Comments on: Whitney Lee Photography presents Joy & Alec's kid-friendly state park wedding

By: kristin

kristin — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:50:01 +0000

thank you so much.

I have been looking at bridesmaid dresses since it is so hard to find a tealength wedding dress.

By: Joy

Joy — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:51:21 +0000

Kristen, I purchased the dress from the unbridaled store in Austin, but it is made by Siri and is actually a bridesmaid dress cut in white. You can find a local seller on Siri's website if you arent' in Austin. I added the petticoat on my own, purchased from http://www.unique-vintage.com/ and the jacket was custom made by etsy seller Holly Stalder http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5097725 who was totally awesome to work with. good luck!

By: kristin

kristin — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:13:02 +0000

Joy where did you get this dress from? It's what I've been searching for (only I want green accents).

By: Cristina

Cristina — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:11:51 +0000

What happened to your cake? There's a pic on whitneylee where it's being thrown in the dumpster.

By: De

De — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:45:13 +0000

As an OBB and an Austin resident, this:

"(Coming next month: a contest where you can win free wedding photography from Whitney Lee!)"

just made me get VERY excited! I want to use WL…and if I could do it for free, hells yeah!

By: Joy

Joy — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:39:35 +0000

The paper came from a teacher supply store. They sell butcher paper by the yard for super cheap. I stacked two lengths on top of each other and taped with masking tape. I recommend cutting some semi-circles all over it so you won't bounce off when you try to crash through it. You should also lead with one arm and one foot so you have better penetrative force. We also taped shower curtain rods on each side so it would stand up straighter. It was SO fun!

By: amb

amb — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:49:43 +0000

I love the bursting through the giant sign! where'd you get the paper for it?

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Starred This Week — Saltines + Ice Cream — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:12:30 +0000

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By: Nicki

Nicki — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:26:36 +0000

Wow! My fiance & I are in the midst of planning our October wedding & whaddaya know–we're planning on kazoos & bursting through a paper sign, too! I never thought I'd say that, haha. What fun:) & great pictures!

By: Ariel

Ariel — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:45:39 +0000

Aww … thank you for the kind words, Fancypants! They mean a lot to me because I think a LOT about my strategies for ads on obb. The key with advertising on offbeat bride is that I try to only accept advertisers who I think my readers would be GENUINELY interested in … It works out best for everyone that way: readers get more of what they want, advertisers get more interest, and my site isn't cluttered up with products I'm embarrassed by.

In other words, I ask myself with every ad: "Would I post this even if it wasn't paid content?" The answer has to be at least "probably" for me to consider accepting an advertiser's money.

The answer in Whitney's case is YES, YES, YES!!!

(Oh and PS regarding stealing: Check out other posts with the steal this idea tag on obb!)