Wedding Blog

… are two things that are becoming a pretty big deal in my wedding world: shoes and jewelry.

I never wear jewelry, ever. I own a few pairs of earrings, but to be honest I only bought them to match particular dresses for special occasions, and I never wore them again. Even wearing an engagement ring every day really took some getting used to at first.…

I just got back from a 5 day trip to Puerto Rico and I have to say that I’m soooo sad to be back. To be honest, although I was excited about the trip, I felt stressed because I didn’t think I should be going on a trip like this when there was so much to be done in terms of wedding planning. But there…

I’ve mentioned before that I’ve written on a personal blog for years. However, I never considered myself a “writer”. My blog was just a way to tell embarrassing stories about myself and share pictures with friends. When I was lucky enough to become a Bee, I opted not to tell anyone (except for close friends and Mr. Martini of course) that I was writing for…

A while back, Mr. Martini randomly ran into an old friend. Years ago they were pretty close acquaintances, but it had been a while since they had a chance to get together and over time they lost touch. The first thing he said to Mr. Martini when he saw him was,

“Hey Mr. M! long time no see. You engaged yet?”
“Actually, I am! I’m getting married sometime in…

Mr. Martini and I chose not to get married in a church, simply because we preferred not to change between two locations, not because of any religious reasons. There were slight objections from our Christian families who preferred us to get married in a church, but we were able to negotiate having a religious wedding at our venue location.

Our venue, The Venetian, is great in…

I realized that I never really mentioned the venue that our wedding will take place in, except very briefly in my profile. To be honest, we didn’t really visit many venues. I have to say that one of the main reasons for that is because the first venue we visited just happened to be the Venetian in Garfield NJ, and we fell so much in…

I meant to write about this sooner, but it was tough sorting through 895 (yes, you read that right—895) pictures. We attended the wedding of our friends George and Suegi, and Mr. Martini was a groomsman.  The wedding took place at Aldrich Mansion in Rhode Island. I’m not even sure how to pronounce it right (you’re talking to someone who used to pronounce photographer as…

Anyone getting married will completely agree with me when I say that choosing a bridesmaid dress is TOUGH. I have 6 lovely ladies who have been kind enough to agree to be my bridesmaids. All six vary in height and weight and style preference. Can you just imagine the emails going back and forth on this topic? Some preferred long dresses, some short; others were…

I was once in a gang fight.

OK, that’s a lie. But that’s what I tell people when they notice the small scar above my right eyebrow. It sounds a bit more interesting than saying it was just a car accident. But after I confess my lie, I take their finger and brush it over another little souvenir I got from the ordeal – a small…

I. Love. Bon. Jovi.

I know it’s such a Jersey thing, to be a Bon Jovi fan, but I can’t help it! I have just about all of their hits, and I even faithfully buy their new albums. When Living on a Prayer comes on, my arms instantly shoot up to start pounding the air and my head instinctively bangs up and down. It just never…

Two of my bridesmaids recently asked me, “Would you mind if I cut my hair?”. I was a little taken aback before responding, “Of course not! Why would I mind? Honestly, the last of my worries is the length of your hair.”

Apparently, and I’ve heard this from multiple people, brides are usually not very enthusiastic about their bridesmaids cutting their hair before the wedding. To be honest,…

I know I have gained weight since I bought my wedding dress, but I never knew how bad it was until I tried it on again a few days ago. Not long after I bought the dress, I decided to stay FAR away from it until I started going to the gym because I honestly didn’t think it would fit me anymore. Everyone has been…

In an email I got from Mr. Martini recently, he added:

“Btw the dollar is still rising… vs the Euro, it has gone from $1.67/ 1Euro to $1.28 / 1euro. That’s like a 25% discount for us… let’s hope it keeps going.”

Why has he been keeping an eye out for the dollar fluctuations in Europe? Because we’re desperate to go to Europe for our honeymoon! France,…

During our journey of finding a photographer, we realized that we had a list of things that we felt were important to us:

1. We both want a photojournalistic style. But as I mentioned before, Mr. Martini preferred a more conservative approach to documenting our wedding day, and although I do love the edgier look, I agreed that it would probably be better not to go too…

We finally booked our photographer! With only five months before the wedding we are feeling behind, so I definitely breathed a little easier once I was able to check off “find photographer” from our To-Do list.

I have to admit; deciding on a photographer was probably one of the hardest decisions we had to make. For some reason, everyone knows a photographer! People were sending me…