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When you think of vow renewal, you’re probably like me and think of boring, old people kissing in public. Gross. I think Avery (Ramona’s daughter on Real Housewives of NYC…do you watch that? I’m obsessed.) said it right when she said, “there’s a dress… there’s a cake… this is ridiculous.”
I know that makes me sound like a hater, but maybe I haven’t been to any good vow renewals. Well, until now. Remember that YouTube wedding entrance with the Chris Brown song? And then The Office recreated it for Jim & Pam’s wedding? Well, one night my friend Kristin, Director of Operations for Chippendales Las Vegas, decided that if she and her husband were going to do one of those vow renewals, that they better do something out of the ordinary. After a few brainstorming sessions (and quiet possibly a few drinks!) this is what she came up with.
This is how you do your vow renewal, Vegas Style. Check out these crazies:
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OneTakeAnnie is selling her Oleg Cassini wedding gown. The satin gown is style 5438 and features a tulle overlay and Alencon lace. She’s asking $750 for the size 8 dress. She’s including the veil.
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In my invitation reveal, you may have noticed that we decided to go with a “Black Tie Optional” dress code. We didn’t really put much thought into this - we (okay I) just thought it would be kinda neat if some guys decided to show up looking like this:
Okay, I mean our male guests showing up in tuxes, not looking like RP, but a girl can dream, right?
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Hello there! Remember me? I’m sorry that it’s been quiet around here… the past few weeks have been really busy and exciting. I took my last set of finals EVER, and last Friday I graduated law school!!
Ms. Jellyfish, J.D.! I really wanted to make some kind of lawyer/jellyfish joke, but all I could find was this hilarious ad - now I know who to call if someone throws jellyfish at me!
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I’ve mentioned before how helpful it was to be the MOH in Sister Starfish’s wedding right before planning our own. I learned a lot from her wedding. The number one thing I took away from her and BIL Starfish’s wedding was to make it personal.
A wedding is a celebration of a couple’s love for each other. It’s awesome to see the little details that really represent a couple. I was overwhelmed by the personal touches weaved throughout Sister and BIL Starfish’s wedding day. They created a day that really represented who they are. I hope our personalities shine through on our wedding day.
Here’s how they made it personal:
1. Including talented friends- They shared not only their love for each other on their wedding day, but the love and admiration they have for their friends. Three of their very talented friends were included in special parts of their day. A friend officiated the ceremony, and another played the piano along with a third friend who sang. The pianist and singer sang for both the ceremony and the special dances during the reception.
Can you believe it? It’s already been a month since we got married! I feel like a junior high girl counting my relationship in terms of months, but being a newlywed is so great, it’s hard not to recognize the milestones however little they might be.
So what did we do to celebrate? We pulled out our cake’s top layer.
Now before you scold me and say that I’m supposed to save that for the one YEAR anniversary, not one month, let me tell you how big the top layer of a cake really is. Do people consume that whole thing on their one year anniversary? It’s got at least 12 pieces, if not more! Why wait and eat cake only once a year when I can have delicious cake once a month!
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… someone who knows how to get dressed.
Dear small but loyal readership,
As usual, I need your advice. I don’t know what to wear.
This is a problem that has long plagued me. I am known in certain circles for walking around in knee socks, slippers, underwear, and a sweatshirt, because I can’t figure out what pants to wear and clothes are overwhelming. I may have even video chatted with my former roommate to show her the awesomeness of this outfit. Okay, I was only wearing one sock. Even two socks were overwhelming.
So you can imagine what it’s like to try to figure out what to wear for my stupid wedding. Which isn’t stupid at all, except for the part where I have to wear nice clothes for it.
Outfit number one:
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Centerpieces, tents and tables, oh my! No no, don’t go – I promise to try to refrain from future cheesiness.
So after gushing about all of the fun centerpiece ideas I found, I finally hit the motherload and cannot wait to see the interpretation our florist comes up with. Have I mentioned our kick ass florist? Well, allow me to make proper introductions.
Meet Lynn with Fleur de lis. Not only is she crazy talented, we connected so well between in person and email/phone conversations that I’ve come to think of her like a favorite aunt. I just adore her. She gets it… better yet, she gets me. I write with ideas, she comes back with encouragement and ways to build on those ideas. It’s a wonderful collaboration.
When I found my dreamboat centerpiece inspiration, I about flipped.
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Check out lindze822’s stunning engagement ring!
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I pulled several dresses at the bridal shop for my MOH to try on when I was home over Christmas. I made sure the dresses I pulled came in the Dessy Pantone “Smashing”, which was assigned to my sister as well as one other bridesmaid. I’d initially hoped to put them in Lela Rose dresses, but no one seemed to like them. Sad day for me. I thought they were adorable. (That’s what you get for letting your girls pick their own dresses.)
Dress One. This is the exact color my sister will be wearing, and was my first choice pick when I pulled dresses. Since she’s pretty slim and boy cut, I liked the layers and flower to give her shape a little extra “oomph”.
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Or in our case, DIY: Fail.
There were oh-so-many things that we (okay, I) wanted to DIY, and our ketubah was one of them. A ketubah is a Jewish wedding contract; the original Hebrew text actually reads a lot like a prenup, outlining the groom’s responsibility to the bride. In addition to being an important part of a Jewish wedding ceremony, many couples now use it as an art piece that commemorates their wedding day and commitment to one another. There are so many beautiful Ketubahs that you can get nowadays; Mrs Spaniel, Miss Trail Mix and Mrs Hot Cocoa have all written about their experience finding ketubahs.
We spent some time looking at hundreds of ketubahs online, and found so many different ones, from painting to paper cuts.
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However, after looking at so many beautiful and different designs, I decided that I wanted to try and make my own.
The morning after the wedding, Mr. N and I got all dressed up again (luckily my hair stayed in place overnight) and met up with Blair for our trash the dress photo shoot. I have to tell you that for me, this was by far one of the most fun things we did on our trip. All photos courtesy of Blair’s Eye View Photography.
Nine years ago, the man now known as my fiance asked me to be his girlfriend. We were slow-dancing at my high school Valentine’s dance and he had just slipped a necklace over my head. It was just a cheap keychain hanging on a red ribbon, provided by the school. But I thought it was very sweet. I think Mr. Sunrise was nervous, but I couldn’t really tell over the loud pounding of my own heartbeat. I answered “yes” and then he kissed me for the first time.
I remember being super-shy and nervous. It was the first time I had asked a boy to accompany me to a school dance, and definitely the first time I had gone to one with a college boy. I’m an old-fashioned kind of gal and I don’t normally do the asking, but you see, this dance was called The “Turnabout” Dance. The girls were supposed to ask the boys to the dance. I knew Mr. Sunrise from my part-time job at the local supermarket and although we hit it off at work, I wasn’t sure if he would want to go to some cheesy high school dance with me.
It took me weeks, but I finally mustered up the courage to ask him.
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So remember how I was going to make my veil? Well, it’s a month before the wedding, so I’d have a snowball’s chance in hell to be able to gain the veil-making skills, time, or energy needed to make my own veil. So, buying it is.
The week before last, at dress fitting numero dos, I played with veils. Remember my original veil inspiration?
{ Our Labor of Love, We Met in a Bar }
The long veils were wonderful, and a bunch of fun to play with, but I also fell for a pure silk, fingertip length, pointed-bottom, pencil-edged waterfall veil. Oh boy, was it ever beautiful. It hung so delicately––it was transparent, light, and dreamy. The veil-lady at the shop said that if I didn’t buy a pure silk veil, it would end up looking crunchy, not hang right, and basically kill my whole dress look. Wikiwhat? Dress killing? Equipped with this new paranoia, we asked for the price.
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