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Tigerbruin03 is selling a gorgeous Melissa Sweet “Heidi” gown. The strapless size-6 dress is ivory organza. She’s asking $2000.
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Mr. M and I share our lives with a third partner, from whom we’re trying to break free. Procrastination. It is one of our great faults as a couple. It makes us late to almost every date (a rude and embarrassing habit, I know), it tempts us to create distraction in our lives. Don’t get me wrong, we always get things done on time, but always under the gun. As much as we try to fight it and cure it, it will always be in our family nature. So, leave it to us to be engaged for twenty months, and still be woefully under-prepared come May.
Soooooo, the last two weeks preceding our wedding were especially high-octane, go go go, last minute errand mayhem, combined with a volatile cocktail of emotions, family, and anticipation. It was like life was in fast forward! Seemingly developed as an evolutionary adaptation to my procrastinatory leanings, I have a keen ability to become intensely focused on the goal in these types of situations (which was how I kept from melting down constantly). But there were some very unexpected side effects of all that pressure, so listen close, my bridal biddies!
1. Weight loss. No secret I was down to drop a few extra pounds before strutting it in such a skin-tastic dress, but after 30+ years of being an emotional eater, I was shocked to find myself not only without appetite, but without even noticing. Normally I’m fantasizing about my next meal as I eat my current, but food was the farthest thing from my mind that week, and the pictures are the proof in the pudding. I would just forget to eat for hours! Thankfully, the dress still fit; however, it did end up being 2 inches too long because of the weight loss! More on this later.
Point? Eat, my little chickens!
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I’ve been debating for a while now what types of invitations to fashion for our wedding. I say “fashion” because I am indeed going to be designing and crafting them myself. Our invitation budget is meager at best, and while there are amazing stationers out there, letterpress for us will only be a dream. (And, surprisingly, I’m okay with that!)
I have folders upon folders of inspiration images and wording samples that I love, but I haven’t been able to commit to one design just yet. You see, I want something that is a bit off-beat, but not too kitschy. I want something beautiful and interesting to look at, yet something easy to produce (remember, I’m DIYing here). I do not have access to the following: a letterpress, a Gocco, a Yudu or a Cricut. I do have access to: a computer, a color printer, and… that’s about it. I’m going to be using a 40% off coupon at Michaels in the near future for a paper-cutter. Oh, and of course, I have Weddingbee at my disposal.
Right now, I’m thinking that I’m going to shamelessly steal borrow the genius idea that Mrs. Green Tea had to fit her maid of honor’s invites on a single sheet of paper. (She’s obviously a goddess at wedding planning and shower planning. Gah, if only I was that talented.) So, a single sheet of paper, and that includes our invite, reply card, and directions card. I think we can do it! Also, I love the string and name circles that she attached to her MOH’s invites. Too cute!
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I do not like classical music; it’s just not me. I don’t want to walk down the aisle to Canon in D, nor do I want to hear a peep of Ave Maria. Mr. Rainbow, on the other hand, really enjoys him some classical music. He even wanted to be a musical conductor as a child—you know, the guy in the tux waving sticks at the front of the orchestra? Yup, that guy.
Luckily for me, however, despite Mr. R’s affinity to classical music, he’s pretty lax when it comes to picking the wedding music. He thinks I have good taste in music (aside from some lingering Spice Girls tunes on my iPod) so I’ve pretty much been given full reign, less a few songs on his “must play” list, which, might I add, happens to contain a song from the Ghostbusters soundtrack. Lord, I love that man, but don’t even ask.
That said, now that we’re not having a wedding party, I’m wondering if one song (just the bride’s processional) will be sufficient. I mean, there’s no point in having a processional song if you don’t have a wedding party to walk during the processional, right? Anyway, without further ado, I present to you the very non-traditional Rainbow Wedding Playlist!
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How are you deciding where you spend the holidays? Was it a big issue between you and your FI? How did you come to a decision?
Mrs. Quiche - This is a HUGE deal for me. I do not like to spend Christmas anywhere (including our own home!) except at my mom’s house, which I have done every single year for the past 29 years. I am sure it is something I’ll have to get over at some point, especially with kids, but I still can’t fathom it. We don’t tend to go to Ohio for Easter or Thanksgiving, only occasionally (like this year - YAY!).
All of his family is here in Chicago & we can see them anytime. This is not the case with my family, so it makes sense to spend the big holidays with my family, right? Right??
This Christmas will be the first test. We still haven’t decided what to do.
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Engagement photos blew my mind! Everything fell into place on that day and just “clicked”. Here is a sneak peek of the day:
Look at those lashes!
Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
So after the after party, Mr. Joey and I enjoyed a lovely Sunday with our families, spent Monday packing and opening presents, and on Tuesday jumped on a plane to Australia.
I was a little worried Mr. Joey wouldn’t make it. My flights for works average about 22 hours one-way, so Australia wasn’t anything I couldn’t handle. He thinks trips to see his parents in South Carolina are too long.
Thankfully he survived and even though he wasn’t the happiest camper, the flying was totally worth it.
I’m sorry that I don’t have too many pictures to share from our trip. They were lost when my computer died. I did manage to salvage some, though.
We started our trip in Sydney. We stayed at the beautiful Sofitel Hotel (thanks Priceline!) downtown, just minutes away from the Opera House and Harbour.
I originally thought getting engagement pictures taken was a waste of time and money. But after seeing tons of beautiful, creative photo shoots on sites like the good ol’ ‘bee and Snippet and Ink, I decided that maybe it would be a fun thing to do. After all, we’re only engaged once, and why not take some time to document this point in our lives?
Side note: Guys are silly and clueless about weddings. When we told a male friend of ours we were getting engagement pictures taken, his response was “Wait, what? You’re getting engaged tomorrow? Aren’t you already engaged?” HA! Boys…
Anyways, once we decided we were going to have them done, the next question was: where? At first I thought that New York City, where we live and love, would be perfect, but we would have had to hire a separate photographer just for this session and it would’ve gotten pricey.
Our wedding photographer is based out of Boston but we weren’t planning a trip there anytime soon, so we weren’t going to be able to take advantage of our photographer’s e-pic session that is included in our package.
Then finally the light bulb went off in my head!
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How do you dress a Potato Head? Beats me!
Potato Head is starting to think about his wedding day ensemble. Here are the things working against him:
Egads. This should be a good time. When I came across Jessica Claire’s gorgeous wedding, I knew I’d found a winning combo. Suspenders? Yes! Old-school style and spiff? Yes indeedy!
Miss Pizza and her man steal a kiss in Detroit.
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Our first stop in Greece was Santorini. Santorini is a small, circular archipelago of volcanic islands located in the southern Aegean Sea, about 120 miles southeast from Greece’s mainland. The main island is called Thira, and the most beautiful part of the island, where the main thrust of restaurants and hotels is located, is called Oia. We thought it was really cool that Santorini is basically what remains of a larger island after a massive volcanic explosion that took place 3,600 years ago. Now the city of Thira looks out into a water-filled caldera, which makes for some mind-boggling photographs.
Here we are on our first full day in Oia. Believe it or not, this photo was taken from the cafe where we had breakfast. The views don’t really get much better than this, people.
With our stealth operation to get on to the boat unseen complete, we went to the upper deck and hung out in the captain’s cabin until the remainder of the guests arrived. Luckily, we were also able to hang out outside in a few areas where we wouldn’t be seen because it was rather roasty toasty and my full-on bridal ‘glow’ was actually sweat.
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He is up for anything, including wearing a leotard and performing Beyonce’s All the Single Ladies, playing on the SNL skit with Justin Timberlake!
This post doesn’t have much to do with our actual wedding, but I wanted to include it because it’s so representative of our relationship! We love doing silly things and making fools out of ourselves in front of other people. Don’t get any ideas, we are not doing this at our wedding (yes, Rock the Reception ruined it for me!) but for Halloween, yes!
Our friend Melissa (same Melissa as the awesome friend whose parents are letting us get married at their property!) had the brilliant idea of doing a group costume of Beyonce’s All the Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it). She ended up wearing another costume, but me, Mr. Chick, BM Lulu, and our friends Alex and Matt decided to go for it!
Here we are rehearsing the dance:
Hello hive! I’m so sorry for my absence but with the wedding behind me I’ve been hard at work organising our chaotic little apartment after work and so the blogging has been somewhat neglected. But I’m back to finish my last recaps as well as a few projects I didn’t get to share before the big day.
From the time they were conceived as an idea in my mind, until I gave them wings to fly across the country, creating these bad boys has been the project most resembling the child rearing process to me.
At first, I thought invitations were “nice”. Other people’s invitations were just lovely, but they seemed like a really big commitment. They were something that I always wanted, but didn’t feel ready to take the next step.
After some soul searching, I came to the realization that it was now or never to start trying. I explored the different options, trying to figure out what was right for us as a couple. I even borrowed one to get used the feeling of holding an invitation in my hands.
When our invitations arrived at my home, I lovingly tucked them into their box and thought of all the cute ways I could dress them up. I hand cut belly bands, experimented with wax seals, and hand cut envelope liners. I dressed them in their Sunday best, ready to face the world.
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