Monday, April 20, 2009

Oh, J. Crew. You are such a tease

You make the most beautiful bridesmaid dress. But only in TWO colors!

Neither of which is plum. Arg.

Friday, April 17, 2009

Cakes



I always thought that I'd have a big white wedding cake. But Anthony's not too crazy about cake in general and with his sister as our baker, we have so many more options.



I'm thinking a single or two-tiered cake to cut and for those who want cake. Maybe red velvet or something yummy with filling and buttercream frosting with fondant flowers.



I love these fondant peonies on the cover of Real Simple this year.



Since it will be Fall, apple pie would be lovely. And my parents can freeze enough rhubarb for plenty of pies too.


Image from A Backyard Wedding

And perhaps, I can talk her into a cheesecake, maybe even a pumpkin one.


And if I'm really nice and say pretty please I can get some pretty purple (and accent color to be determined) macaroons out of the deal.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Going for something like this


Except in purple. I found this wedding on Style Me Pretty where the bridesmaids wore completely different dresses, long and short, in similar colors.

See, it does look awesome. And so much less stressful than trying to please everyone's budget, shape and skin. I'm even going so far as to let them choose whatever shoe they want - color, style and heel height.

I made a little mock-up of some color combinations and ideas on polyvore:

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Bring Your Dancing Shoes


Photo from Altmix Photography

Anthony and I don't agree on a lot of things about planning the wedding. But the one thing we pretty much always agree on is the playlist.

In fact, it may be the thing that we are both most excited about. Every time I think about dancing to a fun song at the reception I just get so happy.

We've picked our first dance song - Lori McKenna's, "Witness to Your Life". I knew that I loved Anthony for real, when I put this song on a mix for him and he became as obsessed with it as I was.

I'm thinking "Daddy's Hands" by Holly Dunn for my dance with my dad. It's a good 80s country song that makes me think of my childhood. And one of my criteria was something we could two-step to and this definitely fits the bill.

Beyond that it will probably be lots of fun stuff that we like. Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness, Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger, Miranda Lambert - Kerosine, Needtobreathe, Kenny Chesney - Ticks, Dan Wilson - Free Life. And lots more that I just can't think of right now.

Should we put a song request line on our RSVP cards?