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Miss Doe, Northern California Age and Occupation: 24, Real Estate Assistant Fiance's Age and Occupation: 23, Recycling Manager Engagement Date: December 25, 2010 Wedding Date: May 2012 Venue: Monte Verde Inn About Me: I’m a Rat Pack fan and a Christmas nut that loves to read, good wine, cheesy ’80s movies and ’90s sitcoms. My wiener dog with an attitude problem and lazy basset hound are my constant source of entertainment. He's a hunter and I like cooking so it's not rare to see wild game on our dinner menu. Both of us were born and raised in a small historic farming town where our feet are still firmly planted. We have been together for nearly a decade and have shared many life experiences together, including birthdays that are only one day apart. We are two old souls that are creating our long-awaited wedding with loads of tradition that blends our two styles into rustic elegance in the foothills of Northern California.

A Little Fear of Mine

January 18th, 2012 @ 11:35 am by Miss Doe

One year ago I started my first DIY project. (Just DIY it! Sorry, can’t help myself.) Since that time I have completed, redone, and thrown out many more. In my extra bedroom right now I have boxes and stacks of all my wedding projects. My projects are starting to overtake my home. The other day I walked into the room and tripped over a bag of moss. Because that’s totally normal, right?

On another note, remember how I mentioned our color scheme is sage green and blush pink?

I had to stop and ask myself the other day, WHY is it that the only sage color that I currently have throughout the wedding is the bridesmaids’ dresses? I have no idea what happened. I think I originally tried to force myself into a particular color scheme, then at some point I just said screw it and went with what I thought looked best.

I am anticipating walking into the wedding and seeing all of my projects, design, and hard work displayed beautifully together for the first time.

Bouquets, Revisited

August 16th, 2010 @ 8:46 am by Mrs. Glasses

As I’ve mentioned in the past, our wedding is virtually flowerless, but my mom is a florist and her feelings would be hurt if she wasn’t able to scrounge up a couple of arrangements for us.

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Inspiration for My Bridal Party

January 5th, 2010 @ 1:08 pm by Mrs. Buttons

One of the hardest things I had to do with the wedding planning process was to pick a “theme” and to go with it. There are so many wonderful ideas out there in wedding-land, and picking just one was almost an impossible thought for me! So, I decided to make an inspiration board early on. Some of the keywords that I want to embody in our wedding are “whimsical, modern, lighthearted, late spring/early summer,” etc.

This one in particular is the original inspiration for myself and my bridal party (note: the dress pictured is NOT my wedding dress… I’m still trying to keep that somewhat of a secret at the moment).

Inspiration for My Bridal Party : wedding color scheme Inspira012 Bridesmaid dress (J.Crew), flower girl dress, hair flower, wedding dress, shoe (Nordstrom), necklace, garters, bouquet

My Sash Was the Wrong Color!

September 8th, 2009 @ 4:29 pm by Mrs. Mary Jane

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 shoes are “bamboo”. That’s somewhere between light green and grass green, but it’s definitely not lime. It was a very noticeable color difference. Too much of a difference to write off as an “almost”. It wasn’t even in the ballpark.

How did I not notice this before?

Crap.

With little time remaining until our wedding day, I decided that I needed a new sash. I didn’t want to take any chances, so I slipped in to my wedding day shoes and out the door I went. Thankfully, I easily found some better-matching ribbon at Micheals. It was wider too (which I’d originally wanted). Sweeeeeeet. I bought it, along with some more beads (since it’s a wider ribbon).

I apologize in advance for the bad photo: I had poor lighting, but no other opportunity to correct it. Here, you can somewhat see the color difference (and widths) between the two ribbons.
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Mrs. Moonbeam, Los Angeles/San Antonio Age and Occupation: 26, Intern Architect Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Studio Analyst, aspiring Screenwriter Engagement Date: May 20, 2009 Wedding Date: November 2009 Venue: Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church (LaCoste, TX) and Mary Gray Events Center (Castroville, TX) About Me: I was born and raised in Texas, but after college I moved to Seattle for a couple of years and loved it. Then I followed my beau out here to LA and we're getting settled in. I've been making things since I can remember. I was raised by crafters. I love to sew, draw, paint, build, cook, bake (anything with a tangible end result is fair game). In that same spirit, I've been hosting since I was old enough to cook and set a fancy table. I kind of take after my grandmother, who believes that your morning OJ always tastes better out of the good crystal.

July Wedding

September 4th, 2009 @ 3:42 pm by Mrs. Moonbeam

July Wedding : wedding color scheme diy invitation stationery Beach Invite 1 beach_invite_1

We made it legal in July. Here’s what our casual beach wedding invite looked like. It was just a flat card with some info on the back, sent in a sky blue envelope. The photo was edited by me using this technique, and the flourish came from here. I printed it on some textured ivory-ish paper. The paper and envelopes were size A6 from PaperSource. Finally, I used the awesome new love stamp.
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Mrs. Frozen Yogurt, Dallas Age and Occupation: 28, Special Projects Coordinator Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Equity Trader Engagement Date: March 19, 2009 Wedding Date: April 2010 Venue: Marie Gabrielle, Dallas About Me: I was born and raised in Texas, and have lived in several of the cities across the state, but I currently reside in Austin. I went to college in Boston and have a special place in my heart for the Northeast. I love reading, shopping, wine, reuniting with college friends that are scattered across the country, reality TV, trying out new recipes, and attempting all the DIY projects that come along with wedding planning. I'm a "bleeding heart, save the world type" and thankfully my job allows me to work on legislation and policy to help out those in need. I met Mr. Frozen Yogurt in a bar, though he doesn't even drink! And now we are planning a modern yet vintage wedding in Dallas while dealing with the trials and tribulations of first time homeownership.

Color Palette

August 28th, 2009 @ 11:07 am by Mrs. Frozen Yogurt

Color Palette : wedding color scheme Inspiration Board2 inspiration_board2

Sources (from left to right, up and down) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

I spent a long time contemplating what our “wedding colors” would be. It seemed whenever I tried to describe what I envisioned for the big day, people just wanted me to get to the point and would ask, “what are your colors?” The problem was, I had no idea.

Was I a glamorous bride? A vintage bride? A nautical bride? All of these sounded wonderful to me, and each with their very own corresponding color palette. It was so hard to choose. But I did it!
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