Wedding Blog

Okay. So I’m not going to start this post with another apology for my absence. I know I’ve been a slacking blogger. But, even worse, I’ve been a slacking bride.

As you all well know, we’re more than halfway through the month of November. Wait, what? NOVEMBER?!? Our wedding is six months away and I’ve not accomplished very much.

Where in the world has the time gone?

Despite our lack of a Hallowedding, we did throw a small Halloween party. We couldn’t let our invitations go to waste! We used it as an excuse to celebrate Mr. Dachshund’s arrival and to spend time with our family and friends.

Mr. Doxie and I went as (a very last-minute) Frankenstein’s Monster and his bride. We couldn’t get the bolts to stick to his neck with…

Hey guys! I suppose another apology is in order; I’ve been the worst blogger lately, and for that I feel terrible! But things have finally settled down, and I don’t foresee any more extended absences in the near future.

Anyway, a lot has happened since you’ve seen me last. Mr. Doxie is in California for good, thank goodness, and we got married!

Well, technically anyway.

There was a…

From the moment I had my mind set on collecting fabrics to make our dinner napkins, I’ve been trying to find other ways to incorporate the fabrics to make our day seem more cohesive. So far, I’ve come up with ways to incorporate different fabrics into our centerpieces as flowers, on our attendants as boutonnieres (an idea I’m totally, uh, borrowing from Miss Moonbeam!), as…

I feel like I’ve been such a bad blogger; it’s been nearly a week since I’ve written anything! I hope you accept my apologies… things have been pretty crazy around the Doxie household what with everything that’s going on this month.

That said, I’m excited to share our engagement party with you! Mr. Doxie’s parents are so incredibly sweet; they flew me to Canada this weekend…

To say that October is a busy month for us is somewhat of an understatement. Not only do we have our impending Hallowedding quickly approaching, but I’ll be heading to Vancouver this weekend to spend Canadian thanksgiving with Mr. Doxie and his family, Saturday night is our engagement party (our first wedding-related event), and then I’ll have to scramble to get my house future-in-law ready…

Have you ever been forced to wait for something for so long and with such anticipation that once it rolls around it catches you completely off-guard? Well. I’d been going quietly about my day today, entering the piles of paperwork that have been covering my desk for the past month, while my mind was off in the clouds—nervous about meeting every single member of Mr. Dachshund’s…

I didn’t have a traditional proposal. I wasn’t surprised with a ring and Mr. Dachshund never went down on one knee. Really, our engagement began with the decision to finally start our fiance visa paperwork.

To be honest, I’m alright with that. In fact, because we did it that way, I was able to choose my own engagement ring. I love Mr. D with all of…

On my way home from work last night I was thinking about all of the alternative floral options about which I’ve recently blogged, and I realized that I had the materials in my house to make most of them. Or, at least make a mock-up of most of them!

My first attempt at our prospective DIY flowers was a slight variation of these:

I really appreciated all of your responses when I asked you to help us choose our Hallowedding invitations! After taking all of your thoughts into consideration, I decided that I liked the idea of the boxed candy invitations best. So, I began my search for 5×7 mailer boxes. Unfortunately, I put the task of making my invitations off for too long. I needed to get…

A few weeks ago, reader Mrsv2bee posted a link to her photographer’s blog on the boards, which led to absolutely gorgeous pictures of her wedding. Though they were all amazing, one photo of her hubby and his perfectly styled groomsmen caught my eye:

Living in a small town definitely has its perks. So the nearest IKEA or Crate and Barrel might be 200 miles away, but we are getting a Macy’s, and our freeways will never look like this:

As a sequel to my previous post, in which I wrote about paper flowers and shared inspiration, I’ll continue to share my ideas for alternative, DIY flowers… focusing today on flowers made of fabric!

I’m not sure where it was that I saw my first fabric flowers. Etsy, maybe. Those little organza flower hairpins have been popular for quite some time, after all. Anyway, I love…

MOH Erin is visiting this week after her return from a month-long European vacation (jealous? So am I!). I haven’t seen her in over a year due to crazy schedules in both of our lives and a 200 mile stretch of freeway between us. Although I am beyond excited to see her, her upcoming visit has really turned up the pressure to get all of my wedding…

I recently posted about my new Cricut and my save the date mockup I made using it. I know a lot of you are interested in the Cricut, or Sure Cuts A Lot, if you already have a Cricut. On its own, the Cricut is a very handy crafting tool. Paired with Sure Cuts A Lot, a program used to cut custom designs, the Cricut…