Coming soon: news about my cake. (Ideas from Mr. Quirky’s mom.)
In the meantime, I leave you with some gems of themed cakes courtesy of the ultimate cake blogger.
August 20, 2009
Actual e-mail from my mom
Upon seeing a picture of me in my dress sent via e-mail, she wrote:
very lovely…however, when I looked at the first picture and it was on sideways, I decided to rotate it. Unfortunately, I rotated it the wrong way and you ended up on your head. I do not recommend wearing your wedding dress while standing on your head!
mom
August 17, 2009
Sunday night
It’s Sunday night here in Quirkyville and we are playing around with my new Flip Cam courtesy of my friends at Frontline – I won it from them at Blogher! Roomie, her friend and I discuss the reality show, Bridezillas.
You could view more quality programing at Frontline.
August 3, 2009
Bridesmaid horror stories
Yesterday at the pool, I heard a true bridesmaid horror story. (All names and places have been changed to protect the innocent bridesmaid against the wrath of the guilty bride.) It begged the question, what happens to a girl when she gets married that gives her the entitlement to treat her girlfriends like servants who have endless bank accounts?
Bridesmaid Betsy is in a wedding back in her hometown of Weddingville. She is one of five fair maidens in this fancy shindig.
She has been invited to no less than four separate events celebrating Greedalyn’s wedding. All of these events take place in Weddingville which is a 10 hour drive from Kansas City or a $200 flight. And all of them require the purchase of a gift. There is the couple’s engagement party, two bridal showers and the bachelorette party.
Then there is the “dress”, a frock hardly worthy of said fashion term. All the fair maidens will be wearing floor length ”cinnamon” (think rusty brown) skirts. But each fair maiden will have a strapless linen top of a different color. Betsy picked what she thought was a creamy butter color to best match her skintone. Other colors up for grabs included fuscia, Tiffany blue, some sort of green and a light pink.
As another pool friend commented, it sounds like an unlikely rainbow on a cloud of poop.
(Hey, I’m just repeating what was said here.)
Unfortunately when the nice butter yellow top came in, it wasn’t a butter yellow at all, but more like a “Hi, how you doing?” daisy yellow. (Note: I think Daisy yellow is a beautiful color, but when it’s not the color you are expecting to wear, it can be shocking, also I’m not really getting the whole color scheme…)
To make matters worse? This “dress” cost Betsy $200. Like she’ll ever wear any part of it again.
That might not be so bad, but then Greedalyn told Betsy that she has hired hair and makeup to come do everyone up on the big day and that all the maidens must wear the same jewelry – total pricetag for beauty per maid? $100.
(And there hasn’t even been a decision made on the shoes!)
Betsy factors that after the hotel room (that Greedalyn got at a reduced rate.), the plane tickets, the dress, the hair/makeup, the gifts/parties, she is in at well over $1,000 for her friend.
And it’s not like Betsy has this kind of disposable income. She’s a young professional just starting her career. Now I know Betsy loves her girlfriend, and wants to stand up for her at the wedding, but I think brides need to consider their friends a little more when planning their big day.
Is it absolutely necessary for everyone to wear the same shoes? I think if a bridesmaid owns a pair of shoes, as long as they are in the general style/color as the dress she should wear them. What about hair and jewelry? Unless a bride is paying, she probably shouldn’t demand that all her bridesmaids fork up extra money for something they can do themselves.
But Betsy is a good sport. She’s dutifully going along with Greedalyn’s every wish.
With the exception of one. On top of all of the requirements on Betsy to show up in Weddingville for this event, Greedalyn actually had the audacity to tell Betsy that she “had to have a date.”
WHAT?!
Betsy is not in a relationship right now. Not only would she have to ask a guy she is only casually seeing, bringing a date would require her to pay for another flight, then rent a car for the boy so he would have something to do for the two days of wedding prep in which Greedalyn has every hour scheduled for Betsy. Not to mention the time off work the boy would have to take off.
I’m very proud of Betsy for telling Greedalyn “no” on the date. Sorry Greedalyn if that messes up your bridal party dance. You’ll just have to be sure to invite hot boys to your wedding for Betsy. It’s the least you can do!
So let’s have it. Tell me your bridesmaid horror stories.
(DD Girl & Team Quirky members, I really hope you don’t have any yet! And if I demand one thing of you, aside from the request to stand up in a red dress next to me on my wedding day, please kick my butt. I’m just honored to have you all there for me on my big day.)
July 30, 2009
Photo Op
We met with our wedding photographer to sign our little contract and have some chit chat last night. If you are a Kansas City peep, make sure you stop by his studio in the Crossroads next time you go to First Fridays. Tell him Queen of Quirky sent you and I bet he’ll give you a high five.
He’s going to do an engagement photo session in the next few weeks and now I’m all like, Oh hell. What do I wear? He said to wear what is natural. Well for the fiance, that’s shorts and a t-shirt – easy, right? But for me? I’m kind of a clothes-a-holic.
I love, love dresses. So for me that would be a natural fit. But I also have this cute quirky more casual outfit that I could wear. So it’s really down to two choices – do I go more casual to match the fiance or do I dress the part and glam it up?
Outfit #1 – Casual – a blue and yellow polka-dot top with dark jean Bermuda shorts and yellow shoes. (Ladies of Blogher, I wore this outfit on Saturday.) The only picture I have of this outfit is of the top and I’m holding Gertie, so you don’t really get to see it, but I guess it gives you some what of an image…
Outfit #2 – A vintage inspired light blue halter top dress with strawberries on it – red platform peep toe wedge sandals and a red sweater (if it’s coldish.) I wore this on Saturday night at Blogher and I have two pictures of it . First up, the dress with my friend, Barefoot Foodie.
Second up, with Mrs. Potato Head. Yes, I know every girl has a photo of herself with the esteemed childhood icon that is Mrs. Potato Head. (Look people, I tried to tell you this here blog is quirky.)
So what do you think? There is also a picture of the dress in black & white from the MomaPop Sparklecorn at Blogher. (Make sure you check out the unicorn cake!)
I think I’m over thinking, so that’s why I’m asking you. Also, if you are a bride with engagement photos, please show us yours in the comments!
July 28, 2009
My new Tuesday gig
So I’m moonlighting every Tuesday over at Tweet My Wedding along with four other awesome wedding bloggers. You should check it out. But don’t worry, I’m sure I’ll be here every Tuesday to tease you with some tidbits so you will be sure to head on over.
This week, you’ll want to visit to check out the hair styles I had tested on me at the Suave sponsored a hair salon within the Blogher conference trade show. They brought in professional stylists from Lukaro, a studio in Beverly Hills.
And if seeing my star-worthy hair do isn’t enough for you, then you should at least go over there to enter the contest to win a bag full of full-size Suave hair products. Oh, see, now you are going.
July 27, 2009
Winner winner chicken dinner!
And the winner of our hot dog contest is………(Thank you Random.org for the number generator.)
The other Erin!! Yay! Thank you all for participating. If the other Erin would e-mail your contact info to me at queenofquirky [at] gmail.com, I will send you the following:
An I-Village tote bag and magnet note pad which will be great for writing down your grocery lists for all your favorite Queen of Quirky recipes!
Also, in the bag: Mary Kay lipgloss and small clutch, EOS lip balm, A pink Turbo Tax notepad and matching pin, a pink luggage tag from Wiley that reads “everyone loves a geeky girl.” (I completely agree!) and a flash drive from Crocs.
I did receive all of these items as swag at Blogher, so please enjoy them and next time you have a hot dog, think of me!
July 22, 2009
Dog-gone!
I’m off to Chicago, but yesterday we squeezed in a wedding meeting with our awesome caterer – Blue Pot.
Mark is putting together a fantastic menu to fit our movie theater theme. The main item being hot dogs! I love how creative he was with this:
All Beef Hot Dogs
Sesame Buns, assorted Gourmet Toppings
House made ketchup, grainy mustard, pickle relish, roasted red pepper pesto, banana peppers, celery salt, chopped onions and herbs
The dogs will be served in clear plastic movie-theatre style containers.
I was telling Mark about my awesome blog readers who always have great opinions. So in honor of the Windy City which, like my wedding, is also famous for hot dogs, please tell Mark what you like to put on your dog by leaving a comment here. On Sunday when I get back, I will pick one hot diggity dog reader who will get something special from Blogher!
If you are on twitter, you can get extra points by RT (@sam92077) this post along with your favorite hot dog fixings!
July 19, 2009
Like the corner of my mind
I spent the afternoon in Atchison, KS for another shower event for Molly. Because of Blogher this week, and certain other expenses that popped up, I wanted to come up with a meaningful, yet cheap shower gift. I purchased a $13 baking pan from Target and wrote out the recipe for the Cream Cheese Chicken Enchiladas on a note card. On the other side I created a coupon good for a night where I come over with a bottle of wine and make the enchiladas for her and her fiance in the pan. I figured we’d get to spend some quality time together and I could show her how to make them. It’s the gift that gives twice.
She seemed excited to set a date for enchilada night. I can’t wait.
We also got to write down our favorite Molly memories and they were shared with all so that Molly could guess who shared each memory. Mine was: back when we worked together, our cubes shared a wall. Sometimes I would send Molly an e-mail that would make her laugh and I could hear it from my cube. Well then I’d get the giggles and our giggles would escalate until one of us excused ourselves to the restroom to control the giggles.
I loved hearing her family and friends share memories about her. Many laughs were had by all.At one point, Molly had to use my cookie napkin to wipe the tears off her face from laughing so hard. Now that’s a sign of a great shower.
Last night I found a few awesome wedding blogs I wanted to share with you. These are two very creative ladies who planned quirky budget-friendly weddings of their own.
Visit the Broke Ass Bride Blog for many laughs. Oh and don’t miss her emphamis “Fresh Hubby of L.A.” video.
If you really want to put a wedding in perspective, check out a stellar execution of a $2,000 wedding . I applaud this couple and their priorities.
