Weddingbee Blog

Sorry for the crappy camera phone pic, but check out what Mr. Gloss bought me for my big day….

… a big shiny new sailboat!
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While I’m waiting, sometimes not so patiently, for our wedding photos to be processed by the lovely Erica Lyn, I cannot help think about what I will do with them. Our photography package does not include an album (although we obviously have the option of purchasing one), so I have a number of options to consider. We could do a Blurb/MyPublisher-style album; the quality is decent and the price really cannot be beat. But then I see the professional photographer albums with their really thick, lay flat pages. I !start drooling and think it would all be worth it!

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… the wedding gift edition.

We’re BACK! The wedding day was perfect (a few snafus, but still perfect), and the honeymoon was amazing and relaxing. We got many fabulous gifts from our friends and family: some off our registry, some clever and thoughtful, and some not quite ’us’.

My favorite registry gifts :
1. Pyrex Glass Mixing Bowl (via Macy’s) - I actually got this as a shower gift and use it ALL THE TIME. It’s glass, but it has rubber on the bottom so it doesn’t slide around on the counter. It also has a pouring ’spout’ and ’handle’… both so helpful for clumsy people like me. Love it.
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We’re back from Maine and hastily packing for our honeymoon, but I couldn’t leave you guys without just a few teasers from our wedding.

It was beyond perfect. The weather was amazing, my bustle never broke, our vendors rocked, and no one wanted to leave.

There was so much love and laughter surrounding us, I don’t think I stopped smiling all day.

Myself and the new hubby kickin’ off the champagne toast.

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Dear Mr. Gloss,

I don’t have much to say, except that tomorrow I will be your wife and I couldn’t be more excited about it. This day has been a long time coming, but really, our time together has flown by so fast. I can’t believe we’ve been together for almost a decade; it seems like only yesterday you were leaving scribbled love notes under my windshield wipers in high school. (I still have most of them.)
We have always just been… right together. You are one of the only people I can be 100% myself with and I love you for it.
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The clock is ticking, but I wanted to squeeze in one more DIY post before the big day. There will be quite a few after we get back since I’ve been too busy to post about a lot of projects recently. I’m a blog slacker, I know.

Anyway, I find myself with pangs of jealousy each time someone posts a picture of a super cute ring holder. I scoured eBay for quite some time looking for something to hold my rings, but nothing ever really jumped out at me (that was in my price range). So, I was forced to resort to alternate methods.

Ring boxes tend to be so bulky anyways, and I wanted something slim and modern, that could easily slide into the pant or jacket pocket of our best man, since we don’t have a ring bearer. Then one day I came across this post on The Dieline showcasing the rings and packaging of AMT studios.

I contacted the company but they were only making black cases at the time. If we got one, it would say ’diamond ring’ on it and there would be a sizing chart on the back. They could do something else, but it would cost a pretty penny. (We are out of pretty pennies at this point.)

The wheels started turning and I ended up with these:
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Looks like I’ll get to wear my Wedding Wellies after all, thanks to the latest update to weather.com.

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That’s right – it’s looking like rain, although with the summer we’ve been having here in the North East, I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised.
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I get it. I finally understand how wedding budgets spiral out of control. It’s the spending threshold. After you spend $180 on a pair of jeans (even if it was a special treat/just once kind-of-deal in your mind) $90 jeans just seem like a bargain. You’ve broken into another spending category and there is no turning back.

I mean what’s another $400 when you’ve already spent $10K? I have added a ton of ’extras’ because at the time they seemed like such a small amount of money for the added benefit.

Today’s Conversation: Oh yes, let’s upgrade those buffet plates to china since it’s more white. An off-white would ruin our table scheme. (Where is that little wedding angel that is supposed to be sitting on my shoulder saying ’NO ONE WILL NOTICE’?) It’s such a tiny fraction of the overall costs that there is no way all those extras could add up to be a lot in the end, right?

Oh yeah, and after I upgraded, I remembered our plates wont even be set on the tables, since we are having a buffet. $h*%!
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With a little prompting from the State of Massachusetts, we picked up our wedding rings last week. How did they prompt us, you wonder? They decided it would be a good idea to raise taxes by 25% on August 1st. We had already met with our jeweler and he worked his magic, making us beautiful rings, but we decided to leave them there as long as possible since:

1. I knew I would wear it around the house, and
2. We figured it would be safer than to have them hanging out in our apartment.

I tried on just about every ring he had… at least twice :), ya know – just to make sure. He would be creating my ring using the platinum bar my grandmother had given me and when he was writing down the specs, he noted there were 13 diamonds…
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I feel like I’m back in school again – I paid attention all semester and completed assignments on time, yet I still find myself cramming for the final… I mean, the wedding. I’m not dreading it, I’m excited – I know I’m prepared; but I can’t stop studying. And by studying, I mean planning/preparing/DIYing, because I know I can ACE this bad boy. Mr. Gloss, on the other hand, is totally fine taking a ‘C’ I think – he’s been slacking on the wedding duties (not that he was ever that involved ). He just wants to be married, and we are both at the point of ‘I can’t wait for this to be over’. If he only knew what he was getting himself into, I’m not so sure he would’ve put that ring on my finger.

After the rehearsal Friday afternoon, my planning period will be officially over – I’m going to enjoy the rehearsal dinner and the wedding day I’ve put so much time and effort into. I want to laugh with my family and friends despite the fact that it will most likely rain and we are getting married outside… on a boat. In the end, only I will notice if things don’t get done. We bought enough alcohol to erase any bad memories (i.e. a soaking wet ceremony and/or reception site).
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I knew my girls had been planning something fabulous for my bachelorette party (even though I had NO IDEA we were actually doing), so I wanted to get them a little something to kick the weekend off right and thank them for doing all that planning for little ol’ me .

Enter the Bachelorette Party Pack:

I should’ve taken a picture of the contents before we devoured them, but I didn’t… so, sorry!

The ‘packs’ contained :
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Dear Marc & Lilly,

Please stop making cute white dresses and putting them on sale. In case you are not aware, I have already bought seven, yes 7, dresses for the rehearsal dinner and/or wedding day morning. You are making my wallet very upset.

xoxo,
Miss Gloss

P.S. For those of you who haven’t yet purchased a week’s worth of clothing for one day, please buy one of the cute dresses below and send me pictures so I can live vicariously through you.

Marc Jacobs @ Saks

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Our photographer isn’t the best at updating her blog – but when she does, I absolutely fall in love all over again. Check out some shots from her latest wedding:

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The ever fabulous Glossy Gals have put together a little shindig in honor of little ol’ me *blush*. They have done an amazing job keeping what is happening a secret, which makes me very excited, mixed in with just a smidge of nervousness. I’m sure whatever they have planned is going to be excessively fabulous, but I still get a little nervous when I think of the possibility of potential male genitalia everywhere.

I got a little preview of this weekend’s festivities yesterday when this arrived:

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Some of you super observant readers noticed my new bio picture and guessed that we FINALLY had our engagement pictures taken. You were right! I’m under strict orders from the mister that these pictures not get plastered around the internet… but I couldn’t hold out from you guys. So, I figured I could post just a few of my favorites, and deal with any consequences later.

Originally we didn’t intend to get e-shots taken. We didn’t think we would use them for anything and that it would be a waste of money. Oh, and Mr. Gloss HATES having his picture taken. One day I was mindlessly wandering through the Weddingbee Classifieds and came across a post for free engagement session in Boston with Nicole Chan. At this point, I was regretting not getting any pictures taken previously, because I wanted to use them for our guestbook, and I also thought it would be good practice to be in front of a camera. Additionally, I wanted test out how my ‘wedding-day makeup’ actually photographed. So, I dragged Mr. Gloss down to the Boston aquarium during the 4th of July weekend, thinking that everyone would have left the city for the holiday, since we typically do. I convinced him it would be empty and no one would see him getting his picture taken. Boy, was I wrong. The city was packed, since it was one of the first nice (ie not rainy) days of the whole summer!

So, Nicole and her assistant showed up, and we tried to erase the scowl off Mr. Gloss’ face. It took a little while, but eventually he warmed up. She was a pleasure to work with – neither of us are very comfortable in front of the camera, but by the end, we felt much more open and were really enjoying it (well, I was probably enjoying it more than the mister). Some of my favorite shots are definitely the outtakes with the genuine smiles, rather than posed shots, which completely confirms my decision to go with a ‘documentary style’ photographer for our wedding pictures.

So without further ado, here are a few pictures from the lovely Nicole Chan*:
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