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I am so glad I wrote notes when I picked up my dress! Between the final fitting and the wedding, Mama Aardvark and Grandma Aardvark came to visit me and take my dress back to Michigan. When I tried on the dress for them I had some panicky thoughts and worried about whether my dress was bride-y enough. I started seeing flaws where there had been none before. In short, I freaked right on out.
I wouldn’t go so far as to say I had dress regret, but I had dress “I’m not sure and IT’S ONLY TWO WEEKS TO THE WEDDING WHAT AM I GOING TO DO??!”
Luckily I got over it. And by the wedding day, I had fallen back in love with my dress.
Now here are my thoughts following the final fitting, along with Bridesmaid OT’s cell phone pictures:
“I have my dress now. I am so excited—only 21 day to go! I am beginning to wonder if I should have had her put a bustle in. I don’t think so. If I decide I am going to keep the long skirt on for some reason, I can pin one in. I love it. It is SO soft and light and comfortable. Natural fiber FTW.”
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A few Sundays ago, I got up, drank my morning coffee and caught up on the latest episode of Four Weddings (like I do every weekend). After my weekend ritual, I did something out of the norm. I went antiquing! Mr. Beanstalk took me to the high school he graduated from because there was a huge antique fair being held there. Apparently his old school has this event every year. I was excited to go and see what I neat things I could find (and hopefully buy for the wedding!).
There were so many interesting things to look at and rummage through. Every corner there were new treasures to behold. We had almost walked the whole gymnasium and I started to grow bummed. I hadn’t really seen anything that struck me as far as buying for the wedding. We were about to turn the final corner, which would have brought us back to where we started from, when something blue caught my eye.
Off to the side on a little side table they stood. Three perfectly blue Mason jars, each a different size. I quickly checked the price (all below $15). I had to have them! They were exactly what I was looking for! I had already started to collect blue vintage glass vessels for the wedding.
After a moment of drooling over my find, I jumped back to reality and remembered where we were and where our wedding was going to be.
This is me right before the ceremony began.
I’m crying. Actually, I take that back. I wasn’t crying, I was sobbing. Sobbing so hard that I could hardly breathe (for the second time that day).
I felt as though I had so much emotion that my body couldn’t help but express it somehow—and it just happened to be in the form of tears the size of chocolate chips, and giant chest heaves.
I was overwhelmed. Not by wedding details, or thoughts of seating charts, or wanting to make sure my hair was perfect, but overwhelmed because this was a life-changing moment. I was experiencing the moment that I had thought about for so many years—marrying Mr. Pin Cushion.
Despite my brain and body being completely overcome with the magnitude of the moment, I would not be able to walk down the aisle if I were a blubbering mess. Thankfully, my mom saved me by singing “Going to the Chapel” until my sobs changed to laughter.
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I feel bad about my lack of posts lately. I’ve been in the rapid-fire crafting phase of wedding planning for over a month now, and that leaves little time to blog. Instead of writing a bunch of short posts showing you each little thing I’ve made, I decided to lump them all together. I don’t need to write tutorials for these since they’re all either self-explanatory or based on someone else’s tutorial. So without further ado, here’s what I’ve been up to lately!
I made these white board signs as photo-booth props based on Ms. Ferris Wheel’s tutorial. Note to self: use black markers at the wedding!
Bzz bzz!
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Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
DISCLAIMER: Wizard wedding guests, Mr. Wiz’s mom, and anyone who doesn’t want to know a little too much about us: I’m warning you now, this post is going to be TMI, no matter how discreetly I try to phrase it.
See, I have this certain pill that needs to be taken at the same time every day in order to work properly (three guesses what it is). The time that I take it is 9:00 PM, which happens to be right smack in the middle of our wedding reception. The type of pill I’m on must be taken at exactly the same time every day, with very little margin for error, so there was no way around the timing. I remember to take it every day by an alarm on my phone, but I’ll be damned if I’m going to worry about having my cell phone with me on my wedding day. My dress doesn’t have pockets, and I certainly don’t have cleavage big enough to hold an iPhone in. (OK, who am I kidding? I just don’t have cleavage.) I knew there was no way I’d be watching the clock to keep track of the time, and if I missed this pill that night, well, it takes seven days to “recover” from a late/missed pill, so let’s just say the honeymoon would be a little less fun.
Missing it was not an option, no way no how. But how the heck was I supposed to keep track of the time, and ensure that I could gracefully excuse myself from any possible conversation that I may be in at that time so that I could slip into the bathroom to drug up?
During my planning, I loved hearing other brides’ opinions of their vendors’ work. I really enjoyed reading others’ reviews, but always grew a bit dismayed at the fact that most of the reviews focused on Pittsburgh or Harrisburg vendors. Hopefully this post should help to redirect some focus to the small-town vendors in Western/Central Pennsylvania.
Accommodations: Holiday Inn in Johnstown, PA
Recommend, with special considerations.
We chose to set up a block of rooms for our guests at the Holiday Inn. Additionally, this hotel served as the location for the gentlemen to get ready for the ceremony, and as the wedding-night accommodations for us. Overall, they were an easy vendor to work with. Mr. Snow Cone said that, despite his request that a shuttle arrive at a specific time to take the groomsmen to the church for pre-ceremony portraits, the shuttle ran late for them. Additionally, we paid a bit of extra money to have a “honeymoon suite” as they termed it, which amounted to a regular hotel room with a conference room adjoined to it. Both Mr. Snow Cone and I felt the use of the term “honeymoon suite” was far too generous and frankly misleading. Overall, we had only minor bumps in the road with this hotel, so I’d recommend them but wouldn’t recommend falling for their honeymoon suite.
Bridal attire (gown, veil, and alterations) and BM dresses: The Exquisite Bride in Murrysville, PA
Recommend to everyone I know.
When we decided to have a morning wedding, thoughts of a drunken all-night bash where guests boogie ’til 4 AM went immediately out the window. Broad daylight, only hours after waking up and the lack of alcohol do not lend to a party-like atmosphere. That worked out perfectly for us since we envisioned our wedding day as a time to join our families in sharing and celebration, but not in song and dance. Some brides might be looking to give their guests the party of the decade, but a more laid-back vibe suits us perfectly.
After debating whether to have music at the reception, we ultimately decided it would be nice to have some background music during breakfast and maybe some dance music afterward, without having to worry about someone manning the iPod. We met with our DJ this week and he asked for a list of must-have songs for the reception.
Mr. Boa and I came up with this:
Special Songs
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