Archive for September, 2009

Sep 2009

From day one we knew we were going to DJ our own wedding, mostly because we *could.* As far as we were concerned, ipod's were a small gift from the wedding gods. Halfway through the planning process though, I started to get nervous about our ipod DJ plan. You see, David and I like to dance, or more precisely we like to daaaaaaaaaaaaannnncccceeee. If you're playing dancing music, you will not be able to get me off the dance floor. The hora? Hip-hop? The electric slide? I'm there. Heck, I'll do country line dances, and I'll lead a dance floor full of people in a funky Macarana if I'm forced into it. So I started to get very concerned, because people said, without a DJ there is no flow, without a DJ there is no energy, without a DJ people will take over your play list, without a DJ you have to work at your own wedding.

In sum: without a DJ, no one will dance. And I believe the technical term for that story is Bullsh*t. Continue reading How To DJ Your Wedding With An Ipod

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Sep 2009

DIY, or DIT, Week

This week I wanted to talk a bit of some of the projects we took on for our wedding - in particular doing our own flowers and DJing our wedding with an ipod playlist. David said I should also talk about our wine, but I can tell you how to DIY your wine in two seconds: figure out some good affordable wine that you like, figure out about how much you think people will drink, buy wine. And NO, I don't know what kind of wine you like, so don't even ask. So *that's* covered.

But before we talk about DIY, or my favorite made-up acronym DIT (do-it-together), I wanted to parse what we mean when we say DIY. Over the lifetime of this blog, I've gotten a lot of emails saying something along the lines of, "Oh my god! You're wedding is so DIY! I could never do that..." which always left me with a bit of a feeling of, "Whhhhaaaaa???" Because here is the thing: I've never considered myself to be terrifically DIY. I have something of a creative personality, but I'm not crafty. To me a DIY wedding conjures up images of hand made bunting flags, handmade glassine envelopes with homemade confetti, and handmade stickers to affix on handmade favors. And for better or worse, our wedding had none of those things.
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Sep 2009

G’mar Chatimah Tova

I will be taking Monday off to observe Yom Kippur. After such a momentous year, it is wonderful to get to slow down and reflect on the many blessings we received, and what I'm ready to leave behind as I dive into the new.

To all of my Jewish and Interfaith ladies (and a few gents) I wish you thoughtful reflection, moments of peace, and an easy fast. I'll see you on the other side.

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Sep 2009

Sponsor Introduction: My Wedding Workbook

Today I have the pleasure of introducing you to My Wedding Workbook, which is as far as I can tell, is the best online wedding planning software available. AND IT'S FREE. I'm not even joking. When I started poking around their site, the first thing I thought was, "Holy hell. Why didn't we use this website? Why, why, why?" Because the bottom line is, the reason I was able to say "f*ck it" on the day of the wedding, is that I was really organized leading up to the wedding. In fact, if you saw my day of spreadsheet you would probably faint. So that's me. Hyper organized. Someone who works on Excel all day long. Someone who when she sees The Knot's wedding planning software, wants to slam her head against the wall.
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Sep 2009

Wedding Graduate: the ‘i do’ chronicles

I'm so excited to introduce Sarah (remember Sarah, with the wishes and the littles?) who blogs at the "i do" chronicles, talking about her wedding this morning. I've really been delighted to share some practical, grounded ladies who had somewhat more traditional weddings this week, along with funky/quirky weddings, because there are many wise women who read this blog (and some kick-ass men, heeeey!) and some of them are walking down a church aisle and rocking it (um, for most of my life I assumed *I* would walk down a church aisle and rock it). So here is Sarah, speaking her truth (and look at her blue dress girls! Someone steal this idea please!) So, Sarah, preach it:

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Sep 2009

Wedding Graduate: Happy-Zen Lauren

Today's wedding graduate is Lauren! Lauren, who got married the same weekend we did (remember?), Lauren who has been super honest walking this path along side me and sharing the parts that SUCKED, Lauren who loves being married as much as I do, Lauren who didn't even screw around and sent me her wedding graduate post before I had time to ask (thank you!!). Her advice is so wise - like the inviting everyone you love bit. The only thing we disagree on is the being tired after the wedding (we were not, oddly), but different perspectives is what makes Team Practical work, no? And now, with love, I give you Lauren and her best advice... 1. Do what feels right to you, and hold your ground... We had no formal wedding party-- Jeff's oldest and best friend was our best man, and I had a bevy of non-bridesmaids who hung out with me that morning.

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