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Hello everyone! This post might seem like a strange choice since it is about all of the things that went wrong with our wedding, but it is my favourite because the comments that followed were so understanding and supportive. That sense of community is why I wanted to be a bee in the first place and why I am so proud that I was/am one! As predicted by all, I no longer think of these small mistakes when I think about our wedding day. It was a beautiful, wonderful, love-filled day, and all of our guests thought it was a perfect wedding that went off without a hitch, so that is all that matters. I loved my wedding and, most of all, that day gave my what I have now—an amazing marriage with the man I love and a beautiful baby boy. We have amazing memories and beautiful pictures of what went right that day, which is almost everything, and that is what counts.
All of that said, imagine how great I would feel about my wedding day if EVERYTHING had gone right?!? And so I still maintain that you should have someone, DOC or otherwise, who knows what your vision for your day is and can be there to handle those small details in your absence. Hopefully this post will continue to be a cautionary tale for current and future generations of new-bees!
The Pumpkins!
Spoiler alert for the new Sex & The City Movie so if you want to be surprised please stop reading now!
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 there to help if you are just starting out. What I found most helpful were the pockets in each section for you to keep and organize ideas of your own. In the back there are also two Ziplock type plastic envelopes as well as a place to keep business cards organized. This is what my book looks like now:
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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 ideas like flasks and terry cloth robes, or do you get more individualized gifts for each person? We are getting up there in age as wel,l so our friends and family have been a part of many weddings and we didn’t want to duplicate gifts they would have already received from other brides and grooms. On top of all of that you have the etiquette rules to follow like, “Something that you purchase for your maids/men to wear on the wedding day is not a gift for them, it is you dictating what they will wear” etc…
We eventually ended up with a hybrid of all of that. We paid for our Best Man’s tux rental, purchased his VANS to wear that day and then also bought him this sweet ass crib board since he loves both hockey and playing crib!
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 had completely prepared myself for the possibility that one or both of the girls may get spooked and refuse to go down the aisle. If this happened I was fine - I did NOT want them to go through anything like this!
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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 but we have been living in apartments for the last 8 years so it was never an option. Now that we will be moving into our first home together we both (but separately) thought that a puppy would be a great wedding present for the other. We had even planned on buying the same kind of puppy, a Maltese (who we would name Falcon… because we are cool like that), but luckily we both came to our senses! Yes, we’d love a puppy and even though we now have a house, we don’t have a clue about what either of our work schedules will be like and we just can’t be sure that we could be around enough to properly take care of and train a new puppy.
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 (but fortunately for her!) our photographer has been very busy and we haven’t received our professional shots back yet. Here’s a nonpro pic:
I didn’t want to wait much longer in case some of you who were wondering need to start ordering your candy soon so here is the information:
We had 155 people at the wedding, including the wedding party, but I really didn’t try to have enough of every one thing for everyone. I was really only concerned with filling the jars that I had once, and I was fine if certain things ran out.
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 Katie’s new haircut.
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 made our Grandmas cringe a little…
“Very special” E-mail #1:
“Dear Mr. n’ Mrs. Pumpkin,
What’s crackalackin? Congratulizzles ta ya bizzle on this momentous occasion ’n shit. I wizzish ya bizzoth nuttin’ but tha best as you begin yo lives togetha ’n embark on a journey tizzy wizzle no diggity change you.
Love is a beautiful mobbin’ ’n ta find yo soulmate is truly rare ’n special bustin’. Cherish every moment togetha, neva go ta sleep angry at ya boo ’n most importantly, takes care of one anotha! Read more…
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! It also would have been nice to pack for the honeymoon after the wedding because what I discovered once I got to Europe was that I had actually lost some weight over the weeks before the wedding, so some of the pants that I had packed weeks before were actually a bit too loose! It was a nice discovery but annoying to have to keep yanking on my pants all the time! But, we did leave the day after and so here are some of the highlights of the trip:
We LOVED the Pearl Jam shows! We are big fans and so seeing as this was our 14th and 15th time seeing them, it was extra special to see them in a different venue and to compare the European crowds with the Canadian and American crowds that we’ve been in before. The shows were amazing and we got to hear a couple of songs that are rarely played so it was well worth the money for us! These pictures are from tenclub.
The London show:
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 stationery which brought everything together.
So, we had our designer (Melissa Chapman) create EVERYTHING! She used the same cherry blossom motif and colours on our STD’s, invitations, maps, reply cards, ceremony programs, refreshment table signs, escort cards, table name cards, honour bar signs, bathroom basket signs, wish tree sign and cards, and candy buffet signs. I had originally asked her to make us some thank you cards as well, so why am I now questioning having her design some for us now? I honestly don’t know! It’s not the money since she quoted us a very reasonable price. It isn’t that we were, in any way, unhappy with what she has designed for us so far - we have loved everything that she has done for us! I really can’t explain it… maybe I am just sick of making decisions.
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