Yearly Archives: 2008

One more great gift from the blogosphere. Last week, Sherri emailed me with the fun offer of a free hairpiece: “I happen to have a vintage, 1950s style (I don’t know the actual period– ebay!) hairpiece that you might want for your second dress. It is a velvet teal headband approx. 2” wide, that cuffs…

Another very special gift from the internet came from Chelsea, one of my all-time favorite bloggers. In June, she was sorting through the past and sent me an email: “I am going through old family photos for a couple of projects and I came across this one of my great-aunt and her then fiance. It’s…

During the course of wedding planning, I’ve been the recipient of several random acts of internet kindness. I’ve held off on blogging about them for silly reasons. It seems more special to keep such nice things to myself for a while. It’s time to spill the beans! A few months ago, Susan, emailed me out…

Since my sister in North Carolina wasn’t able to come to the bachelorette party or SF shower, we thought it would be fun to have a girl’s night out when she’s here next Thursday. My bridesmaid Margaret is coordinating it and came up with a fantastic idea: Kill Bill Sushi Party. I’ll be “The Bride”…

Another great idea co-opted from Shauna & Jeff’s wedding. These escort cards looks so tidy all lined up on the entrance table. Here’s a wider photo of the entrance. I bought a set of mini ivory cards and matching mini ivory envelopes from Paper Source. The guest name will go on the outside and their…

Definitely one of the better tools that helped me organize the wedding! I keep my wedding RSVP list, thank you card list, timeline for the day, timeline for the show, list of helper duties, vendor contracts, photo dossier and other assorted lists I’ve made while stressed in Google Documents. It’s great because you can access…

There are so, so many lovely details from Shauna & Jeff’s Marin wedding. I’m cribbing as many as I can for our own event. In particular, I’m a fan of the way the napkins are folded into a long strip and tucked under the plates. That, combined with the plated salads and champagne, should make…

More wedding ephemera. After sending out the invitations, Rob and I were delighted to receive so many RSVP’s back in the mail. We were expecting about 75 people to confirm. The “accepts with pleasure” cards kept coming and now we’re at 94 (98 when you count the kids who are eating pizza instead of dinner…

So, the next 11 days are basically going to be Wedding Wednesday all the time if that’s okay with you…there are just so many little details to wrap up. It’s hard to think about anything but the wedding and honeymoon right now. Yesterday, we decided to switch for a digital camera to a Polaroid for…

There are so many things I’m excited about for the wedding! One of the best is my grandmother’s antique lace dress. My mom did some research today and identified it as probably being Alençon lace. Sometimes called the “queen of lace” it is handmade with needles. I can’t even imagine how hard it would have…