Wedding Blog

When I asked my cousin if she was going give out favors during the rehearsal dinner/tea ceremony, she looked at me and was like, “OMG, I need to give out favors for that too?!” Of course, I was like, “You don’t have to, but something would be nice!” She thought it was too much trouble but I came up with something and assured her it would…

My cousin decided she wanted a candy buffet and we set out on a hunt for the perfect apothecary jars. When her (now) husband caught wind of our project he protested with strange phobias of dirty hands in the candy jars. They were able to come to a compromise when she hit upon some mini candy jars at Michaels. And to boot, their single serving…

DIY Veil 2.0

Here are some more details for those of you who are also thinking about going the DIY route for making your veil.

Cutting the tulle was not hard since the width was already the standard size. For the length, I used my cousin’s height (with heels on) and added the distance she wanted her train to trail. I then folded the tulle in half…

My cousin has a huge-ass Doberman named Cody. He’s super friendly and once licked my eyeball in an attempt to body hug me. Homeboy thinks he’s a two-pound chihuahua. My cousin and her husband love him to death but could not find a way for him to participate in their wedding festivities without potential bodily and monetary consequences. So I suggested using photos of him…

Remember the veil my Dad made me? Sigh, it meant the world to me.

When it came time for my cousin to shop for her veil, I showed her this lace edged delight that inspired Mrs. Bellpepper’s mother to make her veil. At $800, this veil is priced to leave you homeless.

Inspired by the prowess of Mrs. Bellpepper’s mother and of my own poppa’s, I offered…

I’ve said before that making my wedding invitations nearly killed me. The pain was truly awful. So awful it felt good. So good that when it finally came time to make invitations for my cousin’s bridal shower, I couldn’t wait to subject myself to the pain again. Thankfully this time, I only needed to make 20 (as opposed to the 120 multi-piece invitations I made…

This little spider dusted off the cobwebs and stretched all eight of her legs to craft for Weddingbee’s Valentine’s Day Card swap. I spent a few days lamenting my lack of a Gocco until I realized, heck - I can just use my printer, you know, old school style. I really wanted to do something different but not different enough to require supplies other than…

I’ve never had so much fun in my whole life. Too many photos to load and we are only on day 2. Went on all the water slides and rides today and I’ve lost my voice from screaming down all the vertical drops. I’ll leave you with our view from the balcony.

Thanks to our wonderful travel agent, we have rebooked our anniversary trip to the Bahamas for two weeks from now. Because we wanted to activate the travel insurance we bought, we did not try to get my passport renewed in order to leave a day or two later. Also, we will both be participating in a bike tour for Multiple Sclerosis this Sunday and wanted…

It is now officially our one year wedding anniversary. We were supposed to be on a plane headed towards the Bahamas today to celebrate a wonderful first year. Sadly, we have canceled our trip.

I’ve been planning this trip for weeks and even took Thursday and Friday off to run last minute errands in preparation for our vacation. This morning I made a tediously detailed checklist…

We stopped by Target yesterday to pick up some travel size goodies for our upcoming trip and I couldn’t resist buying some faux flowers and fruit vase fillers.

Much to the chagrin of my readers, I blogged about my honeymoon to The Palms in Turks & Caicos (here and here) while on my honeymoon last year. Mr. Spider and I had a great time relaxing and doing almost nothing but enjoy each other’s company. Since our anniversary trip is coming up, I ventured into my archive photos for a trip down memory lane.

Our one year anniversary is creeping up so I’ve spent the last few weeks researching places to celebrate our year old nuptials. Planning our honeymoon to Turks & Caicos nearly killed me and planning our honeymoon encore was only slightly less daunting due to three essential factors: 1) our love of beaches; 2) the static threat of hurricanes in October; and 3) $$$. In the…

When I saw Katherine Heigl wearing a white mermaid gown on the red carpet at the recent Emmys, I thought - hello, wedding gown! Incidentally, the babe is planning her own nuptials so maybe she does have wedding on the brain. Her dress costs something like $1 million dollars and your left pinky but the crafty folks at eDressMe say this gown can be your…

Mr. Spider and I spent Labor Day wandering around Union Square. We stopped by Fishs Eddy, one of my favorite shops, in search of a butter knife. We were delighted to see their new (to us) New York City collections. We ran out of time during our wedding planning and had to forego gift bags for our out-of-town guests but if I could turn back time,…