Weddingbee Blog

My face in the above photo is saying, “AHHHH! THIS IS HAPPENING!” and, “Please fit!” as my mother laced me up. Fans of How I Met Your Mother: You know the scene where Lily and Marshall’s wedding is looming, and she tries on her dress and it falls right off? Yeah, well up until three days before the wedding, I had Lily’s problem. Unfortunately, Lily’s solution (eat a bucketload of fudge) didn’t work for me. Luckily, a lovely friend (who designs wedding gowns on the side, and also happened to have a 2 week old baby!), took on the task, and solved the problem by adding some ribbon lacing under the dress zipper.

A couple times throughout the day though, my dress would inch down and it had to be laced up again, but I was just hugely relieved not to flash everyone during the ceremony.

Mum looking relieved

Side note: At the end of the day, because of the way the lacing went around me, and how tight it had to be done up, I had giant criss-cross shaped bruises across my stomach and back! Sexy. Who would have thought you could suffer harm at the “hands” of a wedding dress?! The pain was totally worth it, by the way.

My sisters look on

After the dress was on, my bridesmaids helped me with my jewellery and other bits and pieces.

On goes the garter (not very gracefully).

Then, while my hair and makeup artist started pinning in my veil, the bridesmaids had a few portrait opportunities.

Bridesmaid O, my youngest sister

Bridesmaid M

MOH, my other sister

The lovely wrist corsages that I found in Silver Pencils’ Etsy shop

The last of the pins went into my hair, the veil was fluffed up, and with that, I was a true-blue bride!

Anyone else’s wedding dress happen to leave them with bruises?

Next up: I strike some poses!

*All photos taken by Jane Sanders

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So far in our midsummer dream…

• We welcomed our guests with pizza on Wednesday, DIYed our flowers on Thursday, and had a nightmarish Friday
• The girls got ready, and I shared some of my favourite details with you