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Family is really important to me and as I’ve mentioned, Mr. Knitting and I are trying to incorporate our families into the wedding whenever possible. One of my favourite ways we’re doing this has to do with the tie Mr. Knitting will wear at the wedding.
Originally I had planned to find him a vintage tie here in Toronto, either at Cabaret on Queen St. W, Stella Luna, or one of the vintage stores on Ossington St. While the rest of his outfit will be pretty new, I liked the idea of a vintage tie to tie into our vintage theme (yes, I crack myself up!).
Then I realized that I had an even better option at my disposal. Before he passed away, my Scottish grandfather used to wear his mother’s family tartan tie to formal events. This tie is both vintage and directly related to family! I love the idea of Mr. Knitting getting married wearing something my grandfather was so proud of.
Here’s a picture of my grandparents. I searched everywhere for a picture of him wearing the tie, but I had no luck. You’ll have to settle for this awesome bright yellow one:
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I know, I know, you might be a little confused about why I’m confessing things after I was all, “My wedding was awesome, etc.” in my last post. Well, I mean, it was awesome!
BUT… I feel like before I get to all the giddy, fun, giggly, exciting and heart-sighing moments, I have to put this out there: I cried at my wedding. And not out of happiness (OK, fine, there were many moments of happy-crying as well. I’m a crier. We know this). Remember how I said it wasn’t perfect? Um, yeah, that part is most definitely true.
Honestly, the two hours before the wedding were some of the most stressful moments of the entire planning process. Between missing dance floor pieces, rain, a behind-schedule set-up crew, rain, the bouquets being different than I had envisioned—and did I mention the rain—there were several moments of tears and panic pretty much up until the processional started. Oh yeah, and because of the rain, we had to do pictures under an awning outside the ceremony site and every single guest saw me before the ceremony. Drat.
And then to top it all off, the power went out on our band during their second set. Twice.
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I finally decided on the bridesmaid dresses for my ladies, and thus gotten much closer to finalizing our color scheme. Our wedding colors are primarily amber, blush pink, peach, and deep rose!
Settling on these colors is mostly due to finding this J.Crew dress:
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Today’s featured item of the day is crafting supplies!
Sellers: if you have crafting supplies for sale, please post your item to the Weddingbee Classifieds by adding your item, and then return to this post and add the link to the item you’re selling in the comments, along with a quick description. Also pay attention to the comments in this ad to see if any buyers are searching for the item you’re selling by subscribing to the comments.
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Here are some items currently for sale (see all DIY items for sale here):
nurseamanda is selling a brand-new custom rubber tree stamp she ordered from Etsy. She’s asking $25.
Mr. Cardigan and I decided to have a pretty small bridal party, partially because we’re total recluses who don’t have many friends (what? At least I’m honest) and partially because the friends that we DO have mean everything to us, and they’re really the only ones we need.
My bridesmaids are so special to me, and I knew that I really wanted to do something special for them, because they mean so much to me and I didn’t just want to call them on the phone and ask them to be my bridesmaids (although, let me tell you, it was hard not to!). I tend to have trouble being creative on my own, and sometimes I need a little push from someone else to get an idea rolling. I searched high and low for ideas that I could steal - er, borrow, and I found some really great ones. But, there was one that really stuck out in my mind from Once Wed (where else?!):
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Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
You care about stuff you should NEVER care about in the real, non-wedding planning world.
Case in point: Card Box.
I think we’ve all seen this one, haven’t we?
The current trends right now for card boxes are cake-shaped and bird cages:
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I do not know how to sew. I tried to sew a hole closed on my vest once, and it worked for the purposes of keeping the stuffing from coming out, but it did NOT look nice. I am not one to hem, alter, or create anything with fabric. I even messed up one of those ironing-glue-hem things.
Also, I do not have Photoshop. I do know how to use it, but I can’t get my hands on it and I can’t make pretty little pictures with all our person information taken out like you might see on other wedding websites. I can’t make beautiful inspiration boards that are easy to adjust.
That said, I know how to get very creative with PowerPoint. I know all of the image adjustments, how to line things up, how to bring things to front or back or group them or take a bunch of images and chop them up and turn them into a new image.
Today I was cleaning out a box that I should have unpacked a long time ago (this is pretty unheard of for me, but I occasionally do it, especially when I’m bored and no one is around to comment on such behavior) and found some of those DIY address labels. With some dragging and dropping and cutting and pasting, and of course the magical PowerPoint, I made this:
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We had wed and danced and eaten icky carrot cake. Suddenly, the clock struck our pumpkin time and we had to leave. Our guests were ushered upstairs and out, with bubbles in hand. We were instructed to wait just a few minutes and then say goodbye to our guests, on our way to the hotel by the airport that would soon deliver us to Costa Rica.
What we saw when we got outside amazed me.
Wedding by Brookifer on Polyvore.com
(sources, from top left - Rings, Invitations, Barbecue, Bouquet, Picnic, Barn, Frame, Cans, Gazebo, Bridesmaids)
I’m not really a ritzy kinda gal. My favorite places to eat are locally owned; I love consignment shops and parks. So after getting engaged, I started dreaming about our perfect wedding: A Rustic Summer Barbecue in the Park.
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Well, it took a little longer than I thought between Part 1 and Part 2. Sorry! In Part 1, I discussed some of the things Mr. Mary Jane and I were doing to prepare ourselves for the possible snafus that might prevent us from fully enjoying our upcoming honeymoon trip to Secrets Wild Orchid in Jamaica. Now, I want to tell you about some of the things we’re bringing, and why.
For several weeks, one corner of our bedroom has looked like this.
That thing on the left is our portable rolling air-conditioner/dehumidifier. Please ignore it. It is not coming to Jamaica with us (though I’m sure Mr. MJ wouldn’t mind some extra cooling power on our tropical trip).
This is our trip stuff.
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We did it! We tied the knot! Words fail me right now to describe how fun, how meaningful and how amazing it was to marry my love on a perfect, warm summer day at my grandma’s house by the lake, where I grew up. The day was magical, personal and far exceeded my expectations.
Mr. Paisley, I love you so much, and am so very proud to call you my husband!
Our day was so happy, so charming and so full of love. It was intimate, with only our dearest friends and relatives. There were cool summer cocktails, delicious Spanish tapas, the best live “backwater blues” band I’ve ever heard, and the best wedding cake I’ve ever tasted.
I’ll let these few teaser photos speak for me until I get our pro photos back.
We may have let our bridesmaids and groomswomen go hog wild with their dresses, but we weren’t so kind with our best man and bridesman! We brought our best “evil looks”…
… cackled our best evil laughs and demanded our bridal crew men wear exactly what we tell them to! Or else they shall bear witness to horrors not seen since the 6 fingered man.
Okay, fine.
One of my friends got married a few weeks ago and it was a beautiful ceremony and reception. She was the perfectly calm bride who figured she had done her best to plan her wedding and if anything went wrong, such is life. I appreciated all of the details she incorporated into her day, things I didn’t have to consider when planning my destination wedding: the bridesmaids’ dresses, all things flowers, color schemes, music lineup, etc. Then I stumbled upon this and I was so proud!
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