Weddingbee

It’s hard to believe that my littlest sister, born when I was thirteen, is going to play the music for our ceremony. But as she’s grown up, she’s turned into quite the fine violinist, despite the fact that she’s still goofy.

(Striking a pose in a mini-archway at a Tokyo train station)

We asked her to be our violinist because we knew that she would play us anything we wanted, and anything she played would sound amazing. Plus, the fact that she’s my baby sister makes her contribution all the more touching and special!

For the prelude, she’s playing two pieces.
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I woke up from my nap refreshed and expecting another round of engagement photos in perfect weather. Instead, we wandered around in the rain. Kelli attempted to keep her camera dry, and we attempted to keep ourselves dry.

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When we budgeted for our wedding beverages, we knew we didn’t have the money for an open bar and we quickly decided that hard liquor was both costly and unnecessary for our wedding to be a success. We knew we’d have plenty of beer and wine to take care of our guests.

But we were still tempted by one popular option—a signature cocktail served during the cocktail hour. We wanted to serve something with a summery, Montana feel… like huckleberry martinis!

(Photo by Nicole Tavenner)

While it was a good idea, there were a lot of details that had to go into making signature cocktails.
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What is that weird phrase that bloggers sometimes use. Rolling on the floor laughing? Yeah, that’s it. Some of the captions you guys came up with really had me ROFL. I’ll share my favorite reader prompts, and then when I can remember, I’ll let you know what the real phrase was.

Lisa Liang-Miss ‘Cado just crashed Mr. ‘Cado’s brand new car
Real phrase-I have no idea, but it had NOTHING to do with flatulence
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Part 1 and 2

I couldn’t believe I wasn’t hung over. I’d had enough shots throughout the previous evening that our time at the club was a blur, but I danced for so long and so hard that I must have worked all the alcohol out of my system. But I was tired—five hours of sleep wasn’t quite enough to make me feel perky.

After a hefty shot of espresso, my ladies and I headed over to Momma Cherry’s house, where my sister bridesmaids had helped her to set up a lovely shower. After the whirlwind of the bachelorette weekend, my mom promised us a relaxing, low-key afternoon tea with “no embarrassing or MENSA-level shower games” (her words).

Mr. CP’s mom, grandma, and great aunt joined us, as did a few other friends, for some conversation over mimosas. One friend even brought her week-old, brand-new baby!

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Before I continue with our multi-part engagement shoot experience, I thought we could play a fun little game. I like games, and hopefully you’ll get a kick out of this one as well.
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Part 1

After we left the Frontier Room, still licking BBQ sauce from our lips, my ladies and I prepared ourselves for the next activity of the night… KARAOKE! Seattle has several fabulous Asian-styled karaoke bars that feature private rooms, thus sparing your guests the embarrassment of singing in front of strangers, and submitting them only to the judgment of friends.

But first, we went in search of a liquor store to purchase a banquet license and some beer so that those of us who were of-age could consume “merry libations” whilst singing. Armed with directions, we headed six blocks to the south, passing Seattle’s famous Pike Place Market, and taking several wacky photos along the way.

The further south we got, the less likely it seemed that we were going to find the liquor store, and the more late this made us for our date with karaoke. Finally, after NOT asking for directions, I manned it up and went into an adult entertainment store (read: porn & toys) to look for help.
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I mentioned before that our engagement photographer Kelli gave us 1000 photos from our engagement shoot. This is not her standard procedure, but was just a little perk that came along with being her former roommate. We’ll also be getting a free newborn session when our first child is born.

I am restraining myself from showing you every single one of those photos, as most people around me are saying that many of them look exactly the same (which they do not!), but we narrowed them down to about 100 favorites, most of which we plan on showing you. I am telling you this, because if you hate them, now is the time to tell me, before I work on four other glorious, photo-laden posts. But I enjoy the photos (especially since they are of me and my beloved) and I hope you will as well! You can count on my attempt at some witty commentary as a nice little bonus.

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I arrived at my second fitting to find my beloved looking kind of scraggly. She was the right length now, but she had threads hanging out all over the place and was stripped of the majority of her beautiful buttons.

Unless a dress advertised to be temple ready is purchased, in most cases an LDS bride has to choose whether she wants to go with a bolero or pay to have sleeves custom built into her dress. There are specific parts of the body that must be covered, as I spoke about here, and 99% of mainstream dresses do not fit the bill.

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Continuing with the wedding band creation process by bddesigns, today I’d like to show you the process of hammering and engraving.

Engraving. My handwriting is so terrible with a pen, I can’t imagine using a hammer.

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