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We had the most amazing day surrounded by our closest family and friends! I am beyond excited to share with all of you what took two exciting and memorable years in the making.Here is a sneak peak. Enjoy!
Details are all falling into place. Still tons to do but you know what, I still love wedding planning. Am I insane to be saying that 10 days before the wedding? Or perhaps I am in total and utter denial. Hmmm….
Anywhoo, I got my garters in the mail along with my dress monogram. And can I tell you just how much I love them!!! Ooodles and oodles!
I purchased all three from Handcrafted Creations. I highly, highly recommend her. You know that warm and fuzzy feeling you get when you meet someone who is passionate about their work and loves weddings almost as much as you do? Well this is definitely a warm and fuzzy moment! Victoria was very prompt in answering emails with my endless questions. I swear I had no idea there were so many options when it came to my garter. I ended up getting a Eiffel tower charm for my garter. Super cute! 
It was so exciting receiving them in the mail. I was thinking of “breaking them in” or is that a silly notion that I thought up while I was dreaming about our wedding?
My garter and toss garter
Ok so we are now 11 days away from our wedding day! Woot! Woot! I would like to paint a picture of what the last few weeks have been in the Jelly Bean household.
Hold on to something, you are in for a bumpy ride.
My dad, very ambitious but lacks “bridal organizational skills” decided to dig up a perfectly good backyard, sideyard and front entryway 1.5 months before the wedding. Fast forward to today. I blindfold myself every time I enter and exit the house.
My dad, and my 3 younger brothers purchase a full size drum set which is now located in the middle of the family room amidst my wedding piles. *enter tranquilizer dart*
I just received an email this morning from our decorator, that the company who was going to drape our tent had an incident involving fire and our draping fabric. So that means no draping for the Jelly Beans wedding. Surprisingly, I was calm when I called our wedding planner. There was no throwing, screaming or crying of any kind. Yet.
One piece of advice for all the brides to be out there if you are going the DIY route like I did. If at all possible, work on the programs early. I repeat, early!
I thought I had everything planned out. But you know what, so many unexpected things arise that you have no control over. I didn’t anticipate that the church would take forever before approving our program. I didn’t take into consideration how long and time consuming the printing would be. I didn’t take into consideration the entire trial and error process. And lastly I didn’t anticipate that all my hard work would go down the drain due to an unfortunate cutting incident.
Why do I care so much that font colors match? Why doesn’t my template align? Why does my printer insist on eating my pretty pink paper? Why can’t I tie a ribbon to save my life? Why don’t I have any sensation left in my right hand?
Ingredients:
Square Luxe Cards in blush from Paper Source
(1) 1/8″ hole punch
5/8″ Satin Brown ribbon
12ss Swarovski crystals
Glue
(1) Ink Jet Printer
(1) Mr. Jelly Beans
and oodles and oodles of chocolates, time and patience!
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As promised here is the product of all our collaborative hard work this week. Thanks to Mr. Jelly Beans staying up all night to put the finishing touches we are finally done.
I purchased placecards from Paper Source in Luxe Blush and printed what seemed like an endless amount of cards with my trusty inkjet printer. Then thanks to everyone’s friend, Martha, much to Mr Jelly Beans dismay, I found the cutest edge punch that we used to embellish the ends for a more vintage spin. And because I am Miss Jelly Beans, crystals were a must! We are using the clear swarovskis to indicate a beef entree and a pink one to indicate a chicken entree.
All in all, this took a few days from start to finish, from the printing, the edging and the glueing. Phew! It was very labor intensive but I am so pleased with the end results.
Thank you Mr. Jelly Beans!
The countdown that is!
19 more days until our wedding. Wow! Time flew by so fast as soon as we hit the 1 month mark.
So what have I been up to?
Well I have been a missing bean in action due to the following events:
1. Mr. Jelly Bean and I purchased a car! Yeay! But along with the yeay comes exhausting amounts of paperwork.
2. Following up on the missing RSVPS. Dont even get me started. Oh but since I have already started, we had an usher (not the R&B sensation, that wouldn’t fit in the budget), ringbearer and flowergirl back out less than a month before the wedding.
3. Work in Progress- Ceremony programs and Placecards. I spent a ridiculous amount of hours printing out the programs. Brought it to Staples to have them cut only to realize that all the cuts were uneven big time. Bummer! So now back to square one.
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Today my bridesmaids and I ventured into the wonderful world of Martha Stewart. We are planning on baking cookies for our out of town guests, and I will be placing them in pink gable boxes.
Our first attempt was a disaster. Our first clue should have been the 9 cups of flour that was required. Needless to say we will now be serving them at the wedding brunch as breakfast pancake flavored cookies. The second attempt went much smoother. We had a plan. This time we were determined to produce cookies and not pancakes disguised as cookies. We were girls on a mission. And failure was not an option. Enter Martha Stewart.
And a few hours later, of course with tons of girly talk in betwen *ding* cookies are done! I was really pleased how they turned out aesthetically. We added edible silver balls for an understated sparkle, and the royal icing was really great to work with.
Will they rock your cookie world? Probably not. To be quite honest they still have the makings of a wannabe pancake. Darn that underlying pancake taste. But factoring look and taste I am quite satisfied.
Since Mr. Jelly Bean’s arrival, it has been a whirlwind of wedding activities. One of the more important but daunting to-do’s on our list - taking our much anticipated engagement pictures.
It’s almost 99.9% guaranteed that I will either have a really cheesy, unnatural smile or a super dorky facial expression. On a good day I get really lucky and happen to look photogenic in photos. I can count the number of photos with my fingers. I call those my “money shots.” Mr. Jelly Beans on the other hand looks cute without even trying, with his standard photo op smile or girly girl giggle.
No wonder the supermodels get paid so much. It’s no joke and it is freakin hard work trying to produce a magazine worthy pic. In our case guestbook, photobook and reception worthy pictures. No pressure though!
No matter how much I planned, no matter how much I practiced it just doesn’t seem natural. *I am America’s Next Top Model, I am America’s Next Top Model…* Don’t hate me because I am a reality show junkie. 
If I could go back in time I think I would have been steered in a different direction with our favors and their respective packaging. There are so many cute and creative options out there. And they are becoming more and more affordable too.
Why am I only seeing them now? *kicks self in behind* I think I need to start planning for renewing our vows soon.
If I can’t have them then I hope one of you brides-to-be can. I shall live vicariously through you!
It’s picture time.
After frequenting our local Winners on a weekly basis with no success, I finally found my vintage birdcage! It is so true that you always find things when you aren’t looking.I was walking in the mall with Mr. Jelly Beans (yes, he is finally here) to get my ring rhodium plated, when he points to this gift shop and says “Hon, look it’s a bird cage.” That is why I am marrying this man in less than two months.
It is brownish in color and the size is exactly what I envisioned. It matches my vintage Paris theme perfectly. The birdcage even has Fleur de Lis inspired decorative accents all throughout. That’s absolutey, positively fantabulous!
We searched high and low for a cake that we both would love. Guess where we found it?
In a Martha Stewart Weddings magazine of course! Is it bad that I am still thinking of buying her wedding magazines post-matrimonial bliss?
So without further ado I present to you the Mr. and Miss Jelly Beans wedding cake:
*drumroll please*
And give me a high five! We finally got the long awaited, much anticipated (and never duplicated) marriage license.
We filled out the form. Drove to the nearest City Hall. Walked in at 2:00 PM to a very empty office. Bonus!
The clerk was super nice. Before I even finished my sentence, she interrupted me with “Yes, this is where you apply for a marriage license.” She then proceeded to tell us that as we were walking in, she and her co-workers were taking bets as to whether or not we were applying for a marriage license. She said she thought we looked like we were getting married. Awwwww! Hold up, that is a good thing, right?
We showed our identification. Waited a few minutes for the clerk to process our forms. Raised our right hands. And there you have it. Our marriage license in less than 15 minutes. That’s almost as quick as a drive-thru wedding in Vegas.
Since my “failed” mock table appointment, I received an email response from the Catering and Sales Manager. She was quite apologetic and seemed genuinely sincere. Here is the kicker:
“We will provide you with a new Special Event Planner (insert name here). She has many years experience and is very professional and personable. I’m sure you will get on very well with her.”
Ummm, ok? I was really shocked and surprised at this point. This was the last thing that I expected. I sure hope I didn’t get someone into trouble, or even worse maybe she didnt want to work with me anymore. I can hear the “It’s not you, it’s me” speech in my head.
Anyway, our new special event planner, we shall call her, New Event Planner or NEP for short, is the best thing that has happened to us. She immediately called us to set up a meeting to go over all our reception details *jaw dropping*.
It’s all booked! Our honeymoon is all booked. I am soooo excited! Italy for 16 days. Yipeee!!!!! It’s going to be super romantic. I cant wait!
Here is our itinerary:
Day 1 Leave Canada
Day 2 Arrive in Rome
Day 3 Rome to Venice
Day 4 Venice Sightseeing
Day 5 Venice-Lugano-Italian Lakes
Day 6 Italian Lakes Excursion
Day 7 Tuscany
Day 8 Florence
Day 9 Naples
Day 10 Sorrento
Day 11 Naples - Rome
Day 12 Rome
Day 13 Returning to Canada- NOT!!! We are staying 3 extra nights in Rome post tour!!!! YEAY!!!! Obviously I am trying to prolong this honeymoon as much as I can.
I love, love, love my hairdresser Dominique! She is super nice, very bubbly and got what I wanted in one shot. I am in dire need of a haircut so the back should be smaller than it is now. She said I had way too much hair - she had trouble finding places for every strand *tee hee hee*.
I tried on my veil and brooches, and I am so happy with everything. At least I am quite at ease that she knows how to put my veil on. Not many people have seen a drop veil before, and she placed it perfectly. I am soooooo excited.
Still not 100% sure which brooch to go with. Classic or pretty?
Well here you go. I apologize in advance for the abundance of pics.
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