Weddingbee Blog

Alright everyone. It’s almost here. Gulp.

(Gif via James van der Memes)

First, since we’re close enough, let’s take a look at the forecast:

(Screen shot via Weather.com)

Now, I know the weather isn’t as much of a factor for an indoor winter wedding, but since it’s been in the single digits for the past few days, I was definitely eager to see if the weathermen (weatherpeople?) thought those temperatures would extend to the wedding day. Although I would really love the snow for photo purposes, I am glad our guests and I will be spared these extremely frigid temperatures.

My updates have been sporadic lately as it seems like we’re constantly doing a lot of little things. I spent last weekend at home with my mom, sister and grandma for a bit of a DIY blitz, and we got a lot of stuff done. And over the past few days I’ve been knocking small things off the list:

• Made escort cards. I’m keeping these a small secret because they turned out really cool—but here’s a hint:

Any ideas?

• Made programs. In sort of keeping with our travel/literature touches, I wanted to do a booklet, and used this as inspiration:

(Program by Sasha Gulish via Oh So Beautiful Paper)

I worked with my MOH to incorporate some of the same design from our invitations…since I wanted it to be multi-page and book like, I decided to print on tracing paper. This was pretty hard as we had to figure out a way to lay out the pages so that each printed side didn’t have something on the back of it. It sounds like it really should be easy…but it gave me a headache and I had to constantly go back to my MOH so she could give us a differently laid out page (sorry, MOH). We finally figured it out and put in a normally printed middle page so that the ceremony portion was really legible. Here’s a sampling of the design—echoes my invitations:

• Finished all signage (table numbers, guest book instructions, menu cards, etc.).

• Wrote a lot of last checks. Boy, does this part suck. But it’s also nice to be done with the paying part before the wedding.

• Finished the table seating chart. I ended up with a table fewer than I prepared for, so I actually have more than enough mercury glass. Woohoo!

• Got an outfit for our rehearsal. I had a lot of Rent the Runway credits (previously explained here) so I decided to rent something, and wanted a look that was completely opposite of what I’d be wearing the next night. So I went with a short, sequined mini dress!

(Shoshanna “Make it Rain” dress via Rent the Runway)

You can also rent jewelry on RtR, so I added these beauties:

(Gerard Yosca “Deep Forest” Drop Earrings via Rent the Runway)

I’m thinking these + black tights + black booties will be a nice look for that night, no?

I’ve still got to get a final haircut and hair trial, have a walk-through with our venue and coordinator (more on that later), and figure out my plans for time before the rehearsal. Everyone keeps asking how I’m doing, to which I’ve been replying that I feel pretty good and prepared, but still anxious—even though I’m ready, planning wise, it’s hard to feel calm when the wedding is really all I’m thinking about.

I’m curious—how were your final days before the wedding? Were you scrambling or did you feel calm? Maybe a combo of both?