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That’s right, no stems. We opted for simple water tumbler glasses and the reidel ‘o’ stemless glasses. Not only because I tend to feel like I’m about to pour whatever liquid happens to be in my stemmed glass all over myself or someone’s white sofa/rug/maltese puppy, but because I wanted to go for a more relaxed feel at the table. That and with all the fist shaking after particularly vicious battles of tetris between courses, we felt that even trying to pretend we were sophisticated delicate wine drinkers would just be a thinly veiled sham, we admit it. We prefer juice.
Anyway, Mr. GB really really wanted twig flatware, so he got his wish. I think it tied the branch centerpieces + nest placecard holders together really well. Maybe even with the chivari chair bamboo-y-wood thing they have going on too. I could just be lying to myself that we actually thought about all this beforehand and I really AM that stylish and detailed. Yes!
Seeing as it was just over a week ago, I still don’t have photos - but thankfully my cousin took some photos of the table settings for us! Thanks Ellen!
Less is more! Less is cheaper! ahem… less is more!
I wanted to wait until I had professional photos of all the flowers at the wedding. But I can’t resist, I had to post SOMETHING about them!
I had no ideal bouquet, no dream flowers, hell, I barely know the names of flowers. Carnations what? Isn’t that condensed milk? When I went to meet with our floral designer, I was so confused, I didn’t have a clue what was going on. I gave a list of flowers I know that I like, most of which are unavailable in October: ranunculus, peonies, and dahlias. While dahlias do exist, they apparently aren’t very resilient. 
After nailing down every other decision, it came down to the bouquet - I found these two inspirations and emailed them over:
image from michelle rago ltd
It’s true. If you are in Northern California, the rain on Friday was pouring! We had to be begged to come out through tears and the possibility of rain cancellation, traffic, heavy rain… probably the most convincing part was listening to our coordinator roll around on the lawn to prove that if we had mats and blankets, the rain wouldn’t soak through, so we COULD have our lawn games.
Well, that and Mr. GB bought me these to cheer me up:
So I’m stepping back a little and showcasing some finished work that we had done for the wedding I didn’t get a chance to write about before.
I know I got my ceremony pin from k.autumn from relish at home, but one is never enough, so I asked her to make me something completely new and different, nothing like she’d ever made before. Being awesome and sweet, she obliged and shortly after our meeting presented me with this.
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The wedding is over!
Mr. GB said it felt so short, but I felt like it took forever to start, but we still didn’t have time to set everything up perfectly. We were planning on setting up Friday, but it was pouring rain.
We had our complaints, but overall things went really well and we were glad to see after the music had stopped and vendors were packing up, a lot of our friends were still sitting on the lawn playing games and laughing. We wanted people to be able to go whenever they wanted, but were happy to see people staying because they wanted to relax on the grass and hang out.
Despite the hiccups, the feel of it was exactly what we wanted it to be!
I’m sitting in my messy ass living room with the pups drained, eating cake and trying to let it wash over me, but I’ll be back, I promise~!
Remember how I had my dress anxiety, but in the midst of the horrors, we discovered Odastyle? We already knew they were sweet, super nice, amazingly talented girls… but how much? Well, they gave me something totally unexpected:
Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
Which do you want first? Ok, we’ll start with the good because it makes for pretty pictures, and we all know that pretty pictures is what makes you guys come back day after day. (That and the hope that Mr. GB will write that Japan guide for you, and he will, but probably after the wedding.)
I’m feeling a little blah today, I took a nap on the couch promptly after waking up, and Mr. GB left with the dogs to take them to the butt-fluff trimmers. He walks in, totally lacking that nap-time quiet and boisterously flung open the living room french doors, gigantic package to match his equally gigantic grin. He tells me that the UPS man was joking with him this morning, about how there hasn’t been a day when he has to drive up our street that he hasn’t had a package for us…. we’re sad that after the wedding all he’ll be delivering is the occasional anthropologie package. We slowly cut the tape around the package and open it up to reveal… my dream wedding package.
I know, I know, I bought a clutch already. But then I got hooked on Phantom Hourglass and neeeeed my DS with me. So I wanted to get something to hold it! I present you with the perfect portable gaming wedding clutch!
You’ve seen the photos, you saw it in Martha Stewart Weddings and all the design blogs. K. Autumn’s hair pins.
The only thing you don’t know is that Kelly of K. Autumn is possibly one of the nicest people on the planet. I’m lucky enough to live close by her shop, Relish at Home, in Berkeley. I stopped in, wanting to pick up the latest j. mendicino vase, and I mentioned I was getting married and saw her pin. Within seconds I had a handful of feathers and pins in my hand and were talking about the process of getting one made. Since I’m local, I was able to hand pick my beads and rhinestones, feel the feathers, and, best of all, work with Kelly personally!
So here is her hard work:
the color is a little different, sorry!
I’m a slave driver. I’m forcing last minute crafts into my schedule of work and meetings like nobody’s business… well, except yours, of course! Well, like all the rest of us and our envy of Mrs. Plumeria’s awesome palmier idea, we wanted to offer something as a snack upon arrival! It’s been tough to keep Mr. GB from eating the cookies!!! I think an electronic remote collar with zapping on his neck will work.
Cookie Belts!
yes, the bear are for our “special” friends… points if you are so geeky to know who he is!
Nope, you had to go and throw more craft on your plate. Yes yes, we did. The past few days have been the busiest most appointment filled days of our lives. I still couldn’t leave Mr. GB just standing there to play Halo 3 all day, I set him to work and, of course, did some myself.
Cake. So we wanted to make sure people could take their cake home if they were too stuffed to eat it there. 4″x4″x4″ white boxes, a bunch of brown bags, a gocco set, and some food-grade waxed tissue later… and we have our to-go bags ready. Macaroons will also be right on the table, so people can pick those up and shove them in the to-go bags as well.
As I mentioned before, Mr. GB and I decided to avoid dancing altogether and go with have a picnic style lounge area and games. We’re recommending to all our friends and family to bring their handheld games. Since Mr. GB worked in the industry and I, for some reason, only know dorks and even more game industry folk, we’re expecting some serious wireless gaming. Bring your spare batteries people, we don’t want any dying systems and a “well, I totally woulda won…” bullshit. Just bring it. Bring it HARD.
For our guests who aren’t bringing their own gaming hardware because they suck… or are not game saavy and want to be turned onto the world of wireless gaming, the new fangled pong machines, or the glory that is loco roco…. we have extras. This is really just a symbol of what consumer whores we are, how easily suckered we are by the marketing term “limited edition” and how much pink is integrated into our lives.
Not our baker, she’s not lazy at all. But we didn’t want to subject her to making a billion sugar flowers for one of our cakes, so we bought some online for her to just paste onto the cake later. We love her, so we figured anything we could do to make her life easier we’d just go ahead and do it ourselves. You can get flowers from a few places, just individually or as cake kits. We bought ours from Gail Watson Cake but Wendy Kromer has a lot of other really cute options if you’re looking!
This is how I felt putting on this borrowed Korean Hanbok. My mother was very adamant about wanting to involve us in a Korean ceremony. She’s trying to block a full hour for it, but honestly, our main ceremony is 20 minutes at the most and most of our guests don’t speak a lick of Korean, including Mr. GB. But she’s my mom and so I gave in and put on the outfit for a few minutes while she pinned it.
sorry for the blurry weird image, it was late at night and very dark… although I do let off my own florescent glow…
I like Hello Kitty, I admit it. I have a few odd hello kitty paraphernalia that I collected over the years. You know, Hello Kitty douche set (i kid you not), Badtz Maru Condoms, Hello Kitty Maxipads… the usual. Mr. GB has no idea how much I used to bathe myself in Hello Kitty goods, buying as much as I could and drooling over the Hello Kitty Vespa… but those days are over. I still look at the Sanrio website from time to time though and found a Hello Kitty Wedding Line! I could start over with the wedding planning if we were only a few weeks away…. a Hello Kitty themed wedding!
(I’m not posting the Hello Kitty Wedding dress MONSTROSITY because it’s just that, a pink horror with lace. And it’s not Sanrio official!)
Hello Kitty Ring Pillow:
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Mrs. Gummi Bear, San Francisco Age and Occupation: 25, Japanese Importer/Illustrator Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Game Developer/Programmer Engagement Date: April 15, 2006 Wedding Date: October 13, 2007 Blogging Since: June 19, 2007 Venue: Organic farm an hour from San Francisco About Me: I live for anthropologie, design blogs, sweets, japanese zakka, and vintage goods. We just bought our first home together and live with our two puppies and cat - it's a strange mixture of vintage, high-tech (we have 7 computers and 21 video game systems in all), and a whole lot of fur. Our wedding tries to embody the Japanese idea of "slow life", which is truly taking the time to enjoy food, company, and your environment!
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