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Since we’re still waiting for the files of our professional photos to arrive, I’m pretty much sending Mr. Lovebug to the mailbox hourly. Today he returned with a manila envelope in hand, and I about broke my ankle jumping out of my chair in excitement.

Alas, it wasn’t our files - but it was something I have to share, all the same…

At the end of the…

I’m absolutely dying to share our professional photos with everyone. Dying. We met with our amazing photographer, Chris Richards, at his (naturally) super cool home a few nights ago. We had some drinks and went through our photos one by one in full-sized, high-definition glory on his flat screen. We picked out some favorites and talked about albums, proofs, prints, etc.

Mr. LB and I always knew…

I know I promised professional photos would be my next post - and they’re coming very, very soon, I promise! - but I wanted to sneak this in really fast-like.

It’s a super short little video I cobbled together to show at the reception. Early on, my grand plan had been to get loads of footage of Mr. Lovebug that I could make into a sweet,…

I’m home! I’m home! I’m so excited to be home! Ireland was incredible, but we are soooo glad to be home. I have to say that if we were to do it again, we’d jet to the furthest tropical island we could afford and just LOUNGE. Our rather ambitious, all-over-Ireland itinerary wore. Us. Out.

We slept for 12-15 hours a night, and alas…did absolutely no ghost…

Greetings, my much-missed friends-and-relations! Today Mr. LB and I conclude the Ireland leg of our honeymoon, and hop back across to London, where we’ll spend a quick couple of days before coming home. I’ve taken almost six hundred photos so far (this is one photogenic country) - fortunately, I found a way to ram as many as possible down your throats. Collage-a-than starts now!  Favorite…

So, the last time I blogged I was writing about my own risqué bachelorette party.  It got me thinking about the flip side– what do men do to celebrate the end of their bachelorhood?  Yes, yes, traditionally it involves looking at boobies, but these days there seems to be more than that.  Guys have really stepped up the male bonding experience with gambling, paint ball,…

I know, I know. The primary goal of a haunted honeymoon is to hunt ghosts. But we are positively overcome with how…green everything is here in Ireland. I wanted to share just a few images of the gazillions I’ve collected so far (seriously - thank god for Flickr Pro)…

Cabra Castle, where we spent last night. It’s reputedly haunted by the ghost of a young servant woman…

…ok, maybe not. But if you walked into this place, you’d make the comparison, too:

Well, hullo there! We’re the Lovebugs!

On Sunday morning, at about 3 am, when we finally crashed into bed, I couldn’t sleep. I just lay there for hours next to my beautiful new husband, turning over the day in my mind, in sheer wonder. I didn’t even want to sleep. I just wanted to keep cycling through the moments in my mind, one more spectacular than the…

Well, this is it. Here I go, full throttle into the biggest day of my life so far. Hopefully it’ll be a good hair day. I’m going to try and bust out a quick day-after post before I leave on Monday. And I’m definitely going to pop into a net cafe in Ireland and give an update on the ghost count. But besides that, I’ll…

Last minute blogging blitz here. I’m gonna cram a hodgepodge of things into one post, cuz that’s how I roll. It’s gonna be fast and messy, but that’s just what happens in the 11th hour. Ready?

PROGRAMS!

I didn’t think I could love Tara of Ephemera more than I already do. She proved me wrong:

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Ok, so remember when I promised the last one was my last sign post? Well, I’m a liar liar. I wanted to show you the sign my girlfriend helped me make to go alongside our typewriter escort tags (just in case there’s confusion about finding the photo table numbers):

I’m too much of a lazybug to set up all the escort keys again, sorry. But this sign…

Yesterday, my girlfriend and running partner Sarah told me she had an idea for my something blue. She makes jewelry, and had the idea of adding a blue Swarovski heart-shaped crystal to the back of my necklace. Check out her addition:

It’s so pretty and delicate and perfect, but more importantly - meaningful.

Something blue poll starts…NOW!

I blogged a couple weeks ago about my lighting indecision. About how I was unsure if I wanted light trees aimed at our dance floor. Super fun and dance-inducing…but would they ruin the vintage vibe I’m going for?

Well, thanks to you guys, I was turned on to some awesome alternatives. Danielle and an Excited Bride introduced me to the mighty Gobo. I was all over…

I’m so excited! Sarah from Bice Designs just messaged me to say that Chaucer’s “power tie” ring bearer collar is finished!

Here’s what I sent her about a week ago:

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