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Until I got engaged, I never put much thought into what kind of wedding I wanted to have, and I sure as hell didn’t realize that the sky is the limit—you can do anything with your wedding! After the proposal, I started devouring wedding blogs like candy and came across some of the most unique weddings I’d ever seen.
For instance, this wedding that looks like it came straight out of a Tim Burton movie:
And this wedding that was inspired by the Mexican dia de los muertos:
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When people get frustrated with you and your crazy planning ways, they’ll condescendingly tell you that “it’s just a party” and you shouldn’t get all caught up in it (not that this happened to me, oh no… actually, I’m really not being sarcastic; I just hear it happens to a lot of brides) ;), you can tell them: Mrs. Spaniel says you’re wrong. Actually, don’t tell them that, because then they’ll really think you’re crazy. Who is Mrs. Spaniel? In any event, I know now that a wedding is not just a party, and I know that because it’s the part of the wedding about which I have the least to write.
I can honestly say, in hindsight, the most important part was the ceremony—it was the whole point. The most rewarding parts were the speeches our friends and family made—we had a wedding because we wanted to share this momentous occasion with our community, and feeling their love coming back at us made it worth it. The party? It was fun.
So I know that a lot of brides carefully grow their hair out for the wedding and then chop it all off afterward, known as the Post Wedding Chop. But I need a Pre-Wedding Chop baaaaaaaadly. Here’s a little secret, hive—and lean in close because I’m embarrassed: I haven’t had my hair cut in almost a year. Gross, you nasty girl, what is wrong with you? I KNOW! The last time I got a cut I plopped myself down in the chair and said in my best Japanese, “Cut about this much!” English-speaking hairdressers are few and far between here and the ones that do speak English cost upwards of $60. I am a no fuss, no muss kinda gal and I love me some Supercuts. It was time to break the split-end cycle, so in order to get EXACTLY what I need and not just a trim, I sought out a hairdresser student of mine who speaks English relatively well.
I want to keep my length for the wedding. My hair is long because I haven’t cut it since last year, and I wasn’t about to lose that. But I wanted to do something different and pretty instead of my usual trim. I was thinking about long layers.
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You’re counting down to the wedding. Finishing up some projects, ditching others and trying to find the time to jot down a proper honeymoon packing list. The last thing you need right now is a curve ball. But that’s precisely what we got one week before our much-anticipated day.
In early 2008, when Mr. Bruschetta and I had secured our venue—the erstwhile F.U.E.L. House (which has since been rebranded “TRUST”)—we learned we’d be able to peruse the gallery as the wedding approached to see if we wanted to substitute any of the “stock” art stored on the building’s third (administrative) floor.
We adored the F.U.E.L. House (yeah, name change be damned! At least for the purposes of my posts, it just feels wrong to call the place where we celebrated so jubilantly something unfamiliar, to which we have absolutely no connection), for many reasons, including its eccentric art displays. We loved the idea of splashes of color—whether from abstract, three-dimensional pieces or paint-adorned canvases—infusing the beautiful, neutral-hued space.
Know what we saw lining the walls on August 21, 2009?
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I have more to say about our wine box ceremony. I know what you’re thinking. “Golly, why can’t she stop talking about this silly wine box? Doesn’t she realize she’s already written three posts about it?” And I know you say golly, even if only in your head. Admit it.
But this will be the last time I’ll bring it up—pre-wedding, anyway. It may get a shout out in my recaps.
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When the Husky-in-Laws were visiting, we were discussing our substitute for the Unity ceremony. FMIL Husky pointed out a glaring oversight in my plan: the Unity ceremony is often symbolic of the joining together of the two families, and their love for the bride and groom.
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So I left for Boston, armed with my engagement ring and the comfort that my bridesmaids knew how much I loved them. I knew I wouldn’t be able to do much wedding planning for the next three months, since I was so far away from the city where I would hire all of our vendors. (Clearly, this was before I discovered Weddingbee.) I allowed myself to brainstorm, but I forbade myself from “actively planning” until I returned to Atlanta in 2010. When I got a coupon to Borders in the mail, I decided that I needed something to guide me in my brainstorming.
I sat in the wedding-planning aisle four nearly an hour (not exaggerating, just embarrassed) trying to choose the perfect wedding-planning guide. Well folks, the truth is there isn’t one. I finally decided on Emily Post’s.
Source: Emily Post
Have you guys all been a bridesmaid in a friend or family member’s wedding? I’m just asking because I haven’t. And honestly, I sort of feel like that unpopular girl in high school who listed ’spending time with pets’ as one of her favorite activities in our senior bios (true story) about the situation, which is a bit pathetic on my part.
I know, I know, you’re probably thinking to yourself, ‘Trail Mix, you dummy, being a bridesmaid ain’t all that it’s cracked up to be.’ I know that. I know there are still a lot of brides who make ridiculous requests of their ’maids, like choosing a hot pink, floor-length satin dress with a black lace corset top (another true story. And the dress really was as heinous as it sounds.)
But…I still want to be a bridesmaid…like, really really badly.
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Six months ago we picked out the tuxes for Mr. Seashell and our groomsmen. It was pretty straightforward. We walked into MW Tux in Chicago, dressed up a few mannequins, and arranged for a pick-up in Providence. Easy peasy. Here were our selections:
Ivory vest and tie for Mr. Seashell, black vest and purple tie for groomsmen
Sharp and dapper? Absolutely.
But then, I went to a black tie event with Papa Seashell over the summer.
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Since we are in the throes of planning the tropical-beach honeymoon, I’ve naturally been thinking about cheaper options. My job takes me all over New England and last week, to Albany, New York. How crazy would it be if we all didn’t go into super-duper-what’s-ten-thousand-more-dollars-in-the-grand-scheme-of-things debt planning the dream beach honeymoon? Thus kicks off my Looney-moon Series: road trips to beautiful places without the expensive plane tickets. Hell, maybe you’ll get a free something or other out of it because the locals are genuinely excited that you chose their place for your honeymoon.
This is my last post about my wedding invitations, I promise! 
I wanted to share with you how we put the whole invitation suite together before we tied it up with a bow and a Moo.
Miss Stripes isn’t kidding when she likens invitation assembly to a hot an heavy one-sided love affair. It’s important to have amazing friends who will help you get out of the mess once you’re in too deep. NY MOH spent several hours with me gluing in the silvery lining:
And cutting 100+ lengths of twine:
Our postcard “guestbook” is officially in the works! I’ve ordered the first batch of postcards—yes, I said first batch. We were originally just going to do a few designs, but later decided we want to put the postcards at each table. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m in love with the postcard guestbook and hope every single guest at our wedding fills (at least) one out (there are different questions on different designs).
I recently went to a wedding and I think less than half the guests signed the guestbook. I’m thinking if we put a postcard at each person’s place setting they might be more likely to fill it out, if only to get it out of the way for the food.
So to encourage guests, we’ll have a postcard at each place setting, with pens and a sign explaining what to do. The sign will actually do double duty as it is also working as our table number. The front side will have the table number.
After we traipsed around Tokyo with animals, the Glasses and more anime than I’ve ever seen in one place, it was time to get into full-tourist-mode.
We bought a one day free pass for the Tokyo subway, and off we went. Our first stop was the Ginza.
After about five seconds we realized we were way too poor and frumpy to actually do anything in the high-end shopping district. So we bought an $8 dollar salad (with pumpkin in it!) and considered our journey there essentially over.
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Brother Barrettes tied the knot yesterday in a beautiful ceremony in Hawley, PA. At the end of the evening I asked the bride how she felt about the whole day and she said, “I’m so happy and surprised that nothing went wrong. If it did, I didn’t know about it!”
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I’m no Carrie Bradshaw. I do not have an obsession with shoes. In fact, I probably have less than seven pairs that I wear on a regular basis, and two of those are flip flops. I can never really get over the pain of cute shoes enough to wear them to work, so I try to stick with flats, or boots in the winter.
Knowing my normal non-interest in shoes, Mama Elephant was pleasantly surprised when I said that I wanted some awesome blue heels for the wedding. I love looking at wedding pictures where the bride has a little color hidden under her dress, and the blue heels can also count as my something blue! Below are some pictures I’ve found online when Googling blue shoes:
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