Sorry to leave you “flat” as we used to say when I was 10 years old. I’ve been so busy with wedding plans that I haven’t had time to pop in here and write. But let me catch you up on all things wedding (with some crochet too!).

I decided early on that I was going to be the “anti-bride,” as I was calling it, meaning I wasn’t interested in doing anything that’s typically done at weddings. Not to offend anyone, just that all of that stuff is not in my taste (nor Mr. NexStitch’s). Even our 4 1/2 year long engagement isn’t typical! Neither of us wanted a chicken dance, bouquet throwing, cake cutting, tuxedo wearing, garter belt getting via teeth kind of wedding. No way Jose’. My intention was to put on the “anti wedding,” to show everyone that all that stuff isn’t missed when it doesn’t creep up into the  schedule of events – shoot, I don’t even want a schedule on that day! Our plan is simple: get married and have a great party with excellent food and only close friends and some family. Oh, and we want to do it on a smaller budget and load the day up with lots of DIY touches, to personalize it and save money. Tall order.

If you saw my previous post, you saw that I was going with the bright yellows and greens with a splash of gray in moderation. That’s been carried out in the attire.

First up, the “Best People” (we’re not having a best man or maid of honor). The ladies will wear jCrew Cotton Cady Sydney dresses. My friend Nancy works for jCrew and got us a discount on the dresses ($157 per dress). Both of the female “Best People” are going to rock these super cute in a slightly paler shade of green (on sale at Marshalls and on Amazon, so about $40 a pair):

Mr. NexStitch is going to rock the jacket and pants from this slim cut Alfani suit with a nice white shirt that has a faint white on white stripe in it, black shoes and a black belt. Total cost for his outfit: $310 including tailoring of the coat. The best guys will wear gray pants and a white shirt, no jacket, same shoes and belt. The suit was 50% off at Macy’s!:

I picked out, for myself, an off-white dress from BCBG that has a similar off-white on off-white stripe in it which is most evident at the hem. I LOVE this dress because it’s simple. No beading. No glitter. No nothing (except a sash around the waist) Dress cost: $370 including 2nd-day air shipping:

For shoes I picked out a rockin’ pair of high, high heels by Carlos Santana. They’re faux crocodile, baby and only $80!:

And just today, as I was doing my tour of the Internets, I came across a new design from Annie Modesitt in the new book called, “Crocheted Gifts” by Kim P. Werker. The design is called, “Trinity Lacy Shrug” which I immediately fell in love with. I had planned to design my own shrug to wear on wedding day but with all these other details I’m taking care of, I just feared not having time to put together something I liked. This was the evident solution. I’ve decided on using Bouton d’Or’s Surya yarn in Soleil (yellow) to match the shoes ($18 a skein for 3 skeins plus the cost of the book = $85:

Details I’m still deciding on: jewelry and handbag. I’ve picked out a handbag I like but it’s $95. Not sure if I want to spend that much now, although I love the bag and would use it otherwise:

The last detail is the jewelry. My mother would like me to wear something of hers but I want to wear a green beaded necklace (not yet determined). We’ll see how that goes.

Next blog post? More details related to the wedding space (and more crochet to follow!). Stay tuned.

Tags: BCBG, Crochet, crocheted gifts, dress, jcrew, kim p. werker, wedding