"Until the late 19th century, brides generally bought the fanciest dress they could afford and then wore it throughout their marriage as an evening gown. With the rise of mass-produced clothing, white became the popular color — maximally impractical, it signified the owner would wear the dress only once. Efficient women often married in white and then dyed their dresses to wear again."
From an article on CraftBlog about how to make a truly scary wedding dress out of T-shirts. Not my ideal.
I much prefer the model that gives me a dress that I can wear again and again when time comes to dress up. It won't actually serve all that well as a true formal, it doesn't have anywhere near enough beads or sequins (ie none), but it's lovely and it's me and I'll enjoy wearing it to nice dinners, theater and that sort of thing.
Maybe, if I'm lucky, my kids will wear it to play Miss Haversham during a high school English class production of Dickens' Great Expectations. Then again it probably doesn't read enough as a wedding dress. I guess they'll just have to borrow my mom's. I did.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Flying
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the area, there is an airport that services Rochester (RST). If you don't want to rent a car, you should be able to get a shuttle from there to the hotel.
For those of you who wish to try something else, there is also a shuttle from the Minneapolis airport (MSP) to Rochester.
For those of you who know other people who are coming in, we encourage ride-sharing!
For those of you who know pretty much (or literally) nobody and would like to ride-share or are willing to have additional passengers, drop Beth an e-mail; she'll try to find someone else for you to travel with.
For those of you who wish to try something else, there is also a shuttle from the Minneapolis airport (MSP) to Rochester.
For those of you who know other people who are coming in, we encourage ride-sharing!
For those of you who know pretty much (or literally) nobody and would like to ride-share or are willing to have additional passengers, drop Beth an e-mail; she'll try to find someone else for you to travel with.
Hotel
We have a block of rooms reserved for the wedding at the Soldier's Field Best Western.
They have a shuttle that can provide transportation to and from all of the relevant wedding locations at no extra charge, so if you don't want to deal with trying to drive to the church they can give you a lift.
The block of rooms will be held until 7/26. So reserve before then to ensure that price. I'm pretty sure they'll have rooms after that point, but they may not be near each other or the same cost.
If you think there's a chance you'll be coming, make a reservation. They can be canceled at no charge up to 24 hours before the check-in time.
| Address: | 401 6th St SW, Rochester, MN 55902 |
|---|---|
| Website: | http://www.soldiersfield.com/ |
| Phone: | 800-366-2067 |
| Cost per room: | $97/night + taxes |
They have a shuttle that can provide transportation to and from all of the relevant wedding locations at no extra charge, so if you don't want to deal with trying to drive to the church they can give you a lift.
The block of rooms will be held until 7/26. So reserve before then to ensure that price. I'm pretty sure they'll have rooms after that point, but they may not be near each other or the same cost.
If you think there's a chance you'll be coming, make a reservation. They can be canceled at no charge up to 24 hours before the check-in time.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Registry information
We are registered a couple different places. Each of the names is a link that should go straight to our registry so you don't have to figure out how to navigate the byzantine search functions of the various sites.
Bed Bath & Beyond has all the normal kitchen and bath type stuff. Including fancy silverware, but no china as neither of us feels it's necessary.
Amazon has specialty cooking items like stainless steel baking implements so we don't need to worry about mussing a non-stick surface.
Uncommon Goods has random things like a very nifty picnic basket and other assorted small things that are not even remotely necessary, but are lots of fun.
Bed Bath & Beyond has all the normal kitchen and bath type stuff. Including fancy silverware, but no china as neither of us feels it's necessary.
Amazon has specialty cooking items like stainless steel baking implements so we don't need to worry about mussing a non-stick surface.
Uncommon Goods has random things like a very nifty picnic basket and other assorted small things that are not even remotely necessary, but are lots of fun.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Welcome To Our Wedding Journal
Hello!
Welcome to our Wedding Journal! This is where we will be posting information about our upcoming wedding which will be on Sunday, August 16 in Rochester, Minnesota. We'll be putting up details and directions and updates in the upcoming days and weeks, and there will be registry links up hopefully later this week once Joel has a better feel for how the site works. In the meantime, he'll be trying to get the colors closer to the way we want them (we'll see whether they stay that way once Beth gets back from Nicaragua ~grin~)
In addition to the more practical matters mentioned above, the card in the invitations promised kibitzing. This journal is also an opportunity for you to share some of the time and experiences leading up to the actual ceremony with us, and we're looking forward to it!
More soon!
Joel and Beth
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