Weddingbee Blog

Let me start out by saying that I may be the most indecisive person in the universe. It can take me up to an hour to even decide where I may want to go to dinner, so it comes as no surprise to me that the month before my wedding, I’m having second thoughts about how I want to put my hair up on the big day.

I blame Katie Holmes for this latest dithering:

I just can’t get over how sophisticated she looks in that picture. I originally thought I wanted something looser and more “romantic,” but I’m starting to worry about that look taking a turn into unkempt, messy and frizzy as the day progresses….I thought I was quite pleased with my hair trial, but second thoughts have crept up. I’m not expecting to look half as good as she does, by any means, but I’ve worn my hair somewhat like this before and really loved it.

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Dear Macy*s:

I hate to be so bold, but I’m starting to think your wedding registry sucks. I just don’t understand why you haven’t yet worked out all the kinks that are currently bogging you down, or why you can’t seem to keep anything I want in stock. Take this lovely vase I set my eye on:

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Mr. Petunia’s rate of facial hair growth is not really human, in my opinion: what you see below are before and after shots — the man shaves and a day or two later, wham, that’s what you have:

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Ok, not tonight yet, but that lady be me! I’ve got two bachelorette events coming my way, both courtesy of my Maid of Honor and my Man of Honor (that’s what I’m calling him, and yes, Mr. Petunia’s got a Best Woman, too, along with a Best Man, ’cause that’s how we roll). Check out the awesomeness that is Event #1’s DIY invite:
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I wish I could have participated in the Weddingbee Valentine Swap, but with so little time left before the wedding, there’s no way I could have cranked anything out, and let’s face it, I’m not crafty enough to make anything as beautiful as what any of our readers or other bees can do, so I figured I’d just concentrate on finding the perfect Valentine for Mr. Petunia.This darling Hello! Lucky card I ordered from Luxe Paperie will hopefully be here next week:

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Sweet Betsy Dunlap will be taking care of the pretty side of things, writing out each of our table and baby escort cards, like these she posted on her blog last month:

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Not a “go,” possibly, because it seems I set my heart on the one place card holder out of a million that required a re-design the month before my blessed event. Not a major revamp either, mind you, but the artist’s medium wasn’t cutting it anymore (i.e. pewter = too expensive: best make these puppies in resin from now on).

Really, I blame the slackers who failed to RSVP by the set deadline, thereby preventing me from having an accurate adorable-little-car count by which to base my order. Then I wouldn’t have passed on ordering them just the other day at one of the many, many vendors online who just last week were selling these by the hundreds but now just taunt me with their “backordered” warnings.

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Okay, yes, I know that gifts are not entrance tickets to our wedding party & celebration, but I would be a BIG FAT LIAR if I said that I didn’t love the sound of the UPS man walking up my stairs and knocking on my door, a sound which these days so close to the big day, happens kinda often (the man took a while to catch on: only yesterday he finally said: “um, is there a wedding going on or something?”). And the new pretty things in my home transported from my bridal shower (can we have a little permission to love our gifts, too?) made the two full weeks it took me to navigate thank you note etiquette easier. And is it weird that even though I put all the items on my gift registries myself, I play favorites?

I mean, I know both my sister’s heart and mine will be gladdened when the Petunias use these for their toast:

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I hope a sweet shade of blue on the toe nails will cover this one of the ’something ’something requirements, since much to Mr. Petunia’s dismay, I axed a garter long ago (along with its accompanying toss). I was going to do away with the tradition altogether, not being much of a superstitious gal in the first place and unsure of what I’d use for the something old, but I figure it’s best to get good luck on my side than against it. That, and my sweet MOH offered me her grandmother’s handkerchief (something borrowed, too).

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The best thing about our original favor idea? Someone else made all the favors: less work for me! Of course, that came with a hefty price tag, one of about $6 a favor: yowza! The ribbons were adorable and the chocolate truffle inside delish, but the decorating piece was a single wine charm — a single wine charm! What the dickens were we thinking? Who would want to take home one random wine charm that wasn’t part of a set?

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They say you can’t be too rich or too thin: I’m not rich enough to say the money part is wrong, but I know they’re wrong about the too thin part. I’m not saying this to ask for a pity party, for anyone struggling with weight issues on the other end of the scale, trust me, and I write this post in all sincerity and with real concern.

At my annual OB/GYN appointment this past week, the doctor asked for my permission to run blood tests and noted the insurance paperwork reason as “extreme weight loss.” When the nurse went to take my blood pressure, she had to use the children’s cuff. But I know the culprits of my weight loss already: 1. stress from planning a wedding while balancing multiple jobs (and worrying constantly about money) and 2. being on new preventive medication for migraine headaches — medication that has basically killed any appetite a normal human being would have (but has miraculously halved the number of headaches I get in a month).

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Weddingbee readers, you deserve something, too, but I’m afraid this one’s for those kind souls who’ve agreed to take center stage at our wedding ceremony and read something entirely sappy in front of everyone. (Mr. Petunia’s sister is one of them, and poor soul, she’s already terrified). Sadly, I’m a bit uncreative and too literal, so when the time came to choose gifts for the readers, only something reading related could come to mind.

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These days, with the bridal shower just behind us and less than 2 months to our wedding, gifts are finding their way to our home in all sorts of ways. They found their way to the shower in the most traditional of ways: people brought them, and since I opened them there as part of the festivities, I knew who brought what and why (no question that something was a bridal shower gift).

So writing the thank you note for my lovely glass domed cake plate will be - well, a piece of cake. (By the way, I loved Mrs. Kiwi’s recent post about becoming a grown up! I have to admit that I’m starting to feel like one receiving these gifts. I never thought my cakes/cupcakes needed a glass home before, but now I wonder how I ever left them homeless without it, and walking out of that shower knowing I was the proud owner of things like these did in fact make me feel, for whatever reasons, like more of an adult…).

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I was literally showered — no, poured on, deluged, soaked — with love (and gifts, nicely enough) this past Sunday at my bridal shower. The only thing that kept the day from being perfect was the awful way the morning started out at the salon/spa where I’d gone to get my hair done (as soon as I resolve the issue with the vendor, which is still pending, I will be sure to blog about it. Suffice it to say for now that I was late to my own shower, but I suppose it’s best to make an appearance, no?). I’m still waiting for more pictures from my sister, the appointed photographer, but in the meantime I thought I’d share some detail shots I took (some after the event, the only time I was able to), which is what you probably would want to see most anyway!

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Our cake topper situation is a done deal, but if you’re still looking for your cake’s crowning glory and want something out of the ordinary, take your time looking around and remember that these days, there are about as many options for toppers as there are for shaping fondant!Etsy artist Mikazuki81 can make these beautiful Japanese wood dolls in either of these two shapes, and customize them, too!

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