Archive for September, 2008
Real Wedding
It’s easy to fall in love with all the gorgeous weddings posted in the wedding blogosphere (ugh, I hate that word). Sadly, most of the time I’m left thinking, “Gee, that’s lovely, but I could never pull that off on my budget.” So, it’s always a delight when I see a wedding that I absolutely [...]
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If you’ve spent any time at all on any of the the more practical wedding planning sites, you’d know that bridesmaids dresses are a wonderful alternative for those of us who have no desire to pay five figures plus for our wedding dresses. I’ve been a fan of Jenny Yoo’s for awhile now. I love [...]
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Tags: bridezillas, wedding attire, weddings
Two Items From My Checklist
Considering I’ve only been engaged for one week, I think I’m progressing fairly. I sent these lovely cards to the girls that I wanted to be my bridesmaids and maid of honor. All of them responded that they would be a part of my day and that they loved the cards. So I have my [...]
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Tags: honeymoon, to-do list, weddings
Wedding Trends That I Hate
I’ve always loved weddings, and I’ve always loved to hate certain things about weddings. We won’t even talk about the increased prices for everything regarding a wedding, but then there are the trends that are pushed on brides, from color schemes to items at your wedding that everyone says you “should” have. I’ve been planning [...]
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Insurance and Thank Yous
Yesterday my boss told me a story of a woman that works at our firm that has a $25,000 engagement ring. She took it off to wash her hands, and forgot to put it back on. She realized as soon as she returned to her office, she realized it was gone, so she went back [...]
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Venue choices
Even though I live in northern Virginia and the boy does as well (although not by my standards, he lives an hour south in the “real” Virginia as I call it) I am planning a wedding in Baltimore. Yes, I am from the Baltimore suburbs and have a real love of my hometown, but also [...]
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Officially engaged!
As I mentioned last week, we bought our wedding rings, so the proposal wasn’t exactly a surprise, but it was lovely nonetheless. No grand affair, but that’s never what I would have wanted anyway. Just him on one knee, telling me how he feels about me. In this day and age people tend to forget [...]
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Tags: rings, weddings
Invitation Speculation
I care about invitations and the paper products at weddings the way most brides care about flowers. I like flowers, but I honestly don’t care what I get on the day. Invitations and save the dates, on the other hand, stress me out, because I like so many of them, and I know I’m going [...]
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Make your own wedding organizer
Last night the boy stayed over and we watched season 2 of Dexter while I went through my pile of wedding magazines and started to narrow down the vision for our day. As I was flipping through the pile, I saw an ad for a wedding organizer. I’m the type of person that needs to [...]
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Etsy bits n’ bobs
Yesterday we bought our wedding rings. We’re doing things a bit unconventionally, as most couples buy them close to the wedding date, but we got my ring, and since the boy was approved for credit with the jeweler, we figured we might as well get them in one go. I’ll have my ring on Saturday, [...]
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Tags: save the dates, stationery, weddings
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