mummergirl's totally after-the-fact planning thread

JayKay · February 26, 2011

I love love love your shoes!!

BrideMoka · March 2, 2011

loved your dress, it actually looks so simular to mine I had to turn the computer away so my FI doesn't see it, lol, loved the programs and the invites, you did a great job!!! Congratrs

BrideMoka · March 2, 2011

Is your train detatchable, would love to see your ceremony pics!!!!

Originally Posted by cougs

being selected motm has resulted in extreme feelings of guilt over never posting my planning thread or review yet, despite having been married now for 3 months. thank you all for loving me anyway. anyway, i thought i should probably suck it up and do it already! i can't thank the ladies of this forum enough ... i both love and hate you for having so many great ideas ... you made my life hell with DIY, lol! in the end, i got lazy and scrapped most of the projects i was planning on anyway ... i had procrastinated way too much and then swine flu hit and i was more concerned with whether or not there would BE a wedding, KWIM?

here goes:
the proposal that started it all (may 18, 2007):

we started to plan a halloween '09 big-fat-at-home-traditional-wedding, and quickly discovered we'd never be able to afford it. after much deliberation (and finding this forum!), we decided on a DW, may 28 '09, at dreams cancun resort and spa, mexico.
the venue (this gazebo pic had me at hello):

we pretty much told everyone thru word of mouth and chose to forgo STDs in favor of sending out our actual invites months early. this did *not* happen, LOL. i saw some fabulous BDW'ers DIY pocketfolds and decided i must make some of my own. PROJECT FROM HELL ... mostly because i am a graphic designer and wanted them to be *perfect*. i ripped off the floral design idea from Wedding Invitations, Bridal Shower Invitations & Announcements by Wedding Paper Divas and changed it with my own colors/fonts/layout and took forever getting it just right. i *finally* sent the project to a local printer i was set on using (totally running out of time at this point) and a week later he informed me he couldn't match my colors with the process he was using! so then i was forced to contend with the color printer here at work and EVERY SINGLE SHEET of cardstock getting jammed in the printer, and the two-sided insert brochure and rsvp postcards not lining up front-to-back ... anyway i was in tears. the printer guy felt bad and offered to still cut everything for me, which was nice, but then he cut everything CROOKED! again, in tears. (i am a graphic designer! my printed items can't look like ass!) anyway it was simply too late and i just had to send them out crappy. i was so dismayed with everything that i never even took pics of the finished product. so picture all this stuff in an opalescent-apricot-colored envelopment, tied with sheer orange ribbon and a shell:

the dress, aka "something new" (allure 8531):

on me, 2nd fitting:

not AT ALL what i set out to buy (didn't want strapless or satin), but it was the one that made mom cry. oh and that's not my actual veil ... wasn't sure if i would wear one in dreams cancun's gale-force wind so i didn't want to spend the cash. my sister ended up making me one that she gave to me the morning of the wedding.

the ceremony shoes (had to go with slutty red shoes to offset the purity of the traditional wedding dress, lol!):

the comfort shoes:

to be continued ...