Monthly Archives: October 2009

Old made new again.

Oct. 31, 2009

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My parents threw a big ol’ full-scale wedding for their 25th anniversary in 1995. My mother wore a gorgeous Carolina Herrera* couture gown that was absolutely fantastic. A few months ago, she suggested that I take that dress and have it made into a short rehearsal dinner dress. I thought it was an amazing idea.

We pulled it out of the storage closet, and it was still beautiful and in perfect condition. We played with it for a few minutes, then put it away so that it wouldn’t damaged by us or the 60-pound poodle that was also jumping around with us.

I didn’t take pictures (idiot), but here’s a quick run-down of the dress, complete with a delightful illustration by moi. (I had to do something if there wasn’t going to be a dress shot for reference).

  • Ivory-sequined bodice with long sleeves and an (almost)backless… back
  • Satin sash at the natural waist with a big fluffy flower
  • Full skirt complete with tons of tulle and a dotted overlay

I know it sounds like a sin to cut such a gorgeous dress up, but in order for anyone in my family to wear it again, it has to be. First of all, my mother is about 5 inches shorter than I am, as well as the fact that she was the size of an infant when she wore it last. I = not so infant-sized. Also, I already have a wedding dress. (Which is still fabulous and STILL A SECRET FROM JP). So, I’m thinking of having it turned into a strapless mini-dress with a sequined-upper and a big floofy short skirt. Also the sash thing. And the flower. I’ll look like a cupcake.

I still need to do sketches of the NEW design so that y’all can be on the same page as my brain. (Plus, I need to show it to a seamstress. Duh).

Has anybody else gone through the lovely task of deconstructing and remaking a family member’s gown? Advice? Things to keep in mind?

*I’m pretty sure it’s Carolina Herrera. I need to double check. I just remember being in total awe.

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So JP won’t be nekkid…

Oct. 29, 2009

PSo here’s a possibility of what JP will wear for our engagement shoot. I love when he wears it. He just looks extra-awesome. I also think he feels confident and comfortable in it, which of course is important for engagement-shoot land.

Is this too similar to the outfit option I have picked out for myself? Would this look like we were trying to be matchy-matchy twin-land? That would be… terrible.

Blazer: Moleskin Blazer, Gap, $98.00

Shirt: New Solid Oxford, Gap, $44.50

Jeans: Authentic Fit Jeans (resin rinse), Gap, $54.50

Shoes: Chuck Taylor All-Stars, Piperlime, $42.00

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So I won’t be nekkid for the engagement shoot…

Oct. 29, 2009

outfitHere’s my first option for an engagement shoot outfit. I love it because it makes me feel like I’m about to go horseback riding. And pretty authoritative. For our shoot, I don’t want to feel like a sissy prissy, so, well, I think this is a pretty awesome option. Plus it looks pretty freakin’ hot.

Is it strange that I really want to tromp around and not be super romantically-dressed for our engagement shoot? Has anybody else gone an alternative route as well?

Note: The blazer I would be wearing wouldn’t be the one pictured. It’s just the closest to what I have. Also imagine that the white shirt shown with the blazer isn’t there.

Blazer: 3/4-Sleeve Sateen Blazer, Old Navy, $39.50

Cami: V-Neck Shelf-Bra Cami, Old Navy, $10.50

Jeans: Always Skinny Jeans (medium wash), Gap, $59.50

Wellies: Hunter Gloss Welly Boot, Neiman Marcus, $115.00

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I don’t care if everybody else’s using them.

Oct. 28, 2009

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I still really love these stamps, and want to use them for our paper goods. Yes, I do realize that I haven’t actually finished designing our paper goods. I’m mixing up the order of things.

Are these guys over-used? Like embarrassingly overused? Perhaps by the time we mail things out they will be super-fly again and everybody will have stopped using them. Except us.

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Make sure they’re perfect, or else you’ll look stupid…

Oct. 28, 2009

I think I might rock this look for either the wedding or engagement session. Serious inspiration, guys.




This makes me smile when I’m feeling blue.

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Houston, we have a florist.

Oct. 27, 2009

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Today the florist-slash-landscape-architect came over with contracts for our wedding flowers and landscaping. I wasn’t at home when flower-guy was was here, so I asked for a rundown from my father.

“So, what happened?”

“Well, he brought over some paper. And we signed it. And your mother wrote him a check for a lot of money.”

“Uh huh. Is that all?”

“Well, we’ll give him more money later. And then some more money. Then maybe a little more. Then he’s supposed to give us the flowers.”

“…”

I guess it’s obvious where my smart-butt nature comes from.

Poppies, peonies, dahlias, billy-buttons, and whatever-else-I-forgot, here we come!

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This is what wedding brain looks like…

Oct. 26, 2009

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I’m super ADHD, among other things, and I have a lot of trouble completing tasks in the order in which they should be completed. My brain is either just a jumble of way too many ideas all at the same time, or a big tangled mess. I’ll fret over tiny details before I even have the big picture! I have about 100 checklists from books, websites, and magazines of things I should do and the order in which I should do them, but I still can’t seem to get some key things done. I love making lists, but I’m terrible at following them. Case in point…

9 Reasons Why I’m Failbriding

  1. We still need an officiant. I am so scared of a “no” that I haven’t even asked either of our current candidates. I haven’t been a regular church-goer since I was in high school, so I’ve convinced myself no one will marry us. Go figure.
  2. Our engagement shoot with Matt Miller is on November 8th, and I still haven’t sent him any inspiration shots. (He told me to send him any shots that I loved if I wanted to. This was a little over a month ago). It seems like JP and I never sit down to look at them, or I just avoid it. I also have a tendency to over-love things. I have a folder on my desktop with about 100 engagement shots that I apparently love. I’m not going to send him all of those.
  3. I need to decide on what our invitation suite will look like. Because I’m a control freak, and an art-person, I decided that I would handle all of our paper goods. Apparently I forgot that I over-analyze and obsess over regular projects and didn’t take into account how super-crazily-neurotic I would be about making our paper goods perfect. Fabulous. Super-fantastic. I’m just at a standstill idea wise. I have tons of mock-ups, ideas, etc, but I’m too terrified to decide and follow through.
  4. I need to talk to our head ceremony musician, but I waited too long. She just had a baby, so she’ll be out of commission wedding-talking-wise for a month or two. I need her guidance on what other musicians to hire, and about our ceremony music options. (And, also, what we can get away with playing at the church).
  5. We still haven’t finalized the guest list. This is a big deal! Why can’t this get finished? It seems like we start, get frustrated, and then either everybody’s invited or nobody is. I’m afraid we’ll end up with such a random mix of people just out of our sheer frustration over the whole thing. Also, we have over 200 people on the guest list at this point, and we only want 100-125 to attend. Lots of cutting.
  6. Need to book limos. Not sure why I haven’t done this. Fail, me, fail.
  7. We also need to figure out how to beg the city to let us use the parking lot of the elementary school a few houses down. Our house is up on a hill, and there will be NO room for parking, so we need a space for people to park. We also just generally need to figure out the parking logistics.
  8. Decide on bridesmaids dresses. I need to make up my mind on whether or not to do regular-land black dresses for them, or actual bridesmaids dresses.
  9. I need to finish our wedding website. I don’t know why I’m having such a hard dang time just filling in basic information. I obsess over wording, I guess.

I think my lack of decision-making-skills is also coming from the fact that I don’t want to screw anything up. This is our one shot! We get to do this whole wedding thing once! See why I obsess?

Anybody else have random mental roadblocks when it comes to making wedding decisions? If so, how’d you get over or through it?

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Guilty-pleasure jam of the day.

Oct. 26, 2009

So, quite frequently I listen to music that should probably embarrass me in some way, but to be honest, I really don’t care. I love my guilty-pleasure jams, dangit.

This one certainly brightened up this dreary Monday.

Lately I’ve also been getting carried away about thinking of what music to have at the reception. When this came up on my playlist, I (of course) instantly had a “OMGTHISWOULDBESOFUNTODANCETO” moment. I’m having too many of those moments lately. I think it would be prudent for us to have a good mix of the fun songs and the more general-crowd-pleasing songs. (Or as JP calls them, “the after 10pm songs”).

I guess this is why we hired a DJ.

Anybody else get stressed out over the music ratios? I don’t want a boring wedding, but I also don’t want the older crowd to feel alienated and scram after 4 seconds.

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