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After the ceremony finished, Ribs and I hid away in a meeting space in the Union. We didn’t plan for a receiving line and didn’t want one to form spontaneously, so we figured it best to let guests grab their pink lemonades, mingle, and make their way to the cocktail hour first.
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We hope you had a wonderful long weekend, hive! We’re kicking this short week off with our newest bee! Join me in giving a warm welcome to Miss Sloth!
Miss Sloth, Philadelphia
Age & Occupation: 35, Account Manager and Fashion Blogger
Fiance’s Age & Occupation: 30, Design Admin
Engagement Date: December 25, 2009
Wedding Date: May 2011
Venue: Bartram’s Garden
About Me: I’m an internet junkie and music snob with a good eye for a bargain. I couldn’t live without thrift store shopping, cheeseburgers, sushi, Coke Zero, websites devoted to silly photos of baby animals, Photoshop, and Mr. Sloth. Speaking of which, he and I are a pair of goofball homebody nerds who love our beagle (the most ridiculously adorable dog EVER) to an embarrassing degree. We’re planning a low-key and intimate yet festive and quirky outdoor wedding with DIY details and deeply personal touches, and it’s all taking place in the city where we fell in love and call home: Philadelphia.
As a recent physical therapy student, I was required to do nine months of clinical affiliations for my program. Each rotation is three months long. I did my first two rotations here in Atlanta, and my third one was in Boston. I’ve always wanted to live in Boston; it’s an amazing place for health care, and it is way too cold for Mr. Lion. Since I had a feeling a proposal was right around the corner, I figured I’d better get this out of my system now before we settled down somewhere together.
Well, Mr. Lion proposed two weeks before I left for Boston. This was one of the main reasons we decided on a longer engagement; I would be out of state for three months, which would make the first stages of planning difficult. Instead, I got to just enjoy our engagement without thinking about the actual wedding. There was one thing I wanted to plan, though.
I wanted to tie down my bridesmaids. Since it can be such a financial commitment, I wanted to give my girls plenty of time to start saving up. I wanted to ask them in a really unique way. Of all the elements of wedding planning, I feel like this part is one of the most pure and innocent. As little girls, a lot of us dream of one day becoming brides. I wanted to capture that moment of pure joy and share it with the little girls that I dreamed about that moment with. So, I made children’s books! Ladies and gentlemen, here is my first DIY project!
I bought colorful paper, stickers, and ribbons. I spent more money on this than I would have with store-bought cards, and it is in no way well crafted. I had two criteria I wanted it to meet: I wanted the books to look like a child had made them, and I wanted them to bring smiles to my bridesmaids’ faces. Done and done!
The book’s cover
Planning a wedding takes tons of organization, and everyone has her own way of handling all the details. Me? I’m an extreme list maker. Whether it’s going grocery shopping and making a list in the order I would actually pick up the items based on the layout of the store (produce, perishables, grocery, frozen—I said I was an extreme list maker!) or just my regular work to-do list, writing down tasks and crossing them off when they’re done makes me happy. While a regular piece of paper (college ruled, of course) used to do the job just fine, I have recently embraced technology and moved my to-do list online.
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With less than two weeks to go until our wedding, we’re a little bit crazed. Funny story: I also started Organic Chem classes on Thursday, which now take up four days a week in reviews, class, and lab. Yay, let’s get busy!
So, we’re scrapping a lot of details. Pie-topper, what? Really, who cares—right now the ceremony is far more important, and absolutely one of the things we should figure out, like, yesterday. In the midst of all this craziness, I will bring you some of what has already happened; recaps of this whole planning process, full of pictures and light on the deep thoughts from yours truly. Enjoy!
So I talked recently about one of our three favor options, and here is our second: tea. I’ve talked a little bit about tea as a favor before, but we hadn’t figured out quite what to do with it. We’d considered some sort of blend, but weren’t sure what kind…and then we went camping in New York and came across The Tea Shop of Woodstock. Swoon.
Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
Cassie_KY opted for gorgeous clay flowers for her wedding day.
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Perhaps a few of you have seen this video already. But if you haven’t, pull up a wagon full of Kleenex and have a watch. Don’t let the cartoon aspect of it lull you into a false sense of security. This video is about love. Love that will make you cross all of your fingers and toes and wish that 27 years after your own wedding, your marriage will be as strong as the couple’s in the video.
Danny & Annie from StoryCorps on Vimeo.
I feel lucky to work as an oncology nurse where I get to see the amazing strength of marriage every day.
I’ve been to a couple of dances/functions in high school and college where I felt the occasion was special enough to warrant an updo for my hair.
That’s me, BM Cali, and MOH Navy in our living room before ring dance our senior year at Texas A&M.
We love coffee.
We drink it at midnight. We love it after dinner. And, of course, we have to have it first thing in the morning. Why not have it at our wedding? I don’t think this is an unusual request. Of course there’ll be coffee at the reception, but what kind of coffee? We want something top notch…something unique…something like a Starbucks kiosk and barista on duty!
{Photo credit: Connecticut Weddings}
Hi hive! We hope you’re having a great Labor Day weekend! Mine is bee-filled and lovely—Mr. Peng and I attended Mrs. Jellyfish’s wedding last night (check out peeks via Weddingbee’s Twitter) and we’re headed to spend the day with Mr and Mrs. Pug, visiting from New York! Posting will be light today. Enjoy your day in the sun!
Picnic wedding inspiration board via Santa Barbara Chic Blog
Images from left to right, top to bottom: {Row 1} 1. Jeff Newsom 2. Tim Evan-Cook 3. Frances Janisch {Row 2} 1. La Vie Photography 2. Michele Waite 3. Karen Moredchai {Row 3} 1. Anders Gramer 2. Karen Moredchai 3. Lessa O’Rielly
Hello hive. *sheepish wave* I have to start by apologizing to you for my hiatus. When they say that the last month before the wedding is crazy, THEY MEAN IT (though I don’t know who “they” are…).
The month of July was filled with last minute projects, finalizing plans, signing contracts… and family tragedies.
Two weeks before the wedding, Mr. Hottie’s grandma was life-flighted to the hospital with a massive stroke. She was in the hospital for 6 days when she suddenly passed. It came as a huge shock to the entire family. We had just seen her 2 weeks before that and she looked better than she had in years, since Mr. HD’s grandpa passed.
She was the hub of the family. The glue. The driving force in so many ways.
The funeral was 5 days before the wedding.
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I’ve mentioned before that Mr. Starfish is super traditional, so I’ll be heading towards him on our wedding day to Here comes the Bride. Once that decision was made, Mr. Starfish thought the ceremony music was done.
Wrong. We still had a few songs to pick out. We are getting married in a Catholic Church, but we aren’t doing a full mass, so luckily it did narrow down our choices. We needed to decide on songs for the mothers and wedding party to walk down to, the processional, and the recessional. We thought we had it nailed down.
So, the processional was our obvious choice. We are going with The Bridal Chorus by Wagner.
After three weeks of married bliss and some of the busiest workdays we’ve ever seen, we’re finally going on our Mediterranean honeymoon. Slowly, internet-twitchy me is getting used to the fact that she’ll be disconnected for a while. Yay, eek, and whoa, all at the same time.
I’m excited about getting some great pics with our new camera; since we just registered for our honeymoon, we’re using pics of us enjoying people’s presents (truffles, gelato, tours of Rome, etc.) for thank-you cards. Most of all, I’m excited to finally be traveling again with my new hubs; not just because we’re going to shamelessly ask for free stuff because we’re honeymooning.
I’ll post again as soon as we’re back!
<3
Mrs. T
That was my reaction when I realized that Mr. Lion was down on one knee. But let’s start at the beginning.
Mr. Lion and I both graduated in May of 2010. We started saving up for a graduation trip to Costa Rica when we started school. Mr. Lion had hinted that a ring was coming after graduation, so I assumed that’s when he would pop the question. I mean, the setting would be perfect…beauty, adventure, romance, and Latin American food. It doesn’t get any better than that.
Meanwhile, Mr. Lion was up to plans of his own. Mr. Lion had a really good internship in the summer or 2009, so he had saved enough money for a ring, but not a diamond. Luckily for him, I didn’t want a diamond. I’ve had my eye on an aquamarine earring that belonged to my great-grandmother since I was a little girl. The plan was to take the stone out of that earring (we have no idea what happened to the other earring, by the way) and design an engagement ring with it. When he eventually decided that he wanted to propose, he spent a lot of time pondering how to execute the perfect proposal. We saw the movie Up (I mentioned I’m a Disney geek, didn’t I?), and he was instantly inspired.
Source: Disney/Pixar via kidstvmovies.about.com
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