Wedding Blog

For all the SoCal brides out there, check out labridezilla.com. A former LA knottie started it as a place for vendor reviews from real brides to be gathered in one spot. The interface isn’t the prettiest as it’s message-board style, but overall it is pretty easy to use. I personally have used it to gather potential vendors as well as narrow down my very long…

Getting veiled up by Adolfo, my *amazing* hair stylist.

Now that our wedding is over, it’s time for vendor reviews. In addition to blogging on Weddingbee, I’m also a member of other wedding related forums. This got me thinking - should I mention to a few of my favorite vendors that I’ve raved about them and rated them? Has anyone (bees or not) mentioned to their vendors that you are involved in a wedding…

The week before the wedding I definitely had a few stressful moments and reactions, but they weren’t too outrageous (I think!). When it came to the big day, I was as cool as a cucumber, as my Mom would say. Everyone, including myself, was shocked by how relaxed I seemed. I really thought that nerves would get the best of me because I really hate…

For a long, long time, Mr. Grasshopper said he did not want to see each other before the ceremony. I thought that was really sweet, but not as sweet as having photos of us near the bridges in Brooklyn. Because both the ceremony and reception were taking place at the Foundry, we would miss out on the built in time that most brides and grooms…

Vendor Review — Makeup

Rita Brown
Shu Uemura San Francisco
1971 Fillmore Street (corner of Pine)
San Francisco, CA 94115
415.395.0953

Quality — A+
Service — A+
Value — A+

Rita Brown is a superhero. When the makeup artist I had booked in March basically cancelled on me 9 days before the wedding, Rita came to the rescue.

Really, as soon as I walked into my trial appointment at Shu Uemura, I knew Rita was…

Vendor Review — Alterations

Lynn Gallagher
Galigula Bridal Services
2266 Union Street (between Fillmore & Steiner)
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 345-9200

Quality — B
Service — D
Value — C

Because I left for California more than a month before the wedding, I couldn’t have my alterations done at Mark Ingram. Or rather, I wanted to do them closer to the wedding date in case my body wanted to have a full scale…

Hi Weddingbee,

I just wanted to share with you my wedding invitations that I love! The pictures don’t do them full justice to how lovely they are. My fiance and I had very specific ideas about what we wanted our invites to look like, and so we went the custom route. The best part was we were able to incorporate so much of our family into…

After our engagement ceremony (an honored tradition in the Vietnamese culture), we wanted to make albums of the day for our parents to express our gratitude. Originally, we wanted to order one of their deluxe hardcover albums for us and 3 of their classic hardcovers for our families.

After making my pages using Photoshop, we uploaded the JPEGs using MyPublisher software. This process wasn’t too bad…

Paper Products: I ordered program covers, menu cards, table numbers and place cards from White Aisle. The plan was to go the DIY route until I realized that I was designing in 3-colors (rgb) and most printers print in 4 colors (CYMK). What looked like chartreuse green on my screen and print-outs turned into a drab olive when I got it back from the printers! I…

The invite was for 5:30; ceremony to start shortly before 6:00. Now or never …

My florist, Angie from Antheia Floral Design in Jersey City worked for hours setting up the huppa (I guess it was more like an arch). It looked like it was growing from the ground. A

In a Jewish wedding, the groom is traditionally walked down the aisle by his parents. Mr. Firefly’s…

Battery Park, Downtown Manhattan.

Mr. Firefly and I were not seeing each other before the ceremony, so we we took most of our formal pictures after the ceremony. However, I did want to take a few with my parents, sister and maid of honor while things were still quiet. But boy, it was hot out there!

Bridesmaids Dresses: My sister was pregnant when I would have needed to…

Checker Cab: Film Cars. The 1945 checker cab was perfect (and much roomier than today’s Ford Crown Vics ;)). Peter, the owner of Film Cars, is probably the nicest person in the world. A++

Something borrowed: There is no review for the veil because it’s not my veil. It was my sister’s veil which she bought for her wedding 6 years ago (to the day!). It…

Midtown, New York City.

All photos are by Leah McCormick and as I’ve mentioned before, Leah shot in film. The digital images I’m posting here really don’t do the real photos justice. If you haven’t guessed already, I think Leah is absolutely fantastic, but I’ll let the photos speak for themselves. A++.

Make-up by Laura Nadeau What can I say, I don’t think I’ve ever looked better…