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January 7, 2017
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I've read that I should take a copy of my invitation suite the day of the wedding so the photographer can take pictures. But what should be included in that? We just had the invite and the RSVP card...
This was a whirlwind of a day! I led a concert with my violin students on one side of town, drove half an hour to my makeup trial, went to my bridal shower, then ended by discussing FH's possible...
Hair trial today! Managed to get it scheduled for the day of a charity event FH asked me to attend with him, which was nice. First time I've gone to an event with professionally styled hair! I have...
I'm planning to mail my invites today. Yay! However, I have a question about one of them. FH has some sweet friends who let him stay with them when he evacuated for Hurricane Matthew, and one of them...
First, I have to say that it feels a little weird to write your own name and address a zillion times in a row. But should I be writing just "My Name," or "Miss My Name," like I did (well, "Miss Guest...
Just wanted to share my joy: we finally found the perfect dress for my mom! She just recently had shoulder surgery, so she wasn't up to trying on tons of dresses. FMIL, however, wanted to wait until...
As I've mentioned before, FH's aunt is DIYing a lot of our decor. One thing I specifically wanted was a little tree with red flowers (matching my bouquet) for the guest book table at the reception....
Since having to move out reception to another location, we've realized we may wind up with a bit of a gap between when guests start arriving at the venue after the ceremony and when things officially...
In my original reception venue, we had planned a grand exit using ribbon wands. We just had to change venues because the first one closed. (Holy panic attack, Batman!) Our new place is better than the...
My wedding is January 7, which puts the two weekends before that being Christmas and New Year's. Our venue doesn't need numbers until a week before. However, with the holidays and how slow the post...
One of the few things FH had an opinion on was the reception location. His club has a beautiful view of the city skyline and is next door to the building where we will live. We put the deposit down...
I bought my dress secondhand. It will zip to the waist (although it's not zipped at all in this photo. I only have terrible pics of my dress on me!), but not much higher, so my seamstress is putting a...
Trying to figure out the signature drinks for my hot chocolate bar. FH's will be called a polar bear and involve white hot chocolate and probably a shot of some liqueur. No idea what mine will be...
I spent my hurricane day yesterday (yay Hermine) making 14 pew bows. I'm really excited about how they turned out, but now I'm wondering if there might be ways to use them in the reception decor. I'm...
So I thought I had a really cute rhyming hashtag idea: mockeen17. Even made it my wedding email address. Then realized it sounds like we're mocking the number 17 for some reason. Oops. My new idea...
My FILs live out of town, so FMIL asked FH to come up with a list of places to hold the rehearsal dinner. She seems to think its bad etiquette for her to do a sit-down dinner since we're doing a...
I have my something old (great-grandmother's crystal buttons on the handle of my bouquet) and my something new (veil I just made and hankie I'm making right now). I'm not too worried about borrowed (a...
I realize it's the middle of the night, but I don't have to go to work tomorrow, so I stayed up late working on wedding stuff and now I can't sleep because I'm so excited at how it turned out! I...
I was looking online for my shoes, rather than traipsing to every shoe store in town, since I wanted something somewhat specific and unusual (dark red satin heels). My usual go-to, DSW, was a wash, so...
I'm trying to figure out what to wear in my hair. My dress has silver embroidery, crystal beads, and pearls in the lace on the bodice, down the split of the skirt, and all over the train. With all...
