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Mrs. Jelly Beans, Ottawa Age and Occupation: 28, Pediatric Registered Nurse and full time bride to be Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Investor and very supportive groom to be Engagement Date: July 7, 2005 Wedding Date: August 25, 2007 Blogging Since: June 20, 2007 Venue: Cathedral Ceremony and Rooftop Tent Reception Honeymoon: Italy About Me: I have been in wedding planning mode since Mr. Jelly Beans popped the question almost two years ago. I am a very dorky and sentimental person. I love laughing and living life alongside my husband-to-be. We have been in a long distance relationship for over 6 years - he is in California and I am presently in Canada, so you can imagine how excited we both are for our upcoming wedding.

Paper, Papier, Papery, Papel…

June 20th, 2007 @ 2:56 pm by Mrs. Jelly Beans

Since I started planning our wedding almost two years ago I have undertaken a few DIY projects. I took many, many pictures of my completed projects which I then stored on my Mac and backed up on disc. I guess you can conclude that I am little OCD as well.

So now I will hop on my wedding Delorean and show you what I’ve been up to for the past year and a half. *Cue lights*

My first project: Our Save The Dates

Everyone always asks if our wedding date held great importance to our relationship. An anniversary or a first date perhaps? Nope, we simply picked it because I was hoping it wouldn’t be too hot that day for our tent reception. Paper, Papier, Papery, Papel... : wedding diy ottawa save the dates Silly014 silly014

I had no clue where to begin. This is when I started looking online for ideas and then started living and breathing wedding forums. I was walking through Chapters one day, which is the Canadian equivalent of Barnes and Nobles, looking at their cute but random stuff geared towards defenseless females. Then I saw it , Vintage Paris Book Plates!!!!! Perfection!

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June 20th, 2007 @ 9:34 am by Mrs. Jelly Beans

Hi *points to name tag* I am Miss Jelly Beans and I am a weddingplannaholic!

Once upon a time (July 2005), in a land far, far away (it’s really not that far), Mr. Jelly Beans got down on one knee (he hates getting his clothes dirty, so I knew this was big), on a very windy day (good thing I had a cute white blazer on), at the very top of the Eiffel tower and asked Miss Jelly Beans to be his wife. To this day he claims Tom Cruise stole his idea.

We have been together for almost 9 years now and have been in a long distance relationship for 6. I moved from sunny-all-year, Los Angeles to four-seasons, Ottawa 6 years ago with my family. This was not a deterrent but merely a minor navigational glitch in our relationship.

Since that day, I have been envisioning our pink, brown and sparkly wedding with a vintage, Parisian twist. My middle name is Details. People (Mr. Jelly Beans & my mom) refer to me as, Miss Jelly Details Beans.