Wedding Blog

Remember this inspiration bouquet?

That is Mrs. Lovebug’s actual bouquet and it was also part of my inspiration board. Keeping with my modern yet vintage theme, I thought it would look great with my flowers, too! So I’ve been scouring the usual places one might acquire typewriter letters–--eBay and the flea market.

I’ve always known that I’m not a typical bridal tiara kind of girl. I tried a few of them on out of obligation when I was out looking for dresses, but they didn’t really feel like me. They were gorgeous, no doubt, but I really am not a “bling” kind of girl. I thought that maybe I could find some pretty barrettes or a brooch…

Halp! I need to find a great hair fascinator!

Our engagement shoot is scheduled for October 24th with the mighty Lulu and her loyal assistant, Liang. I will be wearing my Blaire dress:

I think I will leave my hair down but make it into big curls, 1940s style! Now all I need is a perfect hair fascinator. Here are the ones I’ve narrowed it down to:

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I work in a field of never ending acronyms. The government unceasingly confers long monikers onto agencies, processes, and people, then proceeds to refer to them by some sort of shortened version that inevitably is more of a hassle than some simple naming convention that could have been used in the first place. President becomes POTUS. Naval Network Warfare Command does not become NNWC, but…

Today could not have gone better. In Denver, pre-wedding, I made it to Saks Fifth Avenue with all of my bridesmaids in tow to pick up my gown. Yeah, three days out. I was nervous for all sorts of reasons---it had been four months since I’d tried the dress on, I hadn’t seen it with its final alterations, and there was a lot of pressure with my girls there to make sure it looked perfect!

Here are the results:

(MR. CB, THAT’S YOUR CUE!)

So, you guys know how much I love flower accents for our bridesmaids. I’ve found so many different flower belts, flower combs, and hair clips. Today, I found something that’s possibly even better, something that really suits my personality! My sister has always made fun of me for my Hello-Kitty-like obsession with bows. I love bow necklaces, earrings, dresses—really, if a bag a dog poo…

You’re probably wondering what the hell I’m going to talk about with that title, but I promise it connects to the wedding. When I was 18 I decided that I wanted a tattoo. It wouldn’t have mattered what anyone said to me, I was doing it. I even went alone to get it done because I didn’t want anyone to try to talk me out…

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”.

Once we picked the girls’ dresses, I knew that I wanted them to have headpieces. I battled with the headpieces, finding SOOO many that I loved on Etsy and online. I was willing to spend the money to buy them. I thought the time it would take me to make them would be too much to handle.

But then I made the mistake of going to…

Mr. Fro Yo does not want to do the garter toss, and I don’t care that much, so it looks like we will be forgoing that tradition. However, does that mean that I don’t get to wear one? I don’t need one as my something blue, as my blue shoes have that covered. But I still think it’s a fun tradition to wear a garter.…

There are 2 things I knew when I started this wedding process. I wanted to wear a birdcage veil, and I wanted to wear some type of headpiece in my hair. I have seen SOOOO many amazing ones online, and even wrote about them here. This is another example of something I really wanted to do and was willing to pay for, but got roped…

Everyone knows that after the bride, the mothers of the bride and groom have the biggest task when picking out what they are going to wear. Well, at least everyone involved in our wedding knows that. The bridesmaids were a piece of cake, and the boys are in tuxes… simple, simple. But in Mama Cloud’s case in particular, we have been going back and forth…

How’d you spend your Labor Day? I spent mine (or at least a small part of it) making a 3rd (and final) sash. See, on Monday morning, I tried on my dress to make sure my undergarments were fitting properly with it. They were, but I saw something else — something kind of bad: my sash was entirely the wrong color.

It was lime, and my…

You could probably tell by my previous post about the sash I made that I wasn’t entirely pleased with my sash-sewing skills.

I looked at the original sash (the black one) and made the realization that it was nothing special: it was just a piece of ribbon! *I* am capable of cutting a piece of ribbon! This was one craft I could definitely handle without too…

Remember my flower belts post?

Well, my friend Lulu has found a great Etsy designer who makes flower pins! I can simply buy ribbons and pin these on to them to make belts!

From the Etsy shop of Accessoire