Discussions by GrayCatVintage

My first thought was I could order birch bark vases and have all the tables be exactly the same. The vases are galvanized aluminum with bark on the exterior. I was then going to cut some wood slabs as...

I decided a sweetheart table would work best for me and FH since there are so many in the BP. I do not think there is a desk or small table at our venue we can use so I am going to have to bring our...

Since we are having a party for the grandmothers instead of a ceremony, I still want it to be very formal and "wedding-ish" for them. I am wearing a vintage lace dress and I need a birdcage veil for...

Seriously? What is it that makes moms and FMIL's say/do dumb, hurtful, ridiculous, nonsensical things when it comes to weddings when everything was fine beforehand? Are they upset about the wedding,...

A college friend of mine I have not spoken to in years just vented to me via Facebook. She has two kids ages 6 and 8. They used to live on a farm but she wanted the kids to have friends so they moved...

I want to make silverware bags for my cheap plastic utensils. I want to do this to dress up the table and have something I can sell after the wedding. I can make them from burlap with lace, embroider...

So, we scrapped our two ceremony thing. FH's one grandmother is very far gone at this point, but we want to do something special for her. We were thinking of arranging a small party at her home once...

Has anyone ever owned/used crinkle taffeta tablecloths? The reason I am asking is because I do NOT want to delegate ironing or have to hire someone to iron linens for the morning of the wedding - I...

I ran into my great aunt at the grocery and I had not seen her since Thanksgiving. She had not seen my ring but knew of my engagement. Within a fraction of a second she GRABBED my arm and shrieked,...

You have a choice if you had to pick what would be the BETTER of the two: Guests showing up in jeans and a tucked in t-shirt. or Guests showing up in a matching velour track/warmup suit. GO!

I threw in the towel over having "two weddings". I was so sick of hearing all the complaining about who got to see/come to what, then me doing all the planning without any input from FH or my FILs I...

My FH has his mind set on a fancy, high end meal at a restaurant in downtown Indianapolis. I think this is nuts - BUT, his buddies all had fancy dinners at swanky steakhouses so I think it is more a...

I posted a question regarding my mother being irrational about the wedding process - at first she was very on board with helping me plan - but it quickly went sour after me and FH actually started...

After our second meeting with the photographer, me and my mother had a MAJOR blow up over her idea that "people will leave as soon as the cake is cut (I had a post about it)." I went off when she...

We are visiting two different caterers near the end of the month for tastings to see if they will work for us. My mother thinks I need to come up with 2-3 additional companies to look into. Our...

My MoH moved to Boston recently. She was invited to a wedding almost immediately after starting a new job. She wanted to make friends and she is very outgoing so of course she accepted. She barely...

As far as I am concerned, I really do not care what the mom's wear. Unless I tell my FMIL differently, she will probably wear the same gray pant-suit she wore to her daughters wedding two years ago....

When we were originally going to have our wedding this year, FH told some of his father's friends and of course his family (I told him not to do that until we knew for sure on a date but he spilled...

If a baby started wailing, a kid started cutting up, someones phone goes off, someone has a coughing fit, and DOES NOT GET UP and leave or silence the issue? A friend of mine was at a wedding last...