Wedding Blog

My friend and bridesmaid Sara moved to Maine when she was 14 or so. She had been an army brat for years, and Maine was the first state in which she really began to feel at home. Unfortunately, while she was attending college in Florida, her father was reassigned to Vermont. She’s just finishing up her schooling now, and is planning to move back to Maine once her boyfriend pops the question. The point of this story is that since I am doing individual gifts for each of my bridesmaids, I’ve decided to do a “Maine” theme for my dear friend Sara.

Part #1:
An LL Bean tote! LL Bean is Maine personified, and I thought that a tote would be really useful since she’s currently in Florida and practically lives on the Beach.

For an extra $5 you can get it monogrammed. I’m going to have the folks at LL Bean write out the letters “CAPA” which means “Sara” in Russian: Sara is practically half Russian, or has been for the past three years when she has joined myself and Mr. Broccoli in working in Russian orphanages over the summer. Unfortunately, she will not be able to join us this summer, so I thought it would be nice to remind her of all of her hard work.

Part #2:
Robert McCloskey’s children’s book “One Morning in Maine.” Sara loves children and I thought this would be a great collection for her future kiddies-to-be.

Part #3:
Stonewall Kitchen jams. Blueberries and Maine go together like… well, let’s just say that blueberries are BIG over here. Almost as big as potatoes, but I’m not going to get her a bag of potatoes. Well, actually, I could. I can picture her face as she opens the gift… ooh, I crack myself up.

And the rest… I am still thinking up. Perhaps I’ll abandon the Maine theme and get her something useful. Like a spatula. Or an oven. Who knows!