Wedding Blog

I woke up at 8:30 am. Before I did anything else–showered or ate my Raisin Bran, I was going to do a few things:
~Finish flower girl headdress/crown thingies
~Cut up the blue tulle for the reception
~Type up everyone’s ‘to-do’ lists.
~Glue together the elevated cake plates
~Fix the bows on my and Katie’s bouquets, and add ribbon to the boutonnieres
~Finish those damned luminaries (Mr. Blueberry’s doing it!)

Things I cannot…

I admit, these past few hours I haven’t accomplished a whole lot…not that you can really see, anyway.

As soon as I finished my second batch of brownies, Dad came home and offered to take us to Strouds. If you’re not in KC, well, you’re missing out. Best fried chicken in town. Of course, since I have a gorgeous gown to fit into, I had broiled…

I said I’d be busy today, and I wasn’t lying!

As soon as I left earlier, my aunt arrived. She finished the table runners for me, then cleaned up the kitchen.

I then baked a ’sample’ version of the groom’s cake, to make sure that the fudge recipe tasted OK and that the springform pan idea worked. It was also my first time using one of those…

My wedding is the day after the day after tomorrow. How does that feel?

I’m sort of excited, and sort of nervous. But that’s not my overwhelming emotion. Neither, really, is anxiety. My biggest concern, at this point, is getting all my little projects done and organized so that the things I must delegate to others (pretty much everything on the big day) will be perfect.…

Saturday in the bridal shop, Mom and I browsed a bit more and came across a few things left to buy:

So when does it hit me that MY WEDDING IS IN FOUR DAYS?!?!?

When I’m watching Father of the Bride this morning and see Annie on her wedding day.

Did it hit me as we purchased all the alcohol and most of the food yesterday? When we picked up my dress from the shop? As I type up the “must take” list for our photographer? Nope.

It hits…

The last of my DIYs from this last trip to KC: Flower girl baskets.

Materials:
4 wicker baskets from Michaels: $1.99 apiece, ~ $8.00 total
spray paint primer from Ace Hardware: $3.00
ivory spray paint from Ace Hardware: $3.00
1 bunch of flowers from Michaels: $4.99 on clearance for $1.00
1 spool of ribbon from Michaels: about $2.50, I think?
Total price: $17.50, or just over $4.00 per basket

I didn’t take any…

Oh, well, let me offer you a program so now you’ll know!

On Sunday afternoon we met with our harpist at her home across town. What was originally going to be a brief chat to determine what-pieces-when turned into a two hour talk about music and weddings in general. I’m *so* excited to be working with this woman; her philosophies and practices really align with ours and what we want for the wedding.

In addition to talking about…

Choosing a wedding-day hairdresser wasn’t even a question for me. The same lady has been cutting my hair since I was so little I had to sit in a booster seat (a board, actually) on her salon chair. She’s the only person in the world who can get my bangs to look right, the person who introduced me to highlights, and the person who was…

It sure doesn’t seem to take much to make me tear up lately…including the weather forecast:

Forecast for Friday, May 25 at Kansas City, MO:
Mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the upper 70s and lows in the upper 50s.

You could hardly ask for better wedding-day weather!

I mentioned several weeks ago that the shop who we ordered the FG dresses from didn’t even order them until just a couple weeks ago (everyone had been fitted months prior). They put a massive rush order on things, and promised to have the dresses in by the time of the wedding. Of course, this wouldn’t allow any time at all for any alterations that might…

It always bugged me that two of my oldest friends weren’t standing up with me at the wedding. I’ve been friends with Mandi and Stefanie since kindergarten and third grade respectively. Recently I had the brilliant idea to ask each of them to do a reading during the ceremony! That way they can still be involved in the Big Day, but they didn’t have to…

The issue of hiring a videographer has been a matter of *much* contention during this wedding planning process. I really wanted to hire one, just someone cheap to capture the ceremony and most important parts of the reception. My parents, however, wouldn’t let me build that money into the budget. Mr. Blueberry wanted one as well, and so did his parents. So for months I…

Yesterday while heading down I-70 on our way back from St. Louis, Mr. Bluebbery and I hammered out a very tentative day-of plan. Some aspects are set in stone, others are more flexible. I’d love your all’s input on it–for you already-marrieds, do you see any major problems? After revisions I’ll turn it over to all our vendors.

Bold = set in stone
italic = flexible

11:00–brunch with Mr.…