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Since we’re having our guests choose from nine flavors of Jones Soda for our toast, I thought it would be wise to make a sign for the soda table with all of the flavors being offered. I wonder which flavor will be the first to go…

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(Let’s Just Pretend that Mostesses is a Word, mmkay?)

Since our shower was hosted by my maid of honor, my mom (and dad) and Mr. Candy Corn’s mom, I set out to get them gifts that said “thank you for being such rockin’ chicks!”

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I just wanted to round up the last batch of wedding shower pictures to finish up my shower recap!
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Although I was very, very tempted to make our rehearsal dinner invitations as complicated as humanly possible (an unfortunate personality trait of mine), a wise friend strongly advised me to keep them simple—our guests would never know that I had originally planned on doing a layered invitation with the top layer having rounded corners, and I shouldn’t create more work for myself! Although I’m sure I would have loved the complicated result as well, the less complicated route saved me a lot of time (and sanity) and I was still happy with them.

Our bridal party and close family members received this invitation for the festivities that will be occurring the night before our wedding:

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I had my makeup trial this weekend and it went way better than I could’ve imagined! It seems pretty rare for a bride to be happy with her makeup on the first try, so I was thrilled to luck out at Jason Matthew Salon in Philadelphia, where the lovely Karen made me over. My daily makeup ritual consists of some lip gloss, a little foundation to cover up my ginormous nose pores and a swipe or two of eye shadow. So to have someone apply makeup to my face for an hour made me have flashbacks of my ***wee ballerina days (I hadn’t seen an eyelash curler since then). As an added bonus, there was an opening with Anthony, the super fabulous gent who made my spermified eyebrows go bye-bye painlessly. I also scheduled an appointment (50% off, score!) for my first ever microdermabrasion session with him in a few weeks. When I was getting my makeup done, Karen said it is a great way to remove dead skin (ick) and clean out the pores, which I could certainly use. I’m going to test out how my skin reacts and then if all goes well, I’ll schedule another session about two weeks before the wedding day.

Anyway, enough babbling and onto the before & after photos!

Before (wearing no makeup and still half asleep):

*dun dun dun!!*
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Mr. Candy Corn and I have been engaged for nearly four years (on September 1st) and I’ve just started wondering, why haven’t we ever done engagement photos? I guess I figured since I have hundreds of photos of us, we didn’t really need any more. However, my snapshots aren’t exactly wall-hanging material and I really wish we had some photos of us where one of us isn’t making a crazy face or getting into some sort of trouble (see example below):

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I now present to you a true story of what took place at our wedding shower (I enjoy making animated GIFs a little too much):

Although my parents spoiled us with awesome gifts such as place settings, a TV stand and a SpotBot (which is basically a robot that cleans up dog pee for people who have dogs who refuse to go outside like normal canines), they also gave us some out-of-the-ordinary gifts…
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Bridal Shower, Part One: A Ladies Luncheon

Two weeks after shower #1, Mr. Cupcake’s family hosted a surprise bridal shower for me. However, I have a confession to make… it wasn’t a complete surprise. This nosy Miss Cupcake wasn’t fooled by Mr. Cupcake’s attempt to trick me with the “family picnic” scheduled on our shared Google calendar, and it made sense that his family might be having a shower for me, so I eventually put two and two together. From that point forward I couldn’t help but giggle every time Mr. Cupcake talked about the “picnic” (without being able to look me in the eye).

Nonetheless, I was still surprised by how pretty everything looked and my hostesses did such a nice job of making it a special day for me and welcoming me into their family. Two of Mr. Cupcake’s aunts planned everything, and his cousin’s wife (whose wedding invitations I designed just last year) created adorable invitations using a Martha Stewart invitation kit:
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The day after my bachelorette party, I had my first of three (yes, three!) bridal showers. I know that you are probably thinking that three showers is ridiculous, but it actually worked out quite well. Shower #1 was a luncheon hosted by my mom’s best friend, with my extended family and my mom’s girlfriends invited. Shower #2 was a surprise afternoon shower hosted by Mr. Cupcake’s aunt, with his extended family (who don’t live near us) invited. And shower #3 was an evening cocktail party shower hosted by my fabulous bridesmaids, with all of my spectacular girlfriends invited. Having three showers helped to make things more intimate (and the opening of gifts didn’t become painfully long for my lovely guests).

Shower #1 was at Overbrook Golf Club in Villanova, PA. Overbrook is a stunning place and I always feel a little unworthy of its fanciness when I’m there. The day began at noon with mimosas and chit chat with approximately 35 guests, and continued with a delicious lunch, yummy cake, and pretty presents!

How pretty is this cake? It tasted even better than it looked! Unfortunately I have no idea where it was from. Read more…

part one: And… They’re… OFF!

Thank you all for the generous and wonderful compliments on our wedding invitations. It is nice to know that all of my hard work didn’t go unnoticed!

After I posted about our invites, I realized that I forgot one of the prettiest parts: the calligraphy! This part I cannot take credit for, as this was again done by a talented colleague. Here’s an inside look. (I even had the calligrapher do a 100% fake address so that I could show her handiwork in all its glory here on Weddingbee!)

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