Wedding Blog

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One of the great things about my life this month is that I get to spend my weekends in Calgary. I love that city for many reasons, but some of the best things about it are the cute little eateries like Crave! Crave is a little shop in Kensington and they make the best cupcakes!

About 3 months after Mr. Pumpkin proposed, I bought the Martha Stewart Wedding Planner.

Inside there are sections for each area of planning (ceremony, reception, flowers, etc…) and information on each of these areas. Since I had already purchased every issue of MS Weddings and InStyle Weddings from the previous 5 years, I did not find the information particularly helpful but there is a lot in…

Like most couples these days, we had a dickens of a time deciding how to thank our wedding party for all that they did to make our day so special, and for the friendship and love that they have given us over the years. It is so hard to sum that up in a couple of small gifts! Do you go with tried and true…

There was absolutely no question as to whether we would be having flower girls at our wedding since I have the two most adorable nieces in the whole world. Even though the rest of our wedding was child-free, there was no way that my girls weren’t going to be there and be front and centre with me. At least that was the master plan. I…

My new favourite website is Pimp That Snack! It is just the kind of random silliness that I love and have been filling my days with until I start work. While snooping around the site I came across this entry which has very easy instructions on how to create a Rubiks Cube cake.

How cute would that be for a groom’s cake?

Mr. Pumpkin and I had never talked about buying wedding presents for each other. Quite frankly, when we had a short conversation about it on our honeymoon I was shocked that it had even crossed his mind! The funnier part of that conversation was that we had actually planned on buying the other the exact same thing! We have both wanted a puppy for ages…

In my recent post about the Candy Buffet at our wedding there were some comments asking about what quantities I had purchased and for how many guests. I had been putting off posting the answers because I was hoping that our professional pics would have some better shots of the candy buffet set-up so that you could see better what I was talking about. Unfortunately…

Yesterday I got my post-wedding haircut and Thank God because knights of columbus has it been hot here! I was dying under all of that hair. I made an appointment with Grant Bray, the wonderful stylist who did our hair for the wedding and started looking for inspiration. I found this pic on TMZ.com and took it in to Grant hoping for something close to…

I finally received the refund cheque from my first dress disaster in the mail today! It took them over 2 months to get it to me but at least it is now over and done with. Yay for happy endings!

*Avril Lavigne

Some photographers from my home town of Regina (Red Leaf Studios) are featured on a cool website called Don’t Box Us In. The website tries to feature “today’s best Artistic and Creative Photographers” and there are some very cool shots on there. Check it out for some cool ideas or maybe even to find your photographer!Here is a small sample:

Except that it was so much fun! Mr. Pumpkin and I tried very hard to make sure that our wedding was appropriately *us* and that everyone felt comfortable enough throughout the day to be themselves too! We may have made the environment a little too welcoming because we received two “very special” e-mails about half way through the dinner and I am sure that they both…

We had an amazing time on our honeymoon! If I were to plan it again I probably wouldn’t have left the day after the wedding, but in our case we were forced to if we wanted to catch the Pearl Jam show in London. It would have been really nice to have had a few days to decompress, sleep and help my parents clean up!…

I have been torn on whether to do personalized thank you cards or not since we got back from the honeymoon. One of the things that I was adamant about in planning the wedding was that the stationery was consistent throughout. Most of the weddings that I loved looking at in magazines all had that cohesive theme running through every detail and it was the…

Like most brides-to-be, I was determined to look my best on my wedding day so over the past year I tried out countless different beauty products. Often I was unimpressed, a couple of times I was pleasantly surprised but these two were the most noteworthy.  And so I present to you, dear readers, my very first (two) product reviews! Do you want the good news or…