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Before we were officially engaged, we booked the photographer. Mr Pretzel and I agreed that our top priority for our wedding (after the ceremony) was photography. Not just photography… KICK A$$ photography.

Style was very important to us, but having a huge fancy album… not so important. Photography was one of the first things I Googled when we started to talk wedding. I bookmarked different Seattle photographers and started reading their blogs. Let’s be honest—I was pretty certain who we was going to use from the first photo I saw, but this is a wedding of two people, and I really wanted Mr P’s opinion.

There were three main contenders, based on photography style:

One Love Photo: We felt that One Love had great uses of different camera types, beautiful soft light, and an overall vintage feel. The photos are amazing, and it is no wonder One Love is one of the most sought after photographers in and out of the Seattle area.

In a Frame Photography: Mr Pretzel and I liked the color and composition of In a Frame—the photos seemed crisp and clean. Also, there was some style variety in the collection.

Source: In A Frame Photography
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Bethjanine is selling an ivory-beaded and embroidered organza Lazaro gown. The size 12 dress has a sweetheart neckline and comes with a floor-length veil. Inquire as to price.

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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After the wedding was over I thought, ‘Well, that’s that. No more wedding planning for me.’ My sister is already married and most of my friends are, too. I figured I’d be done with planning, but you know what? I’m not. Guess what? Remodeling/building a house is like wedding planning. Who knew?

Well, someone did. My coworker joked that remodeling his kitchen was like wedding planning all over again. I didn’t understand that then, but I do now. Here are some ways wedding planning is related to remodeling/building a house.

First off, there are SOOOO many decisions. What style of house or wedding are you going for? French Country? Modern? Art Deco? Ranch style? Then there is size. Will you have 100 guests at the reception or will you be building with the intentions of someday adding to your family? Let’s not even get started with color. I could talk for days about color. Color of the floors, walls, ceilings, tile, etc.

Second, there are just as many people involved in putting a wedding together as there are putting a house together. Bridal parties, photographers, plumber, architect. Here are a few things I figured out about the players:

1. DOC = main contractor
2. Michaels or Jo-Ann’s = Lowe’s or Home Depot
3. Bridezilla = Homeownerzilla
4. Weddingbee, Snippet and Ink, etc = Apartment Therapy, Coco + Kelly, etc

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We had debated doing a “first look” quite a bit. Mr. S was all about it, I was a little more hesitant. I even posted about it this summer. I finally decided that if it was something that he felt was really important for us to do, I would throw caution to the wind and go for it.

Our timeline was tight on the wedding day, so I left the hotel in the limo with the bridal party around 2:30, arriving at the church around 2:40. The ceremony started at 3:00 on the dot, so it was a quick look! I waited in the limo after the bridal party went into the church and waited for the “all clear” that Mr. S was all set and waiting for me in our designated spot - a little garden on the side of the church.

Mr. S waited patiently with his back turned in one part of the garden.

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“Goody bags” is probably a more appropriate name for our out-of-town bags. And that’s because we gave one to every guest in attendance. Out-of-town bags would also be appropriate, though, because all of our guests were from out of town. Either way you look at it, these darlings were stuffed to the brim.

I blogged about the baggies and their adorning stamps, here. Beyond the muslin bags, though, I got blank tags from Hobby Lobby (around $2.99 for 25) and the “I Do” stamp from there as well for around $3.99.

But what’s inside, you’re wondering…
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I am not going to lie, this trip was not the easiest one I’ve taken. There were so many emotions blended together. But unlike any other, I was so calm and relaxed (I think I used my stress and anxiety quote of the month the last two weeks… hehe).

Saying goodbye to my family was not easy either, but the fact that my mom said, “We’ll see you before the wedding” made it easier for me. But I was still a little worried about how Curly was going to take the flight. I did train him for the last two months so that the 15 hours in his travel cage wouldn’t be such a shocking experience, but there’s no way I could fake the turbulence and altitude.

Once we landed in LAX, the stress began. First, because I was really scared about all the stories I’ve read about how sometimes at immigration, they give an extra hard time to people that come on K1 visas, but I guess those were just isolated situations because I actually got treated very nicely. After they checked my papers, they asked me how Mr. Poodle and I met, we chatted for a little bit, and I was officially welcomed to the United States… YAY!!! They reminded me that we should “be legal” within 3 months.

I started the (really long) wait for my bags, and later had to hunt for them. I was surprised that I didn’t have any bigger problems getting them, since each time I’ve come to California, one of my bags has been lost or delayed. I didn’t have problems with the bags, but once I tried to talk to people to find out where I had to go to pick Curly up, the problems started!!
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