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We’re down to the wire, people. With just 5 short days left, Mr. L and I are knocking projects out left and right. Yesterday we headed to the Costco to pick up some provisions to load up in our little gift bags for our out of town guests. We had brainstormed for quite a while as to what bags to use, and what exactly we’d put in them. In the end, we decided to fill the bags up with (relatively) healthy goodies.
We picked up solid brown kraft paper bags, 2 cases of Annie’s Bunnies individually packaged snacks (a variety), 2 flats of bottled water, and 2 cases of individually packaged jerky. I felt the need to include something that was a bit more representative of me, since I am a total junk food addict. Thus, we also picked up 2 cases of full sized candy, one chocolate mix, and one fruity mix.
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My signature adorns the line at the bottom of the florist’s contract, but only for a few select items. Plum Sage will be doing my bouquet, the moms/aunts/grandmothers’ corsages, the guys’ boutonnieres, a wristlet for our junior bridesmaid, and will be helping my bridesmaids put together their five bouquets. That’s it. For now.
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I haven’t decided yet if I want to DIY our centerpieces or if I just want to throw responsibility into the wind and hand the entire project over to Plum Sage. In both cases, I’ll be supplying a selection of vintage glass vessels for vases. I have quite a few, but plan to spend the summer collecting the rest of them. And if I can’t fill out the collection, the florist has my back.
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Crap.
That’s how I feel.
I feel achy, have a sore throat, a runny nose, and sinus pressure.
So far today, I’ve had two glasses of Emergen-C, three cups of tea (two black, one herbal), two non-drowsy Benadryl, and a bunch of sore throat lozenges.
This is not a good time to be sick. Not only am I super busy at work, but I am supposed to jet off to Seattle on Friday morning for a fabulous Bachelorette that MOH/Sister Peep has planned.
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Question books have a special place in my heart. During the first few months of our relationship, Mr. Bruschetta and I spent hours on the phone, sometimes talking all through the night until the sun started to rise. Since I knew Mr. Bruschetta was a quiet, occasionally shy guy, I was nervous about running out of topics (and not having enough to say is really so unlike me!). So, when the conversation lulled, I’d flip through a book filled with open-ended prompts.
Recently, I stumbled across a wedding-related edition from the same authors.
A few clicks let me preview some of the book’s contents, and I found quite a few interesting questions.
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The story of Mr. and Miss Mary Jane began in late 2006, when I got a job with Small Department. In early 2007, the boss announced that after a long search, we would be hiring someone for an open position. This someone’s name sounded very familiar, so I did what I often do when I feel this way: I went home and cracked open my high school yearbooks. I only live 20 miles from the town where I grew up, so when I recognize a name, it’s usually with good reason.
I found him and put a (younger, teenage) face to the name. So you see, the story of us has an interesting prequel: Mr. Mary Jane and I actually went to the same elementary, junior, and high school. It wasn’t a big high school, but we were both pretty anti-social, so we did not know each other then. We were friends with a few of the same people though, and we even were in the choir together for a few years. Weeeeeird. Anyway, despite all of this school history, I really didn’t know this person aside from a vague recollection based on the grainy yearbook photo.
He started work at Small Department soon after the boss announced his hire. Shortly after that, he let me know that he had recognized MY name too. We each admitted that we’d been ’investigating’ each other from afar. (Who was this high-school stranger?!) We started to have polite conversations from time to time… sometimes in our offices, other times over instant messenger (Big Company has many buildings and uses IM to communicate for work purposes a lot, so it’s OK, reeeeally!). Eventually we added each other to our “home” IMs as well, and started chatting in the evenings. We shared a lot: anything from current interests, to life goals, to past relationships. We started going to lunch together sometimes too, and then started taking what we called “photo trips”. (We found that we were both into photography, so we’d drive around and look for stuff to take photos of.)
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Our invitations were mailed out a little over a week ago, and now that they have reached all of our guests, I am ready to reveal them!
I’ve tried to put this post together to show the visual steps that a guest would take as they opened our invitations. I also did this because I had a hard time understanding how to “stuff” all of the information, and hope this visual will be helpful to the hive.
I will do another post with the details of our invites. For now, just think of them as eye candy! 
Let’s start at the beginning…
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I have been completely and utterly indecisive about my accessories.
Shoes? It took three pairs before I found the ones I loved. I’m definitely a shoe whore. I love shoes! I have too many, and Mr. CC doesn’t understand why I need 5 pairs of black heels. Picking out shoes for the big day was definitely a challenge. There was a lot of internal debate as to whether or not I should wear heels or flats. I don’t wear heels often. My career allows me to wear crocs or tennies to work, and I really only wear heels out. In the end, I decided I wanted something pretty for the ceremony. I’ll be wearing the Melissa by Liz Rene Couture.
You’ve got to love my Foot Petals. I’ve been trying to break these suckers in. I will take these out and let the photographer get some good detail shots without them!
You might recognize these.
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According to Mama Bruschetta, the hospital gift shop didn’t carry little-girl-pink pins. So, she purchased one of the light blue ones. Her handwritten edit — replacing “boy” on the enclosed card with “girl” — completed the package celebrating the second Bruschetta daughter… me!
BruschettAunt Cino also hopped on board the baby memento train. Her contribution? A baby bonnet for my christening. A card explained the purpose of this lacey, white, beribboned bonnet:
This is a most important gift for a newborn baby girl to receive. By saving the cap and restoring it to its original shape as a wedding handkerchief, this becomes a beautiful heirloom gift for a very special baby to use when she is a bride.
Again, thanks to Mama Bruschetta, this keepsake is also in mint condition, and ready to make an appearance at the Bruschetta wedding. I’ve already owned up to — at times — being an over-emotional little hors d’oeuvre though, so I wonder if I shouldn’t actually use the handkerchief for its intended purpose. What say you, hive?
Two somethings old and one something blue — both 25 years in the making!
I have hit upon the perfect analogy for wedding planning, and you know how much I love a good analogy. The epiphany is almost good enough to improve my morning, in fact.
You know how, even after a relatively relaxing weekend, you just can’t get going on Monday morning? Despite two cups of coffee and a real desire to get out of the doldrums, your brain can’t think of the right words and your eyes keep wanting to close? You remember having a bazillion things to do when you finally stopped working on Friday afternoon, but you can’t think of a single thing that seems critical right now?
And do you ever feel, on Monday mornings, that you have all the time in the world to get things done, so maybe you’ll just ease into the week by reading a few blogs and catching up with your peeps about their weekends? And you know (oh, you know) that at some point, you’ll be slammed with everything all at once, but right now, you’ll keep believing it won’t be so bad? And that the weekend is so. far. away. that of course you’ll have plenty of time to get everything done, how could you not with five whole days to fit it in?
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Reader sharon is selling 23 scalloped parasols. They were used once, and currently in their original packaging. She is asking for $10 each.
Have a wedding item for sale? Post it with pictures in the Weddingbee classifieds and you might see it featured on the blog!
Other great items for sale:
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My wonderful bridesmaid Brittany threw Mr. Lab and me an amazing engagement party a few weeks ago. Another bridesmaid, Ashley, my MOH, Amanda, as well as some of Brittany’s roommates, helped out with the decorations and food setup. I could not believe how fabulous the party was. I expected just a few bottles of wine and some cheese (since I knew the guests were expected to bring either a bottle of wine or a block of cheese), but I had no idea that they would have so many delicious hors d’oeuvres as well! The girls really outdid themselves. They made me wonder if hiring a caterer for the reception is really necessary…
Brittany started out by sending adorable Evites to the guests. Here’s the main banner of the invitation:
As I said, the food was absolutely amazing and yummy! There were mini burgers, mini strawberry cheesecakes, herbed potatoes with dip, fruit, and stuffed mushrooms. Brittany even went so far as to find napkins with a damask theme! How thoughtful is that?!?
The first time I tried on my wedding dress in the shop, I felt like an ordinary girl standing in a fancy white dress. Then the saleslady plopped a veil on my head. Once the veil was in place, I felt butterflies in my stomach. I remember thinking, ‘I’m a bride.’ It was exciting and surreal. I don’t know what it was about that veil, but for me, it seemed to have unlocked all of my inner-brideness. After purchasing my dress, I envisioned I would wear a very simple veil. What I didn’t realize until I went veil shopping this past weekend was that I *might* want a blusher, too. Gasp! When did I become so traditional? I even surprise myself sometimes.
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In one of our contests last summer, we gave away 100 letterpressed invites from Jaelyn K Design to Weddingbee reader Elizabeth.
She was so happy with the stunning results, she sent us the following email:
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I continued to search for ideas on creating an alternative to the traditional fresh-floral centerpiece. As you might remember, I drooled over succulents and daydreamed about candles, but then, I came across this:
Oh Martha, you make me *swoon*. Dried florals were the perfect alternative centerpieces for our fall wedding. From this point on, I had visions of bouquets of wheat sitting pretty on tabletops.
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