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I had no sooner put the finishing touches on the details and on my makeup when guests started to arrive. Mr P has a huge family, many of who we hadn’t seen since the prior Christmas, and we hadn’t seen my dad’s family for longer than that. The beginning of the reception was a whirlwind of hugs and hellos.
All images courtesy of Lisa Rice Photography, unless otherwise noted.
Hive, I had my bridal shower a looong time ago. I mean, I’ve been married for six months now, so that should be indication enough that’s it’s been a while. It was actually last February, so we’re getting closer and closer to the ’year away’ mark. I loved my shower, and had always wanted to share it with you guys, but it happened right before crazy-wedding-frenzy-mode and I never got the time. I was thinking about it today, and I decided that there’s no better time than the present!
My mom planned my shower, but after mucho begging from me, I got to help. I know, I know, Wedding Planning for Dummies actually told me that I should have absolutely no part in planning the shower, but I still lived at my parents’ house, and I have all the crafting goodies my mom could’ve have needed (not to mention I love planning parties) so she let me help.
It all started with the invitation. Mama Giraffe chose a theme of “bright colors, polka dots, and stripes.” She was worried at first that it didn’t match our wedding colors, but it turned out great and was so “me.” After an extensive online search for invitations and finding nothing, she had finally agreed to let me help and had me create them. She “art directed” the whole thing, I just created it on the computer for her. She made up a rhyme for the invitations, and continued rhyming throughout the rest of the shower.
I have a secret, dear bees. You aren’t my first. There was something else before you. You see, before I was a Weddingbee blogger, I was a design blogger. My love of color had me poring over my paint fan decks just days after we got engaged. I was in search of inspiration for a color scheme.
Just days after getting engaged, we were being asked questions about our date, our venue, my dress, and all kinds of details that we hadn’t even thought about. I thought that if we made one decision, we’d feel a little less pressure to have answers for all those questions we were getting.
I eventually pulled together a selection of blues and blue-greens from Pantone’s Matching System Chart, the PMS, and showed them to Mr. Mink. His response: “Cool.”
From the Pantone Matching System Chart at cal-print.com
I then started looking at wedding blogs for real weddings that used those colors. I also found myself looking at the special occasion dresses on the J.Crew and Ann Taylor websites. At J.Crew “Matisse Blue” jumped out at me, and at Ann Taylor “Plume” felt just right.
After writing this post, I realized Miss Mole just wrote something along the same lines; great minds think alike! This holiday season is a bit different for Foxy and me, and I wanted to share it with you:
Growing up, I would split Thanksgiving (and Christmas, for that matter) between my mom and my dad. In college, I would generally spend Thanksgiving with my mom, Christmas with both, and New Year’s with my dad. Since I’ve been with Foxy, it’s been Thanksgiving at my mom’s, Christmas at the future in-laws, and New Year’s at my dad’s.
Lost yet? Just remember: Thanksgiving at mom’s in NY.
Well, since I no longer live at home or a mere two hour drive away (as I did in college), holiday time generally means one main thing: traveling. Anyone who goes a distance to go home for the holidays knows that traveling = traffic. And I? Have no. tolerance. for traffic.
After some terrible experiences these past few years (like a 4.5 hour trip taking 10 HOURS), Foxy and I put our foot (feet?) down.
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This was by far the most nervewracking part of the day for me. All I wanted to do was get down the end of that aisle and see Mr Teaspoon. I’m getting jittery even now just writing about it. We arrived in the beautiful sunshine outside the school that held the chapel. Yes, I look like a giant ball of tulle. My smile here is a little, “Let me get out of the car, I want to get married already!”
I made sure that Papa Teaspoon had my trusty hanky just in case. In hindsight, giving it to dad was a poor decision; I should have given it to Mr Teaspoon so he could have it in his jacket for me. I guess you will have to wait and see if I needed it or not.
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Flowers bore me. They really do. They all look the same to me, and I have no interest in learning the names of all the different breeds/species of flower. I can’t think of anything more boring than horticulture, can you? The only flower-related knowledge I’ve gained in my years of trolling wedding blogs is that I don’t know the names of 99.99% (repeating, of course) of flowers. Did you know this is called “ranunculus”?
Image via Dandelions Flowers & Gifts
I’m gonna start using that word in my everyday life. Like, “You’re being ranunculus! What are you thinking?”
And these are called billy balls. (I can’t make this stuff up, people.)
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I am quite the little music enthusiast. From country to hip hop and oldies to contemporary rock, I love it all. And although I consider myself an equal opportunity music enjoyer, I still have somewhat of a “discerning taste.” So when Mr. Hawk and I started discussing our music options, we knew that we wanted to go the DJ route for the ability to enjoy a plethora of music styles. But at the same time we didn’t want just anyone behind the DJ booth. We wanted to avoid the super-cheeseball DJ that would turn our wedding into his own personal stage. (Yes, I’m looking at you, Pauly D. I may be fascinated by the train wreck that is Jersey Shore, but stay away from my wedding!)
Image via The Beat-Box
Initially, Mr. Ladyfingers and I weren’t sure we could do a honeymoon at all, much less one outside the state. We tossed around the idea of St. Augustine — the oldest city in America and local, in Florida — but finally settled on a Caribbean cruise after running the numbers and discovering we could do it, after all. Yay!
Man, oh man, are we glad things turned out that way. We seriously had the best time ever, have been doing nothing but raving and reminiscing about our honeymoon cruise, and are already planning our next cruise for early 2013. Southern (or Western) Caribbean, here we come?
We researched (OK, I researched) the different lines to exhaustion, and finally settled on Carnival as the most cost effective option with the best itinerary at that time. We sailed out of Miami on the Carnival Liberty, on the way to Half Moon Cay, Bahamas; Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas; Old San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Grand Turk.
Miami, one of my all-time favorite skylines, pre-sail-away
Throughout the honeycaps, I’m going to attempt to provide you with some cruising advice, but be forewarned:
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Oh, invitations—how I love and hate you all at the same time!
When I got engaged I thought I knew exactly what I wanted. Formal feeling with a hint of interest. I ordered a sample about 40 minutes after the the ring was on my finger:
bcloves83’s grand mantila veil looked stunning at her ceremony
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Mr. Funnel Cake presented my (personally picked out) engagement ring to me in late June, 2010, and the next week I was flying to the US for my brother’s wedding where I excitedly showed off my new status symbol to my family and friends. My parents commended me for choosing such a modest ring and I was told several times what a great choice my dainty ring was.
MOH checking out the ring at SIL FC’s wedding!
(Personal photo)
I loved my ring, and still do, but when I started looking for wedding band ideas on Weddingbee later that summer, I couldn’t help but notice everyone’s very large engagement rings paired with their wedding bands.
I began to have a little ring regret.
In celebration of Gobble Gobble Day, Mr. Warbs and I drove up to Las Vegas to eat turkey and break in my sister’s new house. Oh yeah, and to gamble. It’s Vegas. The day before we set out, I found Mr. Warbs packing some clothes in my suitcase. His clothes in my suitcase. Now, we share a lot of things, but for some reason, I was really bothered by this. Our conversation went like this:
Me: Um, that’s my suitcase.
Mr. Warbs: Yeah, I’m just packing some stuff.
Me: So, I don’t get to use my suitcase?
Mr. Warbs: Yes, there’s plenty of room in here for your stuff too.
Me: What?
Mr. Warbs: We can share.
Me: …
I consider myself to be a logical person. I can see the logic behind only taking one suitcase for the both of us.
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In my last post, I told you about how we signed a contract to have our wedding at a vineyard that didn’t exist yet. The property was a construction site. We saw architectural plans and took a tremendous leap based on those renderings and the reputations of the people involved in the project. Six months later, we made our visit visit to Pippin Hill Farm and Vineyards. Here is what we saw where we had previously seen simple wood framing sitting in the dirt:
Entrance to the granary, where our reception will be held / Photo by Miss Mink
We visited on the first day the vineyard’s tasting room was officially open, so we showed ourselves around. I actually felt dizzy as we made our way through. I couldn’t believe what we were seeing. Want to come on the tour?
About a month ago I celebrated my two year anniversary as a Weddingbee blogger. I figured since the one year anniversary of our hometown reception is just days away that now would be the perfect time to wrap things up.
Our Seattle wedding and reception in July 2010 was amazing and we were blessed to also be able to have a second reception November 2010 in my husband’s hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana. My mother-in-law was an indispensable partner in planning the party. The days leading up to the party she helped me craft silk flower arrangements and put together the centerpieces. Fellow bee and dear friend Mrs Bunny drove in from Ohio to photograph the event. All images courtesy of Lisa Rice Photography, unless otherwise noted.
The party was the day after Thanksgiving at Ceruti’s Diamond Room. Our guests were welcomed by this decidedly “Pretzel” sign. Because I wasn’t a bride—we’d been married four months already—I had no qualms about doing the set up myself with help from Mr P and my in-laws. Of course this meant running around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to get ready at the last-minute, but whatever. It made me appreciate my amazing DOC from the Seattle wedding even more. All of the little details came together so nicely.
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