The End of the Projects

The End of the Projects

March 17th, 2011 @ 10:14 am by Mrs. Hippo
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With the Hippo wedding in sight, King Hippo and I spent much of last weekend running errands and finishing up last minute wedding projects so that we could pack them up and send them to Dallas. Note to self: Two day shipping of semi-heavy stuff is expensive! For those of you planning out of town weddings, I highly recommend planning far enough ahead so that you can ship at a slower rate of service. Lesson learned.

Our first order of business was finishing up the gifts for the groomsmen. In addition to the wedding ties we are gifting them, King Hippo wanted the guys to have some fun socks. Luckily, we found the perfect pair in our wedding colors.

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Even though the price tag said the socks were $16, somehow when the salesperson rang up the five pairs, they came out at $2.98 each.

I’m not sure if it was a super duper sale or a gigantic mistake, but these Hippos were not going to raise any flags. King Hippo also got the guys a really nice pair of cuff links. We figured it would be something they could definitely keep and use indefinitely.

After the shopping was done, it was time to get serious with the crafting projects I’ve been putting off. I’ve been contemplating how our rings would be passed during the ring warming ceremony for a while now. I wanted to DIY something while not spending a lot of money. An alchemy request for wooden blocks and some acrylic paint and wired ribbon in our wedding colors later, I ended up with these wooden ring cubes:

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OK, so they’re not the most amazing DIY craft ever, and I wish the yellow block and the yellow ribbon matched better, but they are cute enough and functional. King Hippo’s band will be tied to one block, and my two rings will be tied to the other and they’ll be past amongst our guests.

King Hippo put his stapling skills to work as we printed and assembled our wedding programs.

And King Hippo and I put in some extra time at the office in order to truly not think about anything work related for a full two weeks. Whew!

What’s left is packing…and then we’re off! I will of course stop in pre-wedding to wish you all adieu as a Miss bee!

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16 Responses to “The End of the Projects”

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Gerbera (message) 4,481 posts, Honey bee

I love the ring box!!! The colors really POP!

3/17/11 @ 10:22 am (reply)

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plantains (message) 2,433 posts, Buzzing bee

Ooooh, I love the socsk. They are fab.

3/17/11 @ 10:39 am (reply)

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cbrydon (message) 344 posts, Helper bee

LOVEEEEEEEEEE the socks!

3/17/11 @ 10:40 am (reply)

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bRooklynRocks (message) 3,767 posts, Honey bee

Those socks are beautiful. How time flies. I can’t believe, honestly, that your wedding day is here. I am so excited. Please do not disappear when you are done. I am so looking forward to your recaps and those donuts! Must know about the donuts. Safe journey to Dallas and thanks for the tips, I shall be mailing stuff to Houston from next month

3/17/11 @ 10:46 am (reply)

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Miss Elephant (message) 6,182 posts, Bee Keeper

Hope you have a safe flight to Dallas! Great deal onthe socks!

3/17/11 @ 10:47 am (reply)

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felixandjoyce (message) 137 posts, Blushing bee

Cool socks. Im def borrowing your idea and will get our entourage men some cool preppy green and brown socks!

3/17/11 @ 10:58 am (reply)

Bee

Miss Carousel (message) 590 posts, Busy bee

Love those socks and score on the price!! If it was a mistake, I also agree on you to not raise any issues, as normally these things balance themselves out! My mom is super careful when shopping and it always checking her receipts and you would not believe how often she is overcharged! Sometimes she gets something extra, but it’s seldom compared to the times she is overcharged…

3/17/11 @ 11:00 am (reply)

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Mrs. Meerkat (message) 3,216 posts, Sugar bee

*squee* I can’t believe your wedding is so close. It seems like we all just started blogging here last week.

3/17/11 @ 11:49 am (reply)

Bee

Miss Pain au Chocolat (message) 1,698 posts, Bumble bee

What a whirlwind! Hard to believe your wedding is so soon.

3/17/11 @ 1:46 pm (reply)

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Chocolatte (message) 198 posts, Blushing bee

i can’t wait for your recaps to start so we can see how it all came together!
enjoy your wedding day!!

3/17/11 @ 2:09 pm (reply)

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Bee

Miss Tartlet (message) 3,207 posts, Sugar bee

Your ring cubes are adorable! Safe travels, and best of luck in these next few days!

3/17/11 @ 2:58 pm (reply)

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laniefl624 (message) 304 posts, Helper bee

I love the socks!

3/17/11 @ 3:45 pm (reply)

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Bee

Miss Zebra (message) 1,044 posts, Bumble bee

Yay for the Hippo wedding! I hope everything is coming together swimmingly for you. Good Luck!

3/17/11 @ 3:54 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Barrettes (message) 883 posts, Busy bee

Oooh… it’s so exciting!!! Sending you great last-minute prep vibes!

3/17/11 @ 7:48 pm (reply)

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Miss Biscuit (message) 624 posts, Busy bee

I’ve been looking for yellow socks! You may see a duplicate post in a few months on this :). They look great!

3/17/11 @ 11:03 pm (reply)

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Iris

OMG!!! You were my first bee that I have followed since day one and have enjoyed every bit of the experence. Tear!!! Good Luck with everything can’t wait to see how everything pans out. Congratulation. It’s going to be awesome!!!

3/18/11 @ 3:07 pm (reply)