Showing posts with label bridesmaid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bridesmaid. Show all posts
Monday, July 05, 2010
Bridesmaids' Dresses? Check.
I can't begin to tell you how excited I am that my little sister and Matron of Honor purchased this dress yesterday for our wedding! She went out of her way to get the only one of her size left in Tennessee as this dress cannot be ordered through the store (nor are DB dresses returnable). Now, we just have to get our other sister/bridesmaid down to DB to one on! MOH is thinking black jewelry instead of pearls. What do you all think?
Thursday, April 22, 2010
A Bride's Maids
The six-month-countdown is on! I find myself thinking about this a lot because there is still so much to do, but also because it doesn't seem quite possible that we'll be married in only six months.
When Big Spoon and I began talking about the wedding party, we both agreed that the smaller the party, the better - both on our wallets, our friends wallets and stress levels. I have three siblings, so obviously I want to include them and Big Spoon has a best friend. Done deal. The economy sucks and I felt guilty asking any of my girlfriends to pony up the money for a dress, shoes, etc. I'm listing my two best friends as honorary bridesmaids on our program: all the honor, none of the stress.
So ... I have a big sister and a little sister, both of which are married. I'm the last sister! Big Sister is nine years older than me, but we've always been pretty close. I was eleven when she married her husband (that's 17 years of marriage!). She's a Kindergarten teacher in our hometown and mother of my only niece and nephew.
Little Sister is the baby of the family and my Matron of Honor. She married her husband in 2006. Despite a four-year age difference and fighting like cats and dogs growing up, we've become closer now that we're grown ups. I was her Maid of Honor four years ago, now she's returning the favor.
Of the"big things" we have left to accomplish, the one on top of my list is to get my bridesmaids' outfitted in body-flattering, so going to wear it again, little black dresses. Our tuxedo-inspired color scheme makes this part easy ... it's getting the family together and predicting the weather that is the hard part!
I thought I'd pull together some of my favorites at David's Bridal:
When Big Spoon and I began talking about the wedding party, we both agreed that the smaller the party, the better - both on our wallets, our friends wallets and stress levels. I have three siblings, so obviously I want to include them and Big Spoon has a best friend. Done deal. The economy sucks and I felt guilty asking any of my girlfriends to pony up the money for a dress, shoes, etc. I'm listing my two best friends as honorary bridesmaids on our program: all the honor, none of the stress.
So ... I have a big sister and a little sister, both of which are married. I'm the last sister! Big Sister is nine years older than me, but we've always been pretty close. I was eleven when she married her husband (that's 17 years of marriage!). She's a Kindergarten teacher in our hometown and mother of my only niece and nephew.
Little Sister is the baby of the family and my Matron of Honor. She married her husband in 2006. Despite a four-year age difference and fighting like cats and dogs growing up, we've become closer now that we're grown ups. I was her Maid of Honor four years ago, now she's returning the favor.
Of the"big things" we have left to accomplish, the one on top of my list is to get my bridesmaids' outfitted in body-flattering, so going to wear it again, little black dresses. Our tuxedo-inspired color scheme makes this part easy ... it's getting the family together and predicting the weather that is the hard part!
I thought I'd pull together some of my favorites at David's Bridal:
And some favorites from various retailers and online stores:
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
non-matching BM dresses
I would like to direct my sister-bridesmaids to {this} post about non-matching dresses. I think blush pink or light gray would look great with the eggplant dress we have already purchased.
Sunday, June 07, 2009
bridesmaids dresses
I'm not sure why, but I've been really into bridesmaids dresses lately. I purchased a clearance Calvin Klein dress over the weekend. Its a lovely eggplant color ... and there is no way I'm going to find another one. Sigh. I thought I was going to be laid-back and trendy about the dresses, but maybe the "matching" bridesmaid trend was about convenience.
My sisters don't have to have the same dress, but I also don't want them to pay an arm and a leg for them! I'm hoping David's Bridal will be a close match. Otherwise, we'll be doing "opposites": one purple dress, one gray dress. Or, I'll change the color palette. I really like coral and gray. I like dark purple and gray. I like everything! Its a problem ...
My sisters don't have to have the same dress, but I also don't want them to pay an arm and a leg for them! I'm hoping David's Bridal will be a close match. Otherwise, we'll be doing "opposites": one purple dress, one gray dress. Or, I'll change the color palette. I really like coral and gray. I like dark purple and gray. I like everything! Its a problem ...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Favorite Bridesmaids Dresses ... so far
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