Mrs. Lollipop, Pittsburgh
Age and Occupation: 26, Computational Linguist
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Project Manager
Engagement Date: August 2, 2006
Wedding Date: September 2, 2007
Blogging Since: July 17, 2007
Venue: The PPG Aquarium at the Pittsburgh Zoo
About Me: I'm a Pittsburgh transplant who grew up in the deep south. I have a weakness for exotic alphabets, DIY projects, mobster movies and international travel. My fiance and I are both non-native Japanese speakers and we have a bullfrog named Skinny.
Part 8: Aaaaand We’re Married!
September 15th, 2008 @ 2:40 pm by Mrs. Lollipop
Part 1: Tryin’ to Get the Pretty
Part 1.5: Old, New, Borrowed, Robotic
Part 2: Please Help Me; I Can’t Dress Myself
Part 3: Poise!
Part 4: The Philosophy of the Ham
Part 5: Setting the Scene
Part 6: Moments Before
Part 7: The Gettin’ Hitched Part
Mr. Lollipop and I discussed our ceremony at our first anniversary dinner. We both agreed that it was one of the most intense experiences either of us has had. This was probably due to the fact that we had prepared for the ceremony for months during premarital counseling, and the fact that it was *our* ceremony. I like to think that maybe our guests felt the same way. We didn’t hear a peep from anyone in the pews the whole time, and nothing from the dozens of young children who attended. Maybe it really was a *holy* experience.
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Really?! It’s Our Anniversary?
September 4th, 2008 @ 4:48 pm by Mrs. Lollipop
It’s official. Mr. Lollipop and I have been married for a whole year. I’m not even done writing about our wedding and we’re already back at the same place in our orbit around the sun. (If you ever want to finish what you started never take a job at a start-up. That goes double if you’re the only one with your job title.)Plus, I think we have about 10 thank you cards left to write. Crud. I hope Emily Post doesn’t decide to haunt us. They’re also the awkward thank you cards; the ones for people who bought us things that we can’t quite identify. Read more…
Part 7: The Gettin’ Hitched Part
September 2nd, 2008 @ 3:01 pm by Mrs. Lollipop
Part 1: Tryin’ to Get the Pretty
Part 1.5: Old, New, Borrowed, Robotic
Part 2: Please Help Me; I Can’t Dress Myself
Part 3: Poise!
Part 4: The Philosophy of the Ham
Part 5: Setting the Scene
Part 6: Moments Before
Yay! They finally let us inside!
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Part 6 - Moments Before
June 9th, 2008 @ 4:04 pm by Mrs. Lollipop
Part 1: Tryin’ to Get the Pretty
Part 1.5: Old, New, Borrowed, Robotic
Part 2: Please Help Me; I Can’t Dress Myself
Part 3: Poise!
Part 4: The Philosophy of the Ham
Part 5: Setting the Scene
As a teenager I hadn’t thought much about what my wedding would be like, but I was pretty sure that I’d be calm and certain before I walked down that aisle. Everything would feel right. A decade later on my wedding day, with all of my anxiety left months in the past, I felt exactly that way in the moments leading up to the ceremony.
Part 5 - Setting the Scene
May 27th, 2008 @ 4:51 pm by Mrs. Lollipop
Part 1: Tryin’ to Get the Pretty
Part 1.5: Old, New, Borrowed, Robotic
Part 2: Please Help Me; I Can’t Dress Myself
Part 3: Poise!
Part 4: The Philosophy of the Ham
The Lollipops Get Hitched: Part 4 - The Philosophy of the Ham
February 28th, 2008 @ 11:12 am by Mrs. Lollipop
Part 1: Tryin’ to Get the Pretty
Part 1.5: Old, New, Borrowed, Robotic
Part 2: Please Help Me; I Can’t Dress Myself
Part 3: Poise!
The Lollipops Get Hitched: Part 3 - Poise!
February 11th, 2008 @ 2:24 pm by Mrs. Lollipop
Part 1: Tryin’ to Get the Pretty
Part 2: Please Help Me; I Can’t Dress Myself
There was a weird bit of time between getting ready and finally entering the ceremony. We needed to take a few pre-ceremony pictures, but at the same time I wanted to be seen by as few people as possible, and I especially didn’t want Mr. Lollipop to see me before the ceremony. My bridesmaids and family members acted as guards and messengers to clear each room before I could advance like a king piece on a chessboard.
The Lollipops Get Hitched: Part 2 - Please Help Me; I Can’t Dress Myself
February 1st, 2008 @ 12:40 pm by Mrs. Lollipop
Part 1: Tryin’ to Get the Pretty
Ah, it’s been a while. A month or two ago I managed to get a promotion at work. The good news is that I get to run my own project and hire people. The bad news is that I work longer hours and have less time for blogging. Wah! Still, Mr. Lollipop and I had a wonderful wedding day and I really want to share our pictures.
Old, New Borrowed, Robotic
December 11th, 2007 @ 12:01 pm by Mrs. Lollipop
Happy dance! We’ve had our wedding photography proof DVD for a few weeks, but grant deadlines (Sleeping at work! Bah!) have kept me from taking time to look through all 1,400 photographs. I’ve only been through the first half, but there are lots of lovely detail shots. All photographs below are courtesy of Purvis Photo.
My Something Old: My mother in law gave me her veil and bestowed her blessing to cut it to my needs. I removed it from its original Juliet cap and shortened it from a cathedral length veil into a waltz length veil. My mom used her new serger to add the trim of our choice to the edge. It’s one of my favorite accessories from that day; it was a chance to wear a little piece of my mother and a little piece of Mr. Lollipop’s mother.
Programs For Everyone
December 10th, 2007 @ 11:28 am by Mrs. Lollipop
I know that our programs were yet another element in our ‘unnecessarily complicated’ DIY wedding tapestry, but I can’t help but love them. The covers probably didn’t need to be screen printed, but I just couldn’t help myself. I’d fallen in love with the color combination and the intensity never would have come through with regular ink jet printing. Plus, the paper had a slight sheen to it so the ink stayed on top and created a 3-D effect. I’m really thankful that I had the sense (for once!) to keep it to one color because thick layers of ink take forever to dry.
