CrazyLand, here we come!
Aw, our kitties love getting Reiki sessions! They purrrrr and purrrrrrrr and soak it up. Happy.
So, today, Mark and I are braving a Wedding Thing with my mom. It is some event where there are lots of vendors selling Wedding Stuff. And you can win free things and eat free cake and drink free cocktails, which is the main reason I decided to go. I’m trying to keep a safe distance from the crazy Wedding People/Industry/Insanity. But today we might be diving right into the middle of it… which could be interesting. So I asked Mark to bring the camera. Of course.
The people we’ve booked already have been awesome. But there have been lots of other vendors who… well, let’s just say they cater to a different kind of couple. Or basically just the bride. Or the bride’s mom. And it’s all about “Oh, we can make your dream day come true, and you are going to feel so special and pretty and everyone will love you forever because you will have the BEST wedding day in the history of all time!”
Now, I’m a happy and enthusiastic person. Most of the time. But that’s because I’m sincerely happy and enthusiastic about lots of things. And unless you’re someone I know and love, I don’t get all that jazzed about the minute details of your wedding. So these uber-excited vendors sort of scare me. Especially when they e-mail me 3 times in one day and call me at work and try to convince me that my “Special Day” should be entrusted to their loving care.
We have a totally great photographer. We have laid-back yet very professional DJs. We have a nice, helpful, chill coordinator. My dress is being made by a super cool Seattle designer gal, Chrissy Wai-Ching. (Oh, and I went without the bodice stitching, in case you were wondering. Now- if y’all know of some really awesome jewelry-makers, let me know. Preferably independent crafty peoples.)
Everything else… except maybe the cake… is basically up to my mom. Of course we’ll give input, but I’m letting her gather info/ideas for the decor, invites, flowers, etc. Cuz she’s good at that stuff - much better than I am at decorating and whatnot. And because I really don’t want to deal with anymore Flowery Happy Princess-Making Vendors. Our wedding will be meaningful, special, awesome, fun, memorable… but not a Princess Fairyland $100,000 affair.
And so today, we head off to Wedding CrazyLand. I hope we emerge alive and intact. Wish us luck.
P.S. Nope, it didn’t hurt to get my tragus pierced! It just hurts a little if I forget about it and poke my ear. But there aren’t really nerves in that part - try pinching yours really hard, and you’ll see what I mean.
We’ll miss you Much at Mi Barrio but I promise to take pics and post them on Flickr!!
Ok I feel vaaaaaguely awkward shilling for myself here, but since I make jewelry I thought I would go ahead and link you to a flickr set of stuff I have made (this is just the stuff I managed to photograph before I sold it). I actually just made jewelry for my friend Trish’s wedding this month, although of course I forgot to take pics of any of it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lizerati/sets/72157594217188992/
(Btw, if you have no interest, that is totally cool - I won’t be offended or insulted or anything of the sort, I promise.)
I love it, Lizerati!! I’ve seen jewelry I like elsewhere, but usually if it has orange in it it’s paired with yellow-gold, and I don’t really wear yellow gold. But silver and orange would be awesome…although I also love those coppery-colored earrings. I’m so bad at matching stuff and pulling an outfit together! That’s probably why I usually just stick to silver. =) When I look back at what I wore in college…ohhhh, lordy. I screamed Crazy. Not that that’s a bad thing. I was just very….colorful. And mismatched. And…crazy.
But…yes! How does jewelery-making/conceptualization work? Do you sketch something or just put different materials together or sprinkle pixie dust and wave a magic wand? These things are new to me. Most of my jewelry is stuff that was given to me, so I’ve rarely picked anything out myself. But I definitely love your creations!
Pixie dust! Every time
Awesome! I guess the way I would start to be for you to tell me what kind of stuff you envision wearing - earrings? a necklace? both? small and understated? big and eye catching? matching your colors? coordinating with your colors? and then if you had any designs (of mine or others) that you specifically liked, we could talk about the general idea. Then I’d go find the materials and double check with you that what I find is what you have in mind, then I’d make the jewelry. I try and do that well in advance so if anything needs to be changed, there’s plenty of time. That’s about how it goes
If you’re interested still, email me! We’ll talk about what you have in mind!
Oh wow, I just pinched my “tragus” (I didn’t know I had a “tragus”, but I knew I had ears), and you’re right, nothing! That is SO unbelievably creepy to me though.
Your wedding is going to be awesome, no doubt.
For non Princess Fairyland flowers, I recommend Sams Club, you know, the food warehouse place? I got my wedding flowers there and they were gorgeous! They had me pay wholesale for the flowers and then just a small arranging fee. I forget the numbers, but it was much smaller than any of the florists I talked to. I used the one in Alpharetta.
Awesome- I will definitely check them out, that sounds like a really good deal.
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