Friday, February 11, 2011

If I were to get married now...................



from Gracie of woolgathering & miscellany

If I were to get married now... I wouldn't change a whole lot.

Frankly, I'm glad I got married young and poor, otherwise I'd probably be stressing about booking The Flashdance, blog-worthy floral arrangements, and wondering if I'd get to be on ESB. It was perfectly imperfect.


That said, here are some things I would do differently now: 

1) Not wear a dress made from flammable material, rather this hot little Ann Demeulemeester number above (shoes and all).

2) Forgo the stripper satin red opera length gloves and don these white versions of my black Hermes bracelets.

3) Wear these (incredibly affordable) MiniCyn diamond-like studs. I'm very picky about jewelry and tend to wear the sh*t out of a few simple pieces. It's hard for me to add new staples, but French designer MiniCyn has somehow worked her way into the regular rotation.

4) Would've tried to spruce up the dive bar a little. Perhaps with some DIY Confetti System inspired adornments & definitely some white catholic religious candles with personalized labels.

5) Made this Digby & Iona diamond signet ring my wedding ring. It comes with wax to seal your letters with! I plan on getting it now anyway.

6) Would've had Neil Hamburger perform our marriage on stage instead of just performing stand-up at the reception.

17 comments:

  1. is it weird that i haven't changed my earrings since, erm, college, and yet promptly bought those studs and plan to wear them around iceland? you speak to me, gracie o.

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  2. @lauren, you won't regret it! i've also got the stick earrings. i love love love her. the pretzel necklace is next.

    thanks for having me, esb! did i censor myself for you? ♥

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  3. i love this new series. as a gal who got married less than a year ago, i'm already aware of what i would change if i had it to do over.

    cool shit, gracie. xo.

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  4. nicely done.

    and yeah, those earrings!

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  5. that ring is genius!

    gracie, this post is so how i imagine you in real life.

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  6. I think the fact that the things you would change about your wedding in retrospect are things that would make them less traditional and even more you is a great lesson to anyone plenning a wedding.

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  7. YES. glad you're not wasting any time wishing things were different to today's standards, but this look you've procured is fucking rad.

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  8. YES.- "i'm glad I got married young and poor, otherwise I'd probably be stressing about booking The Flashdance, blog-worthy floral arrangements, and wondering if I'd get to be on ESB. It was perfectly imperfect."

    perfect.

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  9. sounds like damn sexy party. i am there.
    i love those black eyebrows. solves all the drama with perfect natural.

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  10. as someone who recently booked (and enjoyed the fuck out of) the flashdance, i can say it was the least stressful part of planning my wedding. not that i'd want to do the whole thing over again.

    getting that ring and those earrings STAT.

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  11. i think that's the red mac lipstick i have. a little orangey, a lot sexy.

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  12. Fab.. I love the metallic

    sara
    http://www.momentsofelegance.com

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  13. kristina, awesome. we should've had better dance music. local thrash band, schlitzkrieg wasn't ideal, but how can you turn down a band with a name like that?!?

    i love you guys!

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  14. knew i named my daughter gracie for a reason. gracie = cool chic.

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