« July 2007 | Main | September 2007 »

August 27, 2007

The Main Stretch

Recent wedding accomplishments: I have bought many, many potted herbs from greenmarkets for centerpieces (I just need to keep them alive for two weeks now). We have picked up our rings from The Clay Pot. I braved the makeup section of Macy's, had my face assaulted by various cleansers and powders and lotions, and was completely swindled there into buying makeup I won't even use for the wedding (Derek looked positively horrified by my face when I got home). I have braved the salon section of Ricky's and have had a very nice man who was closing the salon there give me a 10 minute tutorial on doing a French twist. I tried on my altered dress, only to realize that it needs to be altered in a different way, which means I need to drive to Bensonhurst again tomorrow. Time seems to be closing in, and I'm putting together various lists and documents with instructions for other people, but we're probably forgetting something.

Also, since many people use Google instead of their browser address bar, I'm going to make a textual reference to our wedding website URL here (click this if you're looking for the site): jjdayfamily.com/wedding.

Posted by csageday at 01:08 PM | Comments (0)

August 15, 2007

A Little Behind in My Discovery of Crafting Techniques

I have discovered the world of iron-on transfers. Photoshop and fashion have been joined for me, and it doesn't look like a 70s or personalized mall T-shirt (well, it only marginally resembles those things). In another 10 years, I'll discover silkscreen and I'll catch up with the late 90s. I would post a photo of what I did, but it's a surprise (and not really a fully formed item yet, anyway).

Posted by csageday at 12:12 AM | Comments (0)

August 12, 2007

Flickering

While looking for invitation ideas, I searched Flickr and found a few sets with photos of invitation assembly, which helped me figure out my own. To contribute to the fun, I've uploaded my own.

In the world of Flickr, I have posted some photos of D's lovely new niece, Elisa.

Also spent some quality time with Jack, or, I should say, Jack spent some quality time with my hair.

What else? Derek has used his superior Interneting skillz to find some NYC photographers, I won a sailing race in something larger than a sunfish (!), and small brown envelopes are arriving in our mailbox, which signals the start of the phase of planning that involves decorating, meal planning, beverage purchasing, and, surprisingly, golf cart rentals.

Posted by csageday at 11:40 PM | Comments (0)

August 09, 2007

Faux is Me

There's really no way to have a wedding without committing half a dozen faux pas. There's the gift issue, where you're not supposed to blatantly ask for anything, but you're expected to inform guests of your registry. If you don't have a traditional registry, this becomes complicated and strained (um, sorry, but can you be creative and give us something unique and/or old?) and we sound presumptuous. There's the etiquette surrounding how and when to properly thank people for these gifts -- we feel tremendously grateful and lucky to receive the gifts we've gotten (again, friends and family have proven themselves to have fantastic taste) -- but it takes some time to thank people properly.

There's the LIST, which is still expanding and contracting on a daily basis, depending on room at the lake, regretted omissions, and the endless assortment of relatives on my side. There's the question of how to include significant others, how to spell their names, and whether they belong in a double bed or two twins. There's the requirement that the engaged couple display some amount of graciousness, despite their natural hermit-like, antisocial tendencies. There are simple rules of courtesy that should be applied
to interactions between vendors -- we should return the emails and phone calls of the many photographers, musicians, caterers, and rental companies we've contacted, but we have so many other pressing issues that we don't. I've learned to constantly tackle the writing of emails and thank yous and phone calls, but I have a job, too, and only so much can happen in the evenings.

These combined social obligations create a constant feeling that you've offended someone somehow (and we probably have), and that one of the many offenses you've committed may possibly result in bad blood or resentment later. Since we are also the main attraction, a good deal of lenience is afforded us (they're so busy, we understand), but I can see that we'll commit an embarrassing array of faux pas in the next few weeks -- it's inevitable. Hopefully the alcohol will help smooth things over.

In other news, we found plates we like at Michael C. Fina, which, despite the Fifth Avenue store location's propensity for flooding during rainstorms, has a wonderful assortment of plates and flatware. This should help with the registry faux pas situation.

Posted by csageday at 11:33 PM | Comments (0)