Miss Sunflower, New YorkAge and Occupation: 26, Speech-Language PathologistFiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Slave to the MTAEngagement Date: August 12, 2006Wedding Date: April 2008Venue: Jericho Terrace, New YorkAbout Me: Mr. Sunflower & I have been together for 3 years and to this day, he laughs at me when I tell him that I knew on our first date that I was going to marry him. Well, the most recent events prove, yet again, that I know everything. Most of my time these days involves planning and getting inspiration for our wedding, but when I'm not doing that, I enjoy shopping, movies, reading, writing, and making attempts at being crafty.
Our engagement party is a week away! We’re having a buffet dinner and some delicious treats for dessert, so I decided to make menus to put on all of the tables listing what’s available for dinner.
Mrs. Bird of Paradise, New OrleansAge and Occupation in '06: 26, Graphic DesignerFiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Operations ManagerEngagement Date: November 28, 2005Wedding Date: November 18, 2006About Me: The wedding is around the corner and planning has been a blast! I've enjoyed nearly every detail obsessed minute of it and I can't imagine what I did with my time before all of this! I can't wait for our wonderful day and the rest of my life with Mr. Soon-to-be Bird of Paradise.
We’re so happy we numbered our little RSVP cards! We’ve received several cards from our guests with a check mark indicating whether or not they would be attending, but they did not identify themselves! Since we numbered them, all I had to do was flip the card over and see what number corresponded with our numbered guest list. Ta-da! Guest found.
Miss Sunflower, New YorkAge and Occupation: 26, Speech-Language PathologistFiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Slave to the MTAEngagement Date: August 12, 2006Wedding Date: April 2008Venue: Jericho Terrace, New YorkAbout Me: Mr. Sunflower & I have been together for 3 years and to this day, he laughs at me when I tell him that I knew on our first date that I was going to marry him. Well, the most recent events prove, yet again, that I know everything. Most of my time these days involves planning and getting inspiration for our wedding, but when I'm not doing that, I enjoy shopping, movies, reading, writing, and making attempts at being crafty.
Last night I attended the wedding reception of my good friends Joanne and Bobby, and this morning I woke up inspired and ready to get back into wedding planning/posting mode. I’ve been in a rather “blah” mood since booking the hall, photographer, and DJ because I’ve had nothing pressing to do.
Last night was just so much fun. It was wonderful to see my friends so…
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After I got engaged, my friend Emily and I looked at invitations I liked and bounced ideas around. We weighed different options but in the end Paul and I trusted Emily, so we pretty much gave her free reign. We knew…
Mrs. Orange, New YorkAge and Occupation in 06: 29, LibrarianFiance's Age and Occupation: 25, AcademicEngagement Date: January 25, 2006Wedding Date: March 2007Venue: Nassau County, Long IslandAbout Me: Mr. Orange and I met thanks to my college friend and Mr. Orange's dad in Feb. 05. I love to eat, cook, watch Dog the Bounty Hunter, Without a Trace, L&O, and MTV Hits as well as chill with my cat Illie, work on little DIY projects for the wedding, do extensive wedding related searches on Google using my "skills." Ha-ha. We are having a 150+ ppl wedding incorporating his Jewish background and my Japanese heritage.
I was hoping you could help me out. I’m looking to make some magnets for save the dates that are going to be included in our invites rather than sent in advance. I’ve already designed it, but now need to find somewhere relatively inexpensive to have them made. I checked iprint and vistaprint, but neither seem to have circular custom magnets for as cheap as…
Mrs. Bird of Paradise, New OrleansAge and Occupation in '06: 26, Graphic DesignerFiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Operations ManagerEngagement Date: November 28, 2005Wedding Date: November 18, 2006About Me: The wedding is around the corner and planning has been a blast! I've enjoyed nearly every detail obsessed minute of it and I can't imagine what I did with my time before all of this! I can't wait for our wonderful day and the rest of my life with Mr. Soon-to-be Bird of Paradise.
That was the name of the email below that was forwarded from FMIL. She said she couldn’t resist passing it along to us and said it seemed to sum up everyone’s thoughts. The email was sent to her from a family member who had received our wedding invitation.
Ok, let me just take a moment……I have been invited to many weddings…..dare I say hundreds…..and a lot…
Mrs. Butterfly, New YorkAge and Occupation in 06: 27, Bridezilla in training Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Making me happy by saying "yes dear" to everything related to wedding planning.Engagement Date: February 3, 2006Wedding Date: November 18, 2006Venue: Twenty-Four FifthAbout Me: Our wedding will be small but fun. I want a whole range of music including cheesy 80's music! But we'll see how that works out��‚��
As promised, here is what we put on the back of the menus! Sorry about blurring out the baby faces - that is something we are only sharing with the people at the wedding. It’s embarrasing enough as it is.
Also, on the bottom, where it says “Just Married,” I am going to punch tiny holes and tie a miniature wedding bell through it with…
Mrs. Bluebell, New YorkAge and Occupation in 07: 26, Finance ManagerFiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Playing with the cat and/or ConsultingEngagement Date: December 25, 2005Wedding Date: June 2007Venue: Bride's family summer home in the AdirondacksAbout Me: Trying to find the perfect balance between family tradition (marrying at the house everyone else in my family gets married at), making our's modern, interesting and different from everyone else in my family's, and incorporating some Chinese tradition for my Chinese fiance. I really have no idea what it's going to end up looking like!
Also, I picked Miss Bluebell for my name because I have blue eyes and I'm a loser like that.
In my recent frenzy of card-stamping for our Save the Dates, I also decided to make some cards officially asking my Maid of Honor and Honorary Bridesmaids to take part in the wedding!
First, I got some lovely Strathmore Deckle Edge Creative Cards (from Pearl Paint) with a blue deckle edge (& matching envelopes!), then I stamped a blue flower corner and a little drawing of…
Mrs. Blueberry, Kansas CityAge and Occupation in 06: 21, Full-time StudentFiance's Age and Occupation: 23, Full-time StudentEngagement Date: September 10, 2005Wedding Date: May 25, 2007Venue: Wynbrick Center - a historic mansion in my hometown.About Me: We're having an intimate, 125-ish person wedding with a full-blown dessert reception. When I'm not obsessing over wedding stuff or studying for my BA in English, I'm usually playing with our two kitty cats, blogging, doing crafty things, or hanging out with Mr. Blueberry!
We live next to the post office, so just a minute ago we trotted over with our basket full of neatly-stacked, addressed envelopes and dropped them off. Here is Mr. Blueberry holding the basket:
We took them up to the counter rather than just dropping them in the slot because we wanted to make sure everything was in order. The nice…
Mrs. Daisy, New YorkAge and Occupation: 32, AttorneyFiance's Age and Occupation: 32, FinanceEngagement Date: December 10, 2005Wedding Date: November 11, 2006Blogging Since: June 7, 2006Venue: Metropolitan ClubAbout Me: My favorite activities used to include knitting, cooking, doing the crossword puzzle and about a million other relaxing pursuits. Since my engagement, well, not so much. Wedding planning has become my primary hobby. So much so that I am downgrading my work schedule to part-time in order to more fully dedicate myself to my wedding (and reality tv, as well, if I'm being honest).
I am set on making my programs, menus, and placecards by hand for my 250-odd guests. (Not to mention the rehearsal dinner and brunch invites and the out-of-town bags). Is this insane? Perhaps. But I’m owning my insanity and plowing ahead.
With a little inspiration from Martha Stewart, and absolutely zero rubber stamping (or crafting anything) experience, I went…
Mrs. Butterfly, New YorkAge and Occupation in 06: 27, Bridezilla in training Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Making me happy by saying "yes dear" to everything related to wedding planning.Engagement Date: February 3, 2006Wedding Date: November 18, 2006Venue: Twenty-Four FifthAbout Me: Our wedding will be small but fun. I want a whole range of music including cheesy 80's music! But we'll see how that works out��‚��
As the wedding gets closer and closer, I find myself obsessing over little things that really do not matter. Example - I am now trying to find the “perfect” guest book for younger and older guests.
At first, I wanted one of these:
(image from Adesso Albums)
It retails for $59.95 for just the book. You have to buy your own Polaroid Camera and film. I absolutely love…
Mrs. Snail (formerly Miss Snail), New York/New JerseyAge and Occupation: 26, Make-up artistFiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Making me happy~Engagement Date: May 7, 2006Wedding Date: December 2006Venue: Rockleigh Country Club, New JerseyAbout Me: I feel like I've waited so long to officially start the wedding planning process and now I'm all sorts of emotions - overwhelmed, excited, stressed, confused. But I'm a trooper and I have the support of the best friends and family. I hope I'm able to plan an amazing wedding in 6 months that will be talked about years from now.
My invitations are in. I’m getting the final guest list down. Shame on me for not getting it done sooner because I need to have everything done by this week. My RSVP date is October 31st. Not really much time.
I was planning on making labels, adding on cute customized stamps and sending out every invitation, but it seems as though my parents and my…
Mrs. Bluebell, New YorkAge and Occupation in 07: 26, Finance ManagerFiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Playing with the cat and/or ConsultingEngagement Date: December 25, 2005Wedding Date: June 2007Venue: Bride's family summer home in the AdirondacksAbout Me: Trying to find the perfect balance between family tradition (marrying at the house everyone else in my family gets married at), making our's modern, interesting and different from everyone else in my family's, and incorporating some Chinese tradition for my Chinese fiance. I really have no idea what it's going to end up looking like!
Also, I picked Miss Bluebell for my name because I have blue eyes and I'm a loser like that.
Sorry I’ve been too busy to post much lately, but we FINALLY put our save the dates in the mail last Monday, and “we received them!”s have been slowly trickling in!!! It is seriously the most exciting thing EVER! I’m pretty sure I will physically explode when we get RSVPs for our actual invitations next year, because I’m already pretty close!!
Mrs. Blueberry, Kansas CityAge and Occupation in 06: 21, Full-time StudentFiance's Age and Occupation: 23, Full-time StudentEngagement Date: September 10, 2005Wedding Date: May 25, 2007Venue: Wynbrick Center - a historic mansion in my hometown.About Me: We're having an intimate, 125-ish person wedding with a full-blown dessert reception. When I'm not obsessing over wedding stuff or studying for my BA in English, I'm usually playing with our two kitty cats, blogging, doing crafty things, or hanging out with Mr. Blueberry!
We’re doing so many other things in a somewhat nontraditional way (dessert buffet, Swarovski crystal bouquets, secular ceremony) that it only makes sense to have a guestbook that’s a little bit offbeat as well. Not that there’s anything wrong with the usual sprial-bound, leather covered notebook — so many of them are absolutely gorgeous! But there are many other alternatives.