I had just finished changing the blade on my exact-o knife yesterday when the knife slipped from my hand and landed on my thigh. Or rather, IN my thigh. Point down. Perhaps because the knife was so wonderfully sharp, it didn’t…
Read more
It’s an odd thing, being this close to the wedding. I simultaneously would like to stop time AND fast forward two or three weeks into the future. Somehow, it is still next to impossible to imagine this wedding ACTUALLY happening-…
Read more
Not quite, but soon. Very soon. You have, perhaps, noticed that I usually don’t leave myself unbleeped, particularly in titles. But today, only the actual, full, F-word would suffice. One month! One. Month. How did that happen? Seriously- didn’t we…
Read more
Last weekend, I ran the Brooklyn Half Marathon for the 3rd time. This was my sixth half in the space of two years, and I am sorry to report that they do not get any easier. In fact, when I started running, my…
Read more
Now that I have a veil, I need something to, you know, keep it on my head. My favorite thing about drop veils is how ethereal and effortless they are. The best ones seem to stay in place via magic. It’s…
Read more
I’ve long been a serious sucker for veils with STUFF on them. Petals. Lace. Embroidery. Pearls. They’ve always captured my imagination- I think there are fewer things chicer than a long, elaborate veil worn with a simple, streamlined gown. Imagine…
Read more
Of all the wedding projects with which I’ve tasked myself, I’ve procrastinated the most on bridesmaid dresses. It’s not that they’re particularly complicated- it’s mostly that I’ve been doing everything I can to avoid dyeing fabric. In what seems like…
Read more
It’s like a wedding-dress-version of the game where you guess what an object is based on an extreme close-up. I’ve basically turned into a psycho this week. It was as if when the clock struck “May,” my sanity flew out…
Read more
