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Mrs. Canary, New York Age and Occupation: 24, Marketing Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Journalist/Editor Engagement Date: February 16, 2007 Wedding Date: July, 2008 Blogging Since: October 19, 2007 Venue: Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers About Me: I'm a born and raised New Yorker who loves all things crafty and artsy, food (cheese and dessert!), magazines, and shoes. I'm a power shopper always on the lookout for good deals or great quality-- sometimes I'm lucky and I find both! I love to dance and "shake what my momma gave me" but can also really enjoy a quiet night in with Mr. Canary and a good episode of Seinfeld or curl up with a good book.
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Partners In Crime

October 9th, 2007 @ 6:12 pm by Mrs. Canary

Selecting bridesmaids and groomsmen wasn’t as easy as we thought it’d be. I’m very close to my family and have many cousins as well as many friends I would consider for bridesmaids. Mr. C has a huge crew of high school and college friends that he’s very close to as well. I have two younger brothers and Mr. C has a younger sister. We decided not to include siblings in the wedding party because:

- They’re already in the wedding and participating in a huge way just because they’re family
- It’s a lot of pressure. One of my brothers and Mr. C’s sister is the same age and they both just graduated college and started their first year of work. It’s too much for them right now.
- I don’t think Mr. C wants my bros at his bachelor party. JK! He said that they are welcome to attend and would even encourage it. We’ll see…

Since I couldn’t decide among my friends and two cousins, I picked all six of them! Here’s the lineup:

  1. Maid of Honor & Best Friend from NYC (codename: MOH)
  2. Best Friend from high school (codename: BM SF)
  3. Best Friend from Boston (codename: BM BOS)
  4. Best Friend from college (codename: BM LA)
  5. Cousin 1: We’ve been buddies since we were born. We’re only three months apart, but have lived on opposite coasts most of our lives (codename: BM Cuz)
  6. Cousin 2: We’ve known of each other for years, but didn’t connect until I moved out to Seattle/Olympia, WA for six months last winter. Ever since, we were inseparable, spending every weekend hanging out with each other. (codename: BM SEA)

Mr. C originally chose four, but didn’t want an uneven number of groomsmen to bridesmaids so he shuffled his around and picked two more. Mr. C is so accommodating. I am very lucky. :)

I wanted a creative way to invite the girls and guys to be a part of our special day and do a puzzle of some kind where they had to figure out the message. So I started googling and researching photo puzzle sites - some were too large and some were just darn expensive. I finally found puzzlematic and created an image to place on a 4.5 x 6.25″ 24 piece magnetic puzzle. I didn’t want to overwhelm or piss anyone off with a 100 piece puzzle.

I thought a collage of things common to both of us would be fun, and started by picking a few of my favorite pictures and scaling them down in Photoshop. Then I found images that related to our relationship and us, such as Boston, New York, and our alma mater, Boston University. I played around with the layout a bit and the final image was this:

They arrived in about 10 days. I went to Paper Source and the Container Store and purchased little note cards and outer bubble envelopes.  I didn’t get a chance to photograph the notes or final package before we sent them out (I hadn’t started blogging yet) but here is what the final puzzle looked like:

the puzzle arrived shrinked-wrapped in a craft paper box

puzzle piecesvoila!

I used stardream red envelopes and craft paper brown for the note cards

Our wedding party loved them! I got a ton of emails and text messages about how special everyone felt and how even more excited they were about the wedding. BM LA remarked, “Oh… it’s going to be one of those weddings…” Heck yeah! Doing this project rekindled my love for graphic design and craft projects and got me even more excited for more wedding projects.

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14 Responses to “Partners In Crime”

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lorianna

How funny!

We’re using that quote on our invitations!!!

your puzzles looks great - i didn’t even think to do anything like that!

 
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Angel

Sounds like you’re off to a great start. Keep ‘em coming!

I think it’s cute how your shirt matches your Wedding Bee icon.

 
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Tracy Torre-Walsh

Ms. Canary,

It is with great pleasure that I stay posted on your plans on my favorite wedding blog! The great pleasure is due to 4 factors:

1. We went to the same all-girls Catholic school in New York.
2. Your blogs are so descriptive and the content so creative!
3. I miss planning my wedding. It was stressful, but a lot more fun than 1L.
4. It does not have anything to do with law school.

 
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Joanne

yay that’s such a cool idea. i can’t wait to see more of your projects! yay for boston too. i actually work in a charter high school on the bu campus. i bet you know it! ;)

 
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Miss Jasmine (message)  1,154 posts, Bumble bee

The puzzle idea is so cute and creative!

 
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LaurenAlane

I love the puzzle! So cool.

 
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Miss Canary (message)  637 posts, Busy bee

Mr. Canary picked the quote. Though in retrospect, he thought it may have come off as negative. I just thought it was us– nutty! :)

Ha! I didn’t even realize my shirt matched the icon… I guess it was destiny!

Yay for old high school pals (and yuck for classes)!

Joanne: Is that BU Academy or the new media school in Allston? I was going to volunteer there, but moved before I could do it. :( I especially miss Boston in the Fall.

The puzzle was a ton of fun to make and it got everyone psyched for the wedding. I think there are some print at home options out there as well… I’ll have to more research on that. Thanks for all the great feedback!

 
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HACB

Very cute idea!

 
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dddd89

Miss Canary, you’re so cute! Great idea!

 
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katya

Best way I’ve seen to ask your wedding attendants. Super cute!

 
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