wedding

Thank you Domino Magazine for including a link to Jamali Garden in your latest issue! (remember the bronze urn from the dark flower article?) This online floral supply store has all the good prices of a floral wholesaler but without all the ugly options. Plus, way less expensive than the other centerpiece options I’ve found.…

The more I’ve been wedding planning, the more I’ve been envying those old fashioned simple weddings. Like my parent’s wedding in San Francisco, planned in a week. My mom wore a gunny sax lace dress my grandmother bought her, my dad wore a suit. They didn’t have a professional photographer but the photos are lovely.…

Here’s the question: Do I need a make-up artist for my wedding day? I’m already planning to have my hair done (my hair being impossibly fine and curly and in much need of a professional taming). I think I’m pretty good at doing my own make-up. Do I need a $150 make-up pro to come…

These white paper lanterns from CB2 are battery powered and 11” inches across. And they’re 50% off at only $3.95 each. I bought a few to possibly hang in the oak trees outside our wedding venue. Imagine them tied up with yellow satin ribbon. If that doesn’t work out, I think they’d be just as…

After a bit of a freak out last week about not having a clear “vision” for the wedding, I buckled down and mapped it out. I feel so much better now! It looks clean and put together and nice. (I just need to find a yellow upholstered chair somewhere!) I have a copy of this…

The guest blogger on Frolic this week has me feeling completely inspired…and at the same time really overwhelmed about my wedding. Yes, I still have a whopping 443 days to plan. But I feel like I have seen so many amazing wedding ideas recently and have no real vision myself. Well, that’s not exactly true.…

Dahlias are such happy flowers! Victorians apparently used them as symbols of “gratitude, dignity and good taste.” My early October wedding will hit the tail end of their season. I’m hoping I can find some of the white and yellow varieties for the arrangements and bouquets. Luckily, I have time to do a “flower rehearsal”…

I’ve decided (at least for now) to make my own centerpieces for the wedding and pay a florist to the bouquets and boutonniere. We have the club reserved for the days before and after our wedding and they have a huge fridge where I could store the arrangements on Friday. Plus, I live near a…

I’ve been playing around with that oak bracket pattern some more and came up with three different invite design ideas (yes, those are fake names). I still feel like they are too plain. Probably because I can’t visualize the letterpress texture. I’ll try a vertical layout or some more variations of the oak pattern. What…

One of the most exciting parts of our wedding planning is the show! Instead of a DJ and dancing, we’re going to put on a variety show after dinner. Our venue is perfectly suited for this, with a large stage trimmed with yellow velvet curtains. So far, we have a few good acts lined up.…