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Putting our ceremony together was oddly simple. We have been on the same page since day one that our ceremony would be short and simple; having an outdoor winter ceremony has helped us keep it to that.
We needed an officiant and we knew right away that our officiant would be someone special to us, someone who knew us. We aren’t church-goers and so having a church officiant didn’t make any sense. While it took a couple months into our engagement to actually decide whom that person would be, once we thought of it, it was like, “Duh!” Our officiant is Best Man Cruise’s dad, Mark. Mr. Honey has known him for years and years and while I’ve only known him a couple years, he is the perfect person for the task. We asked him over for wings and beer one night and he happily accepted. In the months to come, I did some research on how Mark would become officially officiated. I found the best website to be openministry.org where the ordination was free, so I even splurged and spent $14.95 on a certificate. We celebrated with margaritas and Mexican food that night.
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Once Mark had “the power invested in him” as he likes to say, I outlined the flow of our ceremony, leaving the word content in Mark’s hands. So, here’s how our short and sweet ceremony will go.
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Right after getting engaged I was on cloud nine. I spent the first month of our engagement skipping around singing, “I’m getting maaaaaaarried!!!!!”, staring at my shiny new ring, and watching about a hundred reruns of Say Yes to the Dress.
Image via TLC / C’mon, Randy, you know you want to help me find my perfect dress!!
To be honest, I didn’t know the first thing about planning a wedding. I have not been to many weddings in my lifetime (which is surprising considering my huge family), and I pretty much thought that planning a wedding consisted of buying a pretty dress, saying “I do,” and dancing the night away with friends and family.
For years, I was convinced that I wasn’t crafty despite the fact that I love painting. Liking something and actually thinking you do it well are two different things! So, while I enjoyed DIY projects around the house, I didn’t think I was doing anything all that great.
Until wedding planning started. I realized that I love wedding projects and I’m pretty happy with how they turn out. Hooray!
Of course, up until now, my projects were fairly small…some moss letters, boutonnières for my ring bearers, table numbers, and some partially DIYed hangers. There was one big project in the back of my mind and I decided to tackle it over the holidays. Corn hole boards.
Image from Style Me Pretty / Photo by Shyla Photography
I first saw corn hole boards when visiting friends in Ohio back in 2004. They were wild about the lawn game.
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Thursday, May 19, 2010 was the closing ceremony of the leadership program where we met five years ago and of which we have been active members ever since. We decided it would be a great way to celebrate our pre-anniversary (we had set May 19, 2012 as the wedding date) in full circle. We sat down to chat with old friends, and he was invited to say a few words on behalf of the College of Engineering Student Council, of which he is president. So at the beginning of the opening presentation, up he goes to the podium to speak and he proceeds to tell everyone he is going to propose!
He explained the reasons why he chose that particular date (pre-wedding anniversary) and place (surrounded by all our friends and the program that watched our relationship grow), and then he said that he was complying with the things I really wanted in a proposal—lots of people and lots of pictures. (If there aren’t any witnesses or photographic proof, it didn’t happen or at least I can’t prove that it happened.)
He then asked me to join him up in front while proceeding to talk about my engagement ring. I had made a huge deal beforehand of the fact that I wanted to choose the most important piece of jewelry I will ever wear. With that in everybody’s mind, he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him in the most adorable way ever (ketchup to my fries, salt to my pepper, PB to my J—Will you marry me?) with his mother’s engagement ring in his hand so I could pick my own later on. After that all you could hear was my really loud “Finally” and the claps and cheers of the crowd.
Happy New Year, Hive!
(Who am I kidding, I’ve missed quite a few holidays, so please forgive me as I quickly catch myself up.) Happy Columbus Day! Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Hannukah! Merry Christmas! Whew, now that we’re all caught up, let me say that I’m so excited to share our wedding day with you. I can’t believe that we’ve already been married four months; I mean, come on, where did all that time go? My dress still isn’t dry cleaned (ew, I know, but I promise I’m working on it…) and the Baconator is still procrastinating his last few thank you cards, so how in the world is it already 2012?!
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| Photo courtesy of my über talented cousin |
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Fabric Rosette Bouquet by caitlin.lawson
Mr. Hyena and I had always intended to combine our bank accounts after the wedding. At that point, it seemed like a “what’s mine is yours” situation—there was no legitimate reason to not combine accounts.
Except that we got married almost eight months ago and never got around to merging anything before now. We knew that it was something we both wanted. It would allow our household to run more efficiently and allow us to take control of our future in a more proactive way.
And yet I cried on the way to the bank, clinging to my measly checking account tighter than Gollum’s grip on the Ring.
No! You cannot have the Precious!
Image via Fanpop
It’s been quite difficult for me to reconcile that what’s mine really is ours.
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Lately I have been drooling over all of the beautiful wedding hangers out there. I don’t know what has come over me, why do I care so much about a hanger? I have no idea, all I know is that I wanted one…bad. At $20-$40 each though, I didn’t want one that bad. I started to toy with the idea of crafting my own. It couldn’t be that hard, could it? Well, let me show you my first few attempts:
Okay, I know that looks bad. Did I just scare you? I will tell you that it does take a few tries. I promise though, that once you get the hang of how the wire bends, it’s smooth sailing. I encourage everyone to not be scared of this project and give it a shot. You can make these beautiful hangers for less than $5. So here we go.
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