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Quite simply, this is the most difficult post I have ever had to write in my life. I don’t even know where to begin, or what to say. My entire world has changed, and I’m still unsure of how to deal with it. Even to write the words make it real, something I am not sure I am ready to admit.
In one short phone call, my life has been forever altered. My grandmother called me this past weekend to inform me that my father, at the age of 45, had passed away. My father and I have had a very tumultuous relationship. However, in the last year we had ended our 10 year estrangement and were working to rebuild our relationship. Now, I never get to see the accumulation of that relationship. I don’t get to have my father walk me down the aisle, or do a first dance. And the most difficult of all, I don’t get to ever introduce my future children to their grandfather.
In the midst of my sorrow, something else has happened.
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After we booked our photographer, the amazing Jennifer Shaffer, we put an engagement session (AKA e-pics, if you didn’t get the pun in the title) on the books. I wanted to take the pictures before it got cold, since I hate being cold and I didn’t want to have to wear a coat in the pictures. I also wanted to take them as soon as possible, since we’d already been engaged for three months by the time we booked Jenn. So we decided on the end of July.
With the engagement session looming, I realized I had to get my butt in gear and prepare for the shoot. I wanted to buy a dress, shoes, and a hair accessory that would match our wedding color scheme (yellow with gray and white polka dots), because you can bet your life I was going to use the pics in our save the dates. I love all the cute engagement-pic save the dates I’ve seen on Weddingbee and other wedding blogs, like these:
Image via Mrs. Hyena on Weddingbee
Mr. Honey and I have been fortunate in our relationship that we haven’t had to spend many nights apart from each other, much less endure a long distance relationship. While it hardly compares to being in a LDR, I’m currently alone for sixteen long nights while Mr. Honey kayaks with four of his friends in the jungles of Ecuador. This is by far the longest we’ve spent apart, and while he doesn’t have phone service he thankfully emails me daily with updates; usually starting with “I’m Alive,” which is appropriate considering the dangerous nature of his adventure.
The purpose of the post, though, is not for me to whine about being alone. I don’t know if it’s the fact that I’ve been alone (aside from my amazing girlfriends who call regularly to see if I need a beer, wine or dinner—or all of the above) but I’ve managed to become extremely motivated with wedding tasks. It’s not that Mr. Honey doesn’t want to help contribute or even purposely distracts me from wedding stuff, it’s more that when he’s chillaxin’ on the couch next to me I’d rather chat with him than be sitting in my craft room by myself.
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JonesTurnedPhilips recessed carefully down the aisle, being careful not to catch any candles!
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When I stumbled across the idea of giving your soon-to-be hubby socks on your wedding day to prevent cold feet, I couldn’t help but think it was ADORABLE.
Image via The Pretty Blog
I mean, look at those bright socks and that cute-as-can-be label! Totally swoonworthy. This was immediately placed on my must-do list, which resides in the back of my brain somewhere. Anyway, I quickly realized when I started looking around at cute socks that Mr. Elk WOULD NOT wear brightly colored socks, argyle was a no, and polka dots were definitely not going to happen. I was beginning to freak out. I didn’t want to give him a plain pair of dress socks—that seemed kind of silly.
And then I thought, hmmm, what does Mr. Elk like more than anything else in the world (besides me, of course!)? The answer was staring me down from the kegerator across the room—the one he built just for his home-brewed creations: BEER! And so the search began for beer-related socks—and wouldn’t you know I found a pair with only one Google search behind me.
Mr. Mink and I never actually had our first date. We stood each other up. When we tell people that, they usually demand to hear the full story…
Have you ever moved not knowing many people at your destination? I saw taking a job in Virginia as an adventure. My work was fulfilling, but I was lonely. I didn’t know anyone here and, while people were friendly enough, it was hard to move to being friends. I’m not sure if this is common, but I often wondered if I had made a mistake. I wondered if along with taking my first big risk I was experiencing my first big failure. I felt like Charlottesville was a club into which I hadn’t yet gained entry. Everyone was so happy here that I started to wonder if I needed to change to find happiness. Thankfully, that was when I met Mr. Mink.
Soon after I arrived in Charlottesville, an acquaintance promised me that I’d meet “everyone” if I went with his friends to the opening of the new concert pavilion in town. He was right. I met hundreds of people that evening, including a popular duo who hosted a morning radio show. When one of them called to ask me out, I wasn’t quite sure I knew which he was. I was on a trip for work at the time and told him to email me the time and location of our date and that I’d check my email when I got home that Friday. (This was before everyone had a smart phone.) When I got home, there was no email. I was so sad. I felt sorry for myself the rest of the weekend.
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Our beautiful morning included a very relaxing time with the hair and makeup artists and a nice cup of tea. The photographers arrived right on time, with my special card from Mr Teaspoon. He had to make me tear up right after my makeup lady, Mandy, had left. Yes, this is my “trying not to cry so I don’t ruin the false eyelashes” face.
The champers was on ice, ready for celebrating.
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rose.cakeamania is selling a pearl and filigree bracelet. She’s asking $40.
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I consider myself to be fairly in-the-know when it comes to computers. (Give me an Excel spreadsheet, and I will blow your mind!) But when it came to designing our website, I was a little clueless.
Not really considering any other options, I initially set up one through the Knot; however, once I saw a few examples of what could be done by designing your own through Mac’s program iWeb, I was no longer content with the minimal template options offered at the Knot.
Ah, Facebook. We have a love/hate relationship.
I’m sure most of us have gone through some sort of Facebook drama, but what happens when your ex finds out you’re engaged? Well, if you have a crazy, stalker ex, he tries to contact you and win you back. This happened to me recently and it has all been so strange.
Let me start by saying I am not friends with my ex on Facebook—it’s just not something I want to do. He actually messaged me through a mutual friend of ours and wanted to talk to me. Our relationship ended badly, and there’s no way I would ever even consider going back to him. It’s funny, though, how it can stir up emotions inside you.
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A few weeks ago I emailed our photographer with a quick question about our engagement photos. This was not an urgent question (we are not taking our engagement pictures until March, mind you). I purposely sent the email in October, however, because I knew that our super adorable preggo photographer was due to have her twins in November, and I figured I would get my question out of the way before her life became exponentially more crazy (and cute!).
So, I sent my email at 3:13 p.m. She wrote me back at 11:04 the next morning. I read the first line of her response, which read “I’m so sorry for the delay in response.” I thought that this was very nice, although not necessary (read: it had literally not even been 24 hours). Then I continued to read her explanation and learned that she had had her babies and was still in the hospital! I immediately wrote back, expressing my congratulations and telling her not to worry about responding back to me.
This made me think about a few things.
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What do you get when you mix together a Teaspoon, a Jaguar and a Ferris Wheel? One super-lovely bee meet up, held down under in Sydney-town, that’s what!
As soon as I read that Ms. Ferris Wheel was coming to Australia for her honeymoon, I remember getting really excited. We’d been talking about meeting up for months, and all of a sudden… it was November. Huzzah! During that time, Mrs. Teaspoon was also introduced as a new Sydney blogger, so we decided the more the merrier!
I snuck away after work and collected the Ferris Wheels from Featherdale Wildlife Park in Sydney on a dreary grey Thursday. Upon meeting them, I kind of tackle hugged them and then whisked them away to have an early dinner— presenting them with a Caramello Koala each and a toy wombat. Isn’t that every tourist to Australia wants? 
I’m at the point in wedding planning where I feel like I’ve lost the ability to make a decision. Every wedding-related activity is a series of decisions that I have to either make by myself or interrupt Mr. Unicycle’s med-school studying to bother him about. I’ll probably write a post complaining about this more in depth later, if you’re lucky.
One part of the wedding plans that didn’t require much effort in deciding was the father/daughter dance. Years ago, my dad and I were driving in the car (probably to Home Depot—he used to trick me into going with him by saying we were going on a fun shopping trip, which I fell for every single time), and I was making fun of his choice of music. He’s a big fan of terrible music from the ’70s like The Eagles, America, Chicago, and other bands that took inspiration from geography. When Fleetwood Mac came on, I stopped mid-snark when I realized that I actually kind of liked it.
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This is us back when I was cute and he looked like Zorro.
I started requesting The Dance every time we were in the car, on the boat, around the campfire, or any time when I had to choose from his CD collection. My parents got tickets to a Fleetwood Mac concert when I was 14, and they let me and my brother go with. It was one of my favorite concerts ever! I even wrote a paper on the band in my high school freshman English class. A few years ago we went to another Fleetwood Mac concert, just the two of us, and it was possibly even better than the first one.
anandalimaphotography is giving away a set of macarons on her wedding photography blog. She is based in New York City.
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I must admit I am a bit nervous to write this post as I know I will get slack for it—oh well.
I’ve noticed a bit of backlash in the wedding community because of the overabundance of “vintage” weddings. Where people used to ooh and ahh at the novelty of mismatched china, the affordability of Mason jar centerpieces, and amazing DIY details, there are now cries for the “regular everyday brides” to unite and show more “real” weddings that are more “doable,” and if not doable at least not that horrid word vintage.
I am here to say, I am sorry you feel this way. I love all weddings, and whatever you decide to do I’m sure it will be gorgeous and lovely. But over a year ago, before it was a sin to say, I fell in love with *shudder* milk glass vases. And, moreover, I happen to love peonies and garden roses. And, wouldn’t you know it, I ENJOY doing DIY projects! Yes I am busy, but preparing for the wedding months in advance gives me an outlet of excitement and enjoyment.
So even though this new movement would have me feeling bad that I happen to like a certain style, make me feel that my wedding details are overdone and not fresh, I don’t care!
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