. Our $10,000 wedding in June .

Jun 15 2009 ∞

Addendum to previous post.

Well, that vendor let us down as well… Not only did they send us the wrong colored fabric, but their customer service is completely unresponsive. Who knows how helpful they will be the day we finally hear back from them.

I wonder if we’ll have any table linens at all during the wedding. :(

Addendum to the addendum: Wow, their customer service actually called us back and will correct the wrong bolt of fabric by Wednesday. After having called all morning and emailed today and Friday, I am so relieved to hear back from them at last.

So we’ll be hemming 10 tablecloths on Wednesday, but I don’t anticipate that to be an issue, because hemming has been rather quick work for me (so long as I don’t have to cut and resize or add lengths to what’s there).

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Jun 09 2009 ∞

Wholesale Fabric Linens!

I’ve been having the hardest time ever finding places that sell linens. The last vendor I went with seemed promising, but after messing up my order 3 times, I finally canceled with them and called the caterer to see how much linens would cost if we rented from them — the result: $178 for 7 buffet tables. Umm… yeah, so that’s not going to happen either.

Finally, PRAISE THE LORD, I googled “solid wine fabric” and found this website that sells by 25-yard increments (i.e., by the bolt), which is helpful in every way and somehow assures me that they will actually have them in stock when I ask for them.

Linens are coming in four days.

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May 26 2009 ∞

Wedding hair: I basically want a less-casual version of the above. I bought a pretty decorative butterfly, even. Yay, I’m excited for my wedding hairclips! (I am sure the casualness of the photo’s going to worry somebody. Umm… don’t worry about it? I feel like I’ve been saying that for the past six months.)

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May 17 2009 ∞

“ The more DIY your wedding is, the more work it is. But—at the same time—the more rewarding, personalized, and memorable it is.

— 2000 Dollar Budget Wedding blog

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How to alter books into art.

I had this idea in mind of buying the cheapest discounted book I can possibly find, painting acrylic ivory paint over some of the pages, and using it as a guest book for the wedding. The link above is mostly how to alter the book cover. I’m thinking some cheap book on DC or history might be appropriate. Maybe even a hymnal.

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May 11 2009 ∞

Not that we really need an arch because we would be surrounded by trees anyway (a natural arch from God’s creation, aww), but this chuppa-looking arch from a Hawaiian wedding looks really awesome. I think we might be going with streamers though.

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May 08 2009 ∞