Wedding Bliss
Monday, May 17, 2010 at 9:02PM 
Babies! We were babies!This year Jason and I will be married 10 years. That means that it's been about 10 years since I've obsessed over weddings... well, with a reason to. I am the woman that IF I have 10 minutes to myself will sit alone at Barnes and Nobel, sipping a coffee and thumbing through Martha Stewart Weddings and if I *happen* upon a wedding website, just may stop and take a look around.
*SIGH*
I loved my wedding. The only thing that I slightly regret was that I was a little too young to really get into the WHOLE WEDDING THING. I didn't truly love paper yet, and I was 100% thrilled with my $60 Nina shoes and no name dress and didn't have the slightest clue about flowers. Luckily my mom worked for an event planning company and I ended up with a positively perfect day. These days, I would probably be the snootiest bridezilla ever.
So, for the past few years I've been content to glance in from the sidelines and wonder.. wonder how my day would be different if I was getting married August 5, 2010 rather than August 5, 2000. But who are we kidding.. I would be walking down the aisle in Christian Louboutin's at this age..
But then a few months ago something wonderful happened - wonderful in SO MANY WAYS - one of my dearest friends got engaged.. and.. and.. she's letting me help! I don't think Carrie understands how excited I am about her allowing me to send her daily emails with flower ideas and pretty dresses. I'm not taking over her wedding - or trying to relive mine through hers - but I'm loving having a reason to look. And I swear that I am one of the only people in the world that can sit and talk weddings for hours upon hours.
But it has been awhile, and I am a bit out of the loop of wedding websites. As I hate to even admit, back when I got married the web was still pretty new. We had AOL dial-up and the only real site was the Wedding Channel.com. That being said, scouring the web for wedding ideas is a new thing for me.
One of the ones that one Carrie's other friends stumbled upon is 100 Layer Cake. A site who's pictures of real weddings make the photographer wanna-be in me squeal. And of course there is the blog from the QUEEN of the dessert tables, Amy Atlas, and my go-to party inspiration mama Hostess With The Mostess. But who else?
When you need ideas, or inspiration, where do you look?
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Reader Comments (10)
OMG, I love you and can't thank you enough for all your help! I just read your entire post out loud to RJ because I feel so cool to be mentioned on your blog! : ) This journey wouldn't be the same without you. LOVE YOU! xoxo
oh, too many good websites to choose from! coming off of my recent wedding, these were my faves:
> yvonne design (of course! heehee-- plug my sister's co): www.yvonnedesign.com
> ceci new york (incredible invitations... couldn't afford them, but oh, i wish i could have! they did inspire mine, but nothing near as beautiful): http://www.cecinewyork.com/
> style me pretty (wedding blog): http://www.stylemepretty.com/
> bride's cafe: http://www.thebridescafe.com/index.cfm?StartRow=25
> vintage glam blog (one of my favorites!! great inspiration!!): http://ruffledblog.com/
so fun that you get to help! (and wonderful of you!). i have to admit, i have wedding withdrawal! :) enjoy!!
Hi, Beth! Not sure if this helps but I just wanted to give a shout-out to Pacifica Del Mar in La Jolla. Andy and I had our wedding there almost nine years ago. It was a small wedding, just 50 people, but for anyone keeping it small, I can't recommend it highly enough. For the cost of the food and drinks (we paid $1500; the minimum then was $1000, now $1700) they provided the venue--the Breeze Cafe overlooking the ocean, the food which they let us customize and they printed up our own little menus, large round tables with white linens all set and ready to go, floral centerpieces, a cadre of waiters; plus it has a dance floor and they let us bring a DJ, and even let me use their wine cellar as a little bridal lounge. It was so awesome.
I get overjoyed when I get to plan a wedding too! Or look at anything wedding. There is just something totally exciting about it!
Congrats on 10 years - exciting!
Oh what fun! I am in your same boat. I got married 9 years ago before i was in the event business. i would have certainly done a lot of things differently. And the dial up AOL made me want to shoot myself. My friend works for BellzandWhistlez.com. They have some amazing, creative stuff!
I am engaged, too, and have to restrain myself from getting sucked into wedding blogs 24/7.
Style Me Pretty is my absolute favorite and Wedding Chicks is a close runner up. Green Wedding Shoes is a fun one, too.
GREAT recommendations! I.. er, Carrie, thanks you. ;-)
I even watch the show "say yes to the dress". My husband is such a good sport he sat thru 2 of the shows back to back last week. The 2nd one - Stacey from What Not To Wear was there with one of her BFF's who was getting married. I would model nothing but wedding dresses were I skinny|beautiful|young enough. I want to do the whole ceremony over again every 5 years. We'll see how I feel in 3 more years. Lol. Oh and congrats on the 10 years!
My brother and sister-in-law were married last August in NYC and it was the most ultra-modern, cool freaking wedding ever.
The place she relied on the most for ideas was Hatch Design Studio (http://www.hatchcreativestudio.com/).
And I'm so NOT a linky to my blog kinda person...but here are some pics from the wedding. The bridesmaid's dresses (and the bride's dress) are to die for:
http://sandiegomomma.com/2009/08/03/simply-wonderful/
XO!
Deb
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