The Bowie Bride

Friday, January 6, 2012

"The Brittany" Wedding Gown by Deborah Lindquist

My fabulous wedding gown designer, Deborah Lindquist, named a gown was named after me. How freaking cool is that?

I felt so beautiful wearing this dress on my wedding day. Well Both wedding days to exact.

photo by Nicole Polk Photography

Photo by Nick Radford

Thanks so much, Deb. You're my favorite wedding gown designer ever. I feel so cool right now.

Monday, August 8, 2011

Househubby

I sincerely wish Mike was my househubby year round and didn't have to go back to teaching high school in September... because this was me today:

"Sweetheart, could you drop off my UPS packages, pick up my prescription, get my car registration renewed, cancel the cable, sign our accounts up for autopay, change my address with the DMV, and find me a new doctor? K, thanks!"

And, yes. He did all those sweet things for me today. And did I mention he makes me dinner pretty much every night? Yeah, my husband rocks. Perhaps my handyhubby deserves a 'handy' for all his 'hard' work*. I think so.

*Come on. It ain't a Bowie Bride post if it ain't dirrrty.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Just a bride. Grabbin her balls.

And that bride, of course, was me.

Remember that wedding I planned and blogged about where I was the bride n shit? Yeah that happened a YEAR AGO. Happy first anniversary to us! Woohooo! We're celebrating in style with Les Miserables tickets on Friday, an overnight excursion to the Stone Brewery in North San Diego on Saturday and dinner and dancing (yes, like real dancing!) on Sunday for the actual anniversary.

I was going to write this big long thing about what it's been like over the last year but all I could come up with was this: being married rocks. PERIOD.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

[Guest Post] Etsy Your Heart Out

Hello, lovers. Happy Wednesday to you. Today I have a treat coming to you from Kait Hunter, founder of my favorite fashion blog Hunter Style. Kait has impeccable taste and is a master at dishing the best fashion deals the Interweb has to offer. If she lived in LA, I would ask her to be my stylist. But since she is based in Chicago, I just stalk her blog. Hourly. Erm. Daily. But I'm her cousin, so technically that's not creepy, right? I asked Kait to give us her picks for budget bridal fashion, and lucky for all of us, she came back with the motherload. In today's post, Kait is showing us that actually buying a wedding gown on Etsy is actually a really awesome idea. Sure it can be a scary prospect, but there are too many amazing deals to be had on too many amazing dresses. Show us the loot, Kait!

Annie Wedding Gown, $950 find it here.

I'm so excited to be asked by Brit to guest for Bowie Bride. She conveys a mentality about the wedding process that we all need to appreciate - sarcasm! While I haven't been married myself (maybe one day?) I have plenty of friends who have taken the plunge and I've been privy to their tales of woe, especially regarding the wedding dress search. And while I'm always inspired by high fashion - isn't everyone.. On Hunter Style I try to find items that the normal girl can afford (or save up for in less than a lifetime) which is why I'm so excited to be asked by Brit to do a bridal post. There are some amazing resources out there now to find a dress but today I wanted to highlight just one site you may not have considered: Etsy.

To begin, the worst thing a bride can do is sabotage her image before even getting married. Unless you are Princess Poo Poo and live in TheWorldRevolvesAroundMe Land, then... well thank God you don't live there. We inhabit a pretty disgusting Bridezilla society right now and just because you enjoy watching psychotic women on T.V., doesn't mean you need to be one! Alright, just needed to clear the air. I like to start fresh with a good ol' verbal douching.

Modern brides can look to the old saying (with a new twist): Something old, something new, something Etsy and something blue. Well, something old is easily amazing vintage jewelry. Something new is always fun for your lingerie. You'll want to check my picks below for something Etsy and something blue will most definitely be your future husband's balls when he sees how much you spent on a wedding dress. Sticker shock anyone? Let's avoid that...

Weddings are expensive. That's no secret. Women used to be able to validate paying thousands of dollars for a wedding dress they will only wear once but the modern bride? Puuuhlease. She's a smart cookie that one. Not only is she going to scout down something unique and beautiful that won't max out her credit card, but I'm guessing she's going to wear this dress multiple times in her life after a good altering.

I'd like to open your eyes to a world you may not have considered yet for your dress. Etsy. I know, it's risky, but this is where you get creative. You spend less money on the dress and more money on the alterations (which will need to be done anyway). The end result is that you look amazing and everyone wonders how much money you must have dropped on that gorgeous gown. Blue balls be gone- your husband will thank his lucky stars to have found a woman as resourceful as you!

Check out my picks below and happy hunting!