first there are the shoes. couple weeks ago, after a skating double date with one of my bridesmaids and while “just looking” at a shoe store, I found these purple beauties. yes, at the time I had no dress, but nonetheless, I had to buy them. they are perfect. Standing 1.5 inches tall, I am still noticeably shorter than my fiancé with them. better yet, they are pretty and fun, extremely comfortable and on sale. they were my first purchase for the wedding (excluding deposits) and when I paid for them, it was such a significant moment.
as for the dress… I think I may have decided… thanks to my wishy-washy self, I nearly drove myself crazy with the whole made-to-measure vs. ready-to-wear question. I agonized for weeks; girlfriends of all sorts had to receive long lengthy emails full of questions and pictures. But then I went to visit Evan at Yanagi Couture again (I bought this cute custom made cashmere jacket from her store and had to pick it up) and she helped me refine my design, answered my abundant questions, allowed me to parade in many of her dresses, and offered me an excellent deal. all uncertainties quelled which lead me to the decision of getting my wedding dress made-to-measure. yes, I am going with that route and I will be wearing my design (which is probably the closest I’ll ever be to becoming Vera Wang).
bridesmaid dresses have also been bought. Again, my indecisiveness put me in a frenzy and making pro/con lists all day (Vera Wang vs. Thread) didn’t quite help. after many discussions with Daniel, we finally decided on the Thread dresses. They are more flattering on most of the girls and the colour (a boysenberry) is lovely. however, the dresses are slightly more expensive than I had intend for them to be (and more so than the Vera Wang ones) but my dear dear bridesmaids all agreed to Thread without a complaint or even a hesitation.
on a spending high, I also purchased my bridesmaids part of their bridesmaid presents on a whim. I saw them. they were a lovely gold colour and, once again, on sale, and so I had to get ‘em.
daniel and I also visited our jewelers. I am wanting an eternity wedding band. I am wanting to be blinded by diamonds.
lastly, there is the gocco. after seeing such beautiful gocco’ed invitations on weddingbee and etsy, I jumped on the bandwagon and bought a gocco kit! for those who are ignorant of this whole gocco craze, a gocco is a "self-contained compact colour printing system"... kinda like a screenprinting toy. for valentine's day, daniel and I embarked our very first graphic-design/printing project and created a design from illustrator which was then goccoed. t'was fun and I can't wait till we take on a bigger project (*ahem* the wedding invitations)
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welcome to the wonderful world of gocco! the latest cool thing that i've found it can do is make custom stencils which i can then use with glass etching cream to etch glass!
I would love to see what you have done with your gocco, Elizabeth. pictures of your projects (and this custom stenciling) please!
pheebs, you would have such a kick from gocco. I bought mine on ebay (seller: printaddict). apparently it's the most popular and cheapest way to purchase one. I can give you more details if you like.
yay those shoes are gorgeous! I'm having trouble finding the right color (green), height (about 1") and style (peep toe).
yay for Evan Yanagi! isn't it relieving when you've made that decision?
yay for gocco! My dad is getting one for me from japan! I'm so on that bandwagon too...
oooh... we have very similar shoe requirements, chinglish. good luck on a finding a fabulous (and comfortable) pair. and yes, it is such a relief now that I "have" a dress. but now I just have to patiently wait for the process to begin (my first fitting isn't till this summer!)
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