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Ms. Potato Chips, Boston/Narragansett RI Age and Occupation: 29, PhD Student Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Personal Trainer/Business Owner/Physical Therapy Assistant Engagement Date: January 1, 2009 Wedding Date: June 2010 Venue: The Narragansett Towers About Me: A semi-professional bookworm, if I could be a literary character I’d be a cross between Jo March and Jane Eyre, only better accessorized and much lazier. My hobbies include sleeping in, seasonal brews, running, Trader Joe’s, and watching Unwrapped and Good Eats with Mr. Potato Chips. I harbor an irrational fear of tulle, crafts, things that are fussy, and overuse of the phrase "Your Special Day". After a year or seven together, down the aisle we go, slouching toward adulthood and planning a Rhodie party with equal parts whimsy, cheer, and pizza.
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Wedding Planning is a Beach

October 2nd, 2009 @ 11:59 am by Ms Potato Chips

Mr. Potato Head & I love a beach house. It is my dream to live, year-round, in a wee coastal cottage. If I were Robert Frost, I would say, “Something there is that doesn’t love a beach house.” Or something like that.

I love the colors, once-bright walls faded by the salt and sun. I love the smell of a beach house, like seaweed and ocean. I love the light-hearted design, the open space, the short walk to the beach, the flip flops kicked off in the entryway, morning coffee sipped on decks; even the sound of seagulls, I love. I love the mood evoked from a beach house, cheery on a sunny day, cozy and quiet when it’s cloudy. Easy, breezy, lazy, fun.

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If we could, we’d have the wedding at a beach house. We even considered for the briefest of instants, having it at my parents’ seaside cottage. Except that it posed many problems, namely: parking, toilets, lack of space, wind.

Okay. So the next best thing… let’s get married in a beachy town and rent a beach house for our wedding weekend!

One night, we shut off the telly and put our Macs on our laps, ate pizza, and searched for house rentals.

Through some innate skill set he must possess, Mr. Potato Head is uncommonly good at scouting house rentals. I mainly looked over his shoulder and typed addresses into Google Maps, to calculate the distance between our reception venue and potential rental houses.

I gotta say, the beach house idea was the galvanizing force behind our planning. I began to “see” our day, to have a “vision”. It began to come together: chillaxed, fun, breezy, beachy. It’s funny that it took a little beach house for me to get really amped for the wedding weekend. But it did, and I was off and running. I even booked an appointment with a florist.

So I have to know: if you were a reluctant wedding planner, what did it take for you to get excited about the planning?

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37 Responses to “Wedding Planning is a Beach”

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Mrs. Bruschetta (message)  5,565 posts, Bee Keeper

I think our color palette is what pulled it together for us — that and fine-tuning the menu. “Late summer” sounds kinda bland, but thinking of it in terms of bright orange, deep purple, vibrant red and shocking green — plus a slew of local produce and the freshest pork and cod — definitely got me in the wedding-planning spirit while it was still winter coat weather!

 
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kjpugs
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kjpugs (message)  1,751 posts, Buzzing bee

Miss Chips, we used to have a house in Quonnie! LOVE RI!!!

 
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kmattso2
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kmattso2 (message)  1,046 posts, Bumble bee

That sounds amazing….I love beach houses!

 
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skibobrown
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skibobrown (message)  2,036 posts, Buzzing bee

I love the RI coast. We used to visit our friends’ house in Little Compton on weekends in the summer. For us, our plan of having our wedding in a certain garden in Bar Harbor Maine jump-started the wedding planning and helped us put together our vision. Everything about our wedding is inspired by a New England garden in the summer. Is it funny that now we’re not even getting married in that garden afterall?

 
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Grey56 (message)  644 posts, Busy bee

Pretty.

 
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pansyshell
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pansyshell (message)  1,955 posts, Buzzing bee

We are actually renting a beach house. Our ceremony is going to take place right outside on the beach and our reception will be at the house!

 
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Newport Nuptials (message)  1,230 posts, Bumble bee

We’re also considering renting a beach house for the week in RI, although we’ve gone back and forth because all of our guests are out of town and will be together in the hotel, so we aren’t sure if we want a beach house or to stay with everyone else. I just love the idea of staying in a beach house though. I’m so torn!

What sites have you used to find rentals in RI?

 
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Ms. Mojito
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Ms. Mojito (message)  399 posts, Helper bee

Awesome idea! I was excited the minute I began looking at the wedding magazines and the wheels began turnin’ :-0

 
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Ms Potato Chips (message)  1,193 posts, Bumble bee

@Newport Nuptials: There is a place called Durkin Cottages that has a lot of houses in the Narragansett area.

 
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Jessie516 (message)  5,480 posts, Bee Keeper

A beachy wedding is an awesome idea! :) I think that sounds great!

 
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Ms Potato Chips (message)  1,193 posts, Bumble bee

@SandDollar: Oooh that sounds amazing!

 
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Ms Potato Chips (message)  1,193 posts, Bumble bee

@skibobrown: Haha, well at least it was an impetus to get you started!

 
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Ms Potato Chips (message)  1,193 posts, Bumble bee

@Mrs. Bruschetta: So nicely put! I am so not looking forward to winter coat weather! Will have to think lovely beachy thoughts to get me through.

 
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polkadot (message)  218 posts, Helper bee

We live in DC, but I spent my summers on Cape Cod as a kid, so I looove New England. My fiance’s family has a house in Little Compton and it is so relaxing. When we first got engaged, I was secretly hoping we could get married up there, but that didn’t pan out. I am so excited to see how your planning goes, and live vicariously through you!!

 
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tea
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tea (message)  7,278 posts, Busy Beekeeper

oooh, i just saw a post somewhere, i think smp, that said the bride and groom found their venue from vrbo.com! i never would have thought of that option

 
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Miss Scissors (message)  7,343 posts, Busy Beekeeper

I almost wanted decided to do our wedding in Seagrove (right next to Seaside), where my parents have a beach-front house. We were going to ‘borrow’ all of the houses in the neighborhood and have like a wedding compound. Sadly, I think that I’d be way too nervous about weather, etc. Not to mention not as many people would be able to attend the wedding.

 
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Mrs. French Bulldog (message)  7,706 posts, Bumble Beekeeper

Once we had our venue our vision really came together too! We needed our backdrop you know?

 
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Miss_Carmel
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Miss_Carmel (message)  316 posts, Helper bee

That sounds so romantic and dreamy. Perfect for a wedding! :)

 
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Laylabelle (message)  3,378 posts, Sugar bee

Um, I’ve always wanted to move to the beach, but after reading your poetic description of a beach house - now i MUST move to the beach.

 
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abrideagain
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abrideagain (message)  532 posts, Busy bee

I was slow to start as well…and to be honest, I can’t remember right this minute what it was that pushed my bootie into gear…we got engaged right before new software rolled out at our work, and I was the one person in charge of it for our region.

So he asked in December…I didn’t book anything until the end of January. But once we booked the venue, things got rolling then.

 
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Ms. Potato Chips, Boston/Narragansett RI Age and Occupation: 29, PhD Student Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Personal Trainer/Business Owner/Physical Therapy Assistant Engagement Date: January 1, 2009 Wedding Date: June 2010 Venue: The Narragansett Towers About Me: A semi-professional bookworm, if I could be a literary character I’d be a cross between Jo March and Jane Eyre, only better accessorized and much lazier. My hobbies include sleeping in, seasonal brews, running, Trader Joe’s, and watching Unwrapped and Good Eats with Mr. Potato Chips. I harbor an irrational fear of tulle, crafts, things that are fussy, and overuse of the phrase "Your Special Day". After a year or seven together, down the aisle we go, slouching toward adulthood and planning a Rhodie party with equal parts whimsy, cheer, and pizza.

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