I Need a Favor

Almost immediately after we decided to have an October wedding we started talking about our potential favor.

In all of my wedding blog scouring I came to the conclusion that edible favors were the way to go. And of all fall related foods there was one that I knew we had to have.

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I loooooooove me some caramel apples. I always try to snag one at our county fair and love to have my little cousin over to make them in the fall.

We're planning to wrap the apples in cellophane, tie them with bakers twine and add a sweet note thanking our guests.

I want to use local apples and dip them the week before the wedding, but my mom is pretty sure that this will stress me out too much and thinks that we should source the apples out. I'm not sure which way we'll go but I'll be sure to keep you posted on our sticky situation.

Do you have ambitious plans for your favors?

Oh Shoe-t

(Yeah, I know, corny post title)

In the excitement of ordering my dress my dress consultant asked me what size heel I would be wearing. Since they would be ordering my dress hollow to hem the shop had to send the Sophia Tolli company the exact length the dress needed to be.

The truth is that I'm a really horrible estimator. Sitting in the bridal shop I guessed I probably wore 3" heels normally and that 2 1/2" would be a good idea. I reasoned 2 1/2" heels would be short enough that I could dance all night and tall enough to make me look like an adult.

The reality is that I usually wear at least 3 1/2" heels, I can wear 4" for a couple of hours before I'm ready to ditch them. The other reality is that 2 1/2" heels are really hard to come by, and when you find some they look nothing like what my dream shoes do.

Don't believe me? Here are some options for 2 1/2" heels, and while they are all pretty none of them have the wow factor I want.

Savanna

Claudia

Dayna

The height of my heels has (almost) caused me to loose sleep. Am I going to be able to find gorgeous 2.5" heels or will I have to design my own and loose some drama?

Did you have trouble finding the perfect shoes?

Shake it, Shake, Shake it, Shake it

Being a Midwestern bride I wasn't very familiar with the idea of a second line until Weddingbee's Miss Star filled me in. I didn't know the tradition of having a band lead the way, the bride & groom carrying parasols or the guests waving hankies, but once we started exploring the tradition of second lines I got more and more excited to incorporate these elements.

My mom got right on the idea of the guests waving white hankies. She started scouring the Internet looking for white handkerchiefs until I stopped her dead in her tracks.

A couple of months before I had seen the wedding of Grace Bonney, creator of the much loved Design*Sponge. Grace & her fiance, Aaron sent screen printed handkerchiefs as invitations and I loved the mismatched look of vintage hankies.

Once my mom got on board we started scouring antique malls & eBay looking for vintage hankies and I'm proud to report that we have (almost) all of them.

We want to make sure our guests have them on hand for our second line so the current plan is to wrap them around our ceremony programs as belly bands and attach them with a sticker that instructs our guests to wave them with all of their might as we make our way to the reception.

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Are you incorporating any traditions in a non-traditional way?

Epic E(Pic)s

This past weekend Jus and I spent 6 hours shooting our engagement pictures with our talented photographer, Janie (and her hubby, John) from Imagination Photography. Since we knew Janie would be using these photos in her (hopefully awesome) entrance into the WPPI we had a relaxed day with a focus on finding great shots, and in the process had a great time.

Sunday morning Janie put a sneak peek up on her blog and I actually screamed when I saw them. I cannot tell you how much I absolutely LOVE our pictures!

So now, for your viewing pleasure, the sneak peek of our engagement shoot!

We started the day at the National New York Central Railroad Museum.

When we were done at the train museum Janie & John took us to a field full of dandelion fluffys.

And then we went to my parent's restaurant where we had free range.

After the restaurant we headed to my parents to get some with their vintage panel truck.

Then we swapped our vintage duds for the outfit you helped me pick out!

We tried to pogo but were pretty unsuccessful.

Then we headed home to capture some family photos in front of our house.

Are you in love with your engagement pictures?

Hi, My Name is Cole

And I'm a nervous wreck!

I got the phone call today. You know, the one that says your dress is in? And for some reason I'm incredibly nervous to call back.

I know I loved my dress and cried when I put it on, but that was in January.

Now it's May and what if I don't like it?

What if it's not fabric-y enough?

What if it's too beaded?

What if it doesn't fit?

I would pay someone to let me know how my first dress fitting will go. Or at least to call the dress store back and make an appointment for me to try it on.

Did you have a freak out moment when your dress came in?

E(Pic): Modern Inspiration

We knew that we wouldn't be doing our entire engagement shoot in our vintage outfits so we started thinking about what we'd like our modern pictures to look like.

I love the playfulness that props add and immediately started searching for props for our engagement shoot.

I love the way big, colorful balloons look, they add such whimsy and surprise.

We had to cancel our first engagement shoot due to thunderstorms and were worried when we woke up to rain on our rain date too, luckily, umbrellas make for great pictures.

There is no way Jus & I are talented enough to ride a bike like this, but maybe two bikes, far, far away from each other would work.

I'm a big reader and since we've been dating Jus has gotten into reading too.

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I loved all of these options but really wanted something unique, luckily, I'm marrying a man that is able to satisfy my desires and Jus came up with the best idea yet.

Pogo sticks.

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I had one of these when I was younger and could just imagine us pogoing throughout our engagement pictures.

Did you have any far flung ideas for your engagement pictures?