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Some of the wedding sites I’ve seen have given me real postage stamps envy. A collection of vintage stamps sprinkling the envelope? What a great idea! But a quick search on eBay indicated to me that it takes more than a quick search to find beautiful old stamps.
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I guess I can just keep my eye out for beautiful old stamps, but I suspect every other wedding blogger out there has already bought all of the non-canceled ones by now, so I’m moving on.
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Mr. Nachos’ ring arrived on Monday. I had it delivered to my work just to make sure someone would be around to sign for it, so I got to see it before he did, along with everyone I work with (I had to show it off, it was so shiny!). When I got home, he tried it on and (sigh of relief) it fits him perfectly.
We were worried about the fit because A) we had him sized back in January and vaguely remembered his size, and B) you are supposed to order a comfort fit band a half size smaller. We decided to take matters into our own hands and figure out his size ourselves. We printed out the ring sizing charts off of eBay and compared my ring to the sizes it gave. We figured out the picture was about 3 sizes off, so according to that, he was a 9.
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Did you know that wedding boutonnieres can cost upwards of $20-25 dollars EACH? Are you kidding me? It’s a little flower (that most guys hate wearing anyway) that goes on a guy’s jacket (which then gets taken off immediately after pictures - bout never to be seen again)! Ridiculous. Not to mention the fact that we have one groom, eight groomsmen, two dads, three grandfathers, and a Godfather (that’s 15 men). Holy crap.
So, I decided I could probably make them myself, and I figured none of the guys would mind very much. My inspiration photos are shown below.
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Our cocktail hour, after our ceremony, was supposed to be outside on the reception barn’s beautiful deck. It was even dotted with heaters should it be cold. But there was nothing out there to protect from the howling winds and driving rain that started immediately after we said, “I do.” Instead, all of our guests made their way into our reception barn, margarita in-hand. Here are the details they saw.
Our centerpieces:
Each table had three jars of different heights with flowers in them. They also had three more jars with candles in them, plus one ceramic candle holder. I collected the jars and candle holders from garage sales in the year before our wedding.
Ohhh my wedding dress.
Where we left off, I had purchased an inexpensive dress. I loved it; my and my mom was doing the indecisive dance around it.
What to do? I considered the matter. In matters of family and conflict, honesty is always the best policy. A good approach would involve a sit-down, heart-to-heart discussion where each party can explain her feelings and come to an amicable compromise.
Taking all this into consideration, I decided the route I would take would be non-confrontational passive-aggression, whereby I uttered nary a word about my dress or dress shopping until forced to.
And it worked! I avoided bringing up the topic, until one day a month or so ago when I was at her house with Shoes #1 (the very big ones). I also had the matter of the sash to contend with: what kind and what color?
I tried on my dress with a couple different sash choices. First I tried it with a J.Crew belt that you likely recognize from the always-lovely Mrs. Cowboy Boot. It was pretty, but both my mom and I agreed that a wider, plain ivory sash suited me and my extremely short torso better. I have no photos of the latter, so I’ll show you the J.Crew belt. Don’t tell me you like it, because I’ve already worn the belt about a hundred times with cardigans and blazers to work!
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A little darker; not quite so periwinkle; brighter; not that dark; more vibrant; too teal…
When I picked our wedding colors (I’ll be fair: no use of the royal we here unless ’we’ really did it) and Mr. Guinea Pig OKed them, I had no idea just how difficult a task I had embarked on. All I knew was that blue was both Mr. GP’s and my favorite color so it had to be in our wedding, and pale yellow seemed like a nice match.
(love the bouquet in the upper left as well as the cakes)
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Like a diligent eye-candy obsessed bride-to-be I had scoured the internet looking for photo inspirations before the wedding. Once we had worked everything out to have our first photo shoot at our high school, I looked all over for any others who took photos in a school. I found a few, but my bridal brain was so in the moment I didn’t think to draw upon any of them when we were taking photos! Luckily I did remember which school rooms I had in mind for us to visit! First stop: love in the stacks of ye ol’ library!
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Alright, so I got lazy. Not as lazy as I could have been, but still, pretty lazy. We had a few people that never got their addresses to us, or were late additions to the guest list that I still needed to get Save The Dates out for. Eight people, to be exact. But I didn’t want to give up my extra STD that I made for myself, nor did I feel like making more pocketfolds, since I was still pretty burnt out from that project. So I cheated.
I made simplified STDs, still carrying out our theme, but these only took me a couple hours to make. I started with the same green card stock from my elaborate STDs, and cut them into single sheets measuring 5″ x 6.5″. I then took my 11″ strips of chocolate and purple ribbon (I had leftovers already cut) and glued those around the center of the green card stock. After that I simply layered the purple card stock with our date over the ribbon, and then attached the STD magnet and an insert on butter cream cardstock with 4 photo corners.
And here is what they looked like:
Once upon a time, in part of the wedding timeline far, far away, we made our Save the Date magnets. I promised to show them to you once we sent them out, and send them we will! Tomorrow. I planned to send them at the 6-8 month mark, but there ain’t no shame in 4 months!
When we left off on this subject, I decided to order from MagnetStreet. My MOH, J, came over to help. Now would be a good time to introduce you to J! She was my roomie all four years in college and the closest thing I have to a twin sister. We met in high school and bonded over a million things, including the fact that we’re both giggle-pants. And together, we were even bigger, more powerful giggle-pants, much to the annoyance of our teachers. 
For one afternoon, we stifled our laughter (kind of) and got to work! We started clicking through the 60+ pages of options and chose our favorites. (All images from the MagnetStreet website.)
No, no, no, I am not talking about getting engaged over the holidays—although I am sure a number of our gals in “waiting” will be surprised this December—I’m talking about celebrating the holidays as an engaged couple.
Last year was our first Christmas together, and this is our first (and I guess, only) Christmas as an engaged couple. Next year will mark the first of many Christmases together as husband and wife. My family has a tradition of buying a Christmas ornament every year for the family and for each kid. By the time we went off on our own, both my brother and I had a full tree of ornaments each. I’ve continued this tradition, picking out an ornament for myself every year.
Well, almost every year. Last year I took Mr Pretzel to a local glass blowing studio. The studio has a program where you can assist an artist in creating a hand-blown glass ornament… and by assisting, I mean you supply the hot air and pick out the colors/design.
Mr Pretzel supplying hot air
Twicedivine is selling a stunning never-worn Romona Keveza ivory silk sheath gown. The size 10 dress has never been altered and has a ruffled chiffon train. She’s asking $875.
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Other great items for sale:
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I didn’t want all of my bridesmaids in identical dresses. I love the pictures I see of non-matching bridesmaid dresses: I like that each girl can express her style through her dress, wear what flatters her, and be happy in what she is wearing. But even without requiring everyone to wear the same dress, I wanted the same fabric, color and length (I can’t help it; I like uniformity a little), but if I could have had them each in a different silhouette, neckline and strap/sleeve I would have. Assuming, of course, that was what they wanted, because I also wanted a non-bank-breaking price as well as that illusive re-wearability.
In other words, not this:
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I’ve been saying it for years. Ever since we had to run the mile every year in grade school and I was always one of the last, coming in at a whopping 13 minute mile, I decided I’m just not a runner. In fact, I hate exercise. Period. I’ve noticed that when I tell people this, they tend to try to find excuses for me.
Excuse #1) It’s the smoking that makes it hard to run.
I can tell you right now, although it’s hard to believe, I didn’t smoke when I was 11, and I still hated it then.
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After finally realizing that the cheapest option for purchasing my dress was the boutique where I originally found it, I was ready to place the order. The only problem was the fact that I was now in Vermont with Mr. Pudding, and a trip to the Greater Toronto Area was not in our plans. I figured that since the store already had my measurements, it was safe to send Mama Pudding to place the order by herself.
Now, let me tell you something about Mama Pudding: She is an expert negotiator (maybe haggler is a better term). She truly tries to talk herself into a discount on EVERYTHING. This is not a skill that was passed on to me, so even though it can get embarrassing at times, I am happy to have Mama Pudding in my corner.
So of course when it came time to place the order on the dress, Mama Pudding went in with a plan.
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