Wedding Blog

Finally! And the third time was the charm…

Attempt #1: Mr. Lab and I got all the way to the courthouse with our paperwork filled out and money ready to go. But then we realized we forgot our certificate proving we completed marriage counseling. Said certificate would save us $30. We decided that was plenty enough to wait until our officiant could mail us the required…

No… we literally have to get on the road today and we’re taking all our wedding crap with us:

That isn’t the actual load we have to take today, but it IS what I hauled on my last trip to Savannah. It has taken 3 jam-packed car trips to get all our DIY and wedding supplies to our host city.

We couldn’t decide between having a bubble or sparkler exit, so we got greedy and decided to have both! :D

After the ceremony, we’ll walk back down the aisle to a shower of bubbles from our guests:

I spent this past weekend in Savannah tying up the last few loose ends of our wedding in person. One of those loose ends was making sure our wedding cake is constructed as close to my vision as possible.

When I first visited Publix to discuss our cake, I was told there would be no problem recreating the Martha Stewart cake I found online. Remember this?

Because our wedding is only a week after my favorite holiday, we decided to incorporate some "spooky" Halloween fun into it.

We’re starting off by having a ghost tour after the rehearsal dinner for any interested guests. We secured a group rate with Old Town Trolley Tours to go on their "Ghosts and Gravestones Frightseeing Tour". The tour is about an hour and a half long and is (according to their website) "an evening of fun, scares, humor and ghost stories as you are guided through America’s Most Haunted City.”

Remember way back when Mr. Lab and I got into a little tiff about the "need" for a cinematographer? Well, after that mini meltdown, I put finding a cinematographer on the back burner. I had posted listings on Craigslist but wasn’t getting any bites. I decided I’d deal with it later and soon forgot all about it.

So I finally found someone to do our groom’s cake at a price that didn’t include an arm, leg, soul, or firstborn child! I’m working with Sonja of Art Cake Company in Savannah and can’t wait to show you the finished cake! But since I can’t share the cake with you quite yet, I figured I’d at least share a couple details about it not mentioned in previous episodes of my cake saga.

Mr. Lab: With only single digits left until the big day, I think you’re more than capable of refraining from clicking on the link below! :)

I’ve just about finished shopping for outfits for all our remaining wedding events and wanted to give you ladies a preview! Some purchases were steals while others were splurges (luckily, FMIL gave Mr. Lab and me $300 just for wedding outfits as a gift last time we visited her). I even plan on reselling at least one of the dresses after the wedding, so if…

My bridal bouquet is officially complete! Remember way back when I hinted to the handle decoration and even gave a sneak peek to my "something blue"? Well, I’ve finally received my special adornments from my eBay shopping excursion.

A couple weekends ago, I had my makeup trial with Savannah’s famed Jules of Dollface by Jules. I had a blast with Jules who is a bride-to-be herself. She’s super stylish and very easy going. I know she’ll provide some comic relief and much needed calmness to my big day while getting ready.

These photos really don’t do her work justice. I had driven 4 hours…

My MOH recently bought a new house about 40 minutes away from me. With the wedding fast approaching, we’ve used it as an excuse to visit each other quite a lot lately. :)

During my first visit to her new home, I found something that caught my eye while snooping... er... checking... everything out. ;) She had the cutest little birdcage in her closet!

Yeah, I’ve been engaged for nearly 11 months and still can’t remember how to pronounce that "m" word for these:

But I really didn’t care about pronouncing them as long as I could make my own decorative displays using them. And thus, I set to work!

We’ve picked our wine, are in the process of writing our love letters, and have finally narrowed down the bazillion quotes floating around on marriage to 5 we really like for our love letter box! Now we need your help narrowing the quotes down to 1! We will then have that quote along with our names and wedding date engraved on a brass plate attached…

I’ve finally found a wine to put in our love letter box! It took months of research but it’s finally on its way!

The reason it was so hard to find a suitable wine was because I had so many criteria:

• It has to age well. We don’t plan on cracking this thing open for a while! But we did agree that we would open it on…

I’ve already shown you the “basic” invitation we sent to our guests. However, for a few special people, “deluxe” invitations were found in mailboxes.

The full “suite”: stamped and “fauxligraphy” addressed envelopes, front and back of the wedding invitation, wedding map, liner, rehearsal dinner and bridesmaids’ brunch invitations.

I held off sending invitations to anyone in our wedding party or family that would be attending the rehearsal…