The trip one month ago was a success. I came home relaxed and happy for I did everything I wanted to. There wasn’t a real time schedule except for the day of the airing of Erienne and Jeremy's’ Shabby Chic wedding on Oxygen, and even then it was mainly a count down. Cali girl had everything under control with food purchased and prepared, only a few items were needed from the grocery store the day of.
Our day began after a short moment spent out on the balcony looking at the weather, hoping the clouds would eventually burn off bringing the sun for warmth. While Cali girl ran an errand I showered anticipating her return for our cupcake bake off to ensue. We will be taking them to the viewing party. Flavors, Devils food with cherry cordial frosting, Carrot pineapple surprise with cream cheese frosting. Cali girl loves making cupcakes and loves to eat them as well. You could say it is possibly her favorite dessert. I have to admit they are so much fun to make and take less time than baking a cake. Let’s begin baking. We don our aprons and away we go. Cali girls mini tripod came in handy for our photo shoot. It was too much fun, we kept getting distracted.
Cupcakes are baked and needing time to cool before we slather on the frostings, better yet, get them dressed for the debut of what we all have been waiting for. (The Wedding). One item lacking are serving dishes to present the evenings edibles in. The proper presentation always makes the dullest of food look appetizing. Off to the Homegoods store we go. Cali girl loves this store (will need to locate one in Columbus myself). We were able to find some simple nice white serving bowls and a couple of platters. Everywhere we went we shared our nights event encouraging others to tune in and watch.
This cashier who helped us was so nice and seemed genuinely happy for us. I ask, how could she not have been happy with us? We were a little giddy with excitement the whole day and couldn’t wait for 7:00 o’clock to finally come. Time to load up our goodies finally and head to Palmdale where Cali girls sister in-law resides. They were so gracious to open up their home for the party so everyone could view it together on dish TV, cable wasn’t airing the show till 10:00, a little to late for the guest do work and it was also airing in the middle of the week. Table set, let the show begin. Dvr is set to start recording as we wait for our guest to arrive. Some
are stuck in traffic, others still at work
Hope they bring their appetites. We take our seats as the copilot takes control of the remote. I have thought from the beginning what a great idea of a dvr, no commercials an hour show watched in less time. Smiles and laughter feel the air. We had no idea how the wedding would be edited nor what the concept would be focused on.
Happily without regrets the concept of the wedding was focused on the bride. Cali girl isn’t as insecure as the show led us to believe, however, every woman has one or two things they don’t like about themselves. sToribook Wedding needed a story, these things were presented in taping, not enough drama was filmed, so voila this became the story. Cali girl did not mind for she did get those things fixed, something she had been wanting. If you haven’t watched the show, find it and watch. http://www.hulu.com/watch/241466/tori-and-dean-storibook-weddings-erienne-and-jeremys-shabby-chic-wedding Just in case here is the link for your convenience. I smiled from ear to ear while I watched and contained a euphoria for hours after, so pleased with the editing Thank you were definitely needed. The show exuded nothing but love from our wedding couple, you could only hope and wish for such a love. No nicknames for them by Tori & Dean, (such as the bicker son's from the first show they taped.) We packed up our goods with the help of family headed back to the apartment where Cali girl would fire up the computer for live online chat. So curious to see response from viewers. As it turned out, the responses were more than favorable. A lot of questions about the dresses flooded the message boards. When I arrived back home to work I was complimented many times by clients and friends, they all loved our Cali girl and her new husband. Some wished for less focus on her looks, some wished for more focus on my talent with the making of the dresses. I felt they emphasized both plenty and yet not to much. We watched the show at least twice before it was time for me to head back home.
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Without the show would we still have had a wedding? Absolutely, may not have been as grand with all the little details a bigger budget could provide. We were heading in the shabby chic direction with what we had at hand. In our book, Love wins in the end and conquers all even when you don’t have two nickels to rub together. We have witnessed, stood by and supported Two People truly in love. With the opportunity to share this love with the World. An experience of a life time,never to be forgotten. They say everyone at some point has 15 minutes of fame. We were given 43 minutes of airtime.
The next and last day in California with this beauty should be fun!
Sorry for such a belated post of old news: return home became crazy busy for a month. Hope you enjoyed reliving this event and my take of the outcome.
