Wednesday, March 26, 2008

A Little More Calm Today

I actually found some venues that are workable in Manhattan, so I can breathe a little bit easier. They're still not cheap since they're in Manhattan, but I'm determined to have our wedding in Manhattan even if it kills me.

Some more questions (yes I already bought the stupid Bridal Bargains book, but I still couldn't find the answers to these!):
  1. Is it appropriate to just hand-address invitations? Do I really need to get them done by a calligrapher or printed on? Can I just stick address labels on them?
  2. What can I decorate with that won't make me sick? (I'm talking "sick" in a literal sense, I'm allergic to flowers.)

5 comments:

words and steel said...

hand-addressing is fine, but know the mean people like myself laugh at poor penmanship. we'll probably be doing clear labels, ourselves. i mean, whatever gets the invite to the person in time, y'know?

for decorations, you can always do: silk flowers, candles (hurricane lamps, votives, art deco Tiffany lamps, etc), food (pears/apples in bowls, or cupcakes in the centerpiece or something), wine bottles (with candles in them, or full of wine)....

bring Benadryl to our wedding cuz we're having flowers!

invisiblyrose said...

@words - benadryl makes me sleepy! it's all about the claritin.

i saw some pictures of a wedding that used silk flowers, and i didn't like how they looked in photography. i was actually more worried about what can i walk with down the aisle that won't make me sneezy. though, it would be awesome to walk down the aisle holding a wine bottle.

Anonymous said...

Hey, are you allergic to the pollen or the scent or both? I googled flower allergies and weddings and found some amswers. Can't remember the site where I read it, but I can look it up.

Future M.I-L.

Anonymous said...

Also, I can do calligraphy and have the time if you want me to do it.

future M.I-L.

Anonymous said...

Try claritin (loratidine) not benadryl. It will not make you sleepy - but start earlier than the night before the wedding.
xxxxoooMOG and allergy aficianado

Also, I much prefer hand addressing -
quality of handwriting does not matter as much as the concept of personalization.

xxxxooooMOG