How. Cute. Is. This?

I found this on Style Me Pretty, but it is originally posted at AMC Video's Wedding Blog.

Watch Amy's Song! This definitely made me tear up a couple times... (But for real realies, that's not too hard).

(forgive me for not posting the damn video here, but I don't know how. Worst. Blogger. Ever.)

DIY detail #1: Dyed Crinoline

My third post, I've already been MIA for a few days. Good for me.

As I mentioned before, I loooove details. It's pretty much what I obsess about. Sometimes I'm browsing the wedding blogs and I see a random picture of a minute wedding detail, like ribbon on a favor box, (a handmade favor box, mind you) that perfectly matches the groomsmen's ties. While most might not even notice, I just stop and stare in awe. And I feel validated: I'm not a sick freak, people do pay attention to minutia like me!

Currently, a detail that has stuck out in my head is the thought of a beautiful, ethereal, "virginal" (*ahem*) bride, dressed in white... and then, BAM! An unexpected splash of color... dyed crinoline! Wooooow! (PS: this is new to me, but About.com said that "unexpected color" is one of the hot trends for 2006. Way to be "hip" and "with it", Cupcake.)

crin·o·line

/ˈkrɪnlɪn/ Pronunciation Key –noun
1. a petticoat of haircloth or other stiff material, worn under a full skirt to keep it belled out.
2. a stiff, coarse cotton material for interlining.
3. a hoop skirt.
4. a reinforcement of iron straps for holding together brickwork, as of a furnace or chimney.

(definition courtesy of Dictionary.com)


Ya know, the white itchy stuff that makes your dress all poofy. Not something that you might think would be all that interesting... but check this out:

from knottie bio tjh186

How cute it this?? Such a nice touch, and it's a tooootal DIY. You can do it in your washing machine at home! This specialty knottie bio, Colored Slip Bio, has a whole bunch of great pictures and a tutorial to boot. You should check it out and drool, like me.

Side note: I'm going to be honest: I meant to put a ton more pictures on here, but I am just not very good at this blogging thing yet and one post takes me SOOOO long. Is this typical? Will I get faster, or do you guys really just have 10 extra hours a day to find the pictures, properly credit them, and fit them in to a well-crafted and thoughtful blog? Do any of you hard-core bloggers have any tips for a very amateurish me?

"Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination."
- Roy Goodman

so, what are you in for?

I am terrified of copyright infringement. I'm far too dramatic for jail.

The dramatic chipmunk. Busted.

My very favorite things about weddings are the details. Ooooh the details. It's like crack for my budding DIY addiction. My version of "dreaming" about having a wedding someday is a little, different: I don't think about the romantic gushy stuff, the dress I will wear, the moment I see "him" standing there... *gag*. What I tend to think as I drift off to sleep is, "How feasible would a fire pit be to set up for a s'more station? How many sticks would I need to whittle? Could I DIY my bouquests, or should I just hand-make the girls purses? Does gocco ink smear on faces if I gocco'd cocktail napkins?" And fueling this condition are a coupla little things called Google Images and Flickr search. Now, I have about, oh, a billion and four pictures saved on my computer at home of wedding details that I love and want to remember.

But when can I use images? Upon entering the blog-o-sphere, I have been really concerned about how to credit people for their work. I can see it now: me, sitting on the couch in my apartment watching Deadliest Catch, and BOOM! The door is kicked inward and the police swarm in. My crime? I posted a picture of a wedding cupcake tree and the "intellectual owner" wants me thrown in the clink. Nooooooo...

So after much research, I think I got it down. Two main rules: 1. do not "steal" bandwidth, meaning don't link directly to someone else's website; it slows down their deal and is just plain rude. And 2. Always credit! If it's not mine, (which is normally won't be), say whose it is. Got it. If anyone actually reads this blog and they see that I am doing something wrong, please try to save my freedom and let me know. Aaaaany advice would be awesome.

Okay, I'm going to let my boyfriend play with the 'puter, 'cause he's trying to bounce a golfball on a club and it's driving me nuts. Tomorrow, I promise to talk about weddings. =)

"All glory comes from daring to begin."

- Eugene F. Ware

holy matrimolé, its a blog.

I did it. I created a blog. Welcome to 2008, me.

I've been thinking about doing this for a long time now, and today I finally got the lead outta my arse and took the leap. I gotta tell ya, right off the bat, picking a name was TOUGH. I went back and forth for a long time, longer than I first anticipated. But then, after much brainstorming, I realized, who am I kidding? My boyfriend gets grumpy at me 'cause it takes me a good ten minutes to pick out which flavor oatmeal I want for the next week. A blog name, something I will associate with me, from which I will create a moniker and mood? Mmmm... hhhmmm.

See, I think this blog is mostly going to be about weddings and wedding related things, as that is what I am most interested (obsessed?) in and to which a large portion of my internet time is dedicated. First I was experimenting with plays on wedding words and phrases, but I was hitting a block finding something clever/not stupid. Runner up? "The Wedding Stalker." Kind of direct, per the boyfriend kind of creepy. My other one was, "Holy Martimony!" intended to be pronounced, "mat-ri-MO-ny!" See? Yeah. Not so good. Neither was, "Holy Matrimolé!"

I had a whooooole list of these, people. All equally as riveting. Eeeeee.

"Cupcake?" The Boyfriend asked when I proudly told him my brand spankin' new blog name.

"I don't like cucumbers." I replied.

So here it is. I'm really excited this little adventure, which puts me at a new level of geeky that I had not previously attained. I hope this blog turns out to be enjoyable, I hope it inspires... I hope that I'm not the only reader. I just figured that as much time as I spend looking at these wedding sites, maybe I should throw my veil into the wedding blog arena and give my creativity a whirl. A word of warning: just like I am in life, I'm a quirky writer, so bear with me: I hope to make up for it with awesome pictures, quotes, and ideas. I also hope to someday have a feature where I do DIY projects, (by the way, did I mention I am hypnotized by anything DIY? 'cause I am), and photographic how-tos. Ooooh yeah, this is going to be a great friendship, this blog and I.

I leave you with a quote, which I hope to do frequently:

"To keep your marriage brimming,
with love in the wedding cup,
whenever you're wrong, admit it;
whenever you're right, shut up."
- Ogden Nash

<3
Cupcake