The DRESS.

I think I have expressed before how much I loathe seeing yet another bride in yet another strapless poofy ball gown. Perhaps it's a mid-western thing, but I have been to a lot of weddings lately (and of course, stalking Facebook pictures) and all the brides seem to be wearing the same thing. It's not that they don't look beautiful, it's that I feel like I'm at the same wedding I was a month ago.

And contrary to popular belief, it is NOT flattering on all figures! So please, if you're looking for a wedding gown...go here (for ideas only, clearly, as no one can actually afford these).

My friend Emily, a delightful, smart, and hilarious young lady residing in St. Louis, turned me on to New York Weddings. She is FAR better at wedding research than I and sends me fantastic links all the time. This is one of them. There are a THOUSAND different ways to go with your wedding dress!

Feathers, mermaid, lace, off-the-shoulder, colors, even a MINI-DRESS for the daring bride! I feel like some girls get stuck in thinking "Poofy ball gown = wedding." Not true. Every bride has a unique style, and it's so worth it to try on EVERYTHING...even the most outrageous...



Okay, perhaps peacock feathers aren't the way to go. But it's been my experience that a bride wants her wedding day to be the best day of her life. And choosing a dress that makes you feel like a million bucks is an important step in that direction.

Okay, okay. Even if it is a poofy ball gown. If you insist. :)

stay fab,

care

It's all in the details.

OK, I know. I have failed at blogging. Carolyn has posted 4 times since I last did.

I've been lacking creativity lately. We aren't moving very fast with the business, for many reasons, but we are still trucking along. I've been working on my certification course at work (cause....I don't do anything else) and once both of our shows go up this weekend, we'll be back in the swing of things.

I wanted to share this adorable idea with you all. I know this couple, Dan and Becca Jensen, from a theater I used to work with. I was flipping through their wedding pictures and saw this:

Personalized chucks! I think this is a great way to show off a couples' personality, as well as an awesome gift for your bridal party. These are totally adorable, fun, not to mention comfortable. It's such a departure from traditional wedding attire, and I love it.

Even the bride wore some!

Dan and Becca, if you ever see this - I hope you don't mind me stealing it and posting it on my blog. :) I think it's a great idea!

Still here!

My apologies for the lack of bloginess in the past...however many days. Amy and I are both in tech rehearsals for the shows we are in (hers, mine) and we have no brain power to be sassy and funny for you, our tens of thousa...well, our tens of readers.

So look forward for more to come next week, and please enjoy this in the meantime:


Thanks, Amy. And if you haven't yet discovered FailBlog, I suggest you do so now. It truly brings the hahahas.

stay fab,

carolyn

No. No no no. No.

Ladies.

Just...NO. Okay? This:

...is NOT OKAY. I don't care how gorgeous you are. Just...absolutely not.

That is all.

stay fab,

care

The bachelorette. Oh my.

When one of your best friends gets married, it's pretty much your duty to throw a rockin' party in her honor. Amy is getting married in October, and it's time to start planning her "last night out."

Usually, these nights consist of a bunch of girls getting together, getting free shots, totally plastered and hanging themselves all over with suggestive plastic ornaments. Now we're not the most classy girls in the world (read: many a Saturday night is spent with the Amy/Carolyn special - extra cheese pizza, breadsticks, Coke, beer and a bad chick movie). But for Amy's Last Night, we're going to try to instill a little class (no plastic male parts on our persons) and a lot of good friends (so we're including some of the male persuasion).

I'm still trying to come up with some ideas for exactly what to do. Good thing the rest of the bridal party is qualified for this kind of thing! Requirements: No Howl at the Moon, no gay bars (they can't get married, why should we flaunt it??), and a lot of alcohol. And whilst Googling my little heart out, Amy sent me this.

I'm not a huge sports fan, but I love Cubs games. How fun would this be for a bachelorette party? And if you're so inclined after the game, there's about 8,000 bars on Clark to hit up. Now granted, it's pretty pricey, but if you calculate the cost of a ticket to the game, plus all the food you get, it's totally worth it.

Oh, by the way. You may absolutely rest assured that I will force Amy to wear this on the big night. Something to look forward to.

stay fab,

carolyn

The OCD. It's righteous.

I have yet another confession to make.

Amy and I have continually talked about how we both have pretty righteous OCD, but I think what I'm about to tell you takes the cake. It involves me mourning for my old closet, pictured here:


Sigh. I know it looks messy, but it was perfect. That entire right side consisted of most of my clothes hung in order from tanks to long dresses. It even connected to the bathroom, just like Carrie's in Sex and the City (except my bathroom didn't have two doors).

Anyway, I finally moved up into a one bedroom apartment, which for the most part is pretty fantastic. But it didn't have a bedroom closet. So as a housewarming present, my parents bought me two gorgeous, huge wardrobes:


Beautiful, no? My mom has great taste. But they're black and dark and hard to see into...so my solution?

Bear with me.

I may sound slightly banana sandwich.

My solution was to take photographs of all of my articles of clothing and post them to a virtual closet online (yes! I'm not the only one!) in order to a) cut down on whining about nothing to wear, and then going shopping AGAIN and b) see my wardrobe clearly.

I told Amy about this. Her response?

AMY: You're a psycho.
ME: ...but you totally want to do it, right?
AMY: Yes. Yes I do.

Now if THAT isn't the kind of crazy organizational skills that will help you plan your wedding, I don't know WHAT is.

stay fab,

care

PS: Yes! Vermont AND the D.C. Council! Progress!

Well, now we need business cards. And a phone number.

Scene:

Today I had lunch at the Corner Bakery in my building. I sat by myself for the glorious hour in which I get to read Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, and try not to listen to the conversations around me in the crowded restaurant. However, the couple next to me was A) so close and B) having such an interesting conversation, I keep reading the same paragraph over and over because I couldn't help listening to them.

Woman: your mom called me today.

Man: uh oh.

Woman: yeah. She was all, "I really think you should register." And I said, "we'll see," and she said, "you need to register" and I said, "I hear you I'm just not sure how I feel about it." And THEN she said........

I immediately look for an engagement ring. And...it's a good one. Ok, back to the Pensieve. Dumbledore is talking, pay attention...

Man: well, what do you want to do?

Woman: I'm not opposed to registering, I just don't know what we need to register for. Do we register for dishes? Do we register for linens? Do we register for towels? Pots and pans? I don't know. What do you think? I just, I don't know.

Man: Well, we have a month and a half.

I'm thinking, oooh! I can help these people! I'll politely interrupt them and tell them that I'm sorry to bother them but I couldn't help overhearing, and I want them to know that they can register for their honeymoon like I did, and it will be so easy and then they can send an email to all their friends....and also, a MONTH and a HALF!? What are you people THINKING?

Woman (suddenly crying): I know you don't CARE about favors, but really, they were only $300! That's only a dollar each, OK!?!

Man begins mumbling, clearly does not know how to deal with his fiancee who is sobbing in Corner Bakery, and hasn't done anything to console her. Awkwaaard....

At this point, I'm...thrilled that I didn't stick my nose in their business and interrupt them. Clearly, this is a volital situation, of which I do not want to be a part. However, the therapist/wedding planner in me wanted to help so badly. I wished that I could stand up, grab my purse and, as I was walking out, slip my An Event Less Ordinary business card on their table. They so obviously need our help!

Unfortunately, we don't have business cards yet. Jesse has designed a gorgeous card that look just like the website, but alas, we don't have a phone number yet. I wish that wasn't a stumbling block, but...it really is. So once we finish our Professional Bridal Consultant courses and get a phone number, I'll be able to force myself on unsuspecting restaurant patrons who argue and cry about their wedding in public.

YES.

I had to jump on the wagon and say that I'm so happy Iowa has taken a step in the right direction. In 50 years, we will be unable to believe that we didn't allow our fellow human beings equal rights. I am so so happy.

When Amy and I first started talking about this business, one of the first things we knew we'd want to plan were commitment ceremonies. Gay men and women having equal rights is an issue that's important to both of us, since we both have numerous gay friends (seriously, I don't honestly think I could count). Not to mention equal rights FOR ALL is something we should ALL strive for. So, here's to you, Iowa!

I can only imagine you are throwing one HELLUVA party!

stay fab,

care

So proud.

I lived in Iowa for 4 years in college (Go Bulldogs), so even though I'm not "from" Iowa, I consider it a home and a big part of my life. To that end, I am very, very proud of my "home" state for the decision to revoke the ban on same-sex marriage.

Carolyn and I are both really passionate about this issue, and are looking forward to including Commitment Ceremony planning in our business.

Go Iowa.

Courtesy of my Granny...

I received this email from my Grandma today:

"In case you wanted to rethink your dress!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

For the record, my grandma is hilarious. And fantastic. And yes, she did use that many exclamation points. She was pumped about this.

Anyway, the rest of her email contained this gem:

A Romanian model displays wedding dress with a train measuring ..... - Yahoo! News Photos
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/wedding-dress/photo//090401/481/eedaaa42f9e3424b8a9a744f1313ee2f/



She is not kidding with that train. They had to put her in that tent just to house her dress!

So...is this crazy? Or totally unique and awesome? I'm not a big "massive dress train" fan, generally, but I would almost wear this just to make people go, "WTF?"

Thanks, Granny! (Isn't she adorable?)

Earth laughs in flowers. - RWE

It's here! Our PDP from the Association of Bridal Consultants! We are now members of the ABC! Holy cow, we're like, really doing this. For serious. It's rather...woah. That's the only word I can come up with . Woah. We're starting a business! This is so exciting.

Also, I just read my old, old blog from college (back when we called them our "online diaries" and they were on Diaryland). It is nothing short of absolutely hysterical. I'm so glad I blogged nearly every day. I stumbled across one entry in which I said "I think I'll be married by 25!" Mhm. That happened...ha!

I also stumbled across one in which I ranted about getting flowers from a guy on a first date (which I just HATE). That made me think of flowers for your wedding, so I started Googling! I found The Perfect Wedding Day. Admittedly, a bit of a silly name, but look at these flowers:



They had some gorgeous and unique ideas to represent every bride. I'm keeling over at the ones above. So simple and elegant. And I love that it's not roses, I feel like they're becoming redundant. Oh, and as a PSA: Just quit it with the babies' breath. It's a gross name and a silly flower no one should use. I love the bouquets these days that are really cohesive and tied with a ribbon. Gorge.

Also, Jesse IS a genius and has done amazing things with our website. More coming soon!

stay fab,

care