Wedding Blog

Whenever I hear brides talk about their wedding day, the word “perfect” always seems to pop up. My wedding day was not perfect. Things did not go smoothly. For starters, I woke up that morning so anxious for everything to be “perfect” that I was sick. Really sick. So sick, in fact, that for a while I did not think that I was going to…

Sorry to have been MIA for so long, but Murphy’s Law was the new rule around here in the days leading up to the wedding. It all started three weeks ago when I received a phone call from the stylist I had booked to do my hair…

“Miss Donut,” she said, “I see here that you have an appointment for a hair trial this Saturday for…

I’ve been having nightmares. They go something like this: Mr. Donut and I are standing blissfully at the altar, smiling and gazing adoringly at each other surrounded by our family and friends who have traveled from far and wide to be with us on our special day. The sun is shining. The wee birdies are singing. It’s perfect…until we reach a moment in the service where I’ve…

It’s just over two weeks to the wedding and my girls still don’t have shoes! We all live in different towns, which has made a trip to the mall for some serious girl time and shoe shopping impossible. I’ve told them both to wear whatever they like so long as it’s roughly in the same color family, but I’m starting getting the impression that they…

They’re so lucky. We girls spend hours upon hours in the search for our wedding gown. We wrestle with the seemingly endless choices of cut and fabric and length and shade of white and on and on and on. And then once we find The Perfect Dress, we have to fork over an obscene amount of money for a garment we will wear once. For…

I keep things. Little mementos like fall leaves collected from walks in far away lands and simple one word cards. I keep programs from plays I’ve attended and tickets from movies I’ve seen. I keep safe the letters from my high school sweetheart, my soon to be new husband, and the notes, cards and words of wisdom written to me by my parents while I…

Yesterday I took my cranes to the post office and shipped them to Mama and Papa Donut.

All 685 of them piled on the bed for The Counting.

Thanks to all of you out there who offered so many great suggestions and helpful hints about how to do my calligraphy. I went out and bought all kinds of pens and markers and other tools of scribal warfare. I hunted them down, got them home, and set to work practicing to get a sense of what kind of writing I could do with them.…

YEAH! After two weeks of designs and countless mock ups, assembly, calligraphy and, finally, mailing, I am happy to report that my invitations are one by one finding their way to our guests from all the way here in Singapore. If you recall, this was the wedding invitation ensemble inspiration.

{Martha Stewart Crafts, Vera Wang Invitation, program from TheSteph03, paper from Paper Studio}

If you love Laura Hooper Calligraphy like I do, then you will love to know that she now has her own blog! A Lucky Orchid Wedding is full of her gorgeous work and much more!

Way, way back, I mean like a year ago way back, I unexpectedly stumbled across a pair of shoes whilst looking for wedding inspiration. They were a lovely pair of d’orsay pumps in a gorgeous, dusty pale pink. Even though they were posed and fuzzy in the background of the picture, I was in love.

‘You should buy these,’ said my impulsive self. ‘Go ahead, get…

Today I am not feeling so great. I’m achy and my throat hurts and I feel a little bit out of it. I am always very aware of my throat because, in addition to being a singer, I also have chronic strep throat. The first term of my sophomore year in college I came down with a really hideous case of strep throat. Ever since then…

A couple from our Marriage Preparation class last fall were married this past December in Manila Bay, The Philippines. Mr. Donut and I had lunch with the happy couple this past Sunday and got to see pictures of their beautiful wedding. We were instantly in awe of her very unique cake - a gorgeous 5 layer pillow design from The Cake Artist Judy Uson in Manila.

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Mmmm, cake. I have to say that I have a serious soft spot for really good wedding cake. Sadly, there has not been nor shall there be a cake tasting for us. We’ve had to go on reputation and word of mouth to find our cake baker and the fabulous Edna of Edna’s Cake Creations and Confections comes highly recommended. Our wedding cake will be…

Mr. Donut and I have been deciding on rings this week or, to be more accurate, HE has been trying to decided on a ring. I know what I want:

The 3mm platinum Lucida band from Tiffany & Co.

I love that it’s simple and traditional and engravable. In a perfect world where settings didn’t become loose and stones didn’t fall out and I am a size 2…