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It’s no secret that Mr. Star and I are huge animal people. I mean, we had one of our dogs serve as our ring bearer and I run my own small dog boarding business. So wherever we are, we are on a constant lookout for cute animals — we just can’t help ourselves.
What we weren’t expecting (more with the unexpected-ness in our travels!), was the vastly different attitude there is towards animals in Greece. Whereas here in the U.S. we make attempts to capture and domesticate stray animals (or at the very least maintain feral cat colonies), in Greece it is considered perfectly normal and acceptable for stray cats and dogs to roam the streets and countryside as they see fit. As it turns out, these animals are cared for by the locals and seem to be well-fed and happy. We didn’t think they were suffering in any way, but of course wanted to take them all home and give them love! We decided that if we moved to Greece, between the two of us and what animal suckers we are, we’d have to have a whole farm full of adopted semi-stray animals. 
There were large stray dogs everywhere. EVERYWHERE! This was just outside of the entrance to the Acropolis. They looked happy, though! Just look at that guy.
In case you’re confused, I’m not talking about the kind of band that plays music but the kind that is all sparkly and pretty on my hand! Yes, I’ve been stalking wedding bands and I’m not ashamed to admit it. It’s way more fun than when I was stalking engagement rings because I don’t have to be all sneaky and not tell Mr Trail Mix what I’m doing (yes, I was totally that girl).
Anyways, I’ve got a lot of different ideas for a wedding band. Let’s take a look at how my decision-making process evolved, and afterwards, I’m going to ask all you readers for your input, if ya don’t mind.
First off, just for fun, you all remember my ring, right?
Well, in case you’ve forgotten what it looks like, here’s a refresher:
(Personal Photo)
Like Miss Pretzel, my preferred footwear is a pair of these:
I even rock my Chuck Taylors when I teach, paired with a blazer and dress pants. (Yeah, I’ve totally given up the illusion that I’m any sort of authority figure. Or the sneaks bring me one step closer towards that absent-minded, crazy-haired, ink-stained-missing-buttoned-leather-elbow-patched professor I’m so bent on becoming.)
Dare I say, the sneaker-with-dress-clothes combo is becoming increasingly popular? I’ve seen lots of inspiration photos of groomsmen in Chucks (jealous!) and the sneakers-with-nice-clothes is even in the pages of the ‘Crew!
Right from the get-go, I knew I really wanted us to have an extensive and super informative wedding website, especially with about half our guest list being from out of town.
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Trying to be cost conscious as usual, I looked into all the free options, like on theknot.com and the Wedding Channel, but they were so basic. Then I started looking at wedorama.com and some other sites with fees, but that would give a little more flexibility. However, none of these jumped out at me, they limited the number of pages I could have and seemed to have pretty cheesy templates. Where were the wedding website services that would just let me do what I wanted?
But alas, I found the solution:
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All-Inclusion Invitation Suites
“Make an elegant invitation statement without the fuss. Stylish invitation sets with matching envelopes, reception and response cards included.”
That’s what we’re currently doing to our guest list, and it feels oh-so-good.
I have found that, when it comes to the guest list, I am quite different than your average bride.
If we could get our guest list down to 25 people, I would be in wedding planning euphoria. Well, today, I’m happy to say that we’re close to that number. Very close. Closer than we’ve ever been before. We started of with 75, then we cut it down to 50, and then… and then.. 30! That’s right, we are inviting 30 guests!
We wanted something small, intimate, personal. That’s not to say that a wedding with a 300 person guest list can’t be personal, but logistically, it is much more difficult to incorporate those personal, homespun touches that I love so much.
That said, I’d like to share my personal guest list dwindling mantra:
BrooksnTiff handmade fern nests for their organic looking peony centerpieces.
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Even though I liked the first draft of our STDs, I was still so in love with the fabric idea. I knew that the yellow pattern stood in the way of the fabric backing, so I reworked the design completely to complement and not compete with the fabric. Here is what I came up with:
I know it’s a bit pathetic to post about something so miniscule, but it was a huge relief to start checking things off of my list!
A few weeks ago, I was back home, escaping school. So we decided to go get our marriage license!
You can’t bring cameras into any of the AZ courthouses, so we just took a picture of ourselves at my house. When we first arrived at the North Phoenix facility, there was no wait! We just had to fill out some paperwork and give them our driver’s licenses… yeah, except for the fact that I LEFT MINE AT HOME. So we drove all the way back to my house and then back to get our license. I think Mr. Ramen was a wee bit frustrated, but he quickly got over it.
Here are a bunch of lovely bridal outfits from Bargello, all made in Pakistan. They range from around $1,600 to about $2,200, and probably weigh about a thousand pounds each! I’m not really into the red and gold people usually associate with South Asian weddings, as you can probably tell.
I am so, so thrilled that I will have all my best girls accompanying me to the altar on the big day. There really never was a question in my mind about who to ask, but I had to think hard about when and how I wanted to ask them.
Cheeseburger SisterMOH was easy. She was actually in Europe on the day we got engaged, so as soon as I could get a hold of her and tell her the good news, I asked her on the spot. Not that it was really a surprise to her, she’s always known that she would be my lady of honor. After a few months of engaged bliss had gone by, I wanted to make sure that she knew how special she was to me, and that I was so honored that she would be by my side on the big day. I picked a special arrangement of lavender roses and had them sent to her dorm room as a surprise. She loved them, and I was glad that she got to feel special on that day (as she should every day!).
I also wanted to ask SisterBurger in a special way, because it means so much to me to have her in the bridal party as well. I knew she liked colorful flowers like gerbera daises, and I found a beautiful arrangement of tulips that I sent with a little note. She was really excited (and said yes!) and so was I - she is the best, and I’m so excited to gain another sister.
For Cousin Cheeseburger, I was lucky enough to make it home for a family wedding and got to ask her in person - which meant a lot to me. She is much younger than me, and she (along with her brother and sister) has always been like a sibling to me.
The rest of the Cheeseburger Girls (my 6 best lovies from high school) are spread all across the country, and I really wanted nothing more than to ask them all together. Unfortunately, after the holidays came and went and I realized that we wouldn’t all be together for quite some time, I knew I had to ask them another way.
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… for our wedding photos. Although I have yet to reveal our photographer to you guys yet (I will soon, I promise), I am happy to share some of my inspiration photos that I plan on showing to our photographer at our next meeting.
I seem to be constantly drawn in to photos that use sunlight as a way of creating a mood in the picture. Almost all of these present the couple in front of the light, suggesting an ethereal, dreamy quality that I adore.
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I adore the inside of our church. The walls are a soothing green and the dark wood pews maintain a very elegant atmosphere. It’s a reverently decorated church, yet very comforting. To me, it feels like home. Since the church will still be decorated for Christmas on our wedding day, we haven’t planned much in the way of other decorations. In fact, I had let it fall off of my radar after I finished the Unity Candles.
Then my coordinator, Miss P, emailed me and casually mentioned these bad boys from Victorian Petals at the end of her note:
It was an ordinary Friday night. As memory serves, Mr. Potato Head and I had just gotten home from the most exclusive nightclub in town, after treating ourselves to a decadent five-course meal at the most sought-after bistro in the city.*
A knock at the door! Who could it be? A surprise visit from one of my Best Women!
I feel blessed to have some amazing women in my life and am excited to have four of them stand up with us at the wedding. Both SistahChips and my lifelong BFF agreed to partake in the wedding shenanigans in the role of my best women. My BFF—we’ll call her Sweet Potato, because she is—and I have been attached at the hip since the first grade! We even won our high school superlative for “Best Friends” in our high school yearbook! Our bff-ship will live on in perpetuity within the graduating class of 1998!
Whooaaaah, don’t you tell me I look the same!! Don’t you do it!
I know I know, I totally look the same.
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I am so excited to write this post, and for the last several months I didn’t know if this post was possible. You see, I fell in love with videography, and more specifically, Super 8 videography. But with our surmounting wedding costs, I was worried that it was something that we just couldn’t incorporate into the budget.
However, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I just had to make it happen. The moments that I will share with my family, friends, and Mr. Fro Yo that day need to be captured, and with more than just photography. Also, I’ve heard so often that people really regret not having video of their wedding. I can already imagine us watching it with our kids years down the road and reliving all those wonderful memories.
Enter Vanessa McKellar. Now, this girl is talented. I watched her videos and cried. I don’t even know these people, and I cried. I’m serious. Plus, she is so sweet and wonderful to work with. And best of all? She posted about Weddingbee and how awesome it is!
So, are you ready to see one of my favorite videos?
Erika & Phil in Super 8 from Vanessa McKellar Productions.com on Vimeo.
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