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GOOD NEWS, everyone! (Said in the voice of Professor Farnsworth from Futurama.) Our plan for providing our own alcohol at the reception has evolved quite a bit since way back when I first posted about it, and I’m excited to say that we’re getting close to having our DIY booze options all figured out!
So y’all know that I’m that crazy bride that has decided to make her own cake. But to defend myself, I do have a bit of experience in the cake-baking-and-decorating department. 
You’d think being a cake decorator would make choosing a cake design for my own wedding cake easy peasy…but it has not been. I’ve turned back into indecisive bride. Yay.
These are some of the cakes that I’ve been crushing on throughout my design process (or at least, you know, recently):
Recently, I’ve seen the topic of name changing on a handful of wedding sites. I believe that it is a personal choice for a woman to either keep her name, take her husband’s, or come up with a combination of the two names.
I personally don’t think that my last name is the sole factor of my identity. I know that I am who I am because of the way I was raised and the lessons I have learned about myself over the past 27 years. I can’t thank my family and friends enough for helping to make me the person that I am today. I love my name and the family history that comes with it, but I can’t wait to take Mr. E’s last name! I’m excited to start a family history with him and share that last name with our kids (down the road).
The Elephant gang in 2009 on “formal night” of our cruise
I recently enjoyed my second bridal shower—this time in Chicago with Mr. Seashell’s side of the family! It was a perfect, mild August afternoon, wonderfully suited for a garden party. Mama Seashell flew in from Providence, and Bridesmaid Allie made the trek from Atlanta. Bridesmaid Ashley also attended because she lives in Chicago. And of course, I was also surrounded by Mr. Seashell’s loved ones—friends and family who have been exceptionally welcoming to me for which I could not be more grateful.
The shower was hosted by wonderful friends of Mr. Seashell’s family. Cousins and Aunts brought delicious dishes, created beautiful centerpieces, and contributed in countless ways to make the day memorable.
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I have had some great experiences living in Tokyo. I have many international friends because this is a very international city.
So here I was on a Saturday night at a summer fireworks festival with a handful of new Chinese friends, a German guy, and some Japanese women. We are all sitting on the floor in someone’s living room, grubbing on yummy Japanese food and downing beers and chu-his (alco-pops). Mr. Glasses wasn’t there, so I showed everyone a picture of him—it happened to be one of our engagement pictures. I explained the concept of engagement pictures and showed them our online album on my iPhone. This led to a discussion about the traditions of marriage in our respective cultures. Then the German guy piped up:
“I’ve been with my girlfriend for 11 years, and I’m never going to propose.”
In a room full of five girls and two guys, this did not go over well. As the only married woman in the room, I had to ask why. His response:
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I mentioned the bridesmaids’ letters I am sending out here, but I needed a way to include a return address on the envelopes, which are a metallic dark blue. This is the same color envelope I plan to use for our wedding invitations, so I figured I would use the bridesmaids’ letters as a test. I was convinced that I had come up with a perfect way to imprint our wedding logo and address on the back of our dark blue envelopes. Embossing. In theory, it was Uh-MAZING! In reality, not so much. Even though it didn’t really work for this project, I think it could be really cool for something else, so I figured I’d share the details of what I did so you could see what worked and what didn’t.
I first purchased a custom rubber stamp from Simon’s Stamps, which was super cheap ($13.95, including shipping…for real!) and came pretty quickly. I was really impressed with the quality and the inexpensive price. I also bought embossing powder (it comes in a ton of colors, but I got silver), embossing ink (again, I bought silver), and an embossing heat tool, which is like a mini blow dryer but doesn’t blow nearly as hard.
OMG, I thought we were going to leave Guam without having received our wedding rings! I ordered them from Etsy and let the seller know when we would be leaving—she mailed them out with about 4 days to spare! I loved these rings the minute I saw them (over a year ago), and messaged the seller personally when I saw her shop was recently closed. I NEEDED those rings! She was more than happy to work with me.
My point-and-shoot doesn’t do them justice. The colors are so vibrant! I fell in love with the purple band, but Mr. Barrettes couldn’t be convinced to wear purple so he opted for the blue.
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I really can’t go any further into my wedding-world plans with you until I talk to you about my savior. No, not Jesus…the utter hilarity of my Catholic ceremony will be a little later. (Get your seatbelts ready, folks! We’re in for a bumpy ride!) My savior is Sara! OMG, did I just use somebody’s real name? Yessum, and I will tell you why. She is in college majoring in event planning. She wants to be a wedding planner and is using my wedding as a portfolio piece. Sara, being a part of my own pro-bono-college-portfolio piece, was happy to return the favor. She is also a great dumping ground for all those brochures from vendors I decided not to go with.
**We almost died in Dorchester, MA trying to find this fabric. Any one of you ever driven the wrong way down a one way?
Many moons ago, I shared with you my grand plans to wear blue shoes as my “something blue.”
Photo by Ax2D Photography
Then, I wore said shoes to our city hall ceremony, and they hurt my feet so bad that I ended up going barefoot:
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I love the thick cotton paper, I love the luxurious feel of the indented letters, I love the endless possibilities with modern polymer plates as well as authentic artisan typeset. Letterpress is rich with history and—not that I’ve ever pressed any letters myself (I nixed that plan months ago)—it feels intimate because the person printing has to mix the ink and man the machine or hand press it on a tabletop press. Letterpress was completely unattainable in my eyes when I started this journey. But the more I learned about it, the more we had to have it.
I kept looking for an affordable option and was lucky enough to find an invitation designer with a vintage Chandler and Price Pilot press who fit our budget just in time for save-the-dates, and I enlisted Janie’s help again for invitations. It was the best wedding decision we’ve made yet. If I had DIYed this—via a letterpress class or my inkjet—I would have pulled my hair out.
Sorry to get all nostalgic. I’m repeating myself, I know. But I needed to look back over the last 2 years (yes two years! Our engage-aversary was last Sunday) and have an inspiration-to-reality moment for myself, you know?
Hive, you helped me choose our invitations, now are you ready to see them?
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I love my mum. She has been there for my dad and us kids through thick and thin and always puts our needs before her own. However, this can mean she forgets to look after herself at times. Mum should have the best, so when we went shopping for her mother-of-the-bride dress I wanted to make sure that she found something that she would feel beautiful in and not something that she “just got because it would do.” I want her to feel excited about how she looks on my wedding day because she deserves that and more. Like me, she gets down about her looks, but the wedding is a chance to prove to her how gorgeous she really is.
Mum & Dad
Mum can be quite specific about what she likes when she wants to be. The perfect dress for her has to be “summery,” not too dark-coloured, feminine (not too “formal”), and must “fit” with our garden wedding.
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I’m a bee! I’m a bee!
I can’t believe they picked me!!
Wow! I am still in awe that I’m here…as Miss Brooch! I’ve pined over this. I’ve longed for this. I’ve literally dreamed of this! For over a year, I’ve tried to explain to everyone I know, non-bloggers and wedding un-enthusiasts included, the importance of a website called Weddingbee. The importance of me blogging for Weddingbee. I was meant to do this, I told Mr. Brooch. He’s the only person who really understands how much it means.
Well, there’s also this coworker. She gets it because she’s engaged, and together we’ve stalked the likes of Mrs. Sunrise and Mrs. Cherry Blossom. When I told her I was becoming a bee, her reaction was priceless. It went something like this:
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I’ve already written a whole post about showing our college some love, but I can’t help but add these little flags to my college love collection. We aren’t having cupcakes, so I don’t know how to incorporate them into the wedding, but I need to figure out a way. Our college’s main colors are navy and white, which are also our wedding colors, so they’ll go perfect with the rest of the decor.
macemoose is selling this vintage luggage set. She’s asking $70 for all three items.
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