Miss Peppermint, LA/Palm Springs
Age and Occupation: 23, Actress
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Web Producer
Engagement Date: October 21, 2006
Wedding Date: December 2007
Blogging Since: July 2, 2007
Venue: historic estate overlooking the heart of Palm Springs
About Me: I am a Southern California native who enjoys cooking, writing, travel and all things in the arts. Mr. Peppermint and I met in college and he proposed on our four year anniversary in one of our most special places, Joshua Tree National Park. We're having a destination wedding in Palms Springs that will incorporate tradition as well as reflect our personalities!
Isn’t It Ironic?
November 29th, 2007 @ 5:36 pm by Mrs. Peppermint
Bad News…
The forecast is out. You guessed it. 60% chance of Showers. Now, this is over a week early and anything can happen. No need to panic (I realize you, reader, are not panicking. This is merely a reminder for myself). Nonetheless, when I opened weather.com to see the unimaginable this morning, I was quite sad.
After a few hours of moping, I think I’ve come to terms with it. Mr. Peppermint immediately started trying to cheer me up. After all, weather is one of those factors that you can have no control of. Tents will be rented and everything will still be wonderful (we are getting married, remember?).
In addition, I’ve been trying to focus on the positive…
1. Good luck (I think that’s merely a consolation, but nonetheless, it symbolizes good luck!)
2. Higher chance of snow up on the top of the mountain (easily accessible by the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway)
3. Nice soft, even lighting for photos
4. Photo ops with cute umbrellas
5. Flowers & makeup stay fresher longer
6. Romantic!
My New Best Friend (Or Worst Enemy?)
November 29th, 2007 @ 12:13 pm by Mrs. Peppermint
Where does the time go? I can’t believe the wedding is right around the corner! As the date approaches, I have a new friend. I check up on him first thing in the morning, and tuck him in before going to sleep. I think about him constantly.
My new friend, you may know him too, is weather.com. Okay, so I can’t technically “tuck him in,” but I am obsessively checking in on him. Every day. Multiple times. Perhaps by the hour.
I’m one day away from having a 10 day forecast. Despite my lack of understanding about weather, for the last few days I’ve been trying to make predictions based on the trends. For example, “Oh, day 9 and 10 are getting warmer, therefore the next day (i.e. my wedding day which is not yet on the forecast) will be even warmer!”. Hmm… I’m not sure this is true, but my fingers are crossed!
I mean, I’m a California native, so weather in the 70’s is chilly. Nonetheless, the forecast generally seems to be around the mid 70’s (with lows in the 50’s). My real concern is about rain. Not only do I want the weather to be temperate, but I also want to know that there won’t be rain (or wind!). Am I asking too much?
Programs Galore!
November 28th, 2007 @ 3:24 pm by Mrs. Peppermint
Since Mr. Peppermint & I received an espresso machine off our registry (!), we’ve had boundless energy to stay up all hours and Gocco the night away. The programs, perhaps, have been my favorite project to date!
At first we weren’t even sure if we needed programs–neither of our parents had them for their wedding and didn’t see why we needed them. This meant that Mr. Peppermint and I knew that we had to be economical about it. We decided to do them on a single sheet of paper (despite my love of the many beautiful booklets I’ve seen!!). We bought paper from paper source and began making them… they took about two nights (double sided and since we have the smaller Gocco PG5, we needed to do at least 2 screens per side), and it was surprisingly fun and therapeutic!
Here are some of them drying (they took over half our apartment!):
The Newest Peppermint…
November 28th, 2007 @ 11:48 am by Mrs. Peppermint
With the wedding right around the corner, packages are arriving almost daily (!) from our registry. It’s so much fun!
One of the most exciting ones was this beautiful, amazing, simply perfect espresso machine:
One of the reasons Mr. Peppermint was so excited (he really can’t get over it), is that it was one of those items we put on the registry on a whim. You know, the kind where you think, “yeah, right. No one is going to get this for us, but, hey, I can still dream!”.
Family Wedding Photos Display
November 27th, 2007 @ 4:19 pm by Mrs. Peppermint
After going to my cousins’ wedding a year and a half ago, I knew it was important for me to have a family wedding photos display. This may sound silly, but it was really nice to have a sense of history informing the wedding. Additionally, it also was a nice thing for guests to view and talk about (especially if they didn’t know anyone!).So, months ago, I cross-stitched a simple sign:
I’m Ready!
November 27th, 2007 @ 11:38 am by Mrs. Peppermint
One of the last major milestones before the wedding is done!
While I could go on (and on and on…) about all the things that I “should” do before the big day, most of them are unnecessary. The last real necessary task was completed last week before flying up to Sacramento for Thanksgiving…
(drum roll, please)
We got our marriage license!
The Massacre
November 15th, 2007 @ 6:12 pm by Mrs. Peppermint
I have a confession to make: I had my most bridezilla moment (at least to date… knock on wood!). I suppose it’s good to have gotten it out of the way, but nonetheless, there was a bit of a debacle last weekend…
It all started out very innocently. Mr. Peppermint and I were gocco-ing our Thank You cards. We agreed we wanted to get that out of the way so we’d be ready to fill them out in time. We had talked about a design and settled on what we wanted. Since Palm Springs (and the surrounding areas) is so special to us and he proposed in Joshua Tree National Park, we decided that we’d like a simple drawing of a Joshua Tree on the front. Inside we planned on text that would read “Thank You” in the top left, and “Mr. & Mrs. Peppermint” in the bottom right. Easy. We spent Friday night and Saturday morning making them and were really happy with the results.
Here is our view of Joshua Tree National Forrest:
Too Young?
November 13th, 2007 @ 4:17 pm by Mrs. Peppermint
Maybe it’s because it’s getting closer to the wedding and I’m ultra sensitive. Maybe it’s because people have no boundaries. All I can say is, why are people obsessed with my age?!?
Okay, obsessed isn’t even fair. But frankly, it’s a little weird that in the period of one day, three people (and by people I mean strangers) asked how old I was (after I mentioned that I was getting married) and then proceeded to say, “wow. that’s SO young. wow”. All three of them! It was like clockwork. I was at the seamstress and even she turned to me (after the third person) and said “Why are people so obsessed with your age?!”
I don’t think I’m too young. I know I’m making the right decision and I know it’s the right time. And frankly, after dating for five years, a lot of people kept asking what we were waiting for! I guess you can never win!
How old were you (or will you be) when you get married? What age do you think is too young (don’t worry, I won’t get offended!).
Why are strangers so… well… strange??
More Details!
November 7th, 2007 @ 4:06 pm by Mrs. Peppermint
Since all the major wedding decisions have been made, I am now left with all the details. Perhaps I’m not alone when I say that it can be really overwhelming!
One of my (many!) tasks for this week is to figure out what we want to do for the guest book. While I like a lot of the stylish ideas I’ve seen in magazines and blogs of notes hung on trees and the like, I’m not sure it’s the right fit for us. I want to have something that’s compact and bound together simply because I’m afraid I’d lose an unattached note! At the same time, I don’t want a boring display that people merely sign their names to. At my shower, people wrote long notes, but I think that’s because they got there before I arrived, so they had time to do so.
An idea I liked was the Guestbook Store. Basically, rather than having a book filled with blank pages, each page has different questions to guide guests through. I like this idea a lot, but perhaps it’s a bit too involved? I’m a bit concerned that it will create too much of a bottle neck…What do you guys think? Here are some sample pages:
Another Gocco Project
November 6th, 2007 @ 2:43 pm by Mrs. Peppermint
When Mr. P & I decided to get the Gocco (or shall I say: when I convinced him that I needed to have a Gocco), I promised that I would use it all the time. And since I’m a girl of my word, I just HAD to find another excuse.Meet my bridesmaids luncheon invites:
