Wedding Blog

I know that I have been woefully absent. So absent that I might not even be remembered. It seems that I have a way of underestimating things - for example I underestimated the problems one might have with internet in Mexico. For whatever reason the internet connection we have here in lovely Zacatecas hates the site upon which I blog. Hates it to the degree that crashing…

Sorry that it has been long time no blog, but believe it or not packing up your whole life and moving to a completely different country is more time consuming than planning a wedding. I know, I didn’t think that was possible either!

But here I am with eight hours to kill in Mazatlan before our bus leaves for Zacatecas, and thought I would post up…

The first photos that Mr. Robin and I have from our wedding are from our photobooth. Our photographers set up a backdrop in the cocktail area, and throughout the reception an attendant snapped photos of our guests. I love this because it looks like everyone had fun being goofy!

Mr. Robin with his sister!

So we are home… well our home until the first week of February when we fly out to start our 6 month trip.

There is exactly one month between our wedding day and the day that we fly out. This posed an interesting dilemma for my name. I just couldn’t see spending six months and not taking Mr. Robin’s name. It is really important to me…

But sadly, they are getting to the end of their mini-moon. We decided to take seven days after the wedding away from home, to relax and be married! And now we are on our way back, where we will have to prepare at super speed for our six month honeymoon.But I also can’t wait to post all the details. We had such a fun night!

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I had a whole cake plan. Well, it was more of a dessert plan. See I don’t really love cake - I mean plain birthday/wedding cake type cake with frosting and such. In fact, I border on dislike with a few exceptions, but I love dessert. I love baking and Mr Robin’s mom has made wedding cake and other family members have baking talent. So…

If I tell the truth, I wanted to hold the ceremony in this place. But there was just no way that we could cut the guest list down to the fifty or so that might be allowed. I have spent so much of my life in this particular place that it would have suited me perfectly. I am not the only one getting married though,…

We need to have control of the music. That was decided from the beginning. I have just heard too many stories from couples who made detailed lists, provided songs, and then heard none or little of what they wanted. Add to that the fact that a great many of our dates were to concerts and shows, and we needed to rock the iPod wedding. So…

Merry Crafty Christmas!

Like many of you, I am sure, I spent the last few days cooking and wrapping but I wanted to stop and wish everyone the merriest Christmas. Happy wrapping and unwrapping, and joy in the lovely season that surrounds us!

Oh and TWO WEEKS!! until I am Mrs. Robin.

We have had extreme luck in vendors for our wedding. Our caterer/event manager is a family friend of Mr. Robin’s and my make-up/hair artist is my good friend and bridesmaid. As for our photographers, well I spent a long time searching the internet looking at different types of photos.

Then one day I was cruising Offbeat Bride and saw this photo:

I was in love with it.…

I dread the question. Everyone asks it!”Where are you guys going to live?”

Here in Portland, what part of the city you live in says a lot about you. Before you ask newly met people what they do for a living, you ask them what part of the city they live in? I live in Alberta currently (crafts oriented, arty, coffee-fueled, funky) and Mr. Robin lives…

I will admit something to you all… I don’t really get excited about flowers.

That isn’t completely accurate. I think flowers are pretty and lovely. But I am only really attracted to strange looking ones. I love lime green flowers like Bells of Ireland. I like it when Mr. Robin gets those for me because I know he really thought about what I love.

But the truth…

I have written in the past of my obsession and desire for custom Lynn Lugo dresses for my bridesmaids. And I also wrote of the complete impossibility of getting them given my time constraints. So I gave up that idea and hunted through hundreds of websites looking for something else I liked ready-made.

The reason that I really wanted the Lynn Lugo dresses is because I…

Our wedding is fairly elaborate for having only three months in the planning stages. And I will admit to being stressed (that is code word for going slightly crazy). However, I knew this was coming. From the moment we decided that our absolute maximum engagement length would be four months, I knew by the end I would be tired.

Which is why I have been standing my ground on my…

**Sorry Mr. Robin, skip this one too**

I had originally thought to have my aunt, who does costumes for theater, make the alterations and bustle on my dress. I began to have second thoughts when faced with my time crunch however. It is a beautiful thing to have friends and family do things for your wedding, and they can save you tons of money. In fact,…