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Heeello, happy.
We got our wedding highlight video from our friends at Digital Princess Productions… wanna see?
And this is what my dress looks like.
But don’t worry, I’m not. I knew that having my mom make the dress would mean we’d be pushing it out to the last minute, but I know it will be done and beautiful. Every time I get to play ’dress dummy’ I get so excited about how it’s shaping up.
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Now that you’ve read about many of the sights in Greece that I expected to see, let me share some of the things that I wasn’t expecting… here goes…
One of the very first things we saw as we came out of the metro station on our first day in Athens was this sign. We were both like, wait, we did not just spend 12 hours traveling to see a SUNY school!
When: Thursday November 19th 6:30-ish to whenever (it’s a “school night” ya know)
Where: Elysian Fields in SoDo (next to Qwest Field) 542 1st Ave South, Seattle, WA 98104
Come join the bees for some craft beer and bridal babble. Elysian Fields is one of the brew pubs of Elysian Brewing – a favorite in the Pretzel house. Mr Pretzel will be in attendance, so feel free to bring your SO too. Rumor is that Mrs Joey and Mrs Cherry Pie might stop by too. I can’t wait to meet all the FABULOUS Seattle hive members!
Please feel free to PM Miss Pretzel if you have any questions.
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Rehearsal? Check. Welcome dinner? Check. Manicures and mimosas with the girls? Check.
Say “I do”? Up next.
Before I go into the details of our ceremony, I should warn you that our photographer didn’t do any post processing, and pretty much refused to edit the images because well, apparently he thinks he’s better than that. Sooo, I’ve tried my best to do what I could with these photos (and yes, I know there’s a ton of black/white and the color is off in a bunch of them), so please please excuse my beginner-at-best editing. This is why I work with eyeballs for a living instead of behind the camera. Anyhoo… here we go.
The bridesmaids were in place, and my music started. We hired a violinist, who I actually used to play with in a local orchestra. The wedding party walked to an instrumental version of our 1st dance song, “Broken Road” by Rascal Flatts and my song was Canon in D. Pretty basic, but I love the simplicity of a single violin and piano.
In the time (pre-engagement) spent daydreaming about our wedding while not studying anatomy, biochemistry, and physiology, I imagined where our big day would be. I am from Western Pennsylvania and Mr. Burger is from Eastern Pennsylvania, about 5 hours apart. I knew that the bride’s hometown was traditionally the site of the ceremony and reception, and having been on the groom’s side of things many time with my cousins, I also knew all about being the part of the family doing the traveling. Not that we ever minded making the trip, but it felt strange thinking of all of his family traveling to “my” home for “our” wedding.
Then, when I thought about locations in my hometown, I came up short. I live in a suburb outside of Pittsburgh, and there really aren’t any desirable reception sites nearby. We would most likely have the reception downtown (or dahntahn for my Burgh girls) :), meaning that even my family would have to travel about 45 minutes (in traffic) and most likely spend the night in a hotel.
I also was not very attached to a ceremony site at home either. The church that I grew up attending had recently employed a new priest that no one really connected with; even my parents had begun attending other churches in the area. I thought about the possibility of using the church where my parents were married (and where I was baptized), but since we weren’t actual parishioners, I knew that there would be some red tape.
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Mr. Spaniel seemed to be more surprised every time we talked about the fact that I wanted a Jewish wedding… maybe it took him a few months to pay attention when I talked about it. 
Anyway, he definitely had a WTF moment when we talked about a ketubah (a Jewish marriage contract) a few months back (even though it was at least the third time it’s come up and he was totally okay with it the first two times!), so I decided to do some research into the texts. Certainly we would not be having an orthodox ketubah, because we don’t follow “the laws of Moses and of Israel”, but I like the idea of writing down in a “contract” our expectations of each other and our marriage, and I wouldn’t mind writing our own (in lieu of writing our own vows to be read aloud at the ceremony).
All photos courtesy of the amazing Angelica Glass, unless otherwise noted. Please note that the photos have only been color-corrected and not fully retouched.
Well, hello, again hive. It’s been over a year since we’ve been married and I really don’t have a good excuse for not finishing my recaps. Married life is wonderful and after the wedding, I realized that planning it had encompassed my life for about 18 months. So after the wedding, I dove right into my former life again—seeing friends, dabbling in various hobbies, and spending time with my dear husband. But I am determined to finish my recaps and share the rest of our wedding day with you. I’ve been constructing the story of our day from all over the place, but I will now continue along in a more structured manner. 
Where did we last leave off? Ah yes, we had a photo session at Bryant Park and then we were off to our venue for the ceremony and reception.
The ceremony required the least amount of planning (since our wonderful officiant took the reins and guided us through the entire process). The rehearsal took place an hour before the actual ceremony, which was fine by both Mr. Canary and me because we’d already had our “first look” earlier in the day. We did a quick run-through with Christine at the helm directing us where to go and it took all of 15 minutes. The highlight of having the rehearsal on the day of the wedding was that I really had a chance to soak up all the hard work our florists had put into decorating the space. Instead of a traditional altar, our fabulous florist created an arbor/archway which would be reused during the reception. It was such a beautiful yet simple focal point.
(DOH!!)
Confession: I sent our Save The Dates out way. way. waaaaaay too early. After my recent posting about the design of our pretty STDs, I had several requests to tell the story of the over-eager bride who sent out her Save The Dates close to a year before the wedding.
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Before I get on with the portraits Mr. CB and I took after our First Look, I thought I’d fill you in on my bouquet, my bridesmaids’ bouquets, and the guys’ boutonnieres. After the post on the guys getting ready, I had some requests for close-ups of the bouts and since my bouquet debuts during our portraits, I figured now was the best time for the first flower post!
My bouquet:
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