Not much time for a long post today; I’m headed out to the Virginia country-side to get my wine on with the girls this weekend.
Last Saturday I had my hair trial in Ocean City. Here’s the inspiration board:
Basically, I asked for something wavy and loose, mostly pulled up but with some pieces framing my face.
Here’s the result:
I wish my hair could be naturally curly …
*sigh*
This week I got a couple of great ideas from Martha and Brides.com. To get to our ceremony site, guests will have to cross a beach dune. I saw photos from a wedding where the dune fence was lined with torches. It will be light out when our guests arrive, but it’s a nice touch. Also - enter the cheapskate bride - it should be easy to score a bunch at the end of summer for a major discount.
I’ve been debating about whether or not to have a candy bar / buffet. It’s a nice touch and we have yet to attend wedding with one, but is it weird to mix my professional life into my wedding? If we do, I’d really like to focus on our wedding colors - blues, white, silver … but that should give us plenty of choices. Don says that unless we get all the candy gratis, we won’t have it … but I think he’s bluffing.
Weddings blogs are a dime a dozen these days. Mine is probably not going to be much different than most you read except that, you know, it’s about me. And Don. And Don and me.
And maybe you know us, so you think it’s mildly interesting.
First things first. We’re getting married. The tentative date is May 2, 2009 in Ocean City, Md. (my hometown). I say tentative because while we have a hold on a venue, we have yet to get a solid answer about ANYTHING from the caterer and so I’m still afraid it’s all going to go to hell.
I’m kinda a DIY bride, and also we’re kinda cheap. Not in the “if you come to our wedding the food will be lousy and you’ll have a terrible time” kinda way, but more in the “hey, I could do that this other way and save a lot of money” kinda way. We’ve selected a very rustic and bare bones venue and we’re doing a lot of stuff ourselves. In the coming months I may come to you to ask for help choosing music, or making invitations, or hanging up paper lanterns - so be prepared.
Considering that the wedding is 280-some days away, I have made a lot of decisions about color and themes and so forth … and if you’re interested, you can read all about it right here.
To start, I created my first style board. Yeah, I didn’t know what they were either. BUT apparently all the cool brides make them. *snort* When you find images that appeal to you for your wedding, you place them on style boards. I guess they help your vendors create exactly what you want … but since I’m replacing most of my vendors, I guess they will just help me stay focused.
Images here include: paper lanterns in our wedding colors for the ceiling on the reception venue, sea-themed cake and cake toppers, crab cakes (one of my very few must haves!), the idea that inspired my table decor idea, the sunset over the bay in Ocean City (the indoor / outdoor reception venue shares this view), very simple flowers, starfish wine cork, the top of the first dress I saw that I fell in love with.