Wedding Blog

Like the many Bees who have gone before me (think Mrs. D’orsay and Mrs. Spring Roll), I have opted to make tissue paper pomanders to decorate our ceremony site!

I had been searching high and low for options that would look great, be non-fussy, and affordable. I started seeing these pomanders pop up on Weddingbee and on other sites, so when I came across these instructions…

Mr. Fro Yo and I started thinking about what we wanted for the ceremony and went through the logistics of what might be possible at an outdoor wedding. We liked the unity candle, but feared that wind would blow it out, so we moved on. We also liked the sand ceremony, but we would have to bring our own table to the ceremony, and that…

We met with our officiant, aka my hometown pastor, over Labor Day weekend. It was our second and final meeting with him before our big day.

During our meeting, we went over our "marriage inventory".

During one of our first “wedding related” conversations, Mr. Poodle and I decided to get married in California. We didn’t need to to put too much thought into it, it was one of those things that came naturally. Every single one of Mr. Poodle’s family get-togethers take place on “the ranch”. So, he asked me if I wanted to have the wedding there. I thought…

Our fingers are sore but we can finally say we have made enough poms to decorate our chapel! Yay! We still have to make a million more, but at least the chapel is checked off. Our plan is to ship them to PA folded, and fluff them out before the big day.

So far, our chapel’s coordinator has found all of our plans for the wedding…

During the process of writing our own ceremony, I’ve come up against a few logistical issues that have me stumped. One of these is how to acknowledge our many gay friends and our appreciation for their support of an institution that they are not yet allowed to partake in.

- collective noun
a wedding processional/recessional comprised of many people — including a combination of bridal party and family members — with specific roles in the ceremony

Grabbing an aisle seat gives you the best view of the aisle fleet during the processional and recessional.

(You know I think turtles are the cutest –
but they’re really not as slow as everyone thinks!)

Yes, I have a tiny family. And…

I know what you’re thinking. This is just a blog; it isn’t a confessional.

No worries. I’ve been soap opera free for, oh, two years now. I don’t need a 12-step program at the moment. (Well, at least not for soap operas...)

But back when I was a 10-year-old soap opera addict, I made a very resolute decision about my wedding. I decided that I wanted to walk down the aisle to Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.

When it came time to plan and write out our ceremony, Mr. D and I were considerably overwhelmed. After all, neither of us had any experience writing a marriage ceremony. After turning to the internet, we then turned to our officiant.

We’d been having a particularly difficult time when it came to wedding rituals. None of the ones we could find really spoke to us as…

My very long list of things to do includes a lot of items for our ceremony, including décor, programs, etc. However, nowhere on that list was actually writing the ceremony. Mr. Cloud and I were both born and raised Catholic, and preparing to have a full Catholic mass with our ceremony left me to assume we would just be told what to say and where…

Sorry about the lame title. Mr. Lab came up with it because I couldn’t think of one. :P

Anyhoo, I’m breathing a sigh of relief (if you couldn’t decipher the title) because I’ve finished all of our ceremony decor! After I completed the hanging magnolia mason jars, I got to work on a way to dress up our gazebo "altar":

I really wanted to keep the ceremony decor simple, as not to distract from the natural beauty of Savannah’s Whitfield square.

Alright hive, start buzzing, because I need some help. Mr. Ducky and I have been discussing what we want to do for readings during the ceremony. We will be meeting with our officiant (and close friend) tomorrow to talk about the ceremony. I wanted to find some readings in advance that we could think about.

There’s no turning back now… it looks like Mr. S and I are really going to do this thing, and it’s time to get down to brass tacks… the “I do” kiss. The big one. The one all of our loved ones are going to see.

The scene from the “Wedding Singer” between Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler has been in the back of my mind…

With a late ceremony and reception a likelihood, I have decided to embrace it and find things more suitable to a candlelit evening. The first is to carry lanterns instead of bouquets. I have already started sourcing reasonable and sturdy lanterns with handles, but nothing has been quite right yet. In particular, I am looking for silver metal and glass. I have decided I will…

I just got word that our ceremony site has undergone a transformation. I never showed it to you before, but don’t worry, not too much has changed—they replaced long, wooden benches with chairs and added the stone pathway. The minor tweaks have made it less rustic and more elegant.