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]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:07:30 PST en-us http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/147057 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/147057 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:11:00 PST Here are a few pictures that our photographer was able to edit quickly. The one with the parasol is my favorite. Our photographer, Ron Douglas, is a friend of ours. He and my husband met 10 years ago in college. He doesn't usually do wedding, but for friends he does. He's got some more amazing shots, but he won't let me share them till they're edited, so I'll post them when they come. :-D]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/146867 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/146867 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:21:00 PST We bought 200 of these boxes just to be safe, but used fewer than 100. These purple take-out boxes are the PERFECT size for standard sized cupcakes, but they would also be ideal for a candy buffet, or for toting any other trinkets or leftovers. Dimensions when closed: bottom: 2 5/8" by 2 1/8" top: 3 5/8" by 3" Height: 3 1/2" Asking: $12 plus shipping - shipping will depend on where you live (US vs elsewhere) and how you would prefer that I ship (USPS, fed ex, cheapest possible...) We originally bought them for around $18.50 Here's where we bought them: http://cudge.net/wed_detail56.htm Feel free to make me an offer if you think $12 is too much.]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/146735 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/146735 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:01:00 PST Well, after the perfect ceremony, the reception was fantastic. I only wish the dancing had started earlier, like DURING dinner. haha. We had so much fun. Nick's grandfather sang while he danced with his mom, and my dad and I danced a "rock n roll" to some French tune. Fun times. :-) There were cranes everywhere, the cupcakes were so cute, and people were just having a grand ole time. Basically, everything went perfectly. OK ok, so our cream-puff cake (croquembouche) fell apart. Like it just crumbled and fell down. Haha! And maybe we totally forgot to plan having a diy photobooth, and so it didn't happen at all. But otherwise everything went perfectly perfect. What an amazing day. :-D So happy.]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/146587 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/146587 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:29:00 PST That group shot is the first (and so far only) picture that our photog has edited and gotten ready for us. Fun fun picture! We did all the pro pics before the ceremony so we could hang out at our own cocktail hour. Anyway, here are our ceremony pictures - or the ones our friends and family have posted of us. Our ceremony was really special. My childhood pastor officiated, but it wasn't overly religious or pompous, seeing as my now husband is an atheist. It was a good balance. The readings made me tear up, but I controlled myself well! Then we both struggled not to cry during our vows which we wrote together. Pastor liked them a lot, and he's heard a lotta vows. :-) We did a little wine ceremony instead of a unity candle (because there's a breeze by the water) which was short and sweet. Everything went smoothly, and afterwards, when we were hanging out at the cocktail hour, every person I talked to said it was a beautiful ceremony and that they were really moved by everything said. :-) And of course the weather was absolutely perfect. Not a drop, not a cloud, not even any humidity! Absolutely perfect. :-D]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/146477 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/146477 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:53:00 PST Because there are so many pictures to sort though, I'll break them up into short, easy to manage sections. On the day of, our hairdresser/make-up artist had to come really early because it was just one woman doing 7 hairstyles and 3 faces. Lots of work for her! I want to give her major props, Valerie was amazing. If you are in the metro NY area, and want a natural look, Valerie is the girl for you. Check out her amazing website. My BM Kathy arrived first, already in her dress, ready to go, with bagels, cream cheese, and juice. I love Kathy!! Then Valerie arrived at around 9:30am (I know, early) and we got started with Kathy's hair, then Sena, Jess, and Ashley. I was last so I'd be freshest. It did take a while, though. About an hour for each my face and my hair. It was worth it, though. Then the girls got dressed, and helped me into mine. People kept telling me that I was relaxed, but I started getting annoyed when I thought we were going to be off schedule. Ah well, I had planned in tons and tons of time in case this happened. :-) Once we were all good and ready, we headed downstairs for the big reveal which was cute and fun, but I don't have any pictures of that yet. Our photog is working on editing them now. Right after that, we rode to the venue to take pictures, and again, those are from our photog and they are not yet edited. So the next installment will be the ceremony. Get excited!! (haha)]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/145290 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/145290 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 05:16:00 PST Heading to a cabin on the lake for our honeymoon. I'll post wedding pictures when I get back. Yay for rest and relaxation!]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/145145 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/145145 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:40:00 PST Things have gone pretty smoothly in terms of wedding planning. My dress turned out great, our venue went off without a hitch, and so on. But on the day before the wedding, things just started going wrong. MotG lost her dress. Getting a marriage license looked like it wouldn't be possible. And the hairstylist canceled. OMG. She stepped on some spike, and could no longer drive. I am not even joking. The day before my wedding, and there is no one to do my hair. Holy crap. For a few hours my mother and I called each other back and forth, frantically, trying to figure out what to do. She was going to do 7 people's hair, including mine, the bride, and now she couldn't even make it to the venue by herself. My mom started making all these plans of how she would get her brother to drive her down, then put her on the bus and all this. What a mess. Things had been going so well. In the end, I said to hell with her. I don't even like her, and she's a drama queen, and if we can kick her out of this, and find someone else (with less than 24hours notice) then that will be better off. Luckily for us, our make-up artist also does hair, and ended up agreeing to do everyone's hair, and my, my mom's and MotG's make up. Wow. That was a stressful day. But all's well that ends well. :-) Tomorrow, I'll post pictures that our friends took.]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/145073 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/145073 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:15:00 PST Did you know that in NY state, you need your birth certificate to get a marriage license? Also, have you noticed that when you are packing for a 2 day car trip, your birth certificate is not the first thing you remember to pack? Yeah... So we walk into town hall last week, and they remind us that we needed to have our birth certificates, and that they needed to be in English. Oh dear. a friend of ours was watching our cats, so he had the keys to our house, so we had him overnight the papers. Thank you John! Unfortunately, my birth certificate is in French. When we went back to town hall, we now had to persuade the clerk that this was in fact a birth certificate, specifically mine, and that we should be allowed to get married damnit because our ceremony is TOMORROW! Oh boy that was fun. But because it was Canadian, the black form was in French and English, even though the information (say my date of birth) was handwritten in French. But I also had my passport, so we got away with it. Long story short, we got the license. Hurray!]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/144977 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/144977 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:16:00 PST Before we left for the wedding I posted on July 23rd, so now I'll tell you about July 24th. We went to a friend's wedding on the way to ours. The bride was beautiful, the groom was all smiles, and things went very well. Except for when every single guest got a surprise glimpse of the bride's garter during the ceremony, right between the exchange of vows and unity candle lighting inside the Catholic church. Wow, what a show! Here's what happened. She had a hoop crinoline under her dress to make it poofy and have breathing room underneath. Unfortunately, this also meant that when she lifted her dress up a bit to go down a few steps (they were on a raised platform) she lifted it much higher than she thought. The hoop leaned back so that we all got a very high upskirt shot. So the wedding became a little bit more exciting than we had anticipated. So ladies, if you are considering a hoop crinoline, DO NOT LIFT YOUR SKIRT just let it drag, especially if you elevated. :-)]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/144734 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/144734 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:58:00 PST This is the only picture I have. One of my bridesmaids took this with her phone before the ceremony. That flask (with the cranes on it) was our gift to the groomsmen, and one of them filled it with bourbon the day of. Brilliant move. Nummers, bourbon is good. I'll get you all caught up with what has been going on for the past week during the upcoming week and I'll finish off with pictures of the wedding, hopefully!]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/143561 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/143561 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:16:00 PST Here is the cake topper I made. It matches the cupcake wrappers I made. Yay. :-)]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/143556 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/143556 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:13:00 PST My friend Lisa just got engaged and asked me to be her BM! So exciting! She wants us to choose our own black dress. The wedding's not for another 11 months or so, so no more specifics on length, but I'm pretty stoked about it. :-D]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/143348 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/143348 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:57:00 PST A couple of years ago, we went to a wedding that ended around 11pm or so. After the official wedding reception was over, everybody went to the couple's favorite bar in the area to keep partying. This way the party could go on without any extra cost. Are any of you doing this? I called the venue, and if we decide on the day of that we want the party to keep going an extra hour, it'll cost us about $1000. In the grand scheme, it's not very much, but it would be cooler to just go somewhere and keep partying for free, you know? The hotel we're staying at has a bar that is open until 1am. The problem is that our reception ends at midnight. Another problem, we are planning this wedding from a distance, so I don't know any of the bars in the area. What are your thoughts? Will people, after having imbibed much much alcohol, want to keep partying past midnight? Actually, I know that the answer is yes. We have busses to bring people around, so no drunk driving. But what to do? Where to go? Any Long Island suggestions for bars open late on Friday nights near Massapequa or Melville?]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/143270 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/143270 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:41:00 PST A while ago, SarahDarling had a giveaway, and I was the big winner. Yay! So I printed out and folded 50 of them to be scattered around the tables for dinner time entertainment. Plus in the middle, there are directions for sharing digital pictures. Here's Sarah's etsy shop if you want your very own.]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/142976 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/142976 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:08:00 PST The wedding is 10 days away, and I thought it was about time to get some tooth whitening strip things so that my teeth look nice in pictures. These things are expensive! I'm glad I had a coupon. However, I think I got the wrong kind - I bought "stain shield" and there is a 4 week supply I'm thinking that's not what I wanted. I already opened the box, though, and used one, so I can't return it now. They're really expensive! But I did buy one of me and one for FI, so I'll return the second box and exchange for the advance or super duper variety. I guess we'll share both boxes to try to get our teeth looking fab for next Friday.]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/142844 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/142844 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:36:00 PST I made cupcake toppers ages ago along with a whole bunch of other cranes, and dropped them all off at my mom's house in NY. I live in Indiana. Recently I made cupcake wrappers. I am now realizing that the wrappers and toppers don't really match. I'm thinking I'll just use the small cranes for something else. What do you think?]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/142296 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/142296 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:00:00 PST And it only took me two weeks! Well, ok, more like 11 days, but still. Anyway, I have finished my roughly 130 programs. Each one consists of four page: cover, participants (wedding party etc.), ceremony description, and explanation of our crane theme. My mom and fiancé helped, but I sort of which my mom hadn't. She's not very good at cutting along a line. Who knew? For any of you considering making these, I have a few tips to share. 1. Use really really thick cardstock. I used kind of thin cardstock (maybe 60lb?, and some 80lb stuff) and the fans seriously bend over when you try to use them as fans. So go for the super 110lb stuff if you can find it. 2. Have more than your mother and fiancé proofread the things. The Lord's Payer, anyone? What? You mean we're not having a little talk about paying the Lord? Oh, a prayer! My bad. Too late though. They're finished!!! 3. Don't print the shape outline in a pale, barely there, broken line. Have it printed in bold! Trying to cut along a line you can barely see is really quite hard. 4. Get washer-backer things for your eyelets. It makes opening the fan much much easier. OK, I think that's all I learned. Hope this is helpful for someone. :-)]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/142048 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/142048 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:14:00 PST I made table numbers! I might even use 'em after the wedding next to group shots of each table. These were super easy to make. At JoAnne's or Michael's, I forget which, I bought a pack of chipboard numbers on sale for like $5. Saved me hours of printing and cutting out numbers. Plus I have tons left over. If anyone wants chipboard numbers, I'll send them to you for cheap! Anyway, I picked a mix of fonts, painted them silver, and let them dry. In the meantime, I picked three sheets of 12x12 scrapbooking cardstock and cut them into 6x4 rectangles. I used elmer's glue in a very thin layer (spread it with my finger) so as not to warp the paper. That's it! Table numbers. Our venue has little stands for them, but they could also just lean against the vases of the centerpieces. Only 16 days to go, and about 8 different DIY projects left. Yikes!]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/141843 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/141843 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:19:00 PST Here are some bad pictures (my camera sucks) of me in my dress after the final fitting. In the first two pictures I am wearing a crinoline. In the last two pictures, I am not. Can you tell the difference? I am trying to figure out whether or not I should wear the crinoline. I mean I bought it to make the dress fuller, but I don't know if I can tell the difference. What do you think?]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/141555 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/141555 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:31:00 PST I don't wear much make-up. When I got out for the evening, I wear very subtle eye shadow, brown eye-liner and mascara, and lipstick. I never wear foundation or powder or anything. But for the wedding and the pictures, I understand I probably need a bit more. So I asked my MoH, who loves make-up and wears it all regularly, to help me out. Well, I don't really like the way she did it (see pictures). So I was thinking of doing myself. However, my mom said she wanted to make-up done professionally. Well, if my mom's going to have it, then maybe I (the bride) should have it too. So now I'm on the hunt, with only three weeks left, and from over 500 miles away. Slightly scary. And expensive! Who knew one face of make-up could cost $175!!!]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/140973 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/140973 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:16:00 PST My mom came to town last Tuesday. She's here till Thursday. 9 days. Long long time. We don't really get along. She basically offends me or insults me every day without even realizing she's doing it, and I get grumpy and lash out with rude comments to her. Basically it's bad all around and we got into it big yesterday. So I've been busy. But come Friday, I will be back! I will keep my complaints about my mom to a minimum and post the pictures of our program fans as well as my wedding dress after the alterations. Yay!]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/139055 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/139055 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:31:00 PST First, I can not recommend registering at amazon.com enough. It's amazing. Everything comes straight to our house, no travelling with packages required. And most of the time, shipping is free if people spend more than $25, so it's not like it costs guests extra or anything. And they organize a thank-you list for you so if you forget who got you what, you look at the list, and there's a picture of the item, with a description as well as the name and mailing address for the person who bought it for you. What!! Amazing. And if something's not on amazon, you can add it to your registry anyway with a special function. And you can rate how much you want each item (love to have/like to have/nice to have). :-) Anyways, I am really enjoying all these packages I've been getting lately. Wedding gifts are awesome. :-D]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/138416 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/138416 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:28:00 PST I have big plans to make these programs. My mother is coming to visit me soon for 9 days (ahhhhhh what a nightmare! Why does she think it's ok to book a 9 day visit without asking me first?) so I'm trying to think of things that will keep us busy and entertained. So we're going to make fan programs! 130 of them! hahaha. I've got the paper, I've got the eyelet hole punch and setters, just ordered the eyelets from e-bay, and now I've just got to work out what the ceremony will be. haha! I think these will be great. ]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/136553 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/136553 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:01:00 PST I got my dress in. It's just what I wanted. It'll be a lot easier to dance in and walk around in, plus I'll totally be able to wear this again. :-) I'm happy with my etsy purchase. (seller=CoralieBeatrix)]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/135983 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/135983 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 11:42:00 PST I am finally finishing these bouquets that I started working on about a year and a half ago. Yikes! There were a lot of breaks in there, though, when I got busy with other things. Goes to show you it's never too early to start your DIYs. :-) I have completed one BM bouquet, and have finished making the stems for all the BMs. I just need to assemble them. Then I need to make my bouquet. I've made about a quarter of my stems so far. Yikes! so much still to do!]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/135659 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/135659 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:05:00 PST We have invited 200 people thinking that we'd get about 150 yes's. Well, today is the last day to RSVP, and we have 88 yes's. OK, so there are a bunch of people who haven't officially replied, but that I know are coming. With those added on, we should have at least 100 guests. However, we guaranteed 125. I figured if we invited 200 that should be no problem! In fact, I was worried that too many people would say yes. But it's looking more and more like we're not going to hit the 125 mark. What would you do? At this point it's pretty last minute, and the wedding is serious travel distance for most, so I can't just invite people off the cuff and expect them to come. *sigh* What would you do if you couldn't reach your minimum?]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/135283 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/135283 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:10:00 PST OK, it's crunch time. Just over a month and a half left, and I have a bunch of stuff to do still, but for some reason, I'm not in a big rush. I probably should be. Here are some of the major things I still need to do: 1. Make bridal and BM bouquets. I'm pretty far along, but still got a lot left to do. 2. Create ceremony, choose readers, write vows. 3. Make fan programs 4. Tell venue our food choices 5. Order a cake (oops, meant to do this months ago - it's a second cake, so if it's not there, it's fine.) 6. Buy my wedding band There's a bunch of other stuff, but it's already in the works, so not really worrying me. So much left to do!! Anyone else getting really close, and still have a long to-do list?]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/134478 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/134478 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:58:00 PST After the advice I got a week ago from my post on which reception dress to choose, I decided to try making one based on Ksugar526's advice. I wanted to make a mock-up first, to make sure it looked ok. That last picture (green dress) is what came out of it. It looks alright, and I can certainly wear it (everyday wear, not wedding-wear) but I thought I would take one last look on etsy, and wouldn't you know it, CoralieBeatrix had a white dress! YES!!! So I bought it. haha. The first three pics are of that dress. She has more, if you're interested in a convertible dress as a wedding or reception dress. I'm so excited for it to arrive!!]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/134280 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/134280 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:19:00 PST We sent save-the-dates nine months before the wedding, so I figured that nearly everyone would be coming to the wedding. I was hoping a bunch of people would say no, though. You know, those folks my mom invited that I don't know, my crazy unhappy aunt who doesn't really like people, those friends of ours that we don't really like, but who are friends with all our other friends so we had to invite them. Well, those people all said no. But a bunch of our friend are saying no too! So sad!! It's not too bad, most of our close friends are still coming (it looks like) but I'm just sad that some people won't be there because it would have been fun to hang out with them. Oh well. On to the B-list.]]> http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/133908 http://www.weddingbycolor.com/purplenat1/milestones/133908 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:55:00 PST I love discovering new blogs. With our wedding a mere 58 days from now, I'm thinking that soon I will need other things to read than wedding blogs. So I check notmartha every day (because it's amazing) and I'm keeping up with those silly ladies on Girls with Slingshots. But today, I found Nothing but Bonfires and laughed my little face off. Haha. Tiny food. Love it! Anyways, back to the wedding related business. This fabulous new blog buddy of mine made a very cool wedding favor for her guests (click link for recipe). I suggest you click on her links - one of them is the hilarious description of her lighting things on fire and falling on her bum. Ho ho! Hilarious.]]>