Weddingbee Blog

Today we leave for the wedding!! We are driving up to Old Orchard Beach this afternoon (assuming all goes well), setting up tonight (which is AWWWWESOME because they don’t have a Friday wedding), and then the festivities begin for our thunderstormy wedding tomorrow!!

Thank you all for your help in this process! I always know I can turn to the hive for the toughest questions!! I’ll be back Sunday and the picture-sharing will begin!!!

Before I go, I will leave you with this: what does it look like to have 700 flowers at the foot of your bed?? I think it’s something… like this…

GASP! I think I’m getting married soon!! And I thouggght there was something we needed to do first… OH YEAH, GET LICENSED.

Well, luckily we did. Since we’re both living in NH, we got to take our pick of Maine town halls - so we hopped the border into Kittery (home of the wonderful Kittery Outlets) and got ourselves semi-hitched!

And we even photo-documented:

How do I know it’s getting close? Because the OOT bags are ready to go!! This was a long time coming, since those tote bags had been sitting here since December. And now I get to share the process!!

Step 1: Ordering totes. There were a few routes I was considering:

I thought these were super cute, and they’re only $2/piece for the large size. However, the “large” size is only 5×5x3, so definitely an option if you can control yourself on the stuffing.
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Hello hive! I apologize for my recent silence - it’s not that I’ve ceased to exist, but well, my wedding is in NINE DAYS and I am fah-REAKING out. I’m sure everyone experiences the irony where work is slow for 8 months and then BAM it picks up like CRAZY the two weeks before the wedding? Well, I’m in the midst of it now, but I’m blowing off that craziness next week to get ready for the wedding, so hopefully that means I’ll have more time to post.

I just had to throw in this brief post right now because something big has occured, and I couldn’t think of a better place to vent. What could be so big?? Well, the ten day forecast is now out to include May 31st:

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With only a little over three weeks left until the wedding, I have uttered my share of swear words. But none, in my mind, is so vile, so awful, so MEAN as this one:

Bridezilla.

*shudder*

It makes me cringe. Thus far, I have been called a bridezilla twice, and both instances with forever be ingrained in my memory.

On the first occasion, I was on the phone with my mother. It was 5 days after our RSVP deadline. We had been able to track down loose responses from all of our delinquents except for one cousin, who had asked my mother: “Would she rather I say yes, and possibly not come, or say no, and possibly show up?” When my mom relayed this message, I think I said something along the lines of, “Neither. Is she *swear word* kidding me?” Well, apparently said cousin’s “life is in flux,” to which I responded, “If she doesn’t care to figure it out, then she doesn’t care to come.” In the midst of my yelling, my mother said to me, “Oh Becca, just calm down and stop being such a BRIDEZILLA.”
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…It’s terrible. I am officially a TDB (Two Dress Bride).

Basically, the more I tried on my dress, the more I started to feel uncomfortable about it. I guess there’s this general sense that brides are supposed to look pretty, and the more I thought about it, the more I thought I just didn’t look pretty in my dress. I think I have partially overcome this, but in the meantime, I did something a little wacky…

I had always thought this dress from Target was just a ridiculously cute, simple dress for like, practically free. And as my dress insecurity was mounting, I finally made a decision - for $89.99, I just had to get the Target dress. Just to SEE.

For a week, I tracked the heck out of that package. Today, it took all I had not to leave early, as the tracker read “Delivered.”
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This past weekend, my fabulous FMIL (et al) threw me a SUPER FUN bridal shower, which Mr. BG astutely dubbed “Becca day.” All the lady-folk from Mr. BG’s side of the family gathered to shower me with gifts (pun intended), clothe me in tissue paper, and ply me with baked goods – all the while enforcing my belief that I am just ridiculously fortunate to be marrying into such a wonderful family.

We started with the presents, which were – insane. I mean, I made out like a bandit. Here’s a shot of the haul:

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For some crazy reason, getting RSVP’s back in the mail has been RIDICULOUSly fun - so much so that Mr. BG and I frequently argue over who gets to open them - if it’s post-marked in Vermont, he gets it. Massachusetts and California are mine. And there is nothing more disappointing than having zero little green envelopes in the mailbox.

I think the appeal here lies in the fact people never fail to surprise you. For example:

1) Of the first 47 people who responded, we received 47 “accept”s - GASP. Are we popular or what?? At this point, you start to wonder if expecting fewer guests than you’ve invited was ever a wise move… what’s your experience? Are “yes”s just more likely to respond sooner? Do people like to put off rejection? Or are we just that cool?

2) People seem to dislike you wanting to know when they’re in town and where they’re staying. Some people flat-out refused to fill out their little worksheets. Others left helpful tidbits such as these:
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Ah, crud. I haven’t blogged since, like, March. I feel like a jerk. But I sweeeear I’ve been busy - making escort cards, bathroom baskets, favor boxes, programs, THE WORKS! So as some of that winds down, I suppose it’s time to share! Here’s the status on the escort cards I had started oh-so-long ago…

Last time we met to discuss this crucial issue, I still wasn’t sure how to stem or how to display my floral escort cards. But because you’re all BRILLIANT, the issues have been resolved:

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I just have to say: thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you to reader Kyluvr - for pointing out this site:

• http://www.taaz.com/

You may or may not remember the fun I had playing with my hair - Well, as Kyluvr pointed out to me, at this site, not only can you change your hair - but also you can change your makeup!!!

GASP! This has made my day. And it’s SURPRISINGly accurate - you line up your eyes and mouth so that it knows where to “apply” the makeup. And have you ever wondered what you’d look like with different colored eyes? You can do that too!!

So if you’re still wondering whether to do neutrals or bolds, check it out!
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I usually can’t get through a day without Mr. BG quoting Anchorman by saying, “I love lamp.” For some reason, on this particular day, it got me thinking about one’s love for lamps and how this might translate into centerpieces (one-track mind lately, or what?). I know that candle centerpieces are popular and beautiful, so why not a beautiful lamp? And, depending on how you do it, couldn’t this be an affordable alternative? So for your viewing and planning pleasure, here are some fun lamps:

I thought this site had some very cool ideas. Some aren’t even lamps but just happen to have lampshades!

 
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There really is nothing like a great shoe:

And, as we all know, the greatest shoes often hurt the most. So, after about 10 minutes of dancing, don’t you just want to kick them off?? But then what, oh what, will you put on your feet? Well, Martha Stewart told me to give them slippers, so, garsh darnit, that’s what I’ll do!
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God, that title was so lame. I apologize.

I have a couple of dress decisions to make, so I thought I’d put them to a vote.

The first is the sash. For the months that I ogled my dress here,

I pictured it with the sash. And I even bought that exact sash. But once I got it home, I started to get nervous that the sash would be too much - especially because I will be wearing red shoes. And as it turned out, the sash that’s already attached to the dress is pretty cute. So the first poll is:

(My hair/face were looking particularly gnarly on this day, so please don’t let them influence your decision.)

Oh, and Mr. BG, you may GO NO FURTHER!
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Oh, weddingbee community, have I told you lately that I love you? That you are the SMARTEST group of people on this earth? And, uh, the prettiest??

I’ll just get right to it: I need help! My wedding is in TWO MONTHS *gasp*!!! And I have two questions that I know weddingbee can solve. Pretty pretty please??

Question #1: Can I open my presents??

The other day, I got home from work, and THIS was sitting on my kitchen floor:

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Step 1: DIY Pocketfolds 
Step 2: The Main Invitation
Step 3: Invitation Sashes
Step 4: Inserts!

Our invitations are DONE! W00t! And before sending them out, we had one final step: inserts. I had originally planned on having three inserts: directions, travel & accommodations, and the rsvp (which, as always, was a design stolen from Mrs. Lemon). However, at the last minute, I realized that we kept mentioning our Sunday brunch - but didn’t have an invite for it! So we made a last minute change, and here’s how it all turned out (hopefully it still looks like something after I erased all the juicy details):

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