Wedding Blog

The Gown Company is going out of business at the end of the month and they are selling their samples at very reduced rates. The sample sale is open without an appointment Tuesdays through Saturdays 12:00 pm to 6:30 pm until Thursday, August 31st.

I am not the only one in our apartment who has wedding day wardrobe concerns. Up until about an hour ago, Sasha was unsure what she would be wearing to the wedding.

Sasha is a sporty dog: she likes to run, play frisbee, and chase squirrels. She would not be pleased if we tried to put a bow on her or a collar with flowers. Our…

Baked goods and ice cream. And naps, but naps have nothing to do with this post.

This weekend, a mere three weeks before my wedding when I should be consuming things like grilled vegetables and lots of water, I decided to make a trip back to Jacques Torres. We were scouting wedding photography locations, and happened to find ourselves in the Dumbo area. You cannot visit…

Instead of doing seven posts about the various things that have occurred this week in the wedding world for me, I figured I would give you a quick run down of how each day has gone in one post.

Last Friday Afternoon:

After my second dress fitting on Wednesday, I was still very unpleased with the outcome of my dress. This was not a “I have not…

My venue called the other day to tell us that the people having a wedding the day after us are using a much larger tent that covers the entire courtyard, and that if we wanted to use it for the same fee as our smaller tent, we could. Hmm. My first instinct was to pass because I wanted an outdoor ceremony in the open air…

My bachelorette party weekend happened back in July, but I needed a couple of weeks to recover before posting about it. The weekend turned out to be both tame and slightly wild. We had some relaxing days on the beach and some interesting escapades in the evenings. But best of all, it was great to spend time with my friends and sister before the wedding.

We…

It is officially crunch time! There are about three weeks left until our wedding and we have a lot to do still. Mr. Grasshopper and I have been using Backpackit.com to help us keep track of our shared wedding to do list. Mr. Grasshopper is an obsessive organizer (we refer to him as Captain Schedule) and hates the idea of having multiple to-do lists emailed…

Club Monaco has these cute beaded clutch purses for $79.

I had originally had my eye on this beaded number by Rave, but was hoping for a sale or to find one while monitoring ebay (my other part time habit), as it is $187.50! I think it was actually about $20 lower a few months ago.

I will probably use the Club Monaco bag again at various…

While we cannot compete with the awesomeness that is Miss Caterpillar’s invitations, I thought I would still share our rehearsal dinner invitations.

To match our wedding invitation, we used the same layout and color scheme and swapped out the artwork for something that is very us- kids playing bocce. Also, we planned to incorporate bocce into the pre-nuptial festivities on the eve of the wedding because…

When thinking about favors I would like to receive, I thought I would just love to get an Eggling. They are a bit pricey for individual favors, but they are freakin’ cute and unique.

Tonight Mr. Grasshopper, his Mom and I are heading to our rehearsal dinner venue, Chestnut in Cobble Hill, to have dinner and pick out the wines we would like to serve at the rehearsal. We had originally planned on having the dinner at Superfine in Dumbo, but after one dinner at Chestnut during Brooklyn restaurant week, we quickly changed our minds and booked Chestnut a…

I have lived in Brooklyn for over five years now and only just made it to the Jacques Torres chocolate shop in Dumbo this past weekend, while sampling the delicious favor options Brooklyn has to offer. We bought a few a la carte chocolates to see what the deal was all about and I have to say, this chocolate deserves all the press it gets.

They…

My friend Melissa was telling me about a shower she went to this weekend, where the guest favors were dry cookie mix in a glass jar with a tag indicating the baking directions (add an egg, oil and vanilla and bake!), and a funky wooden spoon. I have seen these before, but had never considered them for a bridal shower favor. I think it sounds…

This weekend is my bachelorette party! We are headed to Montauk for the weekend to get in some proper beach and quality time together. It’s a small gathering of just the ladies in the bridal party minus one who is in California and is getting ready to head to Berkeley for law school in the next few weeks, so she is excused, but of course…

People pick their bridesmaids for various reasons: you’ve been friends forever; she’s (or he’s) your best friend; she’s your sister; she supports you- the list goes on. I have a little from each group: I have my sister, my best friend since forever, the friend from grade school, my college roommates and a friend from post college.

When people hear I have six bridesmaids they tend…