Wedding Blog

I had such high hopes of leisurely blogging about all my thoughts and feelings leading up to the wedding this week, documenting how it all went down - what a fool! Instead I am scrambling to finish up so much stuff at work, that I’ve barely had a second to think about what’s actually happening and am basically running around like a chicken with my…

It’s a flurry of last minute projects at the Sundae house, and last weekend we hit up Target for some goodies to put in the bathroom baskets. After reading the bathroom basket wiki, I had lofty expectations as to all of the things that we would include… and then we got a little lazy. Plus, the girls basket turned out to be a little smaller…

In our search for some unique table numbers, I came across this wonderful idea on OnceWed. Laurie Cinotto originally created the idea for the blog, and we sort of ran with the inspiration (thanks, Laurie!).

The idea is that you put a notebook on each table so that guests can leave notes for the bride and groom.  It will serve as a sort of wish bowl that…

With mere weeks to go, I can’t tell you how many times the phrase “It’s On!” runs through my head in a day. Every time a project is completed, we mail off a final payment, we track down one of the non-responders, and get a little closer to a finalized guest list, I think… it’s ON!

A part of me feels like we’ve spent the past year…

The lovely Miss Cupcake just wrote about personalizing her Out of Town Totes, and that reminded me that I never got around to writing about ours! I bought our plain canvas totes from cheaptotes.com several months ago for .99 cents a piece. It seems that they went up in price for a little while, but right now they’re on sale for .99 cents again! This…

Finally, some pictures! Admittedly they aren’t the best quality, but a makeshift photo shoot on our kitchen counter will have to suffice. I designed the invitation suite myself and worked with a local letterpress company to have them printed. I love letterpress so much that we just had to find a cost effective way to make it work, so designing them myself and using a small printing…

We live roughly two hours away from where we’ll be getting married, which means that I’ve been planning what I like to call a “semi-destination wedding.” The vast majority of my communications and dealings with vendors have been either over the phone or via email, with the exception of 3-4 weekends we’ve spent up at the lake during our engagement. On top of that, only…

My last post was exactly two weeks ago - yikes. I know I’ve got some explainin’ to do, but hopefully my little absentee situation will turn out to be words of wisdom to some of you! So, here it goes… get your violins ready…I am not sure I’ve mentioned this on the blog before, but I have asthma. I know there are a few other…

Remember how much I loved the sign pictured above? I showed it to my Dad and he took matters into his own hands, namely getting permission to take some barn wood from a friend’s brother and driving 30 miles to said barn with a crowbar in the car. That’s dedication for you!

He assembled it all this weekend, here it is on the stake:

…

I am officially entering the “tying up loose ends” phase of the planning process, and there are a lot of ends to be tied! I went on a mad dash around town last weekend to find a basket for our programs, and while I was at World Market I came across this:

This photo is of my parents on their wedding day, over 40 years ago. This is one of my very favorite pictures of them not only because they’re adorable, but because it says so much. My Mom is beautiful in her short lace dress and my Dad, in a final act of defiance, has his pants tucked into his boots.

Cracks me up! My Mom and…

Remember our getaway boat? Well, seeing as how I am not one to let an opportunity to decorate pass me by, I wanted a “Just Married” sign to hang off the back of the boat. When I saw the idea to use these letters in Modern Bride, I knew they would fit the bill - cute, made of wallpaper so slightly waterproof, and soft so…

It’s been a whirlwind of wedding activity these days. I feel like as soon as we hit the 3 month mark someone pressed “fast forward,” and I’ve been flying by the seat of my pants ever since! Part of the activity included a most lovely shower two weeks ago. I don’t have all the pictures from the hostesses quite yet (cough* get on with it!…

I am so happy and relieved to say that, less than two months before the wedding, we finally have a band! I really don’t think there are words to describe what a relief this is. When our original band canceled, I started madly contacting whoever I could find and almost everyone was booked. Panic ensued and then some decisions had to be made. When we first…

After some minor sizing snafus, I am happy to say that the flower girl dresses are here and I’ve seen pictures of both the little muffins in them…they’re going to be so cute! I was really hoping to find something that wasn’t white or ivory, and after a kind soul sent me the link to this dress, I ordered it immediately.