Wedding Blog

I was the first one he told. It took him a while to find the words, but when he did, they were to me.

“Jillian, I’m gay.”

Three little words, so basic, so simple, but they made his voice shake when he said them. Because saying them made it real.
I’ll admit I was surprised. I had only known him as straight. He’d dated one of my friends…

When we last left our sparkly new spouses, they were taking formal pictures with their photographer . . .

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I have to say as we launch into this first set of pictures that we were incredibly lucky to have the wedding where we did. Not only is Mr. Hummingbird’s father’s property naturally gorgeous, but the man is a workhorse who put an incredible amount of effort into making sure that everything was perfect for our day. He mulched the gardens. He laid new garden…

or The Tea Kettle, Part 2: Electric Bluegaloo!

Photo courtesy of www.bedbathandbeyond.com

As I do not have photo software on my new laptop, Mr. Hum is currently resizing our wedding pics for me on his, but I figured while I wait, I would share with you ladies a little story about the power of the blog.

Okay, so I’ve been a bad Bee. With no explanation, I dropped off the face of the planet in the middle of recapping our wedding. Now, I could come out with the usual round of excuses and say it was because I got really busy at work or because I caught the end of the summer flu that’s been going around or because I didn’t…

Someone commented in the days before the wedding that our tent looked like it was meant for a circus. In retrospect, this comment makes me laugh because a wedding kind of is a circus - it’s one gigantic whirling spectacle that you are the focus of. So what better to contain it than a big top?

The big top prior to the big show!

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(All of us married Bees have talked about how recaps are often the least commented on posts of a Bee’s blogging tenure because they tend to be pretty straightforward and/or boring in comparison to the “Ahhh! I’m Getting Married! Look At My Crafts!” kind of posts. However, I promise to do my absolute best to make my recaps as fun as possible and hope that…

You may recall when we last left Mr. Hummingbird, he was experiencing quite the harrowing wedding morning. He was in a state of rage as two of the centerpiece’s flowers had broken off, leaving the centerpieces uneven, and the day, potentially ruined.

And now again, ladies and gentlemen…Mr. Hummingbird.

After they calmed me down, we got the remainder of the flowers onto the tables. My brother…

For today’s post, I am stepping back and letting Mr. Hummingbird narrate his morning’s happenings. Take it away, Mr. Hum!

Mr. Hummingbird here, with the story about my wedding morning. Oh, it was a fun one.

The night before was a quiet night, hanging out with my brother and our videographer Alex. We smoked cigars, drank beer and played Boom Blox on the Wii until my dad…

I am a worst-case scenario girl. I prepare and prepare and always have a million contingency plans. I make jokes and act like a goof, but underneath all the happy trappings and wrappings, I am pretty much a big ball of nerves.

Having an outdoor wedding was definitely a major test of my sanity. As you readers might remember in the days leading up to the…

Putting a geeky wedding together take a lot of hard work. If you want something unusual (and for that thing to look good), it needs to be custom made and custom making things, as many a DIY bride knows, can be incredibly time consuming.

When we first started thinking favours, we thought it would be cool to get customized chocolate coins and put them in little…

Okay, so I have a tonne of pictures that I received from my brand spanking new Sister in Law Erin and I have a disc of over 1,000 images coming from our photographer this week, but in an effort to satisfy the masses, I figured I would continue my geek series.

You’ve seen the table and escort cards.
You’ve seen the programs.

But now, my friends, it is…

Yes, that’s right, after Parts 1 and 2, we now come to the riveting conclusion! The final chapter begins now:

(Joined in progress. Read the prior 244 reasons here and here)

“245. You look good in a suit.
246. You smile a lot when you’re drunk.
247. You will not eat clam chowder.
248. Your last name is cool.
249. You were born on Beltane.
250. You do not say the word…

Read in a 1950s Narrator Type Voice: When we last left our intrepid heroine she was battling through a 366 point list of reasons why she loved her beloved. Will she be able to make it through and finish such a daunting task? Find out now!

(Joined in progress - read the first 122 reasons here!)

“123. You watched all the episodes of Invader Zim with me on…

Hey ladies!

I am back to work for the first day since the honeymoon so I have to be honest and say that I’m a little slow off the mark here and it will probably take me a few days to get back up to full blogging strength. But for now at least, I thought I would share with you the letter I wrote and gave…