Wedding Blog

Two weeks ago, Sister Coconut and I took bridal portraits. I had always wanted to take bridal portraits before the wedding. For one, I’m planning to sell my wedding dress after the big day and wanted plenty ( tons) of pictures of my beloved wedding dress. Secondly, with Sister Coconut and I getting married within a few months of each other, I felt it was…

*Don’t worry, this is a totally neutral post.*

As Mr. Coconut and I are getting married on November 1st and we’ll be in Costa Rica on the following Tuesday, we’re voting via absentee ballot! I made sure to request ours way ahead of time, and today we mailed them in! So, for those brides getting married around the same time, please don’t forget to vote! Some…

Pardon the boring post, but with the wedding less than 2 weeks away, you’ll have to grant me that privilege. 

Here’s a custom sign we ordered through Etsy from SignsByDiane. She did a fantastic job, right? We wanted something vintage/shabby chic looking to put in our house afterwards. That’s sort of been my go-to excuse for buying things lately. Ya dig?

For our wedding rehearsal invitations, I took the easy route and ordered some invitations from Wedding Paper Divas. I know, I’m lazy. I did, however, Gocco the directions to the rehearsal and the entree choices. Check it. At this point in the planning process, I needed to take some shortcuts and this was certainly one of them. But don’t worry, I got back into the…

Yesterday, I had the absolute pleasure of doing a bridal portrait session with Susan Stripling. Oh, and she brought along the fabulous, Mary Beth Tyson. Seriously, I was in photographer heaven.

I had contacted Susan, after stalking her blog for months (I’m lying, years), and asked if she could do a bridal session that was a little different than the norm. I wanted to do a…

I’m back with more pictures of our gorgeous stationery suite that Kristin of Twin Ravens Press letterpressed for us! First up is the menu. We’ll be placing these on each napkin, so every person will get some letterpress goodness!

For Kate and Aaron’s wedding, I offered to make their wedding programs as part of my role as a bridesmaid. Kate really loved Mrs. Penguin’s program design, so I basically stole her idea (thanks, Pengy!) and went to work! Kate shipped the paper of her choice and I spent some quality time with my Gocco. Any Gocco time I missed out on with our decision…

We’re still getting settled back in from an amazing weekend in Northern Michigan for my dear friends, Kate & Aaron’s gorgeous wedding. I’ll be back tomorrow with a post on the programs I made for the wedding, our great bridesmaid dresses and some other fun/hilarious moments.

For now, I’ll leave you with the moment they were announced husband and wife. I present to you, the Rockstar…

Do you want to know how Sister Coconut and I are spending our Friday nights? Oh yes that’s right, crafting baby! Here are the initials that you might remember we used for Sister Coconut’s wedding back in July. They are back for more wedding action!

For our wedding, I bought some really orange-ish/yellow/ivory flowers at Jo-Ann’s Fabrics and Crafts. The labor was more intensive because the…

Last week, I had my final fitting! It was very exciting to put my lovely Vera Wang on again. I heart my dress so much! I don’t really have any tips for y’all on this one. I’m not wearing any kind of bra, but there were some cups sewn in. I also sported some Spanx for the tummy and bottom area, ’cause… ya know. Let’s…

I know you are anxiously awaiting to see our gorgeous letterpress invitations, right? Kristin of Twin Ravens Press was an amazing vendor. She put up with the 50 emails I’d send her each week and was very prompt to return them. She even did separate mailings of other stationery so that we could get our invites out on time.

She is seriously the cat’s meow. (Mr.…

Since I already forewarned ya’ll that we went ahead and hired someone else to make our invitations, this post won’t be such a huge shock. To be honest, I think I ran out of gas in the midst of studying for the bar (which I passed!), and helping Sister Coconut get married. It was definitely an unanticipated expense, but our letterpress invitations turned out beautifully. I…

Over Labor Day weekend, my future mother-in-law graciously hosted a wedding shower for us in New York. She worked very hard in preparing the delicious menu and recruiting assistance with inventing new games, and getting enough men to come!

I don’t have many pictures, but for you men out there thinking that showers are lame, I promise you they can be somewhat enjoyable. As you can…

My apologies, this post will be short because I can’t share everything with you yet. However, I can reveal two things:

1.) I had a breakdown and hired someone else to make the majority of our remaining stationery. Yes, my gocco is extremely upset with me, but I’ll be using her for other projects that you will see soon.

2.) One word: Letterpress.

I’ll be seein’ you soon!

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Check out our OOT reusable grocery bags from Whole Foods! We were really committed to the idea of getting bags that people would be encouraged to use for grocery shopping. I can’t remember the last time I replied “plastic” or “paper” in the grocery line, because I’m always carrying handy bags from our local market. My best friend/bridesmaid Ashley scouted the local Whole Foods in…