Weddingbee Blog

As I’ve mentioned before, Mr. Guinea Pig and I were with my parents over Christmas when he proposed. What I didn’t mention is that we were spending Christmas near Lake Tahoe! Mr. Guinea Pig had been hoping to propose at the beach on the lake, but the house is about a 10 minute drive up a mountain from the lake and he knew I would guess what was happening if he asked to take a stroll on the beach!

Anyway, the point of this post is that moments after we got engaged, my mom was saying, “Oh! Wouldn’t a destination wedding in Tahoe be fun?! It’s such a beautiful location!” We (ever-so-) briefly considered it, but Mr. Guinea Pig and I hadn’t really wanted a destination wedding. My parents are the only people we really know who live on the West Coast (and they actually live in the East Bay, not even Tahoe!), so everyone would need to fly in. Plus, as soon as I started thinking ’Tahoe destination wedding’, little dollar signs started flashing before my eyes and I slowly backed away from the day-dreaming (even if my parents are contributing the vast majority - thanks Mom & Dad Guinea Pig!).*

Being back in Tahoe for Thanksgiving, though, reminded me how beautiful a Tahoe wedding could have been. Miss Snow recently talked about her ’other wedding’, and it inspired me to map out my version of the Guinea Pig wedding that might have been, had Mama Guinea Pig gotten her way.

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This is exactly what I picture. Tall redwoods, mountains in the background, near the lake, beautiful wood/rustic details, and long family-style tables. I want to steal this wedding.

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Something about Tahoe says wood, hand-painted signs, and natural colors to me. I’d probably go for creams, sage green, and maybe a peach color? I’m not good at picking colors that aren’t blue. The jars of jam/preserves are perfect, and I definitely picture the reception with a pie bar, like Mrs. Cowboy Boot’s:

(CB’s pie bar)

Keeping with the simple/rustic wood idea, these would be fantastic centerpieces:

(from SMP)

Of course, if you’re going to have beautiful views, you have to take advantage of them:

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We could do our first look on the beach with the mountains in the background (sigh… so beautiful)!

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Mr. Guinea Pig and I love climbing rocks while on hikes, so this photo would be awesome! And mad props to the bride who went hiking in her wedding dress. Speaking of wedding dresses, I’d totally want to wear this one (this whole wedding is assuming we hit the lottery and could actually afford things like this dress):

(Does this dress look familiar? It’s the Romona Keveza this bride wore!) source

I love the flowy natural feel to this simple yet perfectly detailed dress - a great complement to the beautiful outdoors, and it’s not too structured.

(maybe these adorable invites from Milkmaid Press)

I secretly wanted these invites for our wedding, but they didn’t quite fit (even my no-fail puppy dog eyes couldn’t convince Mr. Guinea Pig on these). How cute is the owl sitting on the foliage?! Plus, the name of this suite is Playful Nature - perfect!

So there you have it! It is completely different from the wedding we will actually be having, but that’s OK with me. I love the wedding we are planning (uh, obviously), but I know that there are lots of options out there that would have made me just as excited!

Do you sometimes daydream about your other wedding? Has that daydreaming led you to change your actual wedding or incorporate different details? Where would you have a wedding if it could be anywhere at all?

* That may be totally unjustified, I’ll be honest I didn’t look into it too much. The first few places that I researched gave me such sticker shock that I gave up. Of course, then we ended up going with a just-as-expensive place on the East Coast. Hmm… oh well.