No, we haven’t gotten anything off our registry yet. (Does it sound bratty to say I can’t wait until we do? Does it sound Bridezilla-y?)
But we did get a present!
Okay so it was intended as a birthday present, but still. Presents are presents!
Remember our amazing engagement session? We ended up with some beautiful shots. One of those shots really stood out to my younger sister and MOH:
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| photo by Emile Frey |
My sister is an artist, and an amazing one at that. One of her art school projects was to enlarge an image using a grid, and to create it using only dots and hash marks. The result? An AMAZING birthday present / early wedding gift!
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| {personal photo} |
Eeek! Isn’t that gorgeous? This beauty is framed and hanging on the wall in my (soon to be our!) apartment so that when you open the front door, it’s one of the first things you see. She’s told me she may have to steal it next year for her senior show as it’s one of her proudest pieces…I may be able to part with it momentarily, but only if she promises not to sell it to anybody else!
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| I love my super talented sister! // photo by Mr. Potion |
Did you receive any handmade wedding gifts?
I just have to say that she did a wonderful job, that is gorgeous! what an awesome gift to have for your first place!
Oh my goodness! She is sooooooo talented! What an awesome, sentimental, orginal gift!
I was thinking of having a cartoon or characher pic made for one of my friends. Not nearly as sentimental as knowing the artist, but glad to hear you loved your gift! 
What a wonderful gift, your sister is very talented!
Oh that’s so beautiful!! And no, not bridezilla to be excited about a gift off the registry
Wow! That is so cool! And how nice of your sister to do that for you!
What a sweet gift from your sister! She’s really talented!
Your sister is incredibly talented… What a thoughtful, gorgeous gift!
That gift rocks!! And it was done with love, which makes it even more special. If I had been your sister, I would have only been able to draw you stick figures, so she rocks!!!
That is beyooond *amazing* and so, so sweet of your sister!! I want one, hah!
She is SO talented! Honest to goodness, if you didn’t study it, you’d think it was a black and white form of the colored picture! What a thoughtful gift.
That’s a great picture!!
My cousin made me one of those pictures of my new last name where she went out and took a picture representing each letter of the last name and then matted it all pretty and framed it.
Mrs. Potion, Herndon, VA Age and Occupation: 23, IT Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Sales Engagement Date: November 26, 2011 Wedding Date: November 2012 Venue: St. John’s Catholic Church / SpringHouse, Alexander City, AL About Me: We are two complete and total geeks that met at engineering camp, of all places, and after several years of being in love long-distance, we’re finally at the beginning of a lifetime together. We’re working with a modest budget to plan a long-distance wedding full of handmade details, Harry Potter references, and, most importantly, lots of love. I could spend an entire afternoon watching Food Network while shopping for shoes online, while he’d prefer to pwn some n00bs on Halo while blasting Deadmau5 on his stereo. I taught him how to swing dance and he taught me to appreciate Tolkien; he introduced me to LOST and I introduced him to the BBC’s Sherlock. I’m a Gryffindor, he’s a Ravenclaw, and we can spend hours discussing and debating the finer points of Rowling’s masterpiece. We’re so excited to be setting out on this adventure and I can’t wait to share all the details with you!
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