-happy.