Weddingbee Blog

For some reason, weddings and children seem to bring it out in people. Everyone thinks they know best and that you, of course, want to know how they would do it, because naturally you won’t have an opinion of your own. From the month of the year you choose to marry to the wording on the invitation, EVERYONE has an opinion.

Mr. Ticket and I chose to have a relatively short engagement (though at times it’s felt like it took FOREVER) with 11 months to plan our wedding. From the very beginning we have received advice/suggestions/requests… some were taken more seriously (those given from parties assisting in the payment of the big day) and others were taken with a grain of salt (no, we will not be playing Ke$ha at the reception Best Man A. Mr. Ticket put his foot down on that one).
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I think I owe you an explanation on how this couple came to be!

After graduating from college in December of 2001, I started my accounting career at the height of tax season. I was lucky enough to join a firm with a fairly large department of young accountants. I made lifelong friends fast and spent the next seven years having a ball. In 2003, the housing market was primed for young buyers, so I purchased my first home. Life was good. I was having so much fun but had no one special to share my life with.

My friends started to get married and have children, and I found myself wanting the same. The circle of people in my life was pretty tight and after going to the same restaurants, clubs, etc., week after week, meeting someone new was proving difficult.

So what is a modern, independent woman to do? Turn to the internet, of course! I decided it was time to put myself out there and start meeting people outside of my everyday routine. I doubled my efforts by joining a dating service and eHarmony.
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There’s been quite an evolution in terms of what sort of veil I wanted to wear for the wedding day.

Originally, my plans were to go with the birdcage veil:

Image via Weddingbycolor.com

But once I tried it on, I felt like it got sort of lost next to my blonde hair and I didn’t like how close it sat on my face. It was super itchy and uncomfortable.

I couldn’t find any other styles that worked with my dress and was starting to give up on the idea of a veil entirely. The price tag on the available veils at local bridal salons was also a huge hindrance. $200 for some tulle? No thanks.

Then I fell head over heels in love with this:
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…or at least somewhat magnificent monograms. That didn’t sound as good, though. :D I love me some good alliteration.

After playing around with Photoshop and different colors and shapes, I came up with these guys.

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thefunkyjunkie’s centerpieces featured lots of pretty thrifted glass bottles, handmade table numbers and MR and MRS signs, and red carnations from Wegmans.

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I used to have a spending problem; a spending-money-on-shoes-I-never-wear problem. I used to wear heels nearly every day and I loved buying heels. But I was a cheap shoe buyer. I always wanted to drop a couple Benjamins on a pair of shoes, but I just never could whip out the credit card for a pair. As a result, my closet was filled with cheap heels. A couple years back BM Hogan had a shoe intervention of sorts; she made me realize that the majority of my shoes had never.been.worn. Since then, I have slowly gotten rid of shoes and I’m down to a shoe rack with twelve pairs; okay this doesn’t include my flip flops, tennis shoes and boots, but I did reduce my collection to about a quarter of it’s original glory. My shoe habits have since changed pretty drastically.

Four out of the five days at work, I wear my stand by super small wedge and if it’s not that wedge, it’s a pair of kitten heels…and on the weekend? I’m either in flip flops or UGGs, depending on the season. Now, when I wear a normal heel, it kills my feet. Like aching in five minutes, get these damn things off me now! It makes me beyond sad that the muscles that used to allow me to rock heels everyday, are gone. Why am I telling you all of this? Obviously it relates to my wedding day shoes and the fact that I will not be wearing these, or anything remotely similar:
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It’s official - the Candy Apples are married!

{Guest Photo}

The wedding day itself, as well as the week preceding and the weekend after, were absolutely amazing. We are still trying to process everything, but had a total blast with family and friends.
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Summer in Santa Cruz is in full force. For those of you who’ve never visited California’s central coast, there’s a reason why local souvenir shops sell lots of fleece jackets. Instead of sunshine, blue skies, and warm beach days, we get what Mr. Hot Tea affectionately refers to as the fog monster. Here’s a recent photo to reinforce the chill of a 60-degree summer:

{ The wool cap is a necessity, not just a fashion accessory }

The Teacup family vacation is regularly scheduled for late May or early June in hopes to avoid the fog monster for a little while. Unfortunately, W-Day planning and budgeting necessarily took priority over our annual summer sojourn.

Dudes, we are suffering from cabin fever. First world problems, I know. We live in a place where millions of people visit annually, courtesy of the Beach Boardwalk.

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In our wedding, we have lots o’ people. That may have been mentioned once or twice so far. Our wedding will look like this:

Image: 34 Person Wedding Party / Photography by Digital Photography School

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Today marked a very important day for the Macarons. We made a pilgrimage downtown to the county clerk’s office to apply for our marriage license! We snapped a quick picture documenting the occasion before heading inside where picture taking is verboden.

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It’s true—your eyes are not playing tricks on you…I’m back! As much as I wish time hadn’t passed as much as it has since I was posting and prepping for recaps, it has completely flown by. I’ll definitely fill you in on my adventures but first I owe you all an apology. In order to not make you suffer any further, I’ll forgo a video of myself singing this and allow a professional to take the lead—you can thank me later. Sing it Brenda Lee!

So dear hive, please accept my apology. I’ll do my absolute best to stay close moving forward and deliver the best damn recaps I possibly can!

Before I begin filling you in on the details of my favorite day ever—I’ll give you a brief run down of what I’ve been up to while I’ve been away.

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Mr. D and I did not know that there was so much involved with planning a ceremony. Soon after we decided against writing our own vows, we realized that there were other things to consider. Such as, what kind of ceremonies to include during the ceremony. There are all kinds to choose from. We could do a unity candle ceremony:

Image via Luster Studios

A variation of the unity candle ceremony—the unity sand ceremony:

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On Friday, July 22nd, MOB and I had a mother-daughter day and went to another of Transworld’s Jewelry, Fashion & Accessories shows. I first discussed the show in this post, and we wanted to go to another to see what other wedding goods we could find.

Going on a Friday was a great choice. The doors opened at 9:30, and we arrived about 20 minutes early. We waited in a makeshift line and made a game plan on which way to go first. As the crowd filed in, we were handed some free goodies:

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Well, maybe I’m not quite ready for 500 miles, but I am getting there. Today I bought the Nike+ for iPhone, and I can’t wait to use it.

Image via Apple Insider

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Part of being a bride in the internet age is spending way too much time mulling over other people’s weddings. Sure, in the past you could skim magazines for ideas, but the internet has brought us wedding blogs, wedding planning websites, and images from photographers’ websites. It’s become easier than ever for brides to find things we like from weddings past and incorporate them into our own weddings.

It comes down to deciding what works for your wedding and what says “you”. I know you’re all dying to know which trends the Cannons have embraced and which have we shunned. And most importantly, why? So, here we go!

Embraced- Mustaches. My love affair with fake mustaches started four years ago. Back before Cherry Bomb came around, Mr. Cannon and I were big fans of hitting the town with our friends and drinking at the bars. The downside of that (other than making my liver sad and a fool of myself) was my drunken online shopping problem. I would often get home and buy something completely stupid that I found hilarious at the time. The next morning, while still finding my purchase hilarious, I was not keen on the actual money I spent on it. One of these purchases was for two packs of fake mustaches, a package of astronaut ice cream, and a DVD of Pete’s Dragon.

However, I always made the best of these purchases.
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