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Mr Pretzel…
He is my Lego-obsessed, engagement ring-in-shoe wearing other half. He was the one who encouraged me to apply to become a bee and he is a trooper with the DIY. I suggest all sorts of DIY touches for the wedding and he jumps right on board. He has great ideas and loves the Gocco. We collaborated on our Save the Date design successfully, but he can also be a little competitive about some of the wedding stuff.
He thinks I got a little carried away with my bridesmaids’ invitations. Before I sent out my custom hankie bridesmaid invites his plan was to make a slightly random phone call to his friends & brothers asking them to be in our wedding. After seeing my invites, he decided to step up his game. Here’s how it all went down- as narrated by Mr ‘zel:
A package arrives at your door.
“What’s this? I wasn’t expecting anything, was I?” “No, no ‘My Little Pony’ collectibles from eBay this week…”
You open the package. Nothing but shredded brown paper, the same stuff the package was wrapped in. Odd.
You dig into the box.
“A pint glass? Oh sweet Moses! Wait. There’s no beer. What the H-E-double-hockey-sticks? What is this—a business card?”
“Is one of my friends opening a brewery??
Wha?!? I’m supposed to call this number? This is some real Humphrey Bogart sh!t. Oh man, I really hope one of my friends is opening a brewery.
Ring, ring… and it goes to voice mail.
“Hey it’s Mr. Pretzel, or P, or P-Dizzle or whatever. It doesn’t matter what you call me but I would be honored if you would stand up for me at my wedding next summer. The ceremony and everything will be in Seattle and the pint glass is from the brewery next to the reception venue, just a little way to say thank you in advance. So leave me a message… and say you’ll do it!”
They all said yes.
Mr Pretzel, I hereby give you mad props for creativity, uniqueness, and integrating three awesome movie quotes into one invite. I am so happy that my Groom is so willing to get creative and I like that he’s being a little competitive about it. Bring it on Mr Pretzel, bring it on!
Did your man do anything special to ask his groomsmen to be in the wedding? Is your FI competitive about anything wedding related? Bonus points if you can identify the three movie references.
P.S. Mr Pretzel has his own Weddingbee account and he pokes his head in now and then. Please feel free to PM him if you want the Pretzel Groom’s perspective on anything.
what a great groom to be!!! i love that he had his own creative way of asking his guys to be a part of the wedding party!
love it. but i’d be dreaming if my fiance had ever done anything like this. i think so many guys don’t really care about weddings at all - whether they are a groom or groomsman.
That is so awesome! I’m jealous Mr. B didn’t come up with anything like this so I could brag on him! 
My husband TEXT MESSAGED his friends to ask them to be groomsman. Text message. He’ll never live that down.
This is AMAZING. How thoughtful and perfect for your wedding!
That’s awesome!! Mine would never come up with anything that creative. He’s good at many things, creativity ain’t one of ‘em.
What great timing! I had sent all my girls a gourmet cupcake in the mail with a personalized note asking them and my fiance was trying to figure out if there was a good way for him to ask his groomsmen. We couldn’t really find anythign appropriate on the internet, but we like this idea! Maybe he’ll try somethign similar. thanks for sharing! 
That is awesome! Hubby was involved in all our planning, but he wasn’t so creative about it.
oh man thats awesome! love the creativity ofyour man
@TBride: Text message? Lol, I bet you’ll be giving him a hard time for years to come!
@OurFutureIsBright: Good deal! I have a tip about the phone numbers that I will be elaborating on in a future post, feel free to PM me if you want a sneak peak into that part of it.
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Mrs. Pretzel, Seattle Age and Occupation: 32 Learning, Training, and Development Specialist Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28 Manufacturing Engineer Engagement Date: September 2, 2009 Wedding Date: July 2010 Venue: Catholic Church & The Engine Room at Georgetown Studios About Me: I’m just a thirty-something girl who never dreamed of weddings, poofy dresses, or ritzy receptions. I am a rabid knitter, except recently, wedding projects have replaced my yarn and needles. I’ve been fiercely independent since the age of 2 and 30 years later I think my family and friends had given up on me settling down and getting married. Ironically, I had to go all the way to Seattle to find a boy from Purdue. We fell in love over Seattle Beers and cooking together. I love NASCAR, he loves Legos. I can talk like a Muppet and he can fit a whole McDonald’s cheeseburger in his mouth. We are a two reception couple, currently planning a brewery inspired bash.
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