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 just told me that friends of his that are getting married the week after we are, will be featured in Martha Stewart Weddings! I am so jealous I could spit.
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 finished finals Monday — barring any unforeseen catastrophes, I’m done with school pretty much forever, oh except for bar review, right . . . still have bar review classes EVERYDAY . . . stupid bar — and was looking forward to a week of wedding planning glory!
Today was the day I was planning on finishing up the registry. I was going to stop by…
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’s ex-girlfriend is coming to New York to visit some friends, and she’s already called around to various people (not Mr. Caterpillar) trying to set up little get-togethers. Mr. Caterpillar’s band is playing a show on Friday, and she’s decided she’d like to attend. I would rather she didn’t. Really, if I had my rathers, I would rather she just sort of disappeared. Like…
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 cannot for the life of me figure out what wording to use on the invitations. Mr. Caterpillar and I have decided to go a somewhat non-traditional route, and consequently have no guidance for what to actually put on the invitations that will get people to come. And the response cards? Even worse. If your invitation is relatively informal, how exactly do you stick in…
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 called Raj Tents for a quote after seeing Mrs. Bee’s post. For a tent that will accomodate my 125 guests + accoutrement (interior linings), I’ll need to squeeze about $6,000 - 8,000 out of my already extremely obliging father. I had originally budgeted around $6,000 for the tenting, but that was all-in, e.g. every last thing tent related + lighting + heaters. This would…
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. Bee kindly invited me to the Wedding Salon at Gotham Hall last night, and I happily tagged along. The Wedding Salon is supposed to be the ne plus ultra of wedding planning events — the home of the $100,000 Kleinfeld gown and $500 gift bag. How could I not go?
We arrived around 5pm, and were serenaded by a man in what appeared to be fox…
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.
You know why this woman looks so happy? It’s because she’s wearing jewelry from Satellite Paris.
Satellite is my favorite shop in NYC. It’s gorgeous; the pieces are gorgeous; the staff is nice; and best of all? It’s unexpectedly reasonably priced. They have a beautiful bridal collection — tiaras with pearls and whatnot! — but their everyday things are what I like best. When I had…
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 love McDonald’s. I know that’s supposed to be some sort of marker that tells society at large that I was born in a trailer or enjoy beer cozies or something. But, I do. I LOVE McDonald’s. Especially the Filet-O-Fish. With extra tartar sauce.
Mr. Caterpillar, however, detests McDonald’s. No distance is too far for Mr. Caterpillar to travel to avoid eating there. But today, my…
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.
Clearly, I am obsessed with headpieces. Obsessed. Clearly. Why? I don’t know. I’m not even wearing one for my wedding (see previous post about complicated face for reasoning), yet I persist in looking at them.
I’m not sure how I stumbled upon these from Privilege. But the minute I saw them, I had to share them. They are absolutely the most over the top things I…
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.
Did I ever tell you about my extremely complicated face? Well, now I have. I have an extremely complicated face. There’s a lot going on at any one time. And to make it even more busy, I refuse to wear contacts. I wear giant, black plastic frame glasses everyday. So, this whole wedding jewelry/veil/hair ornament thing is proving sort of difficult to sort out.
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.
Back when I was in the midst of wedding gown purchase madness, I bought a veil on impulse. It was $625. I can’t remember what it looks like. I also can’t really remember what my dress looks like. Clearly I make good decisions on impulse. In any case, I’m now looking at headpieces. I love these from Bonbon Oiseau.
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 like to do everything a billion years before it has to be done. Last week I informed Mr. Caterpillar that I would die sometime in my 80’s and that he would need to follow suit about four months after with no remarriage in the interim. So, the day I ordered my dress, I bought my lingerie. I was supposed to get something strapless with…
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.
Sometime last week I made a ton of cones for the recessional petal toss, but didn’t get around to decorating them until now.
I think I’ll end up adding a paper tag with our wedding date or some other little central visual. The vintage paper is extremely old and somewhat delicate, so I had to reinforce the area where I attached the ribbon handle. I ended…
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 dragged my feet finding a photographer for the wedding. I hate pretty much every picture ever taken of me. I think I’m pretty proportional in real life, but in pictures I seem to be all face. Big. Giant. Face. The problem with being unphotogenic is essentially a problem of posterity. For ever and ever your children will think you just got better looking with…
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.
Among the many weird wedding rituals I’m trying to avoid in September is the traditional banging-of-the-fork-against-a-wineglass-in-order-to-see-the-couple-kiss madness. I think Mr. Caterpillar’s father was thinking the same thing, and has decided that we need shakers at the wedding.
I have no idea where the idea originally came from. Mr Caterpillar’s parents are very, very southern, and I can’t imagine there’s a lot of maraca shaking down there.…
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/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.
