Wedding Blog

When we decided that we were going to have a Interfaith-Jewish wedding, there were a lot of Jewish traditions that were new and intriguing to me. For one, the Ketubah signing.

I am far from the first Bee to post about this 2000 year old tradition, but for a little background, I found this link and this link helpful. To sum it up, back in the day, the…

I am going to make this one short on words but full of portraits. They may not be that exciting to you, but these are our Peeps, so they deserve some attention.

We started off in the lobby of the fabulous Hotel Vitale with the bridal party:

The first look was the part of the day that I was most looking forward to, but in reality, it ended up just being a quick moment for the two of us to reconnect for the day.

I tried to stay calm.

But in reality I was trying not to burst at the seams:

Last I left you, I was ready for my close up. Here’s my only attempt all day to not smile:

From that point on, I didn’t even try to hide my glee:

Last I left you, I was glowing through the chaos of our room. How could I not smile? It was my wedding day!!

It was that time of the day for me to put on THE dress:

While getting all prettified at the salon was super spectacular, we were late. I couldn’t believe that my meticulously planned timeline was already off.

And getting stuck in traffic, a few blocks from the hotel no less, really threw me off. I wish I could say that I was a zen bride that let it roll off my back, but yo, we were late and in…

The morning after the Rehearsal Dinner, I woke up early and thought to myself, ‘Game. On.’

It’s FINALLY our wedding day!! Woot woot!!

To my bridesmaids’ chagrin, right around 6:30AM, I declared the day officially started and jumped out of bed. Sensing my nervous energy (really, I wasn’t hiding it), Sister Peep suggested a trip for coffee and treats at the Ferry Building’s Saturday Farmers’ Market.

Seeing as that…

My one regret about the rehearsal dinner was that it was too short.

At 7:45, we jumped in a cab and headed over to the fantabulous Coco500 for our rehearsal dinner.

The restaurant was closed just for us!!

I can’t describe how it feels to walk into a room full of your favorite people. It was a party with all the coolest people we know.

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One thing I am so glad we did during our wedding weekend was taking the time to thank our loved ones.

Our rehearsal was at 4:30PM and the rehearsal dinner didn’t start until 8PM, so it gave us a chance to have some sparkling wine delivered to the Terrace (made by Mr. Peep, no less):

Before I dive into the rehearsal, I have one suggestion for you up-and-coming brides: The day before the wedding, do at least one selfish thing! Get a mani/pedi, a massage, go work out, eat french fries, etc. Just do one thing just for yourself. Or maybe follow in my footsteps and do the whole list. Put yourself first—for at least 20 minutes. Personally, it’s what…

After my bridal glow moment, it was so fun to go to the hotel and see that a lot of our family and bridal party had already started to swarm the hotel.

With 90% of our guests being out of towners, a lot of folks decided to make it a four day weekend. So I decided (rather, Mama Peep Toe told me) that we needed to…

I’ve written three whole posts on finding my bridal glow. My search started back on January 1, and it took almost 150 days to find it.

If you’re keeping track—two days before the wedding, I was still searching for it.

But as I’ve said from the beginning, I did eventually find it… or did it find me??

Let me set the scene:

Who: Miss Peep Toe with Mama and…

It’s finally time to show you a few other last minute details that tied everything together.

First up, my Goodwill frame project. Much like the fabu Miss Mouse and the newly crowned Mrs. Joey, I purchased some frames at Goodwill and spray painted them a nice green color.

Here they are from the store:

Here is how I used them:

So, I have already posted on our embossed Escort Cards and our perfectly quoted chocolate. Now, it’s time to show you two more projects I finished the week of the wedding: Our programs and menus.

First up, the programs. Since we were having an interfaith wedding I wanted to make sure that all of our guests understood the various components of our wedding. I also knew…

So it’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted. I know I’ve left readers hanging on how I eventually found my bridal glow—just in time to walk down the aisle, I might add. And I started Part One of the Pre-Wedding Week Frenzy Recaps. I promise everything is coming soon—including the highly anticipated recaps (well, at least I am highly anticipating them!!).

The reason for my…