Joebot's Garb

So, the most difficult thing about planning the wedding thus far is actually Joe's ensemble. Men's fashion is such a sad state, particularly if you want to show any kind of stylish flair. Alternative mens fashion is littered with puffy blouses, pirate gear, vampire coats and other VERY goofy costume garb. The other end, the typical menswear, is boring pronounced with an oring. Joe is not interested in a plain suit, nor does he have oodles of time to dig through websites or stores.

Flash forward to yesterday. I was watching the new Bravo show "The Fashion Show". Inspiration struck in the worst sounding place: the first eliminated designer. His line is called Elmer Ave. He is actually and amazing menswear designer who unfortunately did not do so well at the first challenge. He has a store in downtown LA and a website full of great blazers! Joe seemed to like them better than anything else we've found so far, so a trip to the shop is in our future! Paired with a cyberoptix tie and some lip-service pants and we might finally have a winner!

Wedding Party Ladies...Visual Aids

So, while we have a HUGE wedding party and we are mixing the girls and boys between "sides" (we both hate having to choose who gets to be on who's side...), we aren't really have the whole grand procession. Hence, matching dresses aren't really necessary. However, I do want a theme adhered to so that everyone knows who the wedding party is.

This post is about the ladies. Gentlemen will come later =) Oh, and by the way, we haven't contacted all of wedding party just yet as to who will be in it, so if you are reading this, saddened without a request, don't fret.

All the girls are to wear black dresses. I'd like short to "just past knee" length, but that's the only really restriction. I love the retro/cocktail/party dress feeling, but it's essentially up to the individual. I don't mind textures, embellishments, or anything like that, but they must be ALL black. However, I find that it's MUCH easier for people if there's something to go off of...and here are some great examples!

Wedding Party Dresses 1 by pinkbot featuring Emilio De La Morena dresses

Wedding Party Dresses 2 by pinkbot featuring Alexander Wang dresses

I'd like black shoes, as well. Flat, pumps, whatever! Again...here come the visual aids:

Wedding Shoe Examples by pinkbot featuring Marc Jacobs shoes

Now, to tie them all together and to pay homage to my favorite jewelry designer, I have been collecting pink elements by Tarina Tarantino for the ladies to wear. Jewelry will be provided for you, so no worries about getting anything! These pieces aren't the exact ones I have, but these are VERY close to the pieces I've got so far.

Tarina Jewelry Wedding Example by pinkbot featuring Tarina Tarantino earrings

Candle Questions

We are having lots of candles at the wedding...and I'm down to picking color options. I could do clear votive holders with colored candles like these:





Or do black candles with pink glass holders like these:



Clear holders are of course cheaper, but you know I like big color! What do you think?

Traveling to Ohio...

I'm going to make a trip to Ohio to go over and meet with some people about the wedding. I'll be there from June 11th (in the early evening) to June 16th (leaving early afternoon). During that time, I'll be visiting the Bonbonerie for cake tasting, Robin Wood Flowers (I think...my mom settled this one), Maslov Photography, and the Venue itself (most likely). It's also my sister's birthday, so it's a trip 2fer! Hope to see all my Ohio people very soon! <3

On a sadder note, unfortunately, it looks like we won't be able to bring Popple to Ohio in October. The minimum cost to bring her would be around $600...much much more than it would cost to have her looked after here. I'm saddened, but I'm not sure what else we can do. She'll just have to get the play by play when we return.

Decisions...I FINALLY MADE SOME!

Wedding Decor by pinkbot on Polyvore.com

I made a lil' Polyvore set of my favorite elements so I could see how they work together. I came up with something I'm pleased with and it's time to start buyin' up the goods. So far, I've gotten the plates, the long candle holders, the flatware, and the cups. I also go these adorable napkins that for some reason wouldn't show up on my Polyvore. Today I will finish getting the diamonds, buckets, and perhaps candles.

Yesterday, my friend Frankie, who's also engaged, and I went into downtown to get some Wedding related goodness. I found a wonderful fabric for my shrug and reception accents...an embroidered silk. However, it's colors scheme means that my reception dress will be the same material as my formal dress...which I love, so it's all good. We also found a supplier of the gorgeous, vintage style veiling so that we can create our own veils for a fraction of the price that over-priced bridal companies charge. The veiling is hard to find, but I got people on the INSIDE. It's most likely the reason that people can charge so much for pieces made out of it....that and ANYTHING bridal related is automatically inflated.

Anyways...off to purchase goodies!

Tokidoki themes

Tokidoki's art is a jam-packed landscape of cartoon-y fun...filled with hundreds of different elements to create a whimsical, joyful feeling. That's the type of vibe I'd like to incorporate. His art has several different themes that are very prominent throughout years of work. Some, I've figured out how to incorporate and some, I'm not sure I should. I want to throw them out there to see if any of your creative brains can come up with something magical. I have faith =)

Here are just a few:
- Diamonds (often with cartoon faces, but hey)

These will be easy...there already on some of the vases and, the always fun, huge table decor diamonds

- Lollipops in the candy bar and maybe even the table decor! You can get them in so many colors, swirl patterns, and sizes!

- Cherry Blossoms - most likely these will be in the cake AND I'd love to find trees for the ceremony spot...but I'm not sure how likely this will be for Ohio in October. I found LED trees, but I can't decide if that's ridiculously fun or ridiculously yikes.

- Wraped Candy (well, vampire wrapped candy) - in the candy bar and maybe table decorations?
- Sparrows
- Stars
- Hearts (Balloons!)
- Clouds - Rainbows - Lightning

- Skulls
- Music (Records, notes, MP3 players, boomboxes)
- Cows
- Daisies
- Milk Cartons
- Pink Haired Ladies (CHECK!)

Now, obviously, I do not want a cow decorations. But, if anything inspires you guys, I'd love to hear it!

I'm not gonna use the "b" word...

I'm tacky. It's not a secret. I like big sparkle...big absurdity...big glam. Boring is not something I'm really interested in. In edition to the already glimmering table cloths, I wanna up the sparkle factor with diamond table confetti! I'd like a mixture of small and medium, so that there is some more dimension to the table.
Issues thus far: I've only found 1 HUGE size of fuchsia as well as clear and light pink in a larger size. Though, I can't decide what would be best as far as the color.

The table cloth will be the fuchsia sparkle. So here are the small ones I found:


Clear Diamonds


Fuchsia Diamonds


Light Pink Diamonds


White AB Diamonds


Black Diamonds

I originally thought black or fuchsia, but now I'm not sure. Clear might look the most fun, since everything is really colorful already...

What's YOUR favorite?