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Today is our first month-aversary! While I often hear people say that it seems like their wedding was just yesterday, for me, it seems like the wedding was forever ago. I’m already tapping my head, trying to remember all the moments that made us laugh and tear up. We didn’t make any major plans for the month after our wedding besides the honeymoon, but somehow, we’ve been quite busy. Here’s what we did during the month after our big day:
We honeymooned in Hawaii for two glorious weeks.
We unpacked five suitcases: three from Hawaii, two from the wedding weekend.
We celebrated six birthdays. All six people were in our bridal party, and three of us have the same birthday. Crazy, right?
A couple of weekends ago, FMIL Pudding threw me the most wonderful wedding shower. It was literally the sweetest shower ever - so sweet in fact, that I need to break up my recollection of the event into two posts in fear of spiking your blood sugar levels.
So, I want to start with the setup. As you know, the shower took the form of a cake tasting, since FMIL Pudding is baking our wedding cake. And let me just say: We ate cake! Don’t believe me? Take a look:
I just realized that I have yet to tell you about our amaaazing wedding coordinator, Danae Grace!
Back in the day, Danae and I went to high school together. I remember sitting next to her in U.S. history class my sophomore year, and talking way more about our latest boy drama than history…
Awkwaaard Turtle alert! This is me and Danae on the last day of my sophomore year of high school!
We always clicked really well, but she graduated a year before me, and we kind of lost contact after high school. Well, fast forward about five years… Mr. Turtle and I are engaged, and we attend our first bridal show together over on the Central Coast, and we run into Danae!
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Oddly enough, both my mother and Mr. Sew’s mother are thinking along the same lines in terms of dresses. In fact, they both set eyes upon the exact same designer with the exact same style in mind. It’s almost like having my very own bridesmaids with matching dresses, only I’m not involved in decision making.
But don’t get me wrong - I love it. The style they both fell for is very flattering, and will be perfect for a summer wedding in Hawaii. I wouldn’t mind wearing the shutter pleat style either!
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Adrianna Papell, champion of the Sewing mothers. I know there are plenty of other brands that sell shutter pleat dresses, but it was Adrianna that got them hooked on the style.
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So I admitted I was slightly crazy in opening a third registry simply for the love of purple LeCreuset. Although it was technically our fourth registry. But really our third. But technically our fourth…
Here’s the story. Mr. Seashell initially had very few requests when it came to our registries. When we made the decision to register, one of the first things he said was, “Can we get matching monogrammed bathrobes?” My thought: Super cute. Let’s hit Restoration Hardware. My second thought: Huh. The robes may be our only item at Restoration Hardware because I just bought a bunch of their towels when we bought our condo, and as much as I adore bedding I refuse to put it on a registry. (Something about, “Hey! Go consummate your marriage on these lovely sheets from Aunt Hilda!” gives me the heebie jeebies. Sorry friends, can’t do it.)
So we opened the registry with our two matching monogrammed bathrobes as the only items. I got a rush of that girly excitement typing in my new married “aVr” monogram. And wouldn’t you know it? Just weeks later my aunt and uncle bought the robes for us as an engagement gift!
A while back I bought a little something with grand plans for wedding DIY projects. After feeling the pressure to perform, I finally gave in, opened the box and decided it was time to at least give it a shot. Can I tell you that I was a bit frightened with the prospect of tackling this project? For months now I’ve found reasons to avoid it.
(source) The ever elusive bottle cutter
Yes folks, it’s the bottle cutter. I talked a big game back when I bought it and now I’m here to tell the good, the bad and the ugly about this larger than life project I decided to take on.
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I can be a bit of a worrier at times, and like Miss Cola, I allay some of my anxiety by making back-up plans. This came in handy when I had to find a new DJ with less than two weeks to go before the wedding, because I had a list of phone numbers ready, our ceremony music all burned to a disc, and most of our other songs already downloaded should an iPod reception become a necessity (though where I would get the speakers, I hadn’t figured out yet). Luckily, I didn’t have to, because we found another DJ within two days who only charged a little more than our original, and who we trusted to show up (at that point, we hoped for little else).
Thanks to the-until-recently-Miss Rainbow, I taught myself how to do somewhat decent wedding makeup—more than I would normally wear, but still not enough to totally save my face from disappearing due to camera flashes—and had most of the necessary tools in my big makeup bag. But for whatever reason, the worrier in me decided to relax—maybe I thought the DJ fiasco would be my only wedding crisis?—and I left the big bag at home—I only packed my everyday makeup, what I would need for the honeymoon (a “kit” that includes only tinted moisturizer, bronzer and mascara). After all, I’d confirmed the location and arrival time the night before with the artist I had found on Craigslist who did my makeup for my bridal shower, and even though I didn’t fall all over myself about the job she did, I felt at ease since she’d been so accessible and I could see my eyelashes in the pictures with the help of the fakies she applied.
What in the world was I thinking?
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What happens when you combine Miss Buttons, Mr. Stiletto’s amazing photography skills, and the beach?
Gloriousness, I tell you!
I’ll be sure to post a few more photos/speak about our awesome day of photography fun, but since Mr. Buttons isn’t allowed to see them until the wedding…unfortunately - neither can you!
I had such a wonderful time working with Mr. Stiletto; even though we hadn’t met prior to the day of our shoot it felt like we were old friends by the end of the afternoon! And, even though I was prancing around in a bikini in front of a camera, it was definitely not as awkward as I thought it would be (well, it was a little awkward). Anyway, I wouldn’t leave you hanging without a teaser or two (don’t worry, Mr. Buttons has already sneaked a peek at these)!
All images courtesy of Steve Koo Photography
When Mr. Pin Cushion and I chose our venue (to be discussed muy pronto, I promise), we were also choosing our caterer and florist. That’s because our venue coordinator is also the caterer and florist (with the help of assistants, of course [I mean, she’s amazing, but she’s not Inspector Gadget or The Flash]).
Before our meeting to discuss flowers, I figured it was a good idea to decide what style of flowers I liked (yes, sometimes NASA does rent out my brain for my astonishing moments of insight [and I ain’t cheap]).
During my time of flower introspection, I decided that while I could appreciate the traditional round and sculpted look (Side note: when used to describe a human body, those two words would be an oxymoron. Weird.) of traditional bridal bouquets and centerpieces, it just wasn’t my style.
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Remember when your wedding was just an idea? I was reading through my archives and it was so fun to see how all of my thoughts were executed, evolved, and even discarded.
Here’s my original inspiration board from nearly a year ago:
Okay, first of all, tell me that I am not the only one who is overcome with glee when they hear that heartbeat noise on the TV, followed by the appearance of this logo:
Other than the hypnotic nine-week blaze of glory that was Jersey Shore, this is the only MTV show that I am truly devoted to. And last night, I happened upon an episode that made me think about my upcoming marriage and life as a newlywed. It wasn’t the old school one with the guy threatening to gut his limo driver “like *$#!?!# cattle,” either, although that one NEVAH gets old. This episode was pretty new, I think, and called “True Life: I’m a Newlywed.”
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Kyody kisses her new husband. Rustic meets refined at this stunning location.
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I may have mentioned moving recently, puppies, and perhaps even getting married in my last couple of posts, and all of this is a good intro to the same thing:
I always want to do things first.
That is to say that I am always the first to want to do things. Occasionally Fancee will mention something that is technically her idea, but it seems that if I participate in the actual carrying out of the plan, then I am the one to take the blame for it being my idea for years to come.
Case A, in which Fancee mentions something that I get blamed for in all relevant future situations: the dog.
Fancee: Hey, let’s go to the Heifer International festival out in Sterling next weekend! By the way, we’ll pass that dog shelter with those puppies you keep ogling online. Maybe we can stop and play with puppies!
Me: Maybe that’s a bad idea, but I love puppies, and I only want a real adult dog, not a puppy. This seems like a safe idea.
We stop and visit Sterling Animal Shelter. We meet “Luna” and I spend the next two days obsessing over her. I go back Tuesday morning. She is sitting next to me staring at me as I type this. Her name is Daphne now.
Fancee: Well, I don’t know why you decided we should stop at the animal shelter, everyone knows that wouldn’t be a good idea for you. By the way, did I tell you what your dog did today?
Case B, in which we discuss moving in together:
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So I’m not sure if you remember (OK, I know you don’t), but I am a baking fanatic. Love it, love it, love it. After my red velvet whoopie pies were a hit at the Hamster cousins’ dessert party, I came up with this awesome(ly foolhardy) idea to bake whoopie pies for our favors.
Hamsters making Whoopie (the eating kind).
Well, with a to-do list that’s not getting any shorter and the time getting close, Mr. Hamster, Mom Hamster and Sis Hamster convinced me that baking 107 whoopie pies a day before the wedding probably wasn’t the best idea. Darn.
But I needed those whoopies. I had to have whoopies.
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There are a couple of traditions that we will not be including on our wedding day that have caused some of our friends and loved ones to look at us with a face similar to the one above, then think we are kidding, then get a little mad, and then eventually come around!
1. The biggest concern seems to be that we will NOT be having a wedding cake! It means we will not have one of these babies:
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