Mrs. Powder Puff, ChicagoAge and Occupation: 25, Preschool TeacherFiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Career ServicesEngagement Date: May, 2008Wedding Date: July, 2009Blogging Since: November 12, 2008Venue: Outdoor ceremony, banquet hall receptionAbout Me: I am your typical Midwestern girl attempting to plan a sane, budget-friendly, fun wedding to the man of my dreams. I love shoes, laughing at “Platinum Weddings”, crafts, inspiration boards, candy, and basically anything I can DIY. While weddings can certainly be all-consuming, I honestly can’t wait until the ceremony is over and I can finally call Mr. Powder Puff my husband!
There is no other way to say this, so I’ll just come out with it—my hair is bipolar. No, more like tripolar. This head of mine contains, when left to its own devices, ringlets, a lot of waves, and a little stick straight hair, all smushed together and not happy about it! Add that to a tendency to puff and frizz, as well as fall flat at the same time (gah!!), and I am one irritated wavy-haired girl!
My life goal, my holy grail, has been the perfect hair product. I’m not sure if this search has made me a product junkie, or if I have always been a product junkie and this search was just an excuse to buy buy buy, but I have gone through a LOT of products in my day. Sad as it may be, I have yet to find something that accomplishes these three things: Read more…
Mrs. Powder Puff, ChicagoAge and Occupation: 25, Preschool TeacherFiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Career ServicesEngagement Date: May, 2008Wedding Date: July, 2009Blogging Since: November 12, 2008Venue: Outdoor ceremony, banquet hall receptionAbout Me: I am your typical Midwestern girl attempting to plan a sane, budget-friendly, fun wedding to the man of my dreams. I love shoes, laughing at “Platinum Weddings”, crafts, inspiration boards, candy, and basically anything I can DIY. While weddings can certainly be all-consuming, I honestly can’t wait until the ceremony is over and I can finally call Mr. Powder Puff my husband!
Have you all heard Ingrid Michaelson’s cover of Elvis Presley’s classic song “Can’t Help Falling In Love”? Swoon!
I recant all my previous assertions! Now this would be the perfect first dance song.
Mrs. Powder Puff, ChicagoAge and Occupation: 25, Preschool TeacherFiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Career ServicesEngagement Date: May, 2008Wedding Date: July, 2009Blogging Since: November 12, 2008Venue: Outdoor ceremony, banquet hall receptionAbout Me: I am your typical Midwestern girl attempting to plan a sane, budget-friendly, fun wedding to the man of my dreams. I love shoes, laughing at “Platinum Weddings”, crafts, inspiration boards, candy, and basically anything I can DIY. While weddings can certainly be all-consuming, I honestly can’t wait until the ceremony is over and I can finally call Mr. Powder Puff my husband!
Remember when I posted about my trip to Paper Source? And I was all happy and giddy about my envelope liner template? Well, I have something terrible to reveal to you all. Behold:
Our envelopes and the template. Notice anything? Read more…
Mrs. Powder Puff, ChicagoAge and Occupation: 25, Preschool TeacherFiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Career ServicesEngagement Date: May, 2008Wedding Date: July, 2009Blogging Since: November 12, 2008Venue: Outdoor ceremony, banquet hall receptionAbout Me: I am your typical Midwestern girl attempting to plan a sane, budget-friendly, fun wedding to the man of my dreams. I love shoes, laughing at “Platinum Weddings”, crafts, inspiration boards, candy, and basically anything I can DIY. While weddings can certainly be all-consuming, I honestly can’t wait until the ceremony is over and I can finally call Mr. Powder Puff my husband!
Mrs. Powder Puff, ChicagoAge and Occupation: 25, Preschool TeacherFiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Career ServicesEngagement Date: May, 2008Wedding Date: July, 2009Blogging Since: November 12, 2008Venue: Outdoor ceremony, banquet hall receptionAbout Me: I am your typical Midwestern girl attempting to plan a sane, budget-friendly, fun wedding to the man of my dreams. I love shoes, laughing at “Platinum Weddings”, crafts, inspiration boards, candy, and basically anything I can DIY. While weddings can certainly be all-consuming, I honestly can’t wait until the ceremony is over and I can finally call Mr. Powder Puff my husband!
Today is a special day, my friends! Not only is it Friday the 13th, it’s also the day before that blessed holiday-Valentine’s Day!
Are you panicking a little bit, on the inside? Maybe you forgot a Valentine and need a card ASAP? Well, step back from that ledge, because there is an awesome, free solution to this problem. Read more…
Mrs. Powder Puff, ChicagoAge and Occupation: 25, Preschool TeacherFiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Career ServicesEngagement Date: May, 2008Wedding Date: July, 2009Blogging Since: November 12, 2008Venue: Outdoor ceremony, banquet hall receptionAbout Me: I am your typical Midwestern girl attempting to plan a sane, budget-friendly, fun wedding to the man of my dreams. I love shoes, laughing at “Platinum Weddings”, crafts, inspiration boards, candy, and basically anything I can DIY. While weddings can certainly be all-consuming, I honestly can’t wait until the ceremony is over and I can finally call Mr. Powder Puff my husband!
I am not a big makeup person. On any given day you can find me in tinted moisturizer, mascara, and a little blush. And at the end of that given day, I’ve usually wiped it all off.
Naturally, I don’t want this to happen on our wedding day. So I’m considering some things I’ve never considered before. Namely… false lashes (gulp!). You see, mascara is usually the first thing to go. Whenever I smile, it smudges on my eyelids, which I then wipe off. And, oops! There goes my mascara! Being that we’re getting married in July, when it’s warm and humid, I’m afraid my eye makeup will disappear faster than usual. And false lashes don’t disappear, right?
Now, make no mistake, I’ve seen false lashes. I’ve seen how they can make your eyes look AMAZING.
And I’ve seen how they can make your eyes (and you, for that matter) look like you just got back from crazy town. Read more…
Mrs. Powder Puff, ChicagoAge and Occupation: 25, Preschool TeacherFiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Career ServicesEngagement Date: May, 2008Wedding Date: July, 2009Blogging Since: November 12, 2008Venue: Outdoor ceremony, banquet hall receptionAbout Me: I am your typical Midwestern girl attempting to plan a sane, budget-friendly, fun wedding to the man of my dreams. I love shoes, laughing at “Platinum Weddings”, crafts, inspiration boards, candy, and basically anything I can DIY. While weddings can certainly be all-consuming, I honestly can’t wait until the ceremony is over and I can finally call Mr. Powder Puff my husband!
A couple of weeks ago, I sat down with one of our good friends for a little chat. He had just gotten the job offer of a lifetime, and was incredibly excited. So what was the problem? He had also just met a girl. One who could be “The One”. And taking the job meant that he would have to move across the country, basically squashing all hopes of a relationship with this person. He vented to me about the situation, and asked for my advice.
What did I tell him? Well, my friends, I wove him a little tale about myself and the mister that went something like this:
Back when Mr. PP and I first met, he was finishing up his master’s degree and looking for jobs. He had been seriously interviewing with a lot of different universities, and had been offered a great position with one in Texas.
Then he met me. We had a few fantastic dates, and things were going really well, but the deadline for his decision was fast approaching. Either Mr. PP would have to end things with me and move away, or take a leap of faith and see how things went with us. Read more…
Mrs. Powder Puff, ChicagoAge and Occupation: 25, Preschool TeacherFiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Career ServicesEngagement Date: May, 2008Wedding Date: July, 2009Blogging Since: November 12, 2008Venue: Outdoor ceremony, banquet hall receptionAbout Me: I am your typical Midwestern girl attempting to plan a sane, budget-friendly, fun wedding to the man of my dreams. I love shoes, laughing at “Platinum Weddings”, crafts, inspiration boards, candy, and basically anything I can DIY. While weddings can certainly be all-consuming, I honestly can’t wait until the ceremony is over and I can finally call Mr. Powder Puff my husband!
OK, so do you remember when I blogged about my friend who was being forced to perform a bridal party dance at a wedding? Well, that wedding occurred this past weekend, and, in true 2009 style, the video of the dance was posted on Facebook the next day. And, in true Miss Powder Puff style, I was all over that like a bad rash.
Peeps, I am ashamed to admit it, but I was wrong. This dance looks totally… FUN! Consider me proven wrong!
Here is the dance in all its awesome glory for your viewing pleasure. (I couldn’t figure out how to get it from Facebook to Weddingbee, so I simply recorded it with my camera. Please excuse the horrible quality and editing.) Read more…
Mrs. Powder Puff, ChicagoAge and Occupation: 25, Preschool TeacherFiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Career ServicesEngagement Date: May, 2008Wedding Date: July, 2009Blogging Since: November 12, 2008Venue: Outdoor ceremony, banquet hall receptionAbout Me: I am your typical Midwestern girl attempting to plan a sane, budget-friendly, fun wedding to the man of my dreams. I love shoes, laughing at “Platinum Weddings”, crafts, inspiration boards, candy, and basically anything I can DIY. While weddings can certainly be all-consuming, I honestly can’t wait until the ceremony is over and I can finally call Mr. Powder Puff my husband!
Do you remember prom? How you searched for the perfect dress, the perfect shoes, the perfect hair, the perfect date. And you went to the dance, and it was fun and all, but at the end of the evening you were left standing in your room thinking, “Uh… that was it?! It’s over already?!”
That is exactly the feeling I want to avoid with our wedding.
Mr. Powder Puff and I have been discussing lately what we would like to do after the reception is over. Do we just want to go to our hotel room? We’ll probably be tired, but it seems so anti-climactic. Especially since our reception will be over by 11PM.
Mrs. Powder Puff, ChicagoAge and Occupation: 25, Preschool TeacherFiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Career ServicesEngagement Date: May, 2008Wedding Date: July, 2009Blogging Since: November 12, 2008Venue: Outdoor ceremony, banquet hall receptionAbout Me: I am your typical Midwestern girl attempting to plan a sane, budget-friendly, fun wedding to the man of my dreams. I love shoes, laughing at “Platinum Weddings”, crafts, inspiration boards, candy, and basically anything I can DIY. While weddings can certainly be all-consuming, I honestly can’t wait until the ceremony is over and I can finally call Mr. Powder Puff my husband!
Martha Stewart’s fabulousness has inundated every area of my life, and lord help me, I’m loving it!
Have you seen her new wedding/crafts line for Walmart? There’s everything from invitations to card boxes, and super cute paper lanterns, all for awesomely cheap prices.
Check these out: Super cute eyelet lanterns for $12. Read more…
Mrs. Powder Puff, ChicagoAge and Occupation: 25, Preschool TeacherFiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Career ServicesEngagement Date: May, 2008Wedding Date: July, 2009Blogging Since: November 12, 2008Venue: Outdoor ceremony, banquet hall receptionAbout Me: I am your typical Midwestern girl attempting to plan a sane, budget-friendly, fun wedding to the man of my dreams. I love shoes, laughing at “Platinum Weddings”, crafts, inspiration boards, candy, and basically anything I can DIY. While weddings can certainly be all-consuming, I honestly can’t wait until the ceremony is over and I can finally call Mr. Powder Puff my husband!
I have to be honest with you all—Mr. Powder Puff is not all that involved with wedding planning. He helped pick out the venue and date, but when his eyes would glaze over while I was discussing shades of white, I figured that he might not be the type of guy to give a lot of input into the nitty-gritty of the planning process. So we had a discussion, he told me he trusted my judgment, and I told him he was released from his taffeta prison.
Lo and behold, after a few months of planning, the mister told me that actually, there was one thing he wanted complete and total control over—our first dance.
Now, if you know anything at all about me, you know that I am, above all, a control freak. A major, uptight, crazy control freak. So when Mr. Powder Puff told me that he wanted to surprise me with our first dance song, I panicked a little. On the inside, of course.
“Um… are you sure about that?” I asked, tentatively.
“Yeah, I really want to pick it. It’ll be romantic!”
“Okaaayyyy…” I agreed. Change is good, I told myself. Surprises are good. This will be good, and I can relax and let the man pick a song. It’s only a song!
Over the months, though, I have not been able to sit back and let this issue go. At all. Every chance I get I “casually” suggest songs. “Ooo, this would be a great first dance song!” Or, the much more subtle, “You know, this would make a wonderful song for our first dance…” Every time, I’m met with a rebuff. “It’s a surprise,” he reminds me, “I can’t let you help me.”
Humph!
Here are my ideal suggestions for a first dance. Read more…
Mrs. Powder Puff, ChicagoAge and Occupation: 25, Preschool TeacherFiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Career ServicesEngagement Date: May, 2008Wedding Date: July, 2009Blogging Since: November 12, 2008Venue: Outdoor ceremony, banquet hall receptionAbout Me: I am your typical Midwestern girl attempting to plan a sane, budget-friendly, fun wedding to the man of my dreams. I love shoes, laughing at “Platinum Weddings”, crafts, inspiration boards, candy, and basically anything I can DIY. While weddings can certainly be all-consuming, I honestly can’t wait until the ceremony is over and I can finally call Mr. Powder Puff my husband!
No, not that kind of Bedazzle. Although, if I were wearing a sweater that snazzy I’d hope to look a little more cheery.I’m talking about bedazzling myself! With jewelry, natch!
I’d like to keep my wedding day baubles simple and sweet, but still unique. Where do you find things like this? Etsy, of course!
Now, since I’m weird and have strange rules for myself, I’m not wearing a necklace on the big day. Nope, earrings and bracelet only (as clearly defined in jewelry rule #1: No bling overload! If wearing a necklace, no earrings. If wearing earrings, you may wear a bracelet, but no necklace). And yes, I’m a freak.
So now that my options are determined, the hunt begins!
Mrs. Powder Puff, ChicagoAge and Occupation: 25, Preschool TeacherFiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Career ServicesEngagement Date: May, 2008Wedding Date: July, 2009Blogging Since: November 12, 2008Venue: Outdoor ceremony, banquet hall receptionAbout Me: I am your typical Midwestern girl attempting to plan a sane, budget-friendly, fun wedding to the man of my dreams. I love shoes, laughing at “Platinum Weddings”, crafts, inspiration boards, candy, and basically anything I can DIY. While weddings can certainly be all-consuming, I honestly can’t wait until the ceremony is over and I can finally call Mr. Powder Puff my husband!
Shocking, I know. I’m just not a fan of layers and layers of fondant and flowers. I like my cakes simple and delicious.
Which is why I’m not looking for your average wedding cake.
Instead of a large white cake, I’ve been dreaming of lots of little cakes. Read more…
Mrs. Powder Puff, ChicagoAge and Occupation: 25, Preschool TeacherFiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Career ServicesEngagement Date: May, 2008Wedding Date: July, 2009Blogging Since: November 12, 2008Venue: Outdoor ceremony, banquet hall receptionAbout Me: I am your typical Midwestern girl attempting to plan a sane, budget-friendly, fun wedding to the man of my dreams. I love shoes, laughing at “Platinum Weddings”, crafts, inspiration boards, candy, and basically anything I can DIY. While weddings can certainly be all-consuming, I honestly can’t wait until the ceremony is over and I can finally call Mr. Powder Puff my husband!
Mrs. Powder Puff, ChicagoAge and Occupation: 25, Preschool TeacherFiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Career ServicesEngagement Date: May, 2008Wedding Date: July, 2009Blogging Since: November 12, 2008Venue: Outdoor ceremony, banquet hall receptionAbout Me: I am your typical Midwestern girl attempting to plan a sane, budget-friendly, fun wedding to the man of my dreams. I love shoes, laughing at “Platinum Weddings”, crafts, inspiration boards, candy, and basically anything I can DIY. While weddings can certainly be all-consuming, I honestly can’t wait until the ceremony is over and I can finally call Mr. Powder Puff my husband!
Mrs. Powder Puff, ChicagoAge and Occupation: 25, Preschool TeacherFiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Career ServicesEngagement Date: May, 2008Wedding Date: July, 2009Blogging Since: November 12, 2008Venue: Outdoor ceremony, banquet hall receptionAbout Me: I am your typical Midwestern girl attempting to plan a sane, budget-friendly, fun wedding to the man of my dreams. I love shoes, laughing at “Platinum Weddings”, crafts, inspiration boards, candy, and basically anything I can DIY. While weddings can certainly be all-consuming, I honestly can’t wait until the ceremony is over and I can finally call Mr. Powder Puff my husband!
No, not that kind of Bedazzle. Although, if I were wearing a sweater that snazzy I’d hope to look a little more cheery.I’m talking about bedazzling myself! With jewelry, natch!
