Wedding Blog

I had never heard of a Xyron machine until Mrs. Hydrangea posted about it here. A Xyron machine creates stickers out of anything that is thin enough to pass through it. I had been interested in wrapping a ribbon around the top of the vases for our centerpieces, and this looked like the perfect way to go! I was under the impression that buying a…

Mr. Taffy and I are looking forward to January 20th for two reasons. We will celebrate the inauguration of our new president, and we will celebrate our second anniversary. Last year, we celebrated our anniversary by going to the French-American restaurant Cuisine in Detroit for a lovely dinner. Before we got all dressed up to go out, I drew a quick sketch of Mr. Taffy…

When I first blogged about my fitness situation, I was feeling quite confident that the exercise I was doing would be enough and that I would not have to alter my diet. Well, that was before the holidays, and now all of the delicious food and desserts that I scarfed down are catching up with me! Since our wedding is now 5 months away, I…

I instantly fell in love with both the punch bar concept and the flowered monogram decoration in the image below, from Martha Stewart Weddings. After finding our cake, this was the first inspirational image that went into my wedding binder! Today I’ll share my punch obsession with you (I will blog about the flower monogram soon).

Punch a la Martha Stewart

Right after we signed our…

It was quite an ordeal finding the perfect bridesmaid dress. The dress that we chose happened to have a small train, something that I haven’t seen before in the world of bridesmaid attire.

Last week, lovely Tafette Miss S came to Detroit for the holiday and had her dress fitting. While marking the hem, the owner asked us if she should chop the train off or…

We hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday!

I’ve already posted about our decision to use our engagement photos for holiday gifts, but I did not mention our holiday card! I didn’t want to spoil the surprise for our friends before the cards reached their mailboxes.

Photography by A Girl In Love

My latest wedding planning obsession is ceremony and reception decor. I have some ideas that I would like to run by the hive, but I realized that I haven’t blogged about our venue yet! Let’s take a tour so I can get blogging about my decorating obsession.

Mr. Taffy and I did a lot of research on venues in the metro Detroit area. At the…

You have seen me make traditional veils, birdcage veils, and hair clips. You have seen me bring a damaged wedding dress train back to life. You have seen me make a tie for Mr. T, and even make a dress out of a bed sheet!

For my next trick, I will transform two of these cookie sheets into a gift for Mr. Taffy:

Blocking hotel rooms for our guests seemed to be a very overwhelming item on our checklist. Mr. Taffy and I had been putting off hotel research for weeks. Ann Arbor has an enormous selection of accommodations, and we didn’t know where to begin comparing so many choices! After calling two hotels, I discovered a feature that quickly made some accommodations stand out from the rest. Ladies…

Mr. Taffy and I just received our high resolution files from our engagement shoot! We love our engagement photos and we have been hoping to give framed prints as a gift to our parents for the holiday. The problem is, the shots that we ordered are not very traditional. When it came time to choose a print for the parents, we realized that we were…

Yesterday I wrote about our save the dates, and how the stamps did not match them in any way. In this post, I will show how I have made up for it with my current matching frenzy!

The “don’t forget” string and bow motif that we used for our save the dates will be tied in (couldn’t resist the bad pun!) to our decor at the…

Back in September, I showed you the design file for the awesome save the dates that Mr. Taffy’s brother designed for us. Today I would like to show you the final, printed product!

Remember how I was hunting for the perfect blue for our color palette and bridesmaid dresses? As a placeholder, we asked Mr. T’s brother to use a gray blue for our save…

Those of you that have been to Ann Arbor, Michigan (or even the Detroit area) may have heard about a very famous deli…

Yes, Zingerman’s. Zingerman’s is the most famous deli in Michigan, hands down. It also happens to be very close to our house! We go there a lot, and adore their fresh mozzarella, vinegar, cookies and deli food. Yum!

Almost everyone we know has asked…

Oh yes. I have been dying to share my wedding dress with you!!! I was waiting for two reasons- first I had to suck it up and write about my decision to not design and make my dress. That was pretty tough. The second reason- I did not bring a camera to try dresses on, mostly because I was still thinking about designing the dress. I…

Wedding Announcements, that is! 

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Mr. Taffy and I usually pick up a Sunday paper every week, and have a great time reading it together. I have always seen the wedding announcements in the Sunday Styles section, and wondered what steps a couple would take in order to get published. A few weeks ago, Mr. Taffy randomly emailed me a link with all of the info,…