Mrs. Daisy, New York
Age and Occupation: 32, Attorney
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 32, Finance
Engagement Date: December 10, 2005
Wedding Date: November 11, 2006
Blogging Since: June 7, 2006
Venue: Metropolitan Club
About Me: My favorite activities used to include knitting, cooking, doing the crossword puzzle and about a million other relaxing pursuits. Since my engagement, well, not so much. Wedding planning has become my primary hobby. So much so that I am downgrading my work schedule to part-time in order to more fully dedicate myself to my wedding (and reality tv, as well, if I'm being honest).
That’s How I Roll (Fondant)…
December 12th, 2007 @ 11:27 am by Mrs. Daisy
Yes, in honor of my friend Lillers’ bridal shower, I volunteered to make cake (after I unvolunteered myself from the duty of flowers, to which I had originally been assigned. b/c I’m charming like that).
Anyway, since I had gone and gotten the cake assignment, I figured I better be bringing a cake that kicked the ass of any other cake. (And knowing that Mel–original cake-bringer–would have brought a pretty nice cake, I had to up the ante even more). So I decided to enter the world of rolled fondant. And what a wonderful world it is! I am now *obsessed* with it and cannot wait for more fondant experiments.
Check out my cake and then I’ll tell you what I used to make it:
You Don’t Bring Me Flowers…
November 9th, 2007 @ 3:55 pm by Mrs. Daisy
Le Soundtrack
October 9th, 2007 @ 12:50 pm by Mrs. Daisy
Because every other Bee is posting about her first dance, I realize I never a) posted my wedding “soundtrack” and b) reviewed my wedding musicians. (also, I *know* you all missed my wedding posting marginally terribly, so here we go).
Soundtrack to marry by:
Processional:
I had a lot of creative ideas for what songs would accompany our walks down the aisle. Mr. Daisy had some suggestions…The Final Countdown by Europe or Another One Bites the Dust by Queen. But, alas, the Europe one was too evocative of Gob and Mr. D’s brother already called dibs on the Queen. And, oh yeah,THERE WAS NO FREAKING WAY I WAS DOING ANYTHING BUT SAPPY TRADITIONAL STUFF.
Bridal Boudoir (Live! Nude! Brides!)
May 25th, 2007 @ 9:30 am by Mrs. Daisy
Yeah, this post isn’t going to be nearly as salacious as it seems. But Iris’ comments on my last post had me thinking about what moments you will and won’t let your photographer and/or videographer capture. When my mom and I were first looking for wedding photographers, we checked out about, oh, a million web sites. After my mom checked out a few she called me quite frantically telling me I absolutely *had to* check out a certain web site. So I did. And I saw butts! Naked bridal butts! For reals!
Almost Famous
May 24th, 2007 @ 8:30 am by Mrs. Daisy
Well, in certain circles, anyway. That’s because my stellar makeup artist Laura Nadeau has put photos of me on her revamped web site! how cool is that?!? I’m the third photo in her “bridal” section:
Cameron Diaz Wishes She Were My Bridesmaid…
May 9th, 2007 @ 3:01 pm by Mrs. Daisy
OK, maybe not. But obviously if she *knew* me, she’d wish she rolled with my bridesmaid crew. Since she neither knows me nor covets the title of bridesmaid, it may just be coincidence, but check out her Met Costume Institute Gala duds (by Christian Dior):
The (Cash-Filled) Envelope, Please
April 26th, 2007 @ 5:59 pm by Mrs. Daisy
Ok, so in the comments of Miss Kiwi’s “Gimme Gimme Money” post, Sarah wanted some info about giving cash (or a check) as a gift:
How much is expected? How much do you usually give? What is expected? Do you cover the cost of your plate or is that etiquette from the past?”
Paying Your Own Way?
The one that I can answer (or so I believe) is the “cover your plate” query. You don’t have to do that. I mean… That could get pretty pricey, especially if you had to attend a wedding like this one. And on a more realistic level, even a very high end NYC wedding could have you considering knocking over a convenience store. To keep it real, more than a couple of venues start at $250/per person, not including the 22% (!!) service fee (don’t confuse this spurious, rip-off fee with a gratuity-your vendor will expect that on top) and the 8% tax. I’m no mathematician, but that seems like a heck of a lot of money to give as a gift. And the same goes on the other end–if someone has a modest backyard wedding, you ought not reduce your gift accordingly. So, yeah, to summarize you should give what you give, cost-of-wedding notwithstanding.
All About the Benjamins (and Jacksons, and Lincolns, and Washingtons…)
Now onto the cold hard numbers-what do you give?
It know it’s trƒ¨s gauche to discuss dollars and cents, but I also know (because I sure have looked!) that there’s just a dearth of answers out there. Let’s overcome this problem, Bees, and complete a little poll to help me all of us get a handle on what the kids are shelling out these days. And, to be somewhat specific, let’s divvy this up by regions/types of areas to make it a bit more accurate. Feel free to elaborate in the comments!!
Find your geographic area and then click on what amount you give, per person (since a lot of us give joint gifts as a couple, just divide that number in half so we can get a per person idea of things).
‘Maid To Order
April 25th, 2007 @ 9:35 am by Mrs. Daisy
Because I love my bridesmaids and maids of honor so very much, I decided to give them a few of my favorite things. Now, unfortunately for them, my favorite things were a lot less abundant more edited than, say, when Oprah does her “favorite things” episode but, let’s face it, I’m not Oprah. (quelle horreur!)
I did give them a couple of things that I thought they’d like, though, and packaged them in the piƒ¨ce de rƒ©sistance, a monogrammed LL Bean tote, in my (slightly modified) wedding colors.
In Bloom
April 18th, 2007 @ 12:24 pm by Mrs. Daisy
Yeah, so I am slow on the vendor wrap-ups– blame it on laziness, a gut renovation of our apartment, my hellish knee surgery, no matter, I’m still slower than i ought to be…
But here are my thoughts on my florist, DeJuan Stroud: A+++
my bouquet (detail):
Oh, I Hope He Picks Me!
February 24th, 2007 @ 8:20 pm by Mrs. Daisy
Yesterday, while Mr. Daisy was at work, the following envelope arrived.
It contained an invitation to the wedding of a friend-of-a-friend. I do wonder who he will bring as his guest, since they left the option open for him… fingers crossed!
