Mrs. Caterpillar, New York/CAAge and Occupation in 06: 28, Corporate Attorney to beFiance's Age and Occupation: 29, MusicianEngagement Date: March 9, 2006Wedding Date: September, 2006Venue: Rooster PointAbout Me: I don't like Jeff Koons, mushy corn, or the unnecessary diacritical marks the New Yorker adds to words like cooperative. Also, I'm an obsessive compulsive when it comes to crafts. And not just the ordinary kind of obsessive compulsive who needs to have everything even and aligned. No. I've gilded the heads of pins to make sure they looked properly antique. Gilded them. Then coated them in german glass glitter. I am that crazy.
A few questions have popped up about Petite Paris, so here’s a mini FAQ:
Q: All the prices are yen, how do you know how much everything costs?
A: This is a sort of confusing thing about the site — Petite Paris has a lot of customers from Japan, so the prices are shown in Yen. But the site is based in Paris, so you can choose a view that shows you…
Mrs. Caterpillar, New York/CAAge and Occupation in 06: 28, Corporate Attorney to beFiance's Age and Occupation: 29, MusicianEngagement Date: March 9, 2006Wedding Date: September, 2006Venue: Rooster PointAbout Me: I don't like Jeff Koons, mushy corn, or the unnecessary diacritical marks the New Yorker adds to words like cooperative. Also, I'm an obsessive compulsive when it comes to crafts. And not just the ordinary kind of obsessive compulsive who needs to have everything even and aligned. No. I've gilded the heads of pins to make sure they looked properly antique. Gilded them. Then coated them in german glass glitter. I am that crazy.
How genius are these?! “Pick Your Nose” party cups. I am totally in love with them. Who needs St. Louis crystal?
Spoon Sisters has them for $9.95 for a pack of 24.
PS: Spoon Sisters is run by some pretty awesome ladies. I had some trouble with shipping when I ordered at Christmastime, and was afraid I wouldn’t get my package on time. I shouldn’t have worried.…
Mrs. Caterpillar, New York/CAAge and Occupation in 06: 28, Corporate Attorney to beFiance's Age and Occupation: 29, MusicianEngagement Date: March 9, 2006Wedding Date: September, 2006Venue: Rooster PointAbout Me: I don't like Jeff Koons, mushy corn, or the unnecessary diacritical marks the New Yorker adds to words like cooperative. Also, I'm an obsessive compulsive when it comes to crafts. And not just the ordinary kind of obsessive compulsive who needs to have everything even and aligned. No. I've gilded the heads of pins to make sure they looked properly antique. Gilded them. Then coated them in german glass glitter. I am that crazy.
Living in NYC you see a lot of shiny things — the Empire State Building at night, the subway trains, the man in Times Square who paints himself silver and pretends to be a robot. And within two subway stops of my office, I have Tiffany & Co, De Beers, Harry Winston, Cartier, Bulgari, Van Cleef & Arpels and Graff. It’s kind of like living…
Mrs. Caterpillar, New York/CAAge and Occupation in 06: 28, Corporate Attorney to beFiance's Age and Occupation: 29, MusicianEngagement Date: March 9, 2006Wedding Date: September, 2006Venue: Rooster PointAbout Me: I don't like Jeff Koons, mushy corn, or the unnecessary diacritical marks the New Yorker adds to words like cooperative. Also, I'm an obsessive compulsive when it comes to crafts. And not just the ordinary kind of obsessive compulsive who needs to have everything even and aligned. No. I've gilded the heads of pins to make sure they looked properly antique. Gilded them. Then coated them in german glass glitter. I am that crazy.
I’m sorry I’ve been such a tease with the feather dress! I just haven’t managed to find a photo of it that shows it full length. I must have spent the entirety of Eugenie’s wedding hiding behing pillars or something.
Mrs. Caterpillar, New York/CAAge and Occupation in 06: 28, Corporate Attorney to beFiance's Age and Occupation: 29, MusicianEngagement Date: March 9, 2006Wedding Date: September, 2006Venue: Rooster PointAbout Me: I don't like Jeff Koons, mushy corn, or the unnecessary diacritical marks the New Yorker adds to words like cooperative. Also, I'm an obsessive compulsive when it comes to crafts. And not just the ordinary kind of obsessive compulsive who needs to have everything even and aligned. No. I've gilded the heads of pins to make sure they looked properly antique. Gilded them. Then coated them in german glass glitter. I am that crazy.
Post-wedding, I experienced a level of craft burn-out never previously seen by humans. Maybe on another planet, there are aliens who have crafted enough flower petal cones and water bottle labels that the very sight of a glue stick gave them acid reflux, but I have not met them. Mr. Caterpillar would hide my issues of Domino and Martha Stewart, knowing that if I saw them…
Mrs. Caterpillar, New York/CAAge and Occupation in 06: 28, Corporate Attorney to beFiance's Age and Occupation: 29, MusicianEngagement Date: March 9, 2006Wedding Date: September, 2006Venue: Rooster PointAbout Me: I don't like Jeff Koons, mushy corn, or the unnecessary diacritical marks the New Yorker adds to words like cooperative. Also, I'm an obsessive compulsive when it comes to crafts. And not just the ordinary kind of obsessive compulsive who needs to have everything even and aligned. No. I've gilded the heads of pins to make sure they looked properly antique. Gilded them. Then coated them in german glass glitter. I am that crazy.
Mrs. Caterpillar, New York/CAAge and Occupation in 06: 28, Corporate Attorney to beFiance's Age and Occupation: 29, MusicianEngagement Date: March 9, 2006Wedding Date: September, 2006Venue: Rooster PointAbout Me: I don't like Jeff Koons, mushy corn, or the unnecessary diacritical marks the New Yorker adds to words like cooperative. Also, I'm an obsessive compulsive when it comes to crafts. And not just the ordinary kind of obsessive compulsive who needs to have everything even and aligned. No. I've gilded the heads of pins to make sure they looked properly antique. Gilded them. Then coated them in german glass glitter. I am that crazy.
During Mr. Caterpillar’s bachelor days, he lived like a . . . I would say bear, but bears don’t have closets filled with unplayable mixtapes from 1996 or drink out of jam jars, so I’m going to go with “hobo bear with a giant collection of unplayable mixtapes.” When we began to spend more time together, he went to Ikea and purchased two 98-cent glasses. One of…
Mrs. Caterpillar, New York/CAAge and Occupation in 06: 28, Corporate Attorney to beFiance's Age and Occupation: 29, MusicianEngagement Date: March 9, 2006Wedding Date: September, 2006Venue: Rooster PointAbout Me: I don't like Jeff Koons, mushy corn, or the unnecessary diacritical marks the New Yorker adds to words like cooperative. Also, I'm an obsessive compulsive when it comes to crafts. And not just the ordinary kind of obsessive compulsive who needs to have everything even and aligned. No. I've gilded the heads of pins to make sure they looked properly antique. Gilded them. Then coated them in german glass glitter. I am that crazy.
So, remember when I told you that Mr. Caterpillar and I were off to Texas for a wedding? I probably forgot to mention that we drove. To Texas! With the feather dress in the back and a roadfood guide up front. We survived! And actually had such a good time, we continued on to California. More on that later.
Mrs. Caterpillar, New York/CAAge and Occupation in 06: 28, Corporate Attorney to beFiance's Age and Occupation: 29, MusicianEngagement Date: March 9, 2006Wedding Date: September, 2006Venue: Rooster PointAbout Me: I don't like Jeff Koons, mushy corn, or the unnecessary diacritical marks the New Yorker adds to words like cooperative. Also, I'm an obsessive compulsive when it comes to crafts. And not just the ordinary kind of obsessive compulsive who needs to have everything even and aligned. No. I've gilded the heads of pins to make sure they looked properly antique. Gilded them. Then coated them in german glass glitter. I am that crazy.
Mr. Caterpillar and I are off to Austin for the wedding of Mr. Caterpillar’s darling cousin, the fabulous Eugenie. Fabulous Eugenie is marrying a Texan named Starr(!) in a nighttime, fancy dress, 500 guest extravaganza.What does one wear to a nighttime, fancy dress, 500 guest extravaganza in Texas? Feathers.
Mrs. Caterpillar, New York/CAAge and Occupation in 06: 28, Corporate Attorney to beFiance's Age and Occupation: 29, MusicianEngagement Date: March 9, 2006Wedding Date: September, 2006Venue: Rooster PointAbout Me: I don't like Jeff Koons, mushy corn, or the unnecessary diacritical marks the New Yorker adds to words like cooperative. Also, I'm an obsessive compulsive when it comes to crafts. And not just the ordinary kind of obsessive compulsive who needs to have everything even and aligned. No. I've gilded the heads of pins to make sure they looked properly antique. Gilded them. Then coated them in german glass glitter. I am that crazy.
Or at least that’s what it feels like sometimes. NYC can be a very competitive city, and it often seems like people have lost their minds when it comes to engagement rings. A friend of mine told me that her co-worker has taken out a personal loan to finance his fiancee’s ring because she wouldn’t take anything smaller…
Mrs. Caterpillar, New York/CAAge and Occupation in 06: 28, Corporate Attorney to beFiance's Age and Occupation: 29, MusicianEngagement Date: March 9, 2006Wedding Date: September, 2006Venue: Rooster PointAbout Me: I don't like Jeff Koons, mushy corn, or the unnecessary diacritical marks the New Yorker adds to words like cooperative. Also, I'm an obsessive compulsive when it comes to crafts. And not just the ordinary kind of obsessive compulsive who needs to have everything even and aligned. No. I've gilded the heads of pins to make sure they looked properly antique. Gilded them. Then coated them in german glass glitter. I am that crazy.
Anniversary? Already? But, I swear I just got a pair of congratulatory cheese spreaders in the mail the other day. If I’m still getting cheese spreaders could I have been married a year? Apparently so. That was fast.
Major Events of the Year:
1. I now will talk about poo.
2. We got a cat!
3. I wear sweatpants in public.
To commemorate the momentous occasion, Mr. Caterpillar’s mama sent us some…
Mrs. Caterpillar, New York/CAAge and Occupation in 06: 28, Corporate Attorney to beFiance's Age and Occupation: 29, MusicianEngagement Date: March 9, 2006Wedding Date: September, 2006Venue: Rooster PointAbout Me: I don't like Jeff Koons, mushy corn, or the unnecessary diacritical marks the New Yorker adds to words like cooperative. Also, I'm an obsessive compulsive when it comes to crafts. And not just the ordinary kind of obsessive compulsive who needs to have everything even and aligned. No. I've gilded the heads of pins to make sure they looked properly antique. Gilded them. Then coated them in german glass glitter. I am that crazy.
A little bee asked me for proof of my makeup artist’s, Rita Brown, amazingness, and only because I think Rita is absolutely amazing am I willing to share pictures of me looking crazy. Which is basically all the time. I hadn’t posted these before because, you know: crazy.
This is what I look like normally — no makeup, unwashed hair, eating a giant rib.
Mrs. Caterpillar, New York/CAAge and Occupation in 06: 28, Corporate Attorney to beFiance's Age and Occupation: 29, MusicianEngagement Date: March 9, 2006Wedding Date: September, 2006Venue: Rooster PointAbout Me: I don't like Jeff Koons, mushy corn, or the unnecessary diacritical marks the New Yorker adds to words like cooperative. Also, I'm an obsessive compulsive when it comes to crafts. And not just the ordinary kind of obsessive compulsive who needs to have everything even and aligned. No. I've gilded the heads of pins to make sure they looked properly antique. Gilded them. Then coated them in german glass glitter. I am that crazy.
Mrs. Caterpillar, New York/CAAge and Occupation in 06: 28, Corporate Attorney to beFiance's Age and Occupation: 29, MusicianEngagement Date: March 9, 2006Wedding Date: September, 2006Venue: Rooster PointAbout Me: I don't like Jeff Koons, mushy corn, or the unnecessary diacritical marks the New Yorker adds to words like cooperative. Also, I'm an obsessive compulsive when it comes to crafts. And not just the ordinary kind of obsessive compulsive who needs to have everything even and aligned. No. I've gilded the heads of pins to make sure they looked properly antique. Gilded them. Then coated them in german glass glitter. I am that crazy.
Mrs. Caterpillar, New York/CAAge and Occupation in 06: 28, Corporate Attorney to beFiance's Age and Occupation: 29, MusicianEngagement Date: March 9, 2006Wedding Date: September, 2006Venue: Rooster PointAbout Me: I don't like Jeff Koons, mushy corn, or the unnecessary diacritical marks the New Yorker adds to words like cooperative. Also, I'm an obsessive compulsive when it comes to crafts. And not just the ordinary kind of obsessive compulsive who needs to have everything even and aligned. No. I've gilded the heads of pins to make sure they looked properly antique. Gilded them. Then coated them in german glass glitter. I am that crazy.
So it’s been forever and a billion years since I last posted. What have I been doing, you ask? Mostly making binders, and clawing my way to being Typo Queen. Seriously, every email I write lately contains at least one really obvious typo. I especially enjoy adding the extra definite article. See, e.g., an email I sent out tonight: “The BestBuy should pay the fee.”…
Mrs. Caterpillar, New York/CAAge and Occupation in 06: 28, Corporate Attorney to beFiance's Age and Occupation: 29, MusicianEngagement Date: March 9, 2006Wedding Date: September, 2006Venue: Rooster PointAbout Me: I don't like Jeff Koons, mushy corn, or the unnecessary diacritical marks the New Yorker adds to words like cooperative. Also, I'm an obsessive compulsive when it comes to crafts. And not just the ordinary kind of obsessive compulsive who needs to have everything even and aligned. No. I've gilded the heads of pins to make sure they looked properly antique. Gilded them. Then coated them in german glass glitter. I am that crazy.
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Mrs. Caterpillar, New York/CA
Age and Occupation in 06: 28, Corporate Attorney to be
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Musician
Engagement Date: March 9, 2006
Wedding Date: September, 2006
Venue: Rooster Point
About Me: I don't like Jeff Koons, mushy corn, or the unnecessary diacritical marks the New Yorker adds to words like cooperative. Also, I'm an obsessive compulsive when it comes to crafts. And not just the ordinary kind of obsessive compulsive who needs to have everything even and aligned. No. I've gilded the heads of pins to make sure they looked properly antique. Gilded them. Then coated them in german glass glitter. I am that crazy.
