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A lot of bees shared the same feelings about their wedding planning lull as I had. So, I’ve been trying to work on something wedding-related every night. The first thing I did was work on decor since it was something easy that I could do on the way home from work. However, that was easier said than done. What I didn’t tell you about my search for vintage books was that before finding the One Dollar Bookstore, I was completely clueless about where to find them!
Well, there was the accidental visit to the One Dollar Bookstore. Then Miss Chirpie, one our very own hive members, mentioned that she was stockpiling vintage books from Goodwill. That triggered my memory of Miss Nachos’ post about the Salvation Army and how I was also in need of votives. So, I took off from work and headed to the local Salvation Army.
I have to give you a little background. I am a germaphobe. I.hate.germs. When swine flu/H1N1 broke out, I sprayed down my classroom with Lysol everyday and cleaned with bleach and water every other day. I think I was overly obsessive about washing my hands all through middle school. So, you can imagine how I’d feel about going through other people’s old stuff. I have friends and coworkers that shop there regularly and find the cutest stuff. So, I decided to get over myself and go and I’m so glad I did.
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I think the very first wedding item I looked into was shoes. Now, I’m not one of those that has 80 gajillion pairs in my closet. But I do lust after shoes as much as the next girl. Looking at pictures like this,
I’ve already discussed how excited Mr. French Fries and I are about the spread of food at our reception. But what you might not know is we’re so excited that we’re jumping in with both feet to the reception — we’re not having a cocktail hour.
Mr. FF and I were talking about it, and we’re not really the biggest fans of the “wedding cocktail hour” concept. The cocktail hour at most of the weddings we have been to have been sort of mildly organized chaos. There’s some food, but most of the time it’s picked over and there’s nothing left before we can even grab a plate. People are milling around and talking, which is all fine and good, but it makes it hard to accomplish all of the tasks to be done: signing the guest book, figuring out where the escort card display is, figuring out if you’ve been put at a table with the rest of your friends. Oh, and then there’s the whole “okay, so is it open bar for the cocktail hour? Just beer wine and soda? Or… some other permutation that we haven’t even thought of yet?” Perhaps we’ve just had some confusing or otherwise unfavorable experiences, but we’ve decided to forgo this at our wedding.
So, what will we be doing instead?
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A while back, early in our planning, I read this post by the Unbride’s husband and his demands for the wedding. He titled the post “Ungroom or Groomzilla? You Decide.” So, I read through it, expecting to hear some crazy demands, but in reality, all of his requests not out of the ordinary.
The post got me thinking about my own wedding and involving the groom. I’m definitely no bridezilla and I want Mr. Argyle to be 100% involved as much as he wants to be. Of course, he doesn’t care about some of the finer details, but I made it very clear to him that I want his honest opinion about things, which he does.
As for any demands – well, he doesn’t have any. He is completely okay with me making most of the decisions (but I want his feedback, of course). His response was that he has full faith in the ideas I come up with (aww, how sweet!). But, I still make it a point to ask him about the bigger details and his opinions. He definitely dishes the feedback. If it isn’t positive, we find a solution to make it work or find a new idea.
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So. You’re on a budget, and just can’t afford to break the bank by buying expensive wedding jewelry. Or maybe you’re like me and just like shiny, inexpensive things.
Either way, don’t forget to check out Target for some beautiful, stylish jewelry, almost all under $10!
I go to Target at least once a month, since their toiletries are usually a lot cheaper than the drug stores, and they have the thigh high nylons I like to wear to work (I can’t stand the regular nylons that pinch my waist!). And nearly every time I go I take a little detour past their jewelry section for some beautiful and cheap finds that are a lot more stylish than most things in Claire’s!
I recently picked these up:
It may be the year of the tiger, but the king of the jungle still rules. With pride, we’ll watch our guests roar with amazement as talent sharpens its claws and permanently marks our wedding day.
Okay. Maybe the “marking” went a little far, but bad-puns aside, we’ll be having a lion dance at our reception!
Me: Mom, mom! We’re having a lion dance okay?
Sewing-Mom: What? A line dance? That’s awesome, it’ll make for good pictures!
Me: … LION dance.
Sewing-Mom: Line dance?
Me: LION! LION! ROOAARRR!
Sewing-Mom: Ohhh. Lion dance. Okay. But I like the line dance idea.
Me: …
(source) Lion, I say!
The whole thing came about rather unexpectedly, actually.
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Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
Our “official” six year anniversary is this month, and I’m not really sure what to get Mr. Starfish. I really liked the gift I made him last year, and I’m having trouble with new ideas.
On our fifth anniversary, Mr. Starfish finally got a scrapbook, titled, “The Story of Us“. I have saved a lot of mementos over the years, but somehow this scrapbook ended up being really wordy. I tend to make scrapbooks with lots of visuals, but when making this one, I somehow had lots of stories, which makes the title even more appropriate.
Oakbubbles catches her man.
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Out-of-Town bags are a relatively new phenomenon in weddings, but I think they’re a great one. They are basically bags or baskets filled with treats/snacks for guests coming in from out of town to make them feel welcome. Usually the bride and groom leaves one at the hotel room of each guest.
I knew I wanted to make out-of-town bags (or “OOT bags”) from the beginning of my wedding planning. I think they’re such a nice gesture for those traveling far to be there for the wedding. The question was, what kind of bags would I use? Originally I thought I’d want to use cardboard gable boxes and decorate them to match our theme. Then I started thinking that I’d rather do something more eco-friendly and reusable. I saw cute plain canvas totes online for as cheap as 99 cents, but that still seemed expensive considering we will have 50+ out of town guests!
Well, one day I was shopping at my favorite store in the world (Target) when I saw these bags in their Dollar Section:
Intrigued, I looked closer.
Last week, our lab put together some fun science demonstrations for a group of high schoolers coming to our university to learn about how awesome science is. I can hear you groaning. But I still insist science is (or can be) fun!
One of the nifty tricks we test-ran is a solution of chemicals that turns blue when you shake the bottle, and then if you let it sit about 30 seconds, that same solution changes back to clear. Shake the bottle: blue! Let sit: clear! It sounds so basic and yet something that simple entertained us seasoned scientists for a good 30 minutes the other day. Then again, maybe we were just trying to avoid work…
(Tutorial on how to do this here, although I have no idea if these chemicals are widely accessible. Also I feel like I should warn you to be careful when dealing with corrosive chemicals!)
In a weird connection my brain has been making a lot these days, I thought about how fun it would be to have this at our wedding. Yes, you read that right. I want people to play with science at our wedding.
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Seriously, Mr. Hot Wings. This is NOT the post for you. Move along little man.
When we left off, I decided I couldn’t cry over a dress. If I couldn’t cry, maybe Mama Hot Wings could. I waited to get back to San Diego to go dress shopping with her. I really wanted to try on the Allure 8586 dress from my House of Brides session, but I couldn’t find it in San Diego. So, I just started from scratch. Since I had such a nice experience at Bridal & Veil the first time, I decided to try it again.
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Last summer, my best-friend-since-third-grade and MOH Morgan was over visiting at my parents’ house. We’d spent the day at grandma’s, going over table layout ideas for the wedding.
I wanted to show her a cute vintage beaded clutch my grandma had given me when I was a teenager. I pulled it out of my old desk drawer. I nearly didn’t undo the clasp to show the inside, but just as I was putting it away, I did, and was surprised when a pair of deep blue antique earrings slid out.
These were my beloved earrings, also from grandma, that she had gifted me years ago, but I’d thought they were lost! I hadn’t seen them for at least six years, and in fact had searched high and low for them all around the house. Who knew they were tucked away safely in the old beaded clutch that entire time?
Back in December, I knew I wanted to get Mr. Nachos a wedding present. I know a lot of couples write each other sweet love letters to read on the wedding day, but what I had in store was so much bigger if I could actually pull it off. I knew it was a long shot, but I wanted to give the ultimate Cubs fan the ultimate present – the chance to throw out a first pitch at a Cubs game.
One of the gazillion pics I have of us at Cubs’ games
I Googled, I researched, I tried to find the best possible route to take to make this magic happen. Then I realized I have resources right in front of me!
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Part of the effort to minimize the ecological impact of our wedding is minimizing the purchases we make and that others make on our behalf. With that in mind, I knew early on that I wanted my bridesmaids to wear dresses that they would definitely wear again, and if possible, something from their own closet. If the shopping urge overwhelmed them, I would love it if they all bought from second-hand shops or showed up in eco-fabrics, but I have enough to worry about with my own dress.
Since my 4 sisters are my bridesmaids it should be easy enough for them to coordinate. I told them our colors: saffron, brown, and grey, and gave them these instructions:
“Mismatched-casual-Anthro(pologie)-ish.”
I guess that wasn’t enough direction.
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While we were taking a few last pictures, and our guests were getting themselves off the boat, our second shooter Meredith zipped into our tent and took pictures of the set-up and details before our guests got in there. I’m so thankful she was there to capture photos of all the details I put my blood, sweat and tears into.
First up: the tables - if you remember, we opted for rectangular tables. We had set up the bones of the space the day before (placed all the tables and chairs) but Emilie & Fiona of Pink Orchid weddings transformed the space just as we had discussed and it was perfect.
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