Wedding Blog

I remember way back when Mr. Star and I were trying to figure out how to cut our guest list to a reasonable size -- about a year ago now! -- what a tough time we had figuring out exactly how many people we could invite and what the chances were that we would end up with the number of people attending that we were aiming for. We wanted between 80 and 90 guests to celebrate with us on the big day, but didn’t know what that translated to in terms of how many people we could invite!

One of the other little DIY projects that I really had my heart set on getting done was the idea of having wedding wands for our parade.

I love how festive they look, and guests always look like they’re having fun in pictures with wedding wands in them!

You may or may not remember one of my very first posts way back when about my little sister (the flower girl) and my littlest sister (the honorary flower girl).

I just thought I’d give you an update on how my little ladies’ looks are progressing! We took them to the tailor earlier this week to get their dresses altered to fit them perfectly.

My little sister…

Like many other brides before me, I just love the look of a sparkler send-off. I love the drama (of course!), and it makes for such a perfect end to a classy, city light-filled wedding.

So I bought some sparklers off of eBay. But they looked pretty drab, in all their gray loveliness, so I made cutesy little tags to accompany them:

We are officially less than two weeks until the wedding and I am furiously turning out polka-dotted craft projects (you may have noticed that I’m hardly ever on the boards anymore — things are heating up around here!)!

The other night I took some vases I found at the dollar store, some ribbon I already had from other projects, and some leftover invitation cardstock and made:

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This has definitely been the hardest young-ish bride post for me to write because it’s not something that I usually like to admit to. Well, not to anyone except Mr. Star.

Many times during this nearly two-year process of engagement, I’ve gotten nervous or stressed or anxious or scared about [insert ridiculous wedding detail / legitimate marriage anxiety / partially unresolved divorced parents issue here].

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With the final alterations on my dress complete, the only thing left to figure out was the bustle. With all of the horror stories I’ve heard about with bustles that don’t turn out so great or brides getting into arguments with seamstresses over the "correct" bustle for each dress, I was nervous about getting mine done. I mean, no one wants to be this upset about their wedding dress:

Like Miss Beagle, I have a really hard time letting people help me out. I guess I think it makes me look weak or like I’m failing to accomplish everything that I had set out to do. Logically, I know it’s silly to feel this way, but I struggle with being able to delegate in actuality.

Well, folks, we’re headed into the home stretch over here…

Is it weird to feel more secure in your relationship during the tough times?

If so, then I’m definitely weird. No, wait. I’m definitely weird, either way. But that’s a different post for a different day.

As it always does, life has been busy handing us a heaping helping of GOOD and BAD. Only lately it seems like the GOOD and BAD have been thrown at…

This morning, Mr. Star and I were awakened by the doorman buzzing up to tell us that the post office was delivering a package we needed to sign for.

The package was pretty unassuming, except for the cute little note written in red that said, “do not bend”.

Mr. Star and I had a terrible time finding rings we liked in a traditional jewelry store. There were lots of gorgeous options, for sure, but none that really seemed to be “us”. And the ones that even came close were just soooo expensive.

On top of that, my gorgeous engagement ring has a bit of an odd shape, and I couldn’t find a single band…

“What is that,” you might ask? My wedding shoe? Why, yes, it is!

“Wait, Miss Star, haven’t we already seeeen your wedding shoes?” Yes, yes, you have! But not poking out from underneath my dress!!

Alright, I admit it. I have NO IDEA how they did it in the old days.

Wedding planning, that is.

Maybe it’s just because I’m young enough to only barely remember the days when I was forced to look things up in the phone book and the encyclopedia, but I cannot imagine how much harder it must have been to plan a wedding before there was the…

It occurred to me a few days ago that I have mentioned several times how we’re not using floral centerpieces, but never actually let you all in on what WILL be gracing our tables.

I knew right off that big, lush floral centerpieces wouldn’t be in our budget, and I have always loved candlelight, so I admit that I was pretty drawn to candle centerpieces right…

There are a lot of perks that go along with being the oldest child: scoring a later bedtime, never having to wear hand-me-downs, getting the bigger bedroom… the list goes on, I’m sure.

There are also definite downsides: getting blamed for something that your little brother actually did, the strict rules you have to follow as a teenager that your sibling ends up somehow getting out of, and, when you add into the mix the deadly combo of a young-ish bride and a young-ish groom, you get Super Duper Wedding Trailblazer status.