Weddingbee

I’ve spent so many weeks (and months) preparing everything for the wedding that this weekend was finally some time to prep myself. I spent my Saturday getting a much needed facial and my hair done. With only 4 weeks to go, I figured that a facial would be good at this point so my skin will be nice and clear for the wedding day.

To demonstrate my reasoning, here’s a pic of what I look like now, after having a deep cleansing facial (with extractions):

(A red Miss Hydrangea)

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I logged into my other obsession (or time waster), Facebook, this morning to see this on my profile:

That’s right! We are officially one month out from the wedding. I’m getting so excited, at times a little nervous and, most of all, antsy. I’m ready to see it all come together, the signs, flowers, lighting, music, decorations, favors - EVERYTHING!
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I want to say thanks to everyone for their awesome compliments on my boudoir photos. A lot of you were wondering how to find boudoir photographers in your area and, after Lynn Michelle read my post, she had this awesome link to share with everyone.

(image found here)

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With my handy new printer, another creation was born.

After we’d received so many ‘yes’ RSVPs from out of town guests, my parents decided that they wanted to host a brunch the day after the wedding. Many of these family members and friends, from both sides of my family, will not be in the same place all at once in a long time, if ever again. So Dad H took it upon himself to plan the whole shindig. I took this as a chance to create more paper goodness for our wedding.

While I’m not as talented as many of our other Bees, I still love to create invitations, so I set off to iStockphoto.com to find some cute graphics and an idea was born. It went from wedding-type pictures to pears… the ‘perfect pair’ to be exact!

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A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that I was going to have boudoir shots taken. I can’t tell you enough how glad I am that I took them. It helped me with my confidence and self image, and in turn, I got some pretty awesome shots that Mr. H will definitely appreciate.

I went after work, which made me a little nervous, because after being up since 5:30 in the morning, I didn’t look so alert and happy. My photographer, Lynn Michelle, did an amazing job of hiding any of those emotions. I arrived at her studio, many outfits in hand, and she did both my hair and makeup and helped me to choose outfits that would look the most flattering on me and also good for the camera. As a side note, I learned that the babydoll dresses we all think hide our bad parts are usually not so flattering on camera.

Here’s a little peek of what we ended up with (only PG pics for you to see)!

Mr H. if by some random reason you are actually reading this post - STOP NOW:
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A while back I posted on how the wedding was taking over our entire (previously empty) dining room. I figured it would stay designated to this area, but I have to say, I was wrong.

It started off with me innocently bringing some paper and my handy cutter to get things prepared for various wedding things (escort cards, favors, etc.) into our kitchen dining area, so that I could watch a little tv and not be on the other side of the house as Mr. H while I was working on my crafts. It ended up as this:

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I previously wrote about the marriage license laws that will be going into effect come September 1, 2008, in the state of Texas. However controversial the subject, come September 1, this will be important information for all Texas brides to know.

If the couple chooses to attend a 8-hour premarital class, there will be no waiting period on the marriage license (normally three days) and the fee will only be $12, as opposed to new, raised rate of $72. Today, I searched everywhere online to obtain more information on the rules as to what constitutes an official premarital class, as Mr. H and I already did a whole weekend of marriage prep through the Catholic church.
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As we were addressing our rehearsal dinner invites yesterday, I realized that nowhere on the invitation does it say anything about the actual rehearsal. Dinner? Check. Directions from the church to the dinner? Check. Rehearsal? Not so much.

(Picture of the inside of our church, found here)

I hopped onto Google to see if I could find anything about the proper etiquette for letting your wedding party know what time they should be at the church for the rehearsal.

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I’m not talking birthday people - I’m talking boudoir day! After work today, I’ll be heading to a session with Lynn Michelle, a local photographer who seems to be very popular at doing boudoir shoots (I found her recommended quite a few times on the Knot boards). Lucky for me, I got quite the loot of outfits at my bachelorette to be able to pick and choose what I’m going to wear for the pics.

(picture found here)

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As our invites have now gone out, and our final guest count is about 100 people larger then what we were aiming for, a concern came up between both sides of our family. In Mr. H’s Hispanic culture, it is not unlikely for invited guests to bring along uninvited friends with them to the reception. At Hispanic parties, the more, the merrier.

Unfortunately, we will not be able to afford for this at our wedding, and the room for the reception is already nearing its max capacity. And although the invitation stated an “Adult Reception,” Mr. H’s mom is still worried that her family will not understand this and they will show up with their children.

After MUCH discussion (heated, at times), Mr. H decided that it would be best for us to send out an individual card to our guests in order to clarify that we unfortunately only have room for invited guests. He also wanted to be sure that the note was in both Spanish and English, so this is what we came up with last night:
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