Showing posts with label dresses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dresses. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

We got fake married last week!

Esther and I were fake married last week, to help out with our photographers Justin and Mary Marantz. They do photography workshops with budding wedding photographers, and last week, they held their most recent workshop at the classicly beautiful Chamard Vineyards in Clinton, CT.

We arrived at the very hospitable White Dress by the Shore, so E could don a 'cupcake' dress, then shot across the street to Jennie Fresa for some makeup artistry. The White Dress folks also chose some hair adornments for E to sport, and after we arrived at the vineyard, and a quick consultation with Mary and me, she settled on...a tiara?
yep, it looked good, with E all princess'd out, but it doesn't really take a huge effort to make Esther look good.

But, like Aunt Norma says, 'Eh...you could put her in a potato sack, and she'd look stunning.'

I think we were initially a touch intimidated by the huge throng of photographers and the paparazzi like flash bulb popping, but we settled in to the process, almost as a continuation of our first experience with J&M.

After the shoot, the always generous Marantz's invited us to Miso in New Haven for a rejuvenating sushi dinner, and we were on our way back to Boston.

So, be sure to check out the sneak peek post HERE ...

...and the full version HERE at Justin and Mary's incredibly life+work-fully integrated blog.

Also noticed that one of the photographers (Jake from Nodo Photograph) that attended the workshop has also posted some photos on his blog. He has an expensive camera, and he uses it for good, not evil.











Sunday, July 19, 2009

Dress Fitting #1

I had my first dress fitting yesterday!!

If I haven't already told you (10x) that my soon-to-be Aunt Norma is making my dress, well...now you know. Norma is a creative GENIUS and makes beautiful work out of anything...food, fabric, whatever. We currently display some original Norma throw pillows in our living room and keep her ridiculous brownies in the freezer for special treats. When Norma said that she would be honored to make my wedding dress for us I was ecstatic.

JC & I drove down to Norma & Jim's place on the Cape yesterday where Norma has been working on my dress. After a brief chat, we kicked JC out so Norma & I could get to work. As soon as I saw the dress lying on a bed...I was speechless. I worked with Norma online while she was in Florida this winter to figure out the best shape and style for my dress, and Norma sent me small fabric samples to choose from but I am NOT a creative genius so I had no idea what to expect. My brain works best with numbers and patterns, and exercise, but I can barely draw stick figures (evidence to the left) so I really couldn't envision the dress we were designing. I have to say, it is BEAUTIFUL J I'm not going to ruin the surprise with pictures, so you'll just have to be content with the happy (naked) self-portrait you see here.

After Norma & I discussed minor adjustments and finishing work to be done, we let JC & Jim back in the house so we could all have a proper visit. If you're going to the Cape, you have to get lobster and ice cream so we ended a fabulous day with a delicious seafood dinner on the water and ice cream (in fresh waffle cones!) at the Polar Cave Ice Cream Parlour where Jim's granddaughters work.

Stay tuned for Fitting #2!

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Bridesmaid Day

Today Heidi and Gina drove to Boston to spend the day with me looking at bridesmaid dresses...every girls' dream!

We all forgot cameras, so you'll get no visuals and will just have to wait for the wedding. Luckily, I think we found dresses that both girls like. One of the benefits of having a small bridal party is fewer people to please! Heidi and Gina were both so great and I had so much fun today.

My highlights of the day include:
3. Walking down Newbury Street on a beautiful day in Boston
2. Sangria lunch at Vox! (the grilled peach salad was good, too)
1. WHEN HEIDI GOT POOPED ON BY A BIRD!!!

I'm going to leave it at that.
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