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Wow. I never, ever expected such an outpouring of love and support. 100+ comments? Thank you.

I really shouldn’t be writing anymore (Mr. Shortcake is all suited up, board in hand, waiting to go down to Waikiki beach), but after so many expressions of concern, I thought it might be cruel not to fill you all in on the second part of The Shortcake Saga.

Yes, the beginning of my day sucked. SUCKED. I thought I was all ready for anything the Universe had to throw my way. Even my mother was surprised at how Zen-Bride I was being. I could deal with all the minor things: all the wardrobe mishaps, the wonky church music and timing (hello bridesmaids, didn’t expect to see you still in the aisle!), the cake colour variations, the last-minute reception improvisations. It was the big things—my “big things” (photography, flowers, etc) that got to me. You might have noticed.

So where did we leave off? Ah, yes, with me sobbing, high-school-prom-style in the girls’ bathroom. There I was, bawling my eyes out, face buried in the automatic paper towel dispenser (more absorbency! more!), wailing like a banshee, and wishing so desperately for a do-over. This wasn’t our wedding—it couldn’t be. Our wedding was supposed to be sunny and gorgeous, and everyone would be waltzing, and my flowers would be alive and fluffy, and everything would match, and we would be deliciously in love—well, we were still in love, but I had bits of paper towel stuck to my face, and boogers dribbling from my nose. I continued crying, now because I was ashamed of crying in the first place!

And then my mother came in.
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(Photo of our church earlier that week. Photo by my father)

I wish that I could say that our wedding was perfect. Not many weddings are. I just wish our wedding had been a little bit closer to what I had been expecting. I’ll post in depth recaps later, but right now, I just have to get this off of my chest.

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What do I say to my readers on the night before our wedding? What can I say that expresses my gratitude, my overwhelming thankfulness for all of your support, for all of your encouragement, for all of your love during the last ten months? Being thousands of miles away from my family, from my friends, from my vendors (!), I couldn’t have made it without you all.

Thank you.

And do you know what the funny thing is? I wouldn’t have done all of this without you either - all those little words, like "awesome," and "beautiful," and "woot! woot!" were tiny little seeds of creativity that you, my readers, planted in me. And my, how our wedding has grown! I go into tomorrow with a song in my heart, a smile on my lips, and with a knowledge that if our wedding is beautiful, it is because it was a team effort.

Thank you, everyone, for everything.

With all of my love,

Shortie

It was sad really. Shortcake had had a nice run on the WB, and then, *POOF*, one pre-wedding visit to her floral event designer’s studio and she “kicked the bucket, shuffled off her mortal coil, ran down the curtain, and joined the bleedin’ choir invisible”…

ONE OF THE BRIDESMAID BOUQUETS AND THE BRIDE’S TOSS BOUQUET:

 THE BRIDE’S (HALF-FINISHED) BOUQUET:

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I’m scrambling to get pictures of all our details before we pack them off for the reception venue, and scrambling to write posts before I have to leave my darling readers for our wedding and honeymoon (poor me, hey ). So, with that in mind, here is the fastest DIY post ever!

How to make really cute table numbers:

MATERIALS:

-frames
- paper
- spray paint
- scissors
- glue
- sparkles optional

INSTRUCTIONS:

- get cheap frames from a dollar store
- spray paint them
- fill them with paper and designs of your choice
- insert the paper into the frame
- display!

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This post was originally published here, along with posts by Mrs. Bee, Mrs. Cream Puff, and Miss Sweet Tea.  The comments on all those posts can be found at the link above.

I’ll admit that I am feeling quite uncomfortable about the sale of Weddingbee to eHarmony. I totally understand why Weddingbee sold and I am very excited for what this means for Bee. I think she deserves kudos for creating a successful company that is in demand. However, I am not too keen on being a blogger for eHarmony.

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Perhaps I’ve been spoiling you guys with too many details of our big day, or perhaps you haven’t had your fill of Shortcake quite yet… in either case, I’ve decided to keep some aspects of our wedding semi-secret. However, as anyone close to me will attest, I am SOOOOOO bad at keeping (my own) surprises - so maybe I’ll just share some eensy weensy little snippets of our favors. Can you guess what the tag and label theme is?

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One of the most thrilling parts of getting married, I’m sure many of you will agree, is getting dolled up. Whatever your personal style is, there is just something so special, so very magical about choosing your wedding day attire (ignoring the fact that finding those pieces can be very frustrating).

For me, a never-to-be reformed sparkle lover, a vintage-detail collector, and a bona fide girly-girl, putting my big day ensemble together was especially enjoyable.

I was heavily inspired by these following images (warning: those readers with overactive salivary glands should not proceed past this point):

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Another Shortcake DIY coming your way!

We made these bouquet charms as a handy dandy way for the bridal party to keep their bouquets separate (why does “keep it secret, keep it safe” immediately spring to mind? ) They were very simple to construct, and took very little time to put together.

A how-to? Here goes!
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