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Like 70 million people out there, I have a Facebook account. I opened it to reconnect with high school friends more than anything. I don’t use it to post pictures or publish my life. And I have no problem with people that do any of those things either.
Nonetheless, I like my privacy, and FB has turned into a monster as I’ve become friends with people from grade school, high school, family, college, ex co-workers, my real friends, etc…
I would really like for our guests to NOT post any pictures in Facebook, let alone tag me in those pictures. I have a lot of reasons for this that are very private to me and the FI. I know I have no control over what they do, but can I ask them in a nice way to not do it?
We are doing a Shutterfly website so that our guests can share the pictures of the BIG event and using Miss Kitten’s idea for delivering that message. Hopefully those cards can influence our guests to use Shutterfly instead of FB.
I will probably deactivate the FB account or set the privacy settings to the max before the wedding, just in case.
Any advice? Is it wrong to tell people to not post in FB?
El Capataz
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I have been having the hardest time settling on a look for the wedding. I do know that I want to copycat a Carrie Underwood look, because I’m always drooling at her makeup at every appearance/performance she has.
So, here’s the dilemma. Should I be the bold, daring bride, sporting a smoky eye look, or should I be the sweet, simple bride sporting a more neutral eye? Either way, I want neutral lips, because I never really look good with lip color, and I don’t want to be busy re-applying lip gloss all day!
Look #1
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I’m not sure it really comes across in my posts, but I have a ridiculous sense of humor (actually, I know it doesn’t. All my posts here read as earnest, dweeby, or weird for some reason). And no one knows this (the humor part) more than my sister.
Her non-crafting fingers pulled together a cheeky, casual, and cheestastic Evite invitation for my bridal shower–just the way I like it! A little off-beat, and silly. She used the photo “collage” I made a couple months ago (to unceremoniously introduce the BMs to each other) and put it into an invitation that was perfectly and purposefully craptastik! Along with the conveniences of doing the invitation online was the need to quickly salvage some botched planning.
So here’s the back-story.
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I know this has been a popular blog topic, but registering for gifts has been consuming us. Late last year we decided that we would register at Amazon.com and Macy’s. Amazon offers free shipping on most orders over $25, and there’s such a great variety of things available through them. Macy’s offered the 5% cash back on purchases made off our registry, and it was a nice nationwide chain that most guests had access to. It seemed easy enough.
Ah, and then it happened. I checked our Macy’s registry and found that the prices were completely different than when we had registered. Some things were more because we registered during a sale, and some things were less, but a lot of things were gone. We purposely selected towels that we were told they would always carry, but they were gone. The luggage was gone. All our bed linens were gone, and so was some of the barware we selected.
With much protest, I dragged Mr. Joey back into Macy’s to replace the disappeared stock, only to find it all disappear a few weeks later. Mr. Joey isn’t a shopper, and I knew that I might get only one more registering outing out of him before the wedding. So, it was time to strategize. I asked around about which store people liked to register at, and which stores people found it easy to buy off registries. I scouted a few places with a friend one weekend. We played with the registry machines and looked at selection. I decided on Crate and Barrel. They had pieces that were simple and more our style, and I know that the basics we registered for will be around until at least the wedding.
Perfect. All I had to do was get Mr. Joey into the store. Of course, it wasn’t going to be that simple. Turns out the same day I decided on Crate and Barrel was the same day we started moving on building a house.
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As I was driving to work today, I passed a billboard announcing the weekly Mega-Millions Lotto amount. We buy tickets sometimes when the prize gets up there (20 million+ only, because really, what would we do with a measly 8 million?! Ha!). Since I had another hour and a half to go before I reached my destination, the wheels really started turning. If we won the lottery tomorrow, how would our wedding be different?
I posted previously about including several friends in the wedding with whom I’ve reconnected over the past year. (Thank you for the advice and ideas you all shared!) Having decided against enlarging the wedding party, I opted to introduce my friends to the concept Mrs. Lemonade wrote about — the house party — and see if (and how) they would feel comfortable proceeding. Whipping up some treats seemed like the perfect way to resolve this situation. (And also followed the pattern of food-related wedding “asks” I’d established!)
Inspired by the delectable decorated cookie gift baskets from Cookies by Design (but definitely not planning on creating something iced so precisely!), I decided on a spring-inspired presentation — flowerpots filled with “lollipop” treats.
Unfortunately, the last step of this DIY project — baking the goodies — proved to be the most challenging. I started with a specially-designed Wilton tray (similar to the one Mrs. Eggplant used to create edible valentines), and faced frustration as three different cookie recipes failed to work in the pan.
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Last time we left off, we were in posing mode; first I strutted my stuff, then it was Mr. Flamingo’s turn. Well, my girls (my sisters and cousin) were anxious to take some pictures, so we got ready to strike a pose.
I know I’m famous for giving y’all half the details, and I’m going to do it again.
The invitations went in the mail yesterday, so I’ll show you the packaging, and we’ll talk about the actual invitations when they’ve reached the majority of our guests.
I obsessed over these for months. I’m immensely proud of them. I’m a nurse, remember? I have no graphic design experience at all. And I only had to ask for help once.
And I am head over heels in love with our invitations.
We went with a standard #10 envelope, in Stardream Onyx. Metallic paper was an early obsession and I couldn’t resist it. I think it added a lot of dimension to the suite. Texture and dimension were so important to me.
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I’m still looking for something to decorate the pews of the church. Here is a contender that I’m considering:
These wreaths are so cool, and I love that they are monochromatic. It makes them so much less Christmas-y, and so much more elegant. And there are even instructions on how to make them. Thanks Martha!
What creative ways have you come up with for pew decor?
So, I know I said I’d tell you more about how Mr. D and I came to be in early March, but I realized that although our meet-aversary was important, our “decision to meet again” is almost more important than our meeting! I think there are lots of times in life where we let opportunities slip away and we barely notice them. I am just so happy that Mr. D and I made sure to dive into the unknown with each other.
March marks the first time that when Mr. D and I say, “this time last year,” we can reference each other! When I last left off, Mr. D and I had met in Austin and then we each had to go back home. We began an intense amount of emailing, Gchat-ing, and Skype-ing, and one day when I woke up, I eagerly checked my email as usual. Mr. D had written a lovely long email after we finished Skype-ing the night before. I was running a little late for a meeting in Phoenix, but (as with all of his emails) I HAD to read it. The best part of this email was that it said he really wanted to see where things could go with us, and that he was compelled to give us a real chance.
Since I was running late though, I didn’t have time to type out a well-written, thoughtful response. So I grabbed my breakfast and coffee, jumped in my car, and called Mr. D to let him know I felt the same way, all the while trying to navigate the Phoenix metropolis, drink my coffee, and play it “cool” on the phone with a man I was madly dorky over.
Even better was the next email, which suggested we meet up again!
Oh, so pretty!
There is nothing that makes you feel prettier than love does. AND there is something about purchasing new makeup that makes me feel prettier. I’ve been holding off on buying some new makeup, but with the wedding less than two months away (gasp!!), I figured it was about time to splurge.
Since I try to rotate between splurge items and drugstore makeup, I’m going to include all of my favorite things in this post.
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Mr. Tiramisu and I left the Monday morning after our wedding for a honeymoon in French Polynesia!
After two very long and honeymooner-filled plane rides, we were thrilled to land in Tahiti!
We were greeted with flower leis:
Having never been to Hawaii or anywhere else lei-worthy, I was just a little bit excited about that:
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I have a fondness for four flowers: tulips, roses, peonies, and hydrangeas. Tulips are my favorite flower. I just love them! I tried to grow them in my garden, but they died, since I failed to water them often enough through the dry winter. Roses are just classic wedding flowers, and I want to keep the classic element in our florals. Peonies just SCREAM spring to me, so I have to include those. Hydrangeas are close to my heart and sentimental. When I was born, my mom got a hydrangea bush and it bloomed every spring for about 20 years. So, I definitely want those in my bouquet as well.
I mentioned to my florist months ago that this was what I wanted, but I couldn’t find a picture with all four flowers. I guess I’m weird for liking this combination. However, in looking randomly for flower pictures again, I found this:
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Mr. Joey and I were so happy to find someone to document the big day, but I needed help finding someone to make me pretty (and not oily). So of course, I turned to Craig again and found someone to make me look comfortable and pretty on my big day.
In came Ashley. Ashley is a stylist by day at a nice salon in the area. On the side, Ashley and her best friend Julia run A.J. Hair and Make-Up. I really liked Ashley because she was willing to come to me, both for the hair trial and on the day of the wedding. She is also talented, really easy to get along with, and flexible. I had to tell her that instead of starting at 8AM on my wedding day, we’d instead have to start at 7AM. She was super sweet about it and told me that she’d do whatever she could to help me enjoy our big day.
Ashley and I had a sort of hair trial a few months ago. I had really no idea what I wanted in terms of hair. I knew I wanted all my hair up (because of the high neckline of the dress) and that I had to have bangs. Other than that, I gave her a huge range of pictures that really gave her no direction.
She showed up at my house, played around with a few styles, and talked wedding day details. We were going to do a makeup trial, but she had just come from a Redkin conference in Vegas and her boss had picked up her makeup kit. It didn’t matter though, as I wasn’t ready for that.
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