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No bridal shower is complete without the ribbon bouquet. Which I forgot to share in yesterday’s post. Whoops. So, while I got to have fun ripping apart the wrapping paper (and very carefully taking off the bows):
I want to start out by giving our officiant, our friend Guy, a huge shout-out. He worked very hard to write our beautiful ceremony and it was perfect.
Now I’m just going to let the ceremony words do the talking. It’s going to be quite a bit of text, so if you don’t want to read it, just scroll through the pictures.
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Welcome, family and friends. We have come here today to celebrate the wedding of Jennifer and Randall.
On behalf of Randy and Jenn, thank you for joining us. They are delighted that you have come to share in their joy on this special day.
It’s been five years since the Baconator and I made our love connection. We always nonchalantly say “Oh, we met during study abroad,” but really there is a lot more to it that we tend to just glaze over. Like, we had both lived in the same dorm but never really hung out until one random night on the roof, or that we were really brought together by a mutual disdain for Valentine’s Day and love for tequila.
You see, I spent much of my first month in London holed up in my room talking to my friends back home online or out in the city with my best friend from high school (aka MOH Bacon), so making friends in my British dorm wasn’t really a priority. I did a little bit of loitering in the common room that was thinly veiled in smoke, since you could still smoke inside back then, and I once ended up on the roof of the dorm with a British dude, an American girl, and a bearded American guy. The view wasn’t what we hoped it would be and the roof was spongy, so that adventure was short lived since none of us had a death wish. But that was pretty much my extent of being social with the Furnival Hall folks.
I did make one friend through my study abroad program who happened to live next door to me:
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Right, so last we spoke I had just found a travel agent and added booking our honeymoon to the to-do list. Unfortunately, I added it to Mr. Lox’s to-do list, and he is more of a procrastinator than I am. (Take a moment to appreciate that sentiment. Because I am one ugly procrastinator. Mr. Lox’s procrastination is EPIC.) So it languished until I decided to nag him a bit.
I nagged, he said he’d set an appointment, nothing happened. Sure it’s annoying. But, honestly, there are so many more annoying things he could decide to do. I accept this about him, and we only scrap about it once in a while. So right—no appointment. Then I decided it wasn’t crucial yet, so I gave up for a while. We’ll call it compromise, even though it’s more likely I got distracted and forgot.
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Despite my continued claims that I am “not a flower person,” I can’t help but swoon over these pretty little green-leafed beauties. Ever since I was told that I may have the option of having dahlias at our wedding, I’ve noticed them everywhere.
Unfortunately, beautiful flowers don’t come cheap! Like most brides, I headed straight for Google to figure out how to save money on flowers. It seems like the top five ways to save money are:
1. Shop smart - This means picking flowers that are in season and available locally. This also means, if you are getting married around Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day, traditional flowers such as roses may cost you more.
2. Double dip - Pick flowers for the ceremony that you can reuse at the reception. This means picking flowers that will last the duration of BOTH events. For example, while hydrangeas are budget friendly flowers, they are SUPER prone to wilting because (as their name implies) they LOVE water. In order to preserve the bloom, you can’t simply cut the stem at an angle; the traditional angle won’t give the flower enough surface area to get the water it needs. What you need to do is gently peel the outer layer of the stem off the bottom inch. In other words, do your research!
3. Think creatively - Instead of a bouquet, each of your bridesmaids could just carry a single flower. Sunflowers, for instance, make a great impact and would look great at a rustic outdoor wedding. Or if you have lots of bridesmaids they could each carry a single flower, such as a rose or a peony, and then at the alter you could collect them for your wedding bouquet. This would obviously take some maneuvering, but could definitely be a great (budget-friendly) choice.
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A friend of mine got married recently and I was shocked to see a pictures of her on Facebook the very same day as her wedding! She posted a few photos (one with her husband and one with their families), and she updated her status quite frequently throughout the day.
I was really excited to be able to see pictures of her in her dress and it was really nice to be able to leave a little comment below the picture saying, “Congrats,” but it got me thinking: Will I be tweeting and Facebooking during our wedding?
The whole Facebook thing is nothing new around the ’bee and we’ve all expressed our opinion on friends sharing photos of our wedding, but what about you? Will you share photos of yourself from the wedding on Facebook? Will you upload them on the actual day of your wedding?
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We may combine furniture, household goods, and even finances, but our Lego collections will never be combined. At least that’s what Mr. P has jokingly maintained for the last few years. He claims his Legos are superior to mine and co-mingling would be disastrous (for his).
It’s Time! I’m officially kicking off the Seashell Wedding Recaps! I hope you enjoy reading the story of our wedding as much as I am excited to share it with you—it truly was One Shell of a Wedding. No day in my life thus far rivals the depth, beauty, excitement, and pure joy of our wedding day.
Hang in there through a few posts while I share some of the adventures that lead us to the altar. The days before the wedding were filled with activity!
For those of you that might be new around here, or in case we haven’t gotten fully acquainted, here are the basics: Mr. Seashell and I live in Chicago, IL and met at Northwestern University. Our wedding ceremony was in Providence, RI and the reception took place in Portsmouth, RI. We got married on the campus of Brown University, where my parents met and were married. Early in our engagement we reset my engagement ring (which the hive had some strong feelings about), I honed in on my vision for our wedding, told you why my maid of honor choice was so special, I tried my hand at DIY projects, worked to incorporate meaningful touches, got showered twice, shared some of my insights as a marriage and family therapist, and faced the sudden loss of Mr. Seashell’s Mom just two months before our wedding, was humbled as friends and family pitched in to complete projects, and reflected on finally moving from “yes” to “I do.”
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Hello, my lovelies! In this final installment in my search for those picture-perfect wedding shoes, I come bearing a dilemma and a question. Here’s a synopsis of my shoe-scapades thus far: I found a fresh pair of green heels, but started to second-guess whether they would detract from my overall look. I mustered up some classic shoe inspiration, which eventually led me to stalk this flirty pair of heels on eBay:
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I’m back with the leading-up-to-the-wedding events I hadn’t yet covered in my very first recap!
It was pretty much a bunch o’ yard work!
Here’s an “after” shot of the ceremony site:
Photo courtesy of Tanja Lippert
And:
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Before I say anything else, I have to tell you all that I love babies. Love. Them.
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Throughout this whole wedding process, I’ve been waiting for my creative spark to kick in. I grew up in a crafty family, I have an unhealthy love/obsession with all things stationery, and I was really looking forward to being frugal and saving some dollars by doing things myself wherever I possibly could. That was my original intention, anyway.
Many moons of planning have now seen me attempt several projects. I write ‘attempt’ because hardly any of those have come to fruition, leaving me feeling more than a little dejected at my efforts. It’s not for lack of trying, they’ve just not worked for me. In the spirit of caring and sharing, I thought I’d share a few of my DIY-failures with you all.
Let’s start with place settings. I went through the rigmarole of hunting down exactly 100 matching paper doilies, in my attempt at creating individualised scripted place settings that would sit on the serving plates of each guest. I’ve been in love with the idea for ages, and thought it would be something different and a bit unique. That plan was in full swing, until I checked with the venue regarding what the diameter of their dinner plates was—that was when they bluntly told me that their table set-up had no plates and had just napkins, as each course was brought out on their own plate. Seems like common sense, doesn’t it? But do you think I’d ever stopped to consider that?
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The Baconator is more of an Al Borland than a James Bond, and if he could figure out how to wear a pair of torn up jeans to the ceremony, he might just do it. He even likes throwing around the idea of a tuxedo shirt, so we both knew that finding the right looks for the Bacon Boys was going to be a challenge.
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When we first started talking about what the men should be wearing, the Baconator was adamant about wearing suits since he felt that if my outfit reflected me, his outfit should reflect his. That makes total sense. Well, except when we first started talking about what he’s going to wear, the dress I was wearing really needed a tuxedo. It was just too schmancy to stand beside a grey suit, but now, with the new dress, that fits better with our wedding vision of a fun and whimsical day. We were ready to go and look for what he really wants.
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