What a Great Idea

I think at some point every bride comes up across this question: how do we honor our family and friends who passed away before our wedding day?


Here is an idea featured on Style Me Pretty: the couple honored her late father during the reception by serving his favorite cigars and including a simple sign and photo.

(Photo by Twin Lens. Link via Melissa's Smitten.)

Jackpot!

Yes; a way to include martinis in our wedding day (and still remember it)!

Okay, so I know the idea of serving a small course in a martini glass is nothing new, but for a gal know for her signature drink (dirty martini) this would be soooo cute! Extra points if the course can involve olives...

They're Not Little People, But...

Yep, that's a Playmobil bride and groom. Even though the site I got this from (Wedded Bits on Brides.com) suggests this as a gift for flower girls, I think its appropriate for big kids too.

See the Playmobil site to purchase.

Ps... I think the the get away car is even better...

Except My Fiance Would Eat Them

Yep, those are save the date cookies! Awesome!

These are from The Flour Pot, a bakery in Ambler PA and - while I see that an edible save the date rather defeats the purpose - I still think these look super duper neat.

They go for $5.50 a cookie and can be customized to match your wedding colors.

Sorry, Dad

Well, we already spent a pretty penny or two on my gown, but we apparently could have saved a bundle:



Yep, that is a young lady in a self designed 100% TP gown.

Vicky Heir won a toilet paper wedding dress competition in the lead up to Christchurch's Wedding Expo.

Heir won a promotional competition with her Cottonsofts gown, beating seven other designers.

See more details at BoingBoing.

Hi-Larious

Afraid you'll forget your anniversary? Or perhaps that your soon-to-be spouse will? Worry no longer!


I give you: The Remember Ring. About 24 hours before your special day begins, a "hot spot" on the ring's interior will begin to warm up, reaching 120º F for approximately 10 seconds. And in case that doesn't work, the ring will continue to warm up every hour, on the hour, all day long!

The projected price, should this ever actually be crafted (its in design stage at the moment) is $760. Burn cream extra.

From BoingBoing.

I Also Love the Duckies

The Frenchie and I just spent out third Valentine's together and, as has become tradition, it involved sushi.

So, in that vein, please enjoy this sushi wedding cake:

According to the designer, the bulk of this "cake" is apparently made up of sushi rice (sturdy enough to form stable rounds). Regular cake pans were used for molds onto which was added huge quantities of salmon, yellowtail and ahi, each placed carefully in the bottom of each cake pan.

You can see a recipe for the cake along with the photos of the finished product here.

Found on SlashFood.

Genuine Proposal Video

Enjoy this video, a genuine marriage proposal:


Found at From "I Will" to "I Do".

B Is For Brown

Great post from VOW.

All about the awesomeness of brown for weddings. Scroll down to the color dots towards the bottom to see my proposed ceremony hues.

Funny Wedding Pictures

I couldn't pick just one, so please enjoy them all.

My fav? Bridesmaid Boot Camp:


No, wait... Blue Collar Bride!!!

30, er, Interesting Song Choices

From The Knot, some options for a first dance:
1. "A Fine Romance" (Joe Derise)
2. "After The Loving" (Englebert Humperdinck)
3. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Ashford & Simpson)
4. "An Old Fashioned Wedding" (from "Annie Get Your Gun")
5. "Ain't That A Kick In The Head" (Dean Martin)
6. "Because" (Dave Clark Five)
7. "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love" (The Spinners)
8. "Destination Moon" (Dinah Washington)
9. "Happy Together" (The Turtles)
10. "I Got You Babe" (Sonny & Cher)
11. "I Love You, Always Forever" (Donna Lewis)
12. "I Only Want To Be With You" (Vonda Shepard)
13. "I Say A Little Prayer" (Aretha Franklin)
14. "I Think I Love You" (The Partridge Family)
15. "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" (Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello)
16. "I'm A Believer" (The Monkees)
17. "Islands In The Stream" (Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers)
18. "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong)
19. "Love And Marriage" (Frank Sinatra)
20. "Love Is Strange" (Mickey & Sylvia)
21. "Loving You" (Minnie Riperton)
22. "Memories Are Made Of This" (Dean Martin)
23. "Never Knew Love Like This" (The Spinners & Dionne Warwick)
24. "Oh, What A Night" (The Four Seasons)
25. "Orange Colored Sky" (Nat King Cole)
26. "Orange Colored Sky" (Natalie Cole)
27. "She's An Angel" (They Might Be Giants)
28. "Sometimes When We Touch" (Dan Hill)
29. "With Plenty Of Money And You" (Count Basie & Tony Bennett)
30. "You're My First, My Last, My Everything" (Barry White)

I think some could be okay but most seem, I don't know, not quite right for the first dance. Thoughts?

Time to Create a Category for Etsy

Remember cootie catchers?

Sure, you do. What could be better than cootie catchers at your wedding?!



Yep, personalized wedding favors with questions about you and your fiance to entertain your guests while awaiting the start of the cocktail hour.

Then can be completely personalized to the couple's taste/theme including font, design, questions, images and so on.

$1 each or less if buying more than 25.

Ah, the 60s...

New York Magazine has a slide show up of 1968 wedding photos. It is, in part, to celebrate the magazine's anniversary.

Enjoy!

Lanterns...

I love the idea of having lanterns at our wedding. We'll be outside for part of the reception, overlooking the mountains and no other lighting source fits in quite so well as camp lanterns:



This shot is from Paul Westlake via Brides.com and I just love it!

Hmmmm... wonder how high of a fire risk that would be...?

So Cute

I've never had any interest in a ring bearer / ring pillow, but I love this:



It's a beautiful ring bowl available through Etsy.

Loving the Etsy...

Insert Gasp

Custom dyed crinoline?!


Yep! You can have your crinoline custom dyed to your favorite color through Etsy! It's only $25 and pretty awesome.

That's right, hot pink here I come...

Something Blue?

Here's a great idea for "something blue": embroidered label for your wedding dress (or a gentleman's suit) with you love's initials and your wedding date.



Apparently J Crew will do this for you, but the above example is from Etsy and only $26.

Super cute.

Fun Bridesmaid's Gifts

Just a few of the cute things I've seen:

Bridesmaid's Survival Kit:
Found here at Package Perfect

Bridesmaid Soap:

From Not Soap, Radio

And, of course, Barbie inspired make up:

From Sephora.