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Archive for June, 2009

Sponsored Post
I'm always thrilled to write a post for long time sponsor MagnetStreet Weddings, in large part because so many of you have piped up to say that you've had such good experiences working with them. As far as I'm concerned, good customer service trumps is hands down the most important thing you can look for in wedding shopping. Though when you add in cute affordable wedding invitations and save the dates, well, you can't loose. Plus, they are running a 20% discount on all pocket invitations through July 7th (code noted in their header) so go check them out! Continue reading Sponsored Post: MagnetStreet Weddings

So. Recently, I've been getting a little anxious about my OUTFIT, and my ACCESSORIES, which is a whole other post. But, some of my anxiety has revolved around wanting a fabulous hair piece (other than my homemade veil, which I'm starting to love). Anyway, I was reading back over Things To Wear On Your Head When You Wed, and looking at amazing handmade hairpieces and getting stressed. And then I remembered that ages ago, I'd decided to wear a real flower in my hair. Ahhhhh, yes. Real flowers. It seems so obvious when you think about it. And the cost? Free.

The one time I was a flower girl (something I had aspired to be since I realized you could get such a job) I was a little disappointed that A) My dress was not spin-ny B) They gave me flowers in a stupid basket and not a gorgeous big-girl bouquet and C) That I didn't get to wear flowers in my hair. So the next day, when I got dressed for church, I *insisted* that my mom French braid in all of my flower girl blooms into my hair.

But this time, I'm in charge*. So blush Dahlias it will be. It may not be fabulous and feathery, but I suspect no one will be *too* focused on my hair. (And actually, it will be fabulous).

*And you better believe that my dress will be spin-ny and my flowers will not be in a stupid basket.

Sponsored Post
I continue to be thrilled to have Turtle Love Committee as a sponsor of this site, because their values are so totally aligned with mine, and each new project that they dream up is better than the last. Currently, they are working to launch a line of eco-friendly and people-friendly jewelry (called EcoTurtle, heeeee!) that is affordable and beautiful. Like this wedding ring below, which I want to tear out of the screen, I love it so much: Continue reading Sponsored Post: Turtle Love Committee’s Environmentally Friendly Rings

*Our* Photographers
So I've never come out and said this, but about a year ago now, right after we'd booked our venue, the very first wedding elves* we booked were Heather & Jon from One Love Photo. I can give you a million reasons as to why: that I cared about photos from the bottom of my heart, their amazing work, their use of multiple kinds of cameras, or the way Heather was a straight shooter and kept saying, "I could do that, but I just don't like to rip people off." I could tell you how we were lucky booking them when we did, and how we can't possibly pay them what they are worth.
Continue reading *Our* Photographers

Buy This Dress!

Um. Hi! I've been a tad sick today, and I might or might not have been out late last night drinking whiskey and listening to David play a little jukebox Michael Jackson tribute, so slow posting. Anyway, I'm popping my head up to say that one of you NEEDS TO BUY THIS WEDDING DRESS ALREADY. For serious. It's $335, and it's killer. And then you'll need to send me pictures. Go, go, go, go, go.

Found via the always excellent etsy wedding.

It's funny we all (myself totally included) have become a teensy bit obsessed with barn weddings, because barns are pretty and rustic, not because we have any real attachments to barns. Well, not Liz and Alex. Liz and Alex got married in a barn on the farmland of the CSA that they belong to (I knnnnooooowwwww), so to say that their wedding was grounded, was rooted in their values, well, it would be a little bit punny and a whole lot true. With that, I'll let Liz take it away: Continue reading Liz and Alex’s CSA Barn-Dance Board-Game Wedding