Wedding Blog

I was introduced to the wide world of blogging back in 2003. All my college friends at the time had LiveJournal accounts, and I wanted in on the action. Finally, I got my invite and I began blogging! Mainly, my LiveJournal blog was a series of inside jokes between my roommates and me—accounts of our drunken shenanigans, from Michael Jackson dance parties to sneaking into…

I wrote a few months ago about wanting an “alternative” dance party. Although I still feel very strongly about not playing all the cheesy, tried and true wedding “classics” such as “YMCA” and “Brick House”, I’ve definitely compromised a bit. I’ve thrown in a ton of catchy pop songs in order to maximize dancing. Keep in mind, I’m not expecting much of the older crowd…

On Thursday the Dude had the day off, so we went to the County Clerk’s office to pick up our marriage license! I was totally excited about it, and the Dude played along rather nicely.

It was altogether pretty uneventful, except for two things.

Over the past several months, I’ve been collecting dresses to wear at all of my various pre-wedding celebrations. I tried them all on yesterday, and it’s a good thing I did! I came across a couple of unexpected issues.

The Shower Dress

This is the dress that I was hoping to wear to my upcoming wedding shower on Saturday.

We’re keeping our ceremony decor sweet and simple. There’s no need to drop thousands of dollars on florals when you’re already getting married in a beautiful garden.

After our first meeting with our florist, we had decided on hydrangea pomanders tied with black ribbon to hang in the aisle, as well as one large garland to drape over the archway, which will be behind us during the ceremony.

this necklace!

I realized I didn’t have time to order necklaces online and see which ones worked out, so instead I hit up a local boutique and spotted this cool owl necklace. It’s similar to one of my Etsy inspiration necklaces, so I scooped it up. The cashier was nice enough to find me a longer chain so that it’s compatible with my locket. I like…

When I first became a bee, I told you guys that I was planning on creating favors by putting locally farmed honey into test tubes and corking them. I also told you that I had a project in mind for the test tubes that would be leftover after I finished the favors. Well, here it is! I decided to use the extra test tubes and…

Ever since we first booked our venue for end of summer and decided on an outdoor ceremony, I’ve had to face the fact that Central Texas is hot. Not just hot; it’s sweltering. It gets so humid here in the summer that when you step outside it feels like you’re being blasted with truck exhaust. I love the heat, so for me it feels like…

With three weeks to go, let’s just say I’ve been “pulling some all-nighters” on the crafting front. Actually, no need for the quotes. I’ve literally been staying up until 8AM, marathoning Greek, and cranking out wedding craft after wedding craft.

First, I made favor tags for our test tube honey favors by borrowing Mrs. Bunny’s idea of using leftover brown paper sacks in place of expensive…

So I finally had my hair and makeup trial yesterday. It was more about playing around with makeup colors and getting a feel for different hair options. Keep that in mind when looking at the results—the look will be much more polished on the big day!

For the makeup, I told Lauren that I just wanted a very natural look, with fresh glowy cheeks (courtesy of…

I’m almost done with my wedding day accessories, but I need help with one last detail.

I’ve already purchased this tiny locket, which I will be filling with a picture of my dad.

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Because I like the boho, layered look, I still want at least one more necklace to wear with this one. Here’s a picture of the necklace on a model, so you can get an…

Even though the Dude’s parents are (very generously) paying for the rehearsal dinner, we are planning and hosting it for the most part. It’s going to be in our backyard, after all!

So this past weekend I dusted off my Gocco and created some rehearsal dinner invitations to mail out.

Wanna see?

Where were we? Oh yeah: the Dude and I had just finished sampling ten delicious appetizers and entrees. As the lights got dimmer and the bakers brought the cakes out, the Dude and I headed up to the main stage to grab a plate. Look how happy the Dude is!

Last Friday we finally had our tasting at our wedding venue, Barr Mansion. In case you don’t remember, our venue provides the food (even the cake!), and it’s all 100% organic. So the Dude and I got to visit the place where we’re going to get married and have dinner and drinks in the Artisan Ballroom where our reception will be. A nice way to…

… was choosing the Nichols as our photographers!

As soon as I saw the results from our e-pic session, I knew we had made the right choice.

I had kind of put the wedding photography into the back of my mind because I knew we had it covered. I have complete faith that Jennifer and C.J. get our aesthetic, and that we can just leave it to them…