Nov 29, 2009 Posted on Nov 29, 2009 in bling | 0 comments

Post-Thanksgiving Teaser #2

*Not photography related, but pretty sure it’ll be in awesome in photos!

I give you a little taste of my wedding jewelry:

thanks mom!

Nov 10, 2009 Posted on Nov 10, 2009 in DIY, Inspiration, petals | 4 comments

Pretty Pretty Petals

Lest you fear that I don’t have serious love for flowers of ALL stripes, I give you… The Tale of our Trip to The LA Flower Mart!

So one day last September, the obsessive planner/crazy-bride-to-be in me had a brilliant idea-  we should go to the flower mart to scout the types of flowers that would be available next year!  (Did I say brilliant? I may have meant cuckoo…)  But I didn’t stop there! Nope!  I figured we could even make a few arrangements to test drive the milk glass that was already taking over our kitchen island. Yay!  So I quickly threw together a flower inspiration board to guide our journey:

clockwise from left: source, source, source, source, source, source, source, source,

source, source, source, source, source

The following day, in honor of our wedding being less than one year away and both of us having a surprise day off today, we headed down to the LA Flower Mart to check out what’s available. It’s a pretty quick walk from our house, and thank god, because the day was seriously TOASTY.  The kind of TOASTY that LA could use right. about. now. You hear that rain?  Anyhoo.

It was nice and cool in the Flower Mart. We made a big loop and then headed back to the stalls we liked to grab flowers for our test centerpieces.

Here’s a few shots of us with all our loot:

We made it back home, downed some water, and started stripping leaves, and cutting the flowers down to create these:

**Note: if you’re allergic to pollen/flowers/all-that’s-pretty, suck back the claritin/zyrtec/benadryl BEFORE you start this project.  These beauties caused a full scale allergy fiasco for F Stripes and we’ll (I’ll) definitely be doing the pre-wedding arranging elsewhere. (Hint. Hint. J Stripe)

Allergies aside, it was pretty easy and only took about an hour or so.  And the best part?  All those beautiful flowers only cost $40. Yup. Serious pretty, serious cheap.

Next time I want to incorporate succulents/billy buttons into the arrangements, but all-in-all I’m pretty happy with the way they turned out!  Now because it was so much fun the first time around and because we live crazy close to the Flower Mart, I’m thinking of doing another test drive some day soon….

Any words of advice or are you leaving flowers up to a professional/enthusiastic friend or relative?

Oct 31, 2009 Posted on Oct 31, 2009 in how it all began | 1 comment

Proposal Stories Part III: She Says Yes!!!

I’ve got chili on the stove, a cold stella in my hand, and just enough time before dinner to tell you all about the best part of the proposal story- the part where she said yes!!!

First a little back story- you remember there was the search, there was the perfect ring, and now the proposal.

And in between there were secret emails, best friend approvals, and a very complicated financial transaction.  See I was in a tiny, tiny, tiny ski town in Canada working after ski season.  We could barely find an open grocery store or restaurant, let alone a bank that could do a wire transfer.  Finally I worked it all out and the ring was mailed to Lil’ Stripe.  She didn’t break it to me until a few days before I came home though that she thought maybe a tiny, tiny diamond was missing! AUGH!

It was.  And so the ring went back to Fay Cullen, and was promptly returned, all diamonds intact, to wait in my jewelry box until the perfect morning.

June 23 was that morning.  I woke up super early and very nervous!  I had plans to take our little bistro table/chairs out onto our roof where I would have breakfast and coffee ready, and the champagne (for mimosas of course) chillin’ in the fridge.

I’d bought us these special coffee cups.

I set a really cute table and perched the little box on the side of the saucer.

I couldn’t find my camera (too nervous) so I had to take pics with my phone…

Finally I knocked on our bedroom window (which goes out onto the roof).

Soon-to-be-Fiancee-Stripes came out, excited to be released from her prison.  Oops! She’d woken up at some point and I’d insisted she stay in our bedroom so she didn’t ruin my breakfast surprise. Luckily she wasn’t too grumpy at having been locked in our room all morning!

I nervously sat down across from her and waited (it seemed like forever) for her to notice the little box.  She finally looked down- and then back at me and I probably smiled like an asshole.

Then I got down on one knee, and spit out a pathetic “Baby will you marry me?”  Seriously, all the super romantic, meaningful things I’d been planning to say just disappeared!  There were some kisses in there somewhere, and a yes (thank god!) and then I went back to my seat while she admired her bling.  I was shaking so badly I couldn’t even enjoy my coffee for a while- and man do I love my coffee! LOL.

Huge sigh of relief.  That was scary and awesome and amazing all at once!

We laughed and talked and admired her ring and drank champagne in the sunshine.  Our cat Piper even got in on the action.

Then we started calling/texting all our friends and eventually we walked down to Banquette to meet them and drink wine.  Yum!  As you all know I’m all about afternoon drinks!  And being engaged!  We headed to another downtown establishment for a few more drinks and various friends met up with us throughout the day as we celebrated our engagement late into the night.

What about you?  Any other at home proposals or were you all on the side of a mountain in a foreign country frolicking with unicorns when your SO proposed?  Any ladies out there that did the proposing themselves?

Oct 27, 2009 Posted on Oct 27, 2009 in how it all began | 2 comments

Let the wild rumpus start!

Hello lovely readers! And crazed brides.

I mean that’s who reads these things right?

Welcome to my very first wedding blog post!

After months of avid wedding blog stalking, I feel like giving something back, indulging my narcissism, and throwing a little gay love into the universe (and blogosphere).

So first off a little bit about us:

We are Tabitha & Cynthia and we are awesome. We are a Costume Designer & Chef, parents to a small furry family, and all-around lovers of food, drink, books, travel, and each other.

Awwww. Sweet huh?

We got engaged on June 23 on our rooftop in downtown Los Angeles and are planning our mind-blowingly awesome modern/vintage wedding for September 2010!

Hopefully our wedding planning adventure will prove inspiring for other brides, planners, and the wedding obsessed.  And hopefully it will provide a little place on the web for other lesbian brides to see weddings like their own!

So stick around.  We’ll be doing lots of DIY, forging some new traditions (not so many guidelines out there for a two-bride wedding) figuring out how to save a buck (or two) and eventually walking down the aisle to say “I do!”

…and b/c blogs w/out pictures are BORING- here ya go!