Wedding Blog

I was one of those brides who had the unfortunate experience of switching event coordinators at the venue. Donna did an incredible job and the transition was very smooth, except for the agreements previously made about what Hotel 1000 would allow our guests to throw at us at the end of the night. I was frustrated, to put it mildly, when I was told that…

Recognize this adorable lady standing next to me?

Punam!

I’m in Vegas this week at the largest gathering of wedding photographers in the entire world.

If you have been reading my posts throughout the planning process I apologize for regurgitating this information for the third time, but can you blame me for wanting to visit such a hilarious event one last time?

Pokładziny-The Bedding Down

In ancient times, putting the bridal pair to bed was a normal and expected part of the marriage customs, and was done with much joking and hilarity.…

Bittersweet Hazelnut
Chocolate Raspberry Rhapsody
Chocolate Truffle
Chocolate Velvet Torte
Chocolate White Chocolate
Lemon Coconut
Lemon Blueberry
Strawberry White Chocolate

I cannot think of anything better than a cake buffet at a wedding.

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Throughout our planning process I kept hearing of this thing called a cake pull. From what I understood, it was a Southern wedding tradition, and it happened at the bridal shower. Charms were buried inside of a cake and pulled out by a ribbon, with each charm corresponding to a fortune. I loved this idea, but I wasn’t having a bridal shower where all my…

When I brought up the idea of doing toasts that included flutes of sparkling cider I expected my dad to say, “No way.” He can be a little bit on the conservative side at times (not like I’m not conservative myself), and although we drink sparkling cider ourselves at holidays, I thought he might say no because of how it would look in the photos.…

As soon as I saw this post on the blog of Ksenija Savic (who might just have a harder name to say than I do!), I commented and asked her if I could re-post it here. I loved Anne Ruthmann’s post on Weddingbee PRO that talked about this very subject (and in fact, Ksenija’s post was inspired by Anne’s post). Ksenija took things a step…

I caught my first glimpse of the Great Room as we walked in for our first dance. When we sat down after our dance I took a few seconds to soak everything in. Tiffany (our DOC), my wonderful Aunt Janelle, my mom (because I knew she wouldn’t be able to resist helping), and Donna (the hotel coordinator) set things up even better than I could…

My first dance post only has 5 photos, a paltry amount for me.

Why?

Because writing it makes me want to cry.

Has anyone else seen these?

Usually when things become popular I tend to run in the opposite direction. I either want to be way ahead (doesn’t everyone?) or so far behind that what I’m doing is considered “vintage”, not trendy.

The photobooth became the exception to that rule. With a photographer willing to supply the manpower, and Mamacado in possession of the equipment, I just couldn’t pass it up. It was…

Seriously, this is the last time you will ever see this image again, I swear.

Just one last reminder that Mrs. Hydrangea and I will be meeting up this Saturday the 24th, at 12:00 PM at the Starbucks in Northpark mall, and then heading to the 12:30 PM showing of Bride Wars.

Please won’t you come join us? I’ll bring treats and stuff them in my purse,…

This post by Becker has me thinking, “Will my wedding day look stand the test of time?”

All of these brides are ridiculously beautiful but you can definitely tell some of them are brides of the 90s by looking at their photos.

We exited through the sliding glass doors right into the library area thinking we were going to have to stand around and greet all of our guests receiving line-style, as has been the case for every single LDS wedding I have ever attended. We were lucky and that didn’t happen! Over the course of the weekend we gave our guests several opportunities to spend time…

I’ve recently been crying over the cost of gallery wrap canvas prints. I want to fill my house with them and create my own version of the oft-cited Martha gallery wrap layout.

Unfortunately ordering them through the company my Mom uses for her own professional printing would run me $75 for an 8″x10″ print (that’s wholesale people!).