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Winechix and her hubby-to-be save the date under the trees.

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Even though it may seem a little out of order, I am going to start catching you up with our honeymoon recaps! It’s hard to believe but we’ve been married just over a month now… a month!!

We had an unbelievably fabulous time as we explored Croatia top to bottom in a little under two weeks. I have split the posts up by our itinerary in three abridged sections - it was very difficult to narrow down our hundreds of pictures and all the sights we saw! If you are interested in any additional information about our trip as I go along, or a more detailed itinerary, please feel free to PM me - I would be more than happy to share recommendations and our hotels.

Without further ado… we took off on the Monday afternoon right after our wedding. We flew overnight from New York to Copenhagen, and after a short layover, flew to the capital of Croatia, Zagreb, for our first night. We rented a car for the first week of our trip, so we drove out to our hotel in Zagreb.

We were hungry so we stopped for farm fresh strawberries in front of the main square in Zagreb.

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I just purchased these awesome cookie cutters at Williams Sonoma in June. I saw them on the site awhile back, but they sold out, and recently became available again!

It’s kind of like embossing, but for cookies! If you’ve been following along, you may know how much I love embossing, as seen here, here, here, and here! The set includes three cutters, seven pre made words (Welcome, Happy, Birthday, Holidays, Thank You, From, I Love You), three sets of alphabet letters (plus extras of vowels and other commonly used letters).
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And it’s actually not with my new hubby (although, lord knows I love him too). But before you gasp and wonder what the heck is going on, I’ll explain…

This is the kind of love that gets you up at 5:30 every morning without complaint (OK, maybe a few complaints but only a few), the kind of love that makes you coo and squeal over every new move, a love that even makes picking up poo with a plastic bag somehow adorable.

Yes, I am in love with a dog. And not just any dog, my dog (our dog, sorry, hubs). I’ve never had a dog before, not even when I was growing up. Now we do, and she’s perfect.

So you can tell how happy and proud I am to tell you all that Mr Trail Mix and I adopted an 8-week-old Boston Terrier mix from a rescue shelter called Hugs for Hounds last Friday! She weighs in at 3 pounds, her name is Perri and we’re so in love, it’s not even funny.

I mean, good grief, how could you not love a face like this?
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My plan for dressing my bridesmaids is pretty relaxed. I saw this picture shortly before we got engaged and I knew I wanted something just like it.

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I LOVE this look. Not those specific colours (although they are lovely), but the idea of having different dresses in similar(ish) shades.
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Mama Sand Dollar excitedly ordered the Cricut Cake as soon as it was available, and today we got the chance to finally test it out! After watching the HSN demonstration on their show, as well as the DVD that came with the product, we felt we were ready to conquer. Everything seemed like a snap, the demo ladies were whipping out designs left and right.
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I’ve been a stalker for months now. I’ve been circling high above my intended prey, and I think I’m finally ready to take the plunge.

What could I be stalking, you ask?

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Ashley Younkman is selling 156 gold chargers. She’s asking $1.25 each or $195 for all. Jacksonville area pick-up only.

Have a wedding item for sale? Post it with pictures in the Weddingbee classifieds and you might see it featured on the blog!

Other great items for sale:

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It’s true. I can’t help it.

The scene: A few weeks ago, in the living room. About a week before, I had asked Mr. C to call and get some information about a potential rehearsal dinner location.

Mr. C: (looks up phone number, calls restaurant) “Hi, I was just calling to ask if you guys will allow reservations for large groups, like over 20?”

Me: (waving arms and whispering loudly) “Ask about rehearsal dinners, not reservations!”

Mr. C: (ignoring me) “Okay, so we would be able to have a table guaranteed? No waiting?”

Me: NO! Rehearsal dinner!!!!!

Mr. C: (now speaking to a manager) “Hello, so if we’re having a rehearsal dinner and we want to make reservations for it…”

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Editor’s note: this post was written yesterday, on Mrs. Pudding’s wedding day!

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It’s 4:26 AM. I am at Mama Pudding’s house on the morning of our wedding day. The whole house is still sleeping, but a slight noise from outside woke me up. Going back to sleep is out of the question: today is our wedding day, after all!

Mr. Pudding’s family has all arrived safe and sound. My family from Poland is all here, sans some missing baggage. The rehearsal dinner has come and gone, and my makeshift polterabend was such a big hit (who new that breaking a beer bottle on the eve before your wedding could be so cathartic!).

The last couple of days have not been without tense moments, capitalized by a few stress driven tears yesterday. Even this morning I feel slightly unprepared, since there are still about a half dozen loose ends that are on my to-do list.

But it doesn’t matter.
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Shortly after becoming engaged I became obsessed with Weddingbee (who am I kidding, I found it while I was waiting). It was the happiest unintended wedding site find I could have made. I found myself drawn to the DIY goodness of bloggers’ featured weddings and was inspired and reassured I could do the same with our own wedding.

I had always envisioned DIYing as many aspects of our wedding as possible, but feared that in the end it would look too crafty. I loved the thought of designing and printing my own invites, but feared I would miss out on the pro-quality. That is until I heard about a neat device called the Gocco, which is basically a mini at home screen printing kit. Unfortunately, the Gocco was discontinued and with supplies becoming scarce it wouldn’t be the best investment. I felt like my dreams were crashing to the floor. That was until I came across Miss Duckling’s post about this great new gadget called Yudu! It could be the perfect answer to DIYing my own invites and I am very excited to say I finally ordered mine!!!
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I’m not sure when or why my obsession with parasols began, but they never fail to make me weak at the knees. As I have posted about previously, my bridesmaids will be sporting gorgeous wrist corsages instead of bouquets (I will still have a bouquet, but that is another story). But what about if they all (and myself for photos and such) have parasols as well? As both the ceremony and reception will be outside, parasols can even be justified as a “sensible” expense to protect us from the sun, as well as doing double duty as photo props (well that is how I explained it to Mr E anyway. But, seriously, he can’t help liking them either). And don’t you think parasols have such a vintage-y, elegant feeling to them, perfect for our English garden/tea party/ picnic wedding?

Ok, enough justification. It’s time for some inspiration pics.

I love the mismatched, playful look of these girls and their parasols:

Here via Miss Hot Dog

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I absolutely love Zappos.com! I’ve order two pairs of shoes from them and have always selected regular shipping, but they’ve always been accelerated to express overnight!! I ordered the Badgley Mischka Randee heels and they just came in!
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The more time that passed the more ambivalent I felt about my hair and makeup trial. Being so far from Providence, I was starting to feel anxious because I couldn’t simply schedule an additional appointment with my stylist (without hopping on a plane). What to do?

Mrs. Nachos to the rescue!

Even in the midst of getting ready to move she was willing to unpack her rollers and fire ’em up for a hair trial.

Nothing like being in the hands of a recent-bride-experienced-stylist to calm a bride’s nerves. Oh, and I brought her some nachos (and wine). It seemed appropriate.
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Editor’s note: Mrs. Penguin here! I was out of town this weekend! (The now) MRS Turtle wrote this post on Saturday, her wedding day!

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When Mr. Turtle and I got engaged back in August of 2008, July 10, 2010 felt a lifetime away! But now that it’s here, I find myself wondering where all the time went. Mrs. Oyster just made a great analogy in her recent post about the final days before the big day feeling like a giant roller coaster. I feel like we’re climbing further and further up, and we know the big drop is coming, and we’re just bracing ourselves for it, because we know that once it comes, it is going to be so fun, but over so fast! This past week has been a whirlwind of chaos for me! So many things seem to be going wrong, and I can’t even count how many times I’ve just broken down and cried. There were so many details I had planned that I have totally run out of time for!

Last night, I was up until 1:30 in the morning, in a hotel room with my bridesmaids, trying to assemble programs. And everything was going wrong, and we didn’t know how we were going to finish them in time, and finally, I was like, “You know what? We’re done with these! I’m so over programs!” So I threw them in the trash, and we all just started laughing. My dad and brother went to Kinko’s this morning and had a bunch of programs printed off… just basic, one page programs. This is totally unlike me and my obsession with paper projects! But really… I’m just over it! All of it! Somehow, with or without cute programs, even if everything that could possibly goes wrong goes wrong, I’ll be married tonight! So today, I plan to let go! It’s time to stop and enjoy the ride, because I know it will go by way too fast!
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