Weddingbee

Ok, so my dress isn’t really new–but I did make a change to it. I went to my first fitting last month and took along pictures. Now some seamstresses might think I was being crazy, but not mine! She was happy to make the changes I requested without blinking an eye. Needless to say, I was Thrilled with a capital T! Here is a picture of the look I was changing…

Before:

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I got to thinking this morning, and I realized my vacation to Miami is my last vacation before the wedding. Gulp! I started thinking about all the vacations I have taken as a “single girl”, since the next vacation I take will be as a “married woman”.  And then the best thought popped in my head: when I get back home, I will officially be able to say, “I’m getting married next month.” Yippy!!!

I just love all the big and little milestones I have had during our engagement. There was the “we set the date” moment, the “thank goodness I found my dress” moment, the “venue I love has our date open” moment, the “the wedding is in 100-days” moment, and now finally the “we are getting married next month” moment!

Of course, we’ve all had the “oh my gosh we are engaged” moment. But besides that, what have been some of your favorite wedding planning moments so far?

“When are you going to start having kids?” Ever since we got engaged, this has been the question. I feel like I should have a little note taped on my head that says “we are not having kids right away”. I don’t mind so much when family and friends ask. But when casual acquaintances see I am engaged and start in–well, that does hit a small nerve. Normally, I will politely smile and answer “no time soon”, or “in a few years”. But in my head I’m thinking, “Can we just make it through the wedding before you ask me that?!”

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I need a vacation before my head pops with wedding ideas and house buying stress. So off I go later this week to the fabulous city of Miami with my one of my best friends. The original purpose of this trip was planned before I got engaged. We were to visit my brother who’s attending college down there.  But now, what perfect timing! I have heard some really great things about Miami. I am ready to enjoy the sun, the food and I am dying to go shopping!

I figured while I’m there I would also look at the last item on my list. A simple (and I do mean simple) white flower girl dress in size 2T. I already have one taken care of but unfortunately the sale rack didn’t include 2T . Not that it has to be on sale, but come on.  A hundred bucks for a toddler’s dress is just not what I planned on doing.

Whenever I see a chance to save a few pennies I go for it.  For example, we waited until after Easter to find flower girl dresses for my 9 year old sister and Mr. Butterscotch’s 1 1/2 year old niece. I found my sister’s dress at JCPenny on sale for $29, originally $59! Read more…

As I have mentioned before, our ceremony will be held in a church. It’s lovely - huge bell tower, beautiful stained glass windows and wooden pews. Now here is my dilemma: how much do I need to decorate? How much are your decorating your ceremony venue?

Come on all crafty brides… here is your time to shine! And all of the brides that feel like they’re all thumbs when it comes to crafts, tell me what you plan on doing too. I am all ears to any ideas!

Friends that is. We have a lot of wonderful friends that are always there for us. So when it came time to deciding who to ask to be part our special day, it was a hard choice. Initially Mr. Butterscotch was rallying for one attendant for each of us. Me on the other hand, I wanted 6-7 (I have two sisters alone that were important for me to include, not to mention friends). Then he wanted to have 13 guys, so we semi-compromised and now we have 5 (my minimum) on each side. But we are also having honorary groomsmen and honorary bridesmaids. They will not be up at the altar with us, but they will be mentioned in the program along with being in a few of our pictures.

What was your magic number? And how did you come to that number?

I am a very open and vocal kind of bee. I love to meet new people, and standing front of a crowd to make a speech has never scared me. But Mr. Butterscotch doesn’t feel the same way. He isn’t really into meeting new people if he doesn’t have to, and he hates taking pictures. Some may call it anti-social, but I just call it shy. And I love my shy guy , I think we balance each other out. One thing he has requested from me is to always leave his name and pictures off my blog. But wait! I love taking and being in pictures so, ugh, to him! So I apologize in advance for any pictures that are posted with his face dotted out.

That said, I just ordered my picture-filled guest book (yes, he actually gave me the green light on this). It will be in my hot little hands sometime next week. I chose photos of us through the years along with shots of us as kids. I will post my review of the quality once I get it. I used My Publisher and I know they have had a bad rap within the hive, but the cost and basic easiness of organizing the book were too good to pass up. Read more…

I don’t have a favorite flower! So what was I to do when it came time to start thinking about flowers for this wedding? First thing to think about is the colors of the wedding. I love how gardenias smell but then I remembered that my groom, mom, and brother all have a pollen allergy. With a friend’s help, I explored ideas of non-floral bouquets and we did find a few. But they just didn’t speak to me. Now I was back at the drawing board and needed to think of some flower(s) that isn’t too fragrant and would work with my color scheme, and hopefully had some sort of sentimental meaning to me.

Ah ha, I got it! My grandma’s favorite flowers are irises, which would definitely bring out the lilac-ish color in my palette and aren’t too fragrant (nursery-grown ones don’t have a lot of smell) so that they shouldn’t bother anyone’s allergies. Personally, I love the white-on-white for bridal flowers, so I am carrying white irises with white roses to add some filler, and my bridesmaids will be carrying blueish lavender-colored iris bouquets.

My bouquet without roses:

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What do you get when you cross an African American, Caucasian, Filipino, Lutheran, Jewish, Baptist and a hint Catholic?

Answer: Miss and Mr. Butterscotch’s parents.

Yep that’s right. We are going to be a multi-racial and multi-religious family. So what is a bee to do that wants to get married in a church but doesn’t want to use anyone’s home church? Start looking around, that’s what she does. When it came time to plan our ceremony, we took great consideration to make sure nobody felt like we were giving special treatment to one side of the family.

We decided to go look at a Presbyterian church whose exterior I have loved for many years.  I made an appointment for us to meet with the pastor and once I saw the inside of the sanctuary, my choice was made for me - I loved it. Now back to the parents. Once we made our choice we told them and yippy, they were not disappointed that we were not using their churches, thank goodness.

Did anyone else have an easy choice in picking out your ceremony venue or was it a long debate with many opinions involved?

Hello Weddingbee!

It’s great to bee here. I have been a fan of Weddingbee ever since I got engaged. With all the fun choices for names it was hard to pick which one I liked the best, but to quote Will Ferrell “Mm, I love Scotch. I love Scotch. Scotchy, Scotch, Scotch. Here it goes down. Down into my belly. Mm-mm-mm.” Since liquor wasn’t one of the choices, I chose the next best thing - Miss Butterscotch! Yummy! I also think that my skin tone is similar to a piece of butterscotch candy, so it really does best represent me.

Let me tell you a little about the Butterscotches. We are from the great city of Seattle and have dated 10+ years, yep! We met in high school and dated on and off, but we are best friends and have loved each other for a long time. I never thought he would ask (I mean, 11 years!) so when he did, it was a complete and total surprise. After so many years I decided we only needed to be engaged for 11 months - that is fair right?! So August 2007 here we come!

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