C is For Coconuts and Calligraphy
August 22nd, 2008 @ 3:23 pm by Mrs. Coconut
Let me preface the joy of receiving our envelopes from oh-so-fab calligrapher, Michele Clark that collecting addresses is near impossible! I’m not joking. I think 25 addresses changed between sending our save the dates in March and now. Stop moving people! 
The envelopes are absolutely beautiful. I think Mr. Coconut was a bit skeptical about paying someone to address our envelopes. Yes, he was totally convinced this was Item No. 254 “unnecessary expense” that contributed to our busted budget. However, when I opened the box this week like the first gift on Christmas morning, there was a glee in his eyes, too! He will never admit it, but he was impressed.
Michele is seriously awesome. She flowed with the aforementioned 25 address edits, and made her wispy style slightly more “wispy.” I had to cut off the addresses, but here’s a sneak peak. I promise to show you more when I reveal our invitations!
Ta Ta For Now Wedding World
June 6th, 2008 @ 2:57 pm by Mrs. Petunia
Dear Hive:How awful of me. I stopped posting back in April without so much as a proper goodbye (so this is it). But so much was going on. Since my wedding in March, I chopped off my long locks (yay!)…
How Sweet It Is
April 29th, 2008 @ 10:32 am by Mrs. Petunia
Here are some shots of our delish wedding cake, inspired by Mrs. Bell Pepper’s (if not altogether stolen really):
Under The Boardwalk
April 23rd, 2008 @ 12:54 pm by Mrs. Petunia
To be frank, the connection between our candy table and our Monopoly theme went over some of our guests’ heads (I blame myself entirely for not coming up with a more clever sign for the table). Nevertheless, the candy itself wasn’t overlooked, and in my book, that made it a hit regardless.
Go Theme!
April 22nd, 2008 @ 3:10 pm by Mrs. Petunia
I’m not sure we were entirely successful pulling off our Monopoly theme…when I think of the elements now they seem to yes, come together in some way, though perhaps not as boldly as they could have. That is the balance anyone trying to work in a theme struggles with I suppose: making it cohesive while not overpowering. We tried to make the best of it though, and here’s how we made “it” happen. For one, with little houses, dutifully spray painted pink & green, resting atop our escort cards, with calligraphy by the amazing Betsy Dunlap:
Formally… And Not So Formally
April 17th, 2008 @ 1:00 pm by Mrs. Petunia
Top Honors
April 15th, 2008 @ 1:09 pm by Mrs. Petunia
This post is dedicated to Weddingbee reader beanchar, my sweet bean, who one fateful Bee TV broadcast night found me the hat of my dreams.
You see, I wanted a certain Mr. Monopoly vibe at the wedding. Someone even threw out the idea of a cane too, but even I knew to draw the line. But I was set on a top hat. Now groom Petunia was a no-go, but the 8 year old just couldn’t say no. And that’s how we ended up with a top hat-stylin’ ringbearer, here walking down the aisle with his arch-nemesis looking on (that would be the six year old in the light pink dress):
Planning The Ceremony
April 11th, 2008 @ 2:31 pm by Mrs. Petunia
The writer in each of us just sometimes goes missing. You want to piece together the most beautiful ceremony, but don’t know where to start. Don’t worry: we weren’t creative cats either. We were only able to do it with the help of Judith Johnson’s book, The Wedding Ceremony Planner, which I believe Miss Penguin too has referenced before.
I DO, I DO, I DO: The Ceremony Part II
April 10th, 2008 @ 10:28 am by Mrs. Petunia
About the ceremony, here’s one of the things no one told me: that my legs would forget, the second I got to the end of the aisle and stood next to my groom, that their main purpose is to support you. I shook and trembled. I shook and trembled something bad. But the hands remembered what they do best, and Mr. Petunia offered his to me to hold. There was rarely a moment of the ceremony where we weren’t touching.
I DO, I DO, I DO: The Ceremony Part I
April 9th, 2008 @ 9:29 am by Mrs. Petunia
I’m not trying to bore you with a thousand photos of the ceremony: I really am trying to pare it down to pictures that will show something somewhat helpful to other brides (and even so, I wasn’t successful enough to get them all in one post: my apologies). But here’s what I want to share. For starters, that there will be a moment right before walking down the aisle where you will be so happy/excited/nervous, you won’t realize, until you see the pictures, that your father looked at you this tenderly:
