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If I was one of my vendors, I would probably be frustrated with me. See, I am one of those people who doesn’t know how to say no. Like ever. But really, I have an opinion; I am just too scared of hurting people’s feelings to voice it.
Let me give you an example: Say I have a vision in my head for my flowers, and I’m trying to communicate that to my florist, but then she suggests something that sounds awesome, but maybe isn’t the actual direction I’m hoping to go. It doesn’t matter. I can’t tell her no. Why? Well, I don’t want to hurt her feelings. That sounds so irrational, but it’s the truth!
Well, yesterday I decided I was going to email Kristen and ask for a change. See, in the beginning she recommended using trumpet vases for some of our centerpieces (those that won’t be manzanita).
A gold star to anyone who can name that movie!
Man, I gotta give movie studios credit. They really know how to milk wedding scenes. Cue the emotional soundtrack, soft-focus shot of the bride walking down the aisle, and the slow pan to the groom’s teary-eyed reaction. Although I’m a total sucker for these wiles, most of my favorite wedding moments in movies are more humorous than touching. Here’s my short list:
1. Love Actually
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Here I am, almost seven months after our wedding day, and I am still making wedding-related decisions. But, the things to be decided now are all fun things because they have to do with our wedding album design!
While I sent our photographer, Ticia Mangino, a list of our favorite photos from the day to include on the inside of the album, I didn’t realize that I had so many options for what would be on the outside.
Ticia uses Finao for creating wedding albums for her clients. Lucky me!
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Mr. Guinea Pig - if the title of a post contains the words Dress Shopping, this is a No-Go-Zone. Go to Jail. Do not collect $200.
I hate shopping (I also hate cheese… might as well get all the gasp-worthy secrets out at once). I get easily frustrated when things don’t fit and dislike sorting through racks of clothes I don’t like to find the one item that might be worth trying on, and in the end hate that I’m being incredibly picky. That being said, I was looking forward to wedding dress shopping because it seemed different, somehow. Maybe it’s because I went into it thinking you’re supposed to try on a bunch of dresses before you decide, so it wouldn’t be a big deal if I was my usual picky self!
However I somehow managed to create for myself the worst possible first dress shopping experience: I went to David’s Bridal (not in-and-of-itself a bad thing). The largest one in the nation, in fact. On a Saturday afternoon. During a $99 gown sale. Ohhhh dear. To say it was crowded would be an understatement (fortunately we got some space to ourselves in the alterations area!). It was a great learning experience in what I did not want in a wedding dress! Plus, the two BMs + honorary BM who went with me were amazingly supportive, and kept me sane and laughing.
I’ve heard this many times before, but I’m here to repeat it:
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As I’ve been traveling through our wedding day recaps, they wouldn’t be complete without sharing a little about who made these recaps possible. I’m talking about the one, the only, the fabulous Laurie Peacock of Laurie Peacock Photography!
See this scrumptiousness that Laurie created?!
Source: Laurie Peacock
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This weekend Mr Pretzel and I are going to decorate our townhouse for Christmas. In my family it has always been a tradition that my brother and I get new Christmas ornaments each year. I love decorating the tree and every time I pull out another ornament it brings with it memories. One year we all got clay skiers that resembled each of us, another year, ruby red apples with our names in gold. As a result of my parents’ tradition, both my brother and I have a tree full of memories.
This year I ordered Mr Pretzel and myself an ornament to mark the year of our engagement. While I was shopping online I saw a couple contenders for next year’s ornament as newlyweds. Perhaps my favorite is this initialized red and white number.
My brain has been swimming with all things vintage wedding lately and this ornament made me think of a red and white vintage party dress that I saw on Etsy (note: the dress sold earlier last week- *pout*).
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My lease was up last year in September and his was up 6 months later, so when it came time for me to start thinking about renewing or moving again (it would be the 6th time in 6 years!), I started thinking about us moving in together since we knew it would happen eventually, and I didn’t know if I wanted to wait another whole year. I was a little nervous about how he would react since he’s never lived with a girl before and hadn’t had a roommate since, well, ever. He had a great apartment in a high-rise downtown, but he knew I would never live downtown so that meant him living farther away from work. Plus, we had only been exclusive for less than 9 months. I decided to casually mention it to him when there was still time for me to make a decision, and to my happy surprise, he was all for it.
We fell in love with the first apartment we saw, literally right behind Wrigley Field (it was his Cubs fanatic paradise!). We waited a day and called, and within those 24 hours, the apartment was spoken for. I was heartbroken, but what could we do? There was another apartment for rent not too far away, so the day we saw it and fell in love, we signed the lease. High ceilings, built in the 1880s, vintage charm with beautiful exposed brick—we were sold and didn’t want that puppy to get away!
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One of the ways that Mr. Spaniel and I hope to personalize our ceremony is by finding readings from different faiths and cultural traditions that are meaningful to us now, or that speak to our particular backgrounds. This isn’t necessarily as simple and straightforward as it sounds, though. In our first year together, we attended three weddings, and at two of them we heard the “Apache Wedding Blessing”. It may be familiar to you:
(source)
Now you will feel no rain,
For each of you will be shelter to the other.
Now you will feel no cold,
For each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there is no more loneliness,
For each of you will be companion to the other.
Now you are two bodies,
But there is one life before you.
Go now to your dwelling place,
To enter into the days of your togetherness.
And may your days be good and long upon the earth.
Mochacoca and her fiance shot their fun engagement photos in Palo Alto.
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We are getting married in 100 days. Seriously. 100 days!
(source)
I’m so (insert emotion here)!!
I’m ecstatic! I’m nervous! I’m anxious! I’m thrilled! I’m ready! I’m unprepared!
Honestly, I don’t know how to feel.
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Since I donned the Lamb moniker, I’ve felt more and more of a connection to my alter ego. I’ve already hinted at the changes for my wedding day look (here and here) and I’m finally ready to reveal it. Before I do (hehehehe, there’s a double meaning in that!), I want to show you what I would wear if I was having my wedding on a sheep farm: Louise Fairburn made her gown from her very own lambs’ wool!
Sourced from The Daily Mail article cited above
OK, now for the real deal.
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Hair flowers are quite popular lately with brides, and for good reason. They add a bit of extra romance, an accent, a little pizzazz. However, it’s not trendy in a way that will look dated. And did I want to jump on that wagon? With a running leap, yes. As almost every bride (and groom) knows, planning a wedding convinces you that you need many things that you had previously wanted with all your heart, but just didn’t know.
I haven’t really talked much about the general feel of our wedding. I think I’ll do that, mmkay? But instead of blabbering in sentence form, which I love to do, I’m gonna make a LIST! That’s right. It’s going to be repetitive and awesome. And not comprehensive, because I tend not to roll that way. In no particular order. So, yeah. You’ve been warned.
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I had to hold off on writing this post for a while, since the dresses I ordered back in early September were backordered a few months. But, I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s first talk about how the dresses were selected!
I started looking at BM dresses back in about April, not long after we got engaged. Fast forward to about mid-August when I knew the time was ripe for getting summery dresses at a good price during the end of the season sales. Unfortunately, so many of the cute dresses I’d found last spring were no longer available, or only available in obscure sizes. So, I started the search again, looking for cute purple dresses that were around $150 or under. (Mr. Cola and I are paying for the BM dresses, hair and makeup, and the groomsmens’ tuxes.)
Luckily, the one dress that had been my favorite back in spring was still available—a Calvin Klein satin dress in medium purple, from Nordstrom.com. Actually, a lot of my dress search took place on the Nordstrom and Macy’s websites, since I didn’t see the point in paying $100 extra for a dress, just because it was labeled a “bridesmaid dress”. After enlisting my MOH/Sister to narrow it down to four choices from the multitude of options I’d found, I set up a Google Docs survey on our wedding website, with pictures and info on the four choices, and let the choice fall into the hands of my ladies.
Here were their choices (follow links below for picture sources):
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