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When Fiancee Eagle brought up hiring a wedding coordinator, I thought she was crazy! I thought we could definitely handle our wedding on our own, and it would be a waste of money. Whenever I think of wedding planners, I think of the Rich Bride, Poor Bride TV show. And while Fiancee Eagle and I love watching it and poking fun at their wedding mishaps and overspent budgets…I didn’t want the whole “production” feel that the wedding planners on the show tend to create during wedding planning.
Image via Slice
We want our wedding to be intimate and authentic. Natural and heartfelt. Effortless and beautiful. OK, those descriptions sound a little nondescript. Truthfully, we want a highly detailed wedding without the “production” feel. But, as I told you all in my last post, I came to see Fiancee Eagle’s viewpoint of needing a wedding coordinator. We needed someone to run the show. Weddings have evolved since our parents’ time: nowadays, you can have as many as 10 vendors working together on your wedding day! With that many people running around, there is bound to be confusion if there isn’t someone directing them all where to be. I knew in my heart/brain that we needed a DOC, at least.
nickynagga78 took a spin at the turntables at her wedding!
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Praise the Lord, we have a date!
Now we just have to hope that Mr. Opossum’s nephew makes his appearance on or before his due date so that his brother and sister-in-law can come to the wedding (with the adorable new bundle of joy in tow, of course)!
So I’ve got the dress, the day, and the location set. I’m waiting to hear back from a photographer that I love. The next big projects are the flowers and catering.
And I’m almost finished with the invitations (that I designed myself). I think they look pretty darn good (but I’m probably biased). Ha. I am going to share a piece of the invite…because I don’t want any guests to see them before they get them in the mail. I made save the dates to go with them. Those will be printed and sent out ASAP. I was completely against the idea of save the dates at first, but my aunt said it was better to let people know since the wedding is going to be so soon!
A small portion of the save the date
Shockingly, Urban Dictionary does not have a definition for this yet. My personal, bare bones description would be: a friend who is also a vendor for an event (like…a wedding); aka, a friend with some form of mad skillz that you just must make use of.
There’s lots of information and articles on using friendors for your wedding - heck, just look here on Weddingbee: Mrs. Ostrich, Mrs. Sloth, and Mrs. Argyle (to name a few) all wrote fairly recent posts about the matter. As with anything, though, there are general pros and cons of using said friendors. Having a friend as a vendor allows you to include some friends in significant ways for your wedding, it can give you a better understanding of certain aspects of vendors, and it can even result in a reduced rate for said vendor. On the other hand, you may have a friendor who now can’t enjoy your wedding because they are too busy working, confrontation may escalate quicker than normal, or you don’t feel comfortable being completely honest with them since you don’t want to hurt their feelings. It’s definitely a fine line—hiring a friendor takes a lot of trust and a lot of commitment.
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Here’s part 2 of the hive’s annual holiday card swap! Check out the creativeness below!
dallasbride2012 used paint samples to make trees! Genius!:
After we took our golf course photos, we sneaked into the reception and grabbed a quick bite to eat and some pep-up from a Diet Coke. My girls were ready for the small wardrobe change to bustle my dress and swap out the veil for my hair flower. Then, we waltzed into our cocktail hour to see our guests!
Here I am with my school friends
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Guess who’s back? OK, it’s just for one holiday post, but I loved coming back for the randomizer series and wanted to drop back in and share one of my recent projects.
I have been intrigued by polymer clay ever since we ordered our cake toppers from Etsy seller Mud Cards. Keren did such an amazing job on the first topper, that we had her make a second one as well.
Since our engagement in 2009, I’ve tried to get a different ornament each holiday season to remember that year by. With Christmas around the corner, I started to think about what our ornament for this year would be. Being our first newlywed Christmas, I wanted this ornament to be special and DIY it.
But what should I make?
I threw around a couple of ideas, before I circled back to my original (and favorite) idea, a replica of our wedding cake! After a quick stop at Michael’s, who was having a sale on clay (originally $2.29, on sale 4 for $5), it was time to get started.
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tracey82 is selling a bridal clutch with rosette. She’s asking $50.
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Originally published on May 27, 2011
Mrs. Bacon nominates Mrs. Jam’s post on writing vows. Mrs. Bacon says, “I totally used it FIVE days before the wedding to write my own vows! Mrs. Jam: You are a LIFESAVER. For Realz.”
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I am a writer. Mr. Jam is not. So when it came down to creating our ceremony, I lovingly forced the idea of writing our own vows because words are my bread and butter. Plus, I sincerely miss our long-distance IM sessions where we would do the whole, “OMG, I love you!” and “OMG, love you more!” thing for hours and hours until we virtually self-combusted. And let’s get real: Who doesn’t want to get goose bumps listening to two people spilling their guts using words they actually wrote?
Jacqueline+Brandon Wedding Trailer from NoBox Films & NoBox Productions on Vimeo.
The vows in my friend Jacki’s recent wedding video = part of the reason Mr. Jam finally agreed to write ours. WE JUST LOVE THEM.
But remember, Mr. Jam’s bread and butter is numbers, not words (unless they’re technical, though he was quite the essay-writer in college) so he suggested we write them together. I likened this to going Christmas shopping for each other together, meaning we’ll get exactly what we want but without the delicious surprise of, “OMG, darlin’, you know me SO WELL!”
So I created an easy-to-follow vow format, enabling our vows to be written in secret but still feel cohesive like they were written together:
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This holiday season, Mr. Mole and I are going to visit my family in Wisconsin. We are really looking forward to this vacation because it gives us a chance to spend time and celebrate with our loved ones. We look forward to exchanging presents, eating lots of my mom’s delicious Christmas cookies, and lounging around in new fleece pajamas (a family tradition).
Because our wedding will be less than 6 weeks away, our trip to Wisconsin is also going to be filled with a lot of wedding-related activities. Mr. Mole and I will be attending our co-ed shower, which will be thrown by two of my aunts. We received the invitation — which rivals our wedding invitations, for sure — last month, and we are so excited.
Sage and coral invitations with a (hard to photograph) vellum overlay
Also in Wisconsin, we will be assembling our party favors, another project involving our moo mini-cards and Divine Twine.
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Hive, I cannot believe it has taken me so long to write this post! After much back and forthing and internet searches and various discussions about how formal or informal we wanted everyone to look and how much was a reasonable amount to spend, we finally, finally decided what the guys in the wedding party would wear! That includes exactly what Mr. Aardvark will be wearing. We got word weeks ago that his suit had arrived and he should come in so they could see if any alterations need to be made.
Weeks ago we went in. Let me just say he.looked.good. No, good is the wrong word. Great? Smokin’? Those are closer. Now I get a bad blogger mark because I did not bring my camera, but in this world of modern marvels I did have my phone and got these shots:
I just got a disappointing surprise. I spent a couple hours at Macy’s creating our registry just a few weeks ago. The experience was a good one and I felt like Macy’s registry page was easy to navigate and simple to use. They had some nice perks of which we’d be able to take advantage after the wedding, too. Registering seemed like one of the easiest parts of the wedding planning process.
When Rue La La had some items from our Waterford china pattern for sale a couple weeks ago, I wondered if my chosen pattern was being discontinued. I quickly went to Macy’s and saw a bunch of notes that looked like this:
Screen shot from Macy’s.com
While that screen shot is of a note on our flatware, those lovely sentences were also under every single item on our china list.
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OK. I know what you’re thinking. Hiring a wedding coordinator? C-R-A-Z-Y. Expensive. Unnecessary. This is also what I thought. I thought that I was the wedding-DIY queen and that since we have two brides and only one wedding, we’d be fine. We have double the organization. I thought, “We’re totally under control!”
Wrong.
Image via The Bridal Blog
I love weddings. I love wedding details. I love all the thought that goes into the planning, the decor, and the dress. You’re all thinking “duh.” You’re a designer and a wedding blogger. Of course you love these things! If I didn’t I wouldn’t be blogging about them.
However…
My very favorite weddings are the ones that are 100% effortless looking. The ones that look like a beautiful girl bought a white dress on a whim and couldn’t wait any longer to marry the love of her life. I love weddings that really showcase the couple. I love wedding photos that bring to life the personality of the couple without taking a single shot of their decor. I think that this explains my infatuation and love for elopements.
At the end of the day, a wedding is about two people committing their lives to one another. Yes, a wedding is about merging two families…but really, you say your vows to each other.
A wedding should be a pure reflection of the couple and their love.
Image via Once Wed / Photos by Amy Carroll Photography
Look what we got on Wednesday!
Well, you can’t see it all that well, but we went to the Daley Center in downtown Chicago and picked up our marriage license!
Mr. Ball Cap’s family and my parents all met downtown, and after we received our license, the group walked through the Christkindlmarket and checked out the tree inside of Macy’s.
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