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Y’all, I’m going in a hundred directions right now! I can’t get a grip on anything. I guess there are too many decisions I need to be making, like, right now.
So I need your help. I know you haven’t seen any of my stationery; I’m holding out because I want to have them finished before I show y’all everything, but I’m struggling with this one niggling decision.
Like Miss Sushi (and several other bees), we too are using labels. Our envelopes are black and I have awful handwriting and no desire to hire a calligrapher. We’re also using #10 envelopes, so I have a very long, skinny area to work with. Without giving away too much, I’m using the same font throughout the suite. I had no intention of using a script font until a few days ago, and I really just wanted to see what I thought. And now I’m not sure.
So here are my label mock-ups.
Version #1: All the same great block font that’s used throughout the invitation suite
Verison #2: Same great label, now with the best matching script I could find
So, what do you guys think?
I would totally wear a pink wedding dress.
This is from Carolina Herrera, via Martha Stewart. I especially love the peony-esque flower on the bodice.
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I’m not really a veil kinda person. Actually, the problem is I really hate things on my head. Although, it is getting better - I wear hats when we go reenacting, and I wore a baseball cap to an Auburn game earlier in the season. But nevertheless, I’m still not real keen on wearing a veil.
But, I have to say that these are super cute.
The polka dots are so vintage, I love them.
Back in August I went to go pick up my dress. My child was “sick”, so she went with me.
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If it is going to rain on our wedding day, I would love to wear wellies under my dress.
Here are some lovely choices. Not all of them are ones I would choose for our wedding, but they are definitely fun.
These, however, are a definitely maybe. Not exactly vintage, but I guess the roses mixed with the paisley will have to suffice. The colors are definitely right. Available here.
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This is Mr. Crab Cake’s account of the Crab Cake engagement. Read Miss Crab Cake’s here!
Miss Crab Cake and I had very similar childhoods. We both grew up on the West Coast and moved to the Deep South in elementary and middle school. We were both raised Catholic, we each have brothers and sisters, our parents are divorced, and we have family scattered throughout the country (and even some overseas). We were also lucky that we both liked to go to Savannah for vacation, because that is where we met. A comment about what beer to try led to a conversation about beer in general. From there, we discovered that we were both living in the same town, some four hours away from where we were talking. After a few weeks of emails, phone calls, and instant messaging, we finally went on our first date in September of 2007. Comedy night proved to be just the right touch and within a few weeks, we were exclusively dating. After traveling with her to her grandparents house in Mississippi for the long Thanksgiving weekend, helping her sister out with a broken down car, and going to two college football games (including the Iron Bowl) in three days, I knew this was the girl for me.
I started saving at Christmas time for the ring, which was kind of difficult because of my job at a non-profit organization.
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Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
While June is probably not the rainiest month in Columbus, it definitely rains. Daily. Anytime between 2 and 6. For about an hour-ish. Sometimes it’s just one big torrential downpour, lasting about 12 minutes on average (and yes, that is a very accurate statisitic, right out of my head, based on years of living in the south, and therefore years of research). Other times, we actually get a decent rain. The problem is, you never know. A rain cloud can pop up out of nowhere and all of a sudden you are stuck in the rain.
So, I am seriously concerned about the fact that our brief window before the ceremony for photo-ops may be eaten up with rain. And the only thing that makes me feel better about this, is fantastically cute bride with umbrella photos.
Lots of couples struggle with finding the perfect venue. We didn’t.
Mr. Crab Cake and I are members of The Church of the Holy Family Catholic Church. Neither of us grew up in the church, but we made it our home parish together, joining the parish as a couple. The Church was built in 1835 and dedicated in 1890, and was recently renovated. The church is downright gorgeous. I apologize for the quality of the pictures, as flash photography isn’t allowed, and my camera sucks.
I am doing a quilt guestbook. I want something we can hang in our house and enjoy daily as a sweet reminder of our special day. We have decided that an actual quilt is probably a bad idea, for several reasons. Reason numero uno, bed get used and abused. Small children pee in them. People get sick. Mr. Crab Cake has bloody noses when he is over tired. Then they must be washed. I’d rather not leave such a cherished heirloom to the mercies of generations of small children and grandchildren and (hopefully) great-grandchildren, along with animals. Our second reason was that we decided a quilt with hundreds of signatures on it would look strange on a bed.
After talking it out, we decided that a wall hanging would be a better choice. Even though it may end up being a very large wall hanging, due to our anticipated number of guests (at about 200).
So, then I had to worry about what kind of fabric to use. Colored or black and white, solid or patterned, and where would guest actually sign their names? Would there be space for lengthy passages, or would be just have names? Lots more little tiny decisions to be made.
After seeing this post on StyleMePretty,
I was inspired to create my own fabric.
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The save the dates are ready to put in the mail. We decided that the magnets we ordered definitely needed a little card with all the good details in black and white (or ivory rather), since the details were a little hard to read on the magnet itself. Because we changed our color scheme a few times, we ended up with 175 pocketfold invitations from Gartner Studios that needed a use… and so they became the little carriers for our STDs (Ha ha, that’s funny stuff right there!). Last week, I dropped the inserts off at the printer’s and Mr. Crab Cake picked them up yesterday. They look great!
This morning we sat around and played cut and paste. OK, not so much cutting. But we pasted. I glued the inserts to the pocketfolds and Mr. Crab Cake stuffed the magnets in and put them in their envelopes. Then we printed our guest list on clear mailing labels from Avery and stuck those on.
Here’s the inside:
We got our photos back from our engagement session. Most of them turned out great, there are just a few duds…mostly cause one of us is making a funny face.
Here’s a few of my favorites…
There’s so much to share with y’all, I really don’t know where to begin. We’ve been planning this thing for 7 months already, and we still have 7 to go.
I suppose I can start where I started, with the dress. I’ve always loved wedding dresses. Yes, I’m that girl who has been looking at wedding dresses since she was 12. In all fairness, I was engaged once before (to Mini Crab Cake’s dad) and tried on a few dresses then. I never found the one and would not have worn it to wed Mr. Crab Cake anyway. But I knew what I liked then, so I figured I’d like the same styles now.
I was so wrong.
I started looking at pictures online almost immediately. I didn’t look at anything with beads or lace and really didn’t want a train. Minimalistic and simplistic was what I was looking for. I also wanted ivory.
And I wanted to put off actually trying on dresses as long as possible.
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I’ve always been a rule follower. Always. It never mattered how ridiculous or petty the rule might be, I’m going to follow it. At least to the best of my ability.
When we started planning the wedding and I realized that it was taking a very, very traditional route, I knew I had to do something to “buck tradition”. It’s not like I could get married in the church in a pink gown. I wanted to wear a traditional gown; I just wanted to have a little fun with it.
The first time I saw a bride with colored shoes, I was in love. I was determined to have colored shoes.
A couple weeks ago, I asked Mr. Crab Cake to write down (or type up) his version of our engagment story. Well, he finally got it to me, but not without swindling me into writing up my version too.
Y’all already know we met in Savannah. It’s kinda our favorite city. We love downtown and want to retire in a historic home facing one of Savannah’s squares. So when Mr. Crab Cake suggested we take a long weekend trip to Savannah for our 6 month date-a-versary, I got a sneaking suspicion that something was up.
Let me back up for just one moment and tell y’all that I blatantly announced to Mr. Crab Cake after about a month of dating that I fully intended to spend the rest of my life with him. I guess when you know, you know. So obviously, we’d talked about marriage and had moved in together very early in our relationship.
OMG, I am so excited to be the newest addition to the hive!! I can’t wait to travel this road with y’all in the passenger seat! I knew I wanted to be a blogger for Weddingbee the minute I logged in.
I’m a registered nurse from the Deep South. Raised in Mobile, Alabama, I’m especially fond of the beach. I moved to Georgia just over a year ago and met my soul mate shortly thereafter.
I’m a total foodie with a love for all (ok, almost all) veggies, sushi, traditional southern fare, and, of course, seafood. Crab Cake was the perfect moniker for me - it pays homage to my home town, my way of life, and one of my favorite foods.
I’m obsessed with all things crafty, but especially knitting, sewing, and quilting. I’ve committed myself to way too many DIY projects for the wedding, but that’s ok with me.
Last but definitely not least, I’m a mom. I have a 4 year old daughter who definitely tries my patience. But she’s beautiful and amazing and I wouldn’t trade her for anything.
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Mrs. Crab Cake, Columbus, GA Age and Occupation: 25, Registered Nurse Fiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Director of Education and Living History for a museum Engagement Date: April 6, 2008 Wedding Date: June, 2009 Blogging Since: November 26, 2008 Venue: Holy Family Catholic Church, reception: National Infantry Museum About Me: I'm a perfectionist trying to balance two jobs, motherhood, my craft obsession, and wedding planning. I am obsessed with all things wedding, especially creative ideas for saving money and DIY projects. A Southern Belle at heart, I love anything southern, especially sweet tea, grits, afternoon thunder storms, crab cakes, and good old Southern hospitality. Mr. Crab Cake and I are planning a vintage inspired wedding with tons of Southern flare (can y'all say that with a thick Southern drawl?).
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