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Our beloved church in Norfolk presented us with an aisle conundrum. The crux of the issue is that there are two aisles, neither centered.
I say it was a conundrum and call it an “issue”, but really, I was never too perplexed about it. Out of the 6 churches I’ve attended over the years, half of them did not have a center aisle. I’ve seen a few workarounds at weddings (including moving the ceremony to churches with a center aisle), and I was confident that we could have the ceremony at our church without too much consternation.
One workaround I’ve seen is to shift the focus and seating to one side of the church. This eliminates the two aisle problem by creating the illusion that there is one aisle. At some of the bigger churches, I’ve seen the decorations go so far as to line the unused aisle in pipe and drape to hide the other space. Honestly, I’ve never thought about it too much because the decorations have been beautiful and effectively staged the space to look natural. Here’s an example from my friend J’s wedding at the church I grew up attending (from this camera angle, it’s hard to tell the set up, but there’s a whole third of the seating that is not being used to the far right):
Photograph by Andres Alonso
Okay now… where was I? Oh yes, that’s right - I had just jumped into the water wearing a long, white dress!
After taking the plunge (Ha. Hahaha!), we headed over to the beach for a little rolling around in the sand. 
I kid, I kid! We played photo shoot a little more and I have to admit that I loved it. Mr. Quiche was feeling a little worse for wear, and holy moly, was the sun ever BRIGHT (hence quite a bit of squinting… I mean sultry stares into each others eyes).
Our papa-paparazzi got down to business…
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I’m afraid that all of my choices I’m making for the wedding will be wrong.
I could barely get my mouth to form the words, but that was it. I was afraid that my wedding wouldn’t be “good enough”. This was crux of my issue… the thought that had been gnawing at the back of my brain for a few days (or maybe weeks). Either way… it had been there for a while, and some days it decided to rear its ugly head. This was one of them. It had been one of those nights, when it seemed like my to-do list was too long, my days were too short, and every decision that we had made had to be re-decided because of one issue or another.
… Linens? Satin l’amour or bichon crush? And what about the cake table? Speaking of cake, is 100 servings enough, or should I call them back and order 150? There was a cake on Green Wedding Shoes the other day that I liked… maybe that’s a better design option…
I readily admit that I put the pressure on myself. I read too many wedding blogs – there’s too many beautiful weddings out there. Others see this as inspiration, but I saw it as a gigantic yard stick to measure our wedding against. I saw brides who have done it differently: greener, less structured, more unique, better. I’ve done this since I was little – I’ve always wanted things to be perfect. I’ve always cared just a little bit too much about what other people think.
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You might not believe it from the sheer number of posts I’ve written about this, but I’m starting to come to terms with my follicular shortcomings. In fact, I’m starting to have a pretty good idea about what my hair should look like on game day, and although it’s not strictly necessary, I’m thinking it will involve a sparkly clip of some sort. I used to imagine I’d wear a flower in my hair, but I don’t think it’s the look I’m going for, after all.
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Neither Mr. S nor I are very dancily-inclined. We’re both pretty awkward people, to be perfectly honest. I forget how long my limbs are. Mr. S has big feet. I have tiny feet. I giggle or act like a fool when I’m nervous. I think our idea of dancing is jumping up and down. We’re really good at that. Mr. S can totally rock the Nathaniel Dance. Regular dancing? We’re not so good at that.
I took ballroom dancing in middle-school. The only thing I remember about it is always being paired with the shortest dude and how to do the boxy dance move doo-dad.
I’m not sure how Mr. S and I will handle our first dance as far as “moves” go. Maybe we’ll just wing it? That sounds like us. We do, however, have a pretty good idea of what we want our first dance song to be– “The Way I Am” by Ingrid Michaelson. It’s a sweet song, but also sort-of fits in with our omnipresent “We’re going to be who we are, damnit” theme. Life and love are not always ponies and rainbows, but we’ll always be there to back each other up.
Without further ado, here’s the song if you haven’t heard it. (And yes, it was on that Old Navy sweater commercial. Leave me alone).
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Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
Since I never did an inspiration board for our wedding, this was my first attempt. It was fun. I went straight to Etsy, typed in “Christmas ornament”, and, after searching through a few pages for something that caught my eye, I found this little lovely.
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Cute, no? I’ve always liked when Christmas decorating was pulled off elegantly. This ornament was definitely one I could see hanging from my own tree.
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Hi, peeps! While I put off finishing my last recap (because then I’d be finished *sob*), I thought I’d throw in a post or two about life on the other side of that whole wedding thing. But let’s keep it wedding-related by talking about wedding photos, mkay?
More specifically, how do you decide which photos to actually display?
Step 1: Do nothing. Wait until your fabulous parents send you a photo they thoughtfully converted to canvas, mounted and framed as your Christmas gift. Then feel terrible that you haven’t sent anyone else wedding pictures and frantically try to pick a few to send as Christmas gifts. On the day before you have to mail said gifts across the country.
Step 2: Freak out. How do you choose pictures of yourself to send to other people? Narcissism, much?
Step 3: Calm down. Remember that this was a big event for both families and of course they’d like photographic evidence, if only to embarrass you by showing your future children at some future date. Choose the least goofy family pictures for printing.
Then print one goofy one specifically to embarrass your brother at a specific future date.
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Back in October, I was talking to Sister Guinea Pig on the phone and as we were about to hang up, I remembered I had something to ask her - I quickly/shyly asked if she’d be willing to take some engagement photos of Mr. Guinea Pig and me while we were all at my parents’ house. She kind of giggled and said “Sure, that would be fun.” I excitedly thanked her, did a little heel click and went on with my day.
A week later, Sister GP called me on my way in to work/school and when I answered she said, “Happy one month until your birthday!” I thought that was kind of weird, since even I hadn’t been keeping track that closely. Then she went on to say “So… mom and the person who’s going to give you your birthday gift. I think I should tell you about it now so you have time to prepare.” I’ll admit, this had me a little worried - what could I possibly need to prepare for?! But then she said, “Remember the photographer we both liked who shot my friend’s wedding this summer? I got you an engagement session with him while you’re out in California!” Eeee!!! I literally squealed with joy (like a {guinea} pig!). There may have been dancing, jumping up and down… and even some wild clapping. At the time, I was standing in a courtyard that three buildings look out over and I definitely saw at least two people staring at me wondering what on earth I was doing. I am so (so SO) excited! Even that is an understatement. I felt like I was floating on a cloud all day - I can’t wait! And she had already started arranging it when I asked her to take photos of us, which is why she thought it was so funny I had asked!
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I decided a while back that we should give out-of-town bags to all of our guests. Considering they are all spending a ton of money to make it out for us, I want them to feel welcome when they arrive with a little gift/beach survival kit. I saw some cute ideas with a beach theme like this…
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… but how in the world do you bring 24 buckets in your luggage? We could always have them shipped, but I figured if it would be hard for us to bring them, it would be hard for everyone to get them home. Call me crazy, but I’m thinking most people don’t leave enough space in their luggage for a bucket on their return trip.
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So Jessica, our photographer, is awesome and already has some teasers for us to drool over. I literally have no words to describe how much I love them. LOVE. THEM. I cannot wait to see the hundreds more I know she has (I think she filled like 8 memory cards).
It was the best time; we are so lucky to have found this amazing chick!
All pictures courtesy of the fantastic Jessica Ames!
A stunning chandelier at AliciaF’s wedding:
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I am a few standard deviations below the national IQ when it comes to shoes. I committed sins like wearing gym socks with any shoe, not just sneakers (and fugly shoes at that), which led me to the totally self-created and false belief that my feet were a good whole size above my actual shoe size. People, this lasted into my twenties. This is embarrassing.
I am also a wuss about wearing heels. My knees hurt even thinking about it. Oh of course, once in a while I would stray and buy a pair of cute heels, usually for work, only to end up hating myself as I slowly pried the shoe from my bloody foot at the end of a day.
When we arrived at the chapel, to my surprise the entrance of the church was already full of guests obviously realizing they had beaten our ushers to church. The ceremony began at 4:30 and it must have been something like 4:10.
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A while ago I wrote about how I was having second thoughts about what we wanted to do for favors, but I’ve finally figured them out… and it all started with the boxes!
I spent a very long time researching what I wanted to do for the packaging of the favors, even before figuring out what would go in them. All I knew was that I wanted them all to coordinate, since I was going to do a Choose Your Own Favor table, a la Martha:
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