Not Worth The Wait- Or - How I Passed on J.Crew

So I have blogged all about my Jcrew dream dresses, and talked all about my intial visit to the flagship store in Rockerfeller Center . You must assume that my girls are the owners of one of three Cotton Cady frocks- think again.

I passed. Big time.

Let me explain. The dresses were lovely but- there was no yellow in the winter collection ! Not even a canary or a lemonade. Nada. Zilch. The bridal coordinator at JCrew hinted that I could wait to the spring, because it would be hard to believe that JCrew would not make a yellow spring gown.
I cried. I moaned. I considered mint.


I considered changing the name of the blog.But in the end I knew I wanted to stick to my original vision of yellow- for better or worse! I knew right away I didn't want to gamble and wait until the spring collection. They wouldn't release colors until the end of March - WAY too late in the year for my girls to look elsewhere if the yellow didn't materialize. Was I right not to gamble??

Yep. Check out the spring collection. Not a yellow in sight. What did I choose instead??

Here's a sneak peak:

Two Birds

Have you ever heard of Two Birds ? Its a bridesmaid dress company that makes one size fits all dresses in a variety of colors that can be worn in 15 different ways. A good friend as chosen them for her maids and had nothing but great things to say about them. Their yellow is called "butter yellow"- a little light for me. Here's the basic dress:




Here's some of the different ways to wear them:



Although I am hoping to be a JCrew Bride , I am keeping my options open. I have my JCrew bridal appointment next Monday . I have this overwhelming fear that I will hate all of the JCrew dresses and have to start from scratch. If this is the case, I would definitely consider two birds. Did you have a back up plan? What do you make of the one size fits all ?

Will you be mine?

So, I've been a little MIA recently, but I have been one busy bee. I have just placed a order for custom " Will you be my Bridesmaid Cards?" I went back and forth on how I should ask my ladies and ultimately settled on personalized cards and messages. Each card will be stuffed with a picture from our past. I found these simple little cards on  Little Lady Company  Esty Site.  She was a doll to work with, and although I loved her message, I actually asked her to change the text a bit, and she made me a custom order.  I don't want to share the final product just yet because I want my girls to be surprised! But here's the original listing... and of course they came in yellow!

My Yellow Wedding

Consider My Yellow Wedding launched!

Well.. the blog at least. 

After a couple months of wedding planning, I decided to start blogging so I can share my ideas and join this community of creative and intelligent women ( and men!) who are using their talents to plan their own celebrations of love and commitment. 

To start us off here is my first bit of yellow inspiration. I think they would make divine bridesmaid gifts. I found them from showmethebunny's collection on etsy, which never fails to make me swoon. Check back to be inspired or to inspire all things yellow!