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Another Hot Wedding Suit

Posted on August 26th, 2010 by Jen. 6 Comments

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Finding Sam’s wedding suit was much more challenging than finding my dress. We knew there were hot suits out there to be had, but finding the right fit for each individual body is daunting!

We have been looking for months and decided to venture out with fresh eyes this weekend, as many stores have new fall lines out this month. Having decided to be open minded and basically try on every suit in the mall, we wandered around Copley Place and eventually found our way to Benetton for Men.  We were greeted by Matt, who really knew his suits and was delighted that we were shopping for our wedding. (He also informed us that he lives near our venue and might crash.) It was great to be helped by someone who wasn’t raising an eyebrow, and we were able to take our time and try out different looks. Matt was even kind enough to give us 10% off the entire suit as a wedding present! Ready to see what we came home with?

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Round Ceremony Setup

Posted on August 20th, 2010 by Jen. 3 Comments

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Is anyone else grappling with the aisle walk- whether to do it, how to do it, with whom to do it and, um, what order to do it in? We discussed countless permutations- walking with our parents, walking alone individually, walking together. Nothing felt quite right with a traditional ceremony setup.

Our ceremony and reception are taking place in the same room, which is essentially a blank slate with regard to the floor space. It took us an embarrassingly long time to realize that if we could set the chairs up in the traditional aisle format, we could set the chairs up any way we want! After careful consideration, we have decided to go with a round ceremony space.

Adorable graphic from msawesomeweds.

The red arrows indicate the TWO aisles, so Sam and I can both walk down the aisle toward one another at the same time. Visually, I’m in love with it. And it eliminates the question of who walks down last! (Translation: Who is the bride?) We also decided to each have both of our parents walk us down the aisle and take their seats when we reach the center. That way, we can walk the rest of the way alone and meet in the middle.

What does your ceremony look like?

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Cake Tasting

Posted on July 30th, 2010 by Jen. No Comments

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My mother and I met up with Sam and her mother to test out two different bakeries on Saturday. Sam and I were leaning toward red velvet cake with cream cheese icing but open to trying anything.  Bakery #1 had many gorgeous cakes.

We looked through a book to see our design options. Each type of design (scrolls, dots, flowers) was priced differently.  The pricing was explained to us in detail, but I have to admit that I wasn’t really processing it all because I wanted to taste some cake.

During the price per slice plus additional fees per flower conversation, we realized that our cake guide was referring to Sam as the groom. She wasn’t being lazy. She just thought Sam was a guy. It happens every once in a while. Aside from creating an awkward moment with our mothers, it wasn’t a big deal. There weren’t any pauses in our cake guide’s pitch, so we just let her talk. When she was finished, she started writing down the details of the event, including our names. Sam just gracefully answered “Samantha” when the form asked for her name. This is where it got weird. Our cake guide stuttered and asked if she had “said the wrong thing.” Well, technically yes, but no harm done. For a second I thought we were all set until I realized she now thought that we weren’t getting married and was confused about who Sam was. Then we all kind of got confused and stumbled through reintroductions. Awkward. This is the only time anything like that has happened since we started wedding planning.

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Paperless Wedding Invitations

Posted on July 19th, 2010 by Jen. 5 Comments

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Sam and I have decided to go the paperless route for our wedding invitations. The reasons for this are both financial and environmental. Sam feels pretty strongly about going paperless (and she has been quite laid back about most other aspects of the wedding). We talked about it briefly, and her points were valid (cheap/almost free, easy tracking and follow up and no paper making its way to our guests’ trash cans). Easy! The decision is made, but I have to admit I’m nervous.

From the beginning of the planning process, I have insisted that invitations are just not something that I care about. Of course, there are many aspects of wedding planning that I proclaimed not to care about 6 months ago (attendant attire, etc.) and have since developed surprisingly strong feelings about. To be completely honest, I still don’t care about the invitations. I care what people think about us and our wedding.

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5 Takes: Hot Chocolate Bar

Posted on July 2nd, 2010 by Jen. 3 Comments

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We are going with a traditional wedding cake as our main dessert.  I’ll have more details on that after our tasting in July.  In the meantime, however, I am super excited about our hot chocolate bar.  We are still playing around with how to present it in a cute and user friendly way, but here are a few of the key components so far!

Brian Teutsch’s flickr photostream

Muffet’s flickr photostream

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Double Banded Wedding Ring and Rose Gold Wedding Ring

Posted on June 24th, 2010 by Jen. 7 Comments

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After proposing to Sam with diamond cuff links, I decided that I didn’t want an engagement ring. Part of the reason was to save money as we started planning the wedding, but we also wanted to keep the cuff links as the main symbol of our engagement. I decided to forgo an engagement ring all together and select a wedding ring with some sparkle to it when the time came.

When we started looking for wedding bands, my parents offered me their engagement diamond to incorporate into my ring. It kept falling out of my mother’s ring years ago, and she always planned to have it reset, but never did. Eventually she got a band of inset diamonds instead. (She works with her hands, and the solitaire was never practical!)

So, we went back to the jeweler who worked on Sam’s cuff links to have my parents’ stone reset into a ring for me. I really liked the look of a double band, since I am only planning on wearing one ring. I ended up going with a double band halo design to fit the oval stone.  What do you think?

When my ring was ready, Sam came with me to pick it up and select her ring. These were some of the top contenders…

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