Wedding Blog

Getting veiled up by Adolfo, my *amazing* hair stylist.

Out with the old:

In theory, anyway. That’s why we decided to do a proper rehearsal at the Met Club the night before the wedding. Make our wedding party earn their dinners and all that.

My wedding planners (Jennifer and Shira of the Wedding Library) were at the rehearsal to make sure everything went off without a hitch. As it turns out, the rehearsal was a *great* idea, because we…

That’s Mr. Daisy, right? Ok, in the realm of life, yes, he’s that. But in the realm of wedding vendors, my first, my last, my everything, my port in a storm:

My wedding planner:

I didn’t exactly choose my planner in the by-the-book order. By the time I convinced my parents that a wedding planner was something I was not going to give up without a knockdown,…

Here’s just a sampling of what I did in the week before the wedding:

I finished out-of-town gift bags (more photos of the awesomeness inside to come):

We’re just back from our minimoon and I don’t have professional photos back yet, but here’s one I grabbed from Magnolia’s photo gallery.

More to come once I’ve gorged on turkey, stuffing and spinach dip and have somewhat reacclimated to a wedding planning free life. (It’s almost like I don’t remember what to do besides wedding planning. This ought to make my return to work a…

You’re only a dayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy aaaaaaaaaaaawayyyyyyyyy!

Alas, this post does not refer to the Guns ‘N’ Roses classic wedding tune (though, as a present to his bride to be, Mr. Daisy did take me to the GNR show at Continental Airlines Arena on Sunday night) but to the weather of this last week.

Yeah, so my wedding is one day (!!) away and all hell has broken loose there have been a couple…

Last week, we found out that the closest parking lot to our wedding was a total rip off. With that in mind, I made and sent out the following postcard to all our guests:

But the postcard served a dual purpose–

What you may not know is that if I were dating Eddie Murphy, and he had written a song about me, it might go something like…

Choosing a wedding shoe was quite an agonizing process for Mr. Daisy me. Mr. Daisy and I went up and down Madison Avenue in search of the “perfect” shoe and (really!) only found two contenders when all was said and done.

Christian Louboutin was a bust, much to my chagrin (I do love me some red soles!) since they “weren’t doing ivory this season” in lieu of…

Of late, I have been able to completely grasp the concept of the erstwhile Calgon ads of my youth. I have been overloaded with wedding stress over logistics (i.e. do we announce the afterparty with a postcard, or just have the band say so at the wedding?) and getting caught up in the minutiae.

Happily, yesterday was a day of no stress at all, and awesomeness…

Ok, so which of the following napkin rings is the purtiest for our wedding tabletop?

A) Crate and Barrel’s Luster Metal Twist Bead Napkin Rings (in Amber):

B) Linens & Things Beaded Cluster:

C) Bed Bath and Beyond Crystal Wreath:

Basically our tables will have amber accents (candles, water goblets) and “burnished gold” (read: warm brown) table cloths, so…? Now if only I can avoid the shipping charges on…

We just received the following email from our friend Barb:

Thank you for not scheduling your wedding on the same date as TomKat, otherwise that could have been a logistical nightmare for me. Phew!

Ha!

This is an oldie but a goodie and makes all my vendor worries disappear. (For the moment!)

On 10/7 my bridal shower and bachelorette both were held on the same one day (because that’s how I roll*).

On the way home from my shower, our vehicle packed to the gills with gifts (and bridesmaid/neighbor Lil’ E) and chauffered by Mr. Daisy, I called an audible and we stopped at Fab 208 so I could buy a bachelorette-ready top. Since the owner Jo is…