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Our DIY Save the Dates

Posted on February 3rd, 2010 by Sar. 6 Comments

Sar
Wedding Date: June 26, 2010
Bio: I'm an east coast transplant from the midwest, and a graphic designer by trade. When I'm not working I love to read, play video games, and do crafty things like sew and silkscreen. I love The Office, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and I am a huge LOST nerd.

I spent the first 18 years of my life growing up in a small town in Michigan. Most of my family still lives in the very same town I grew up in and at least once a year I head back to visit. One of the stops that I rarely miss while visiting is a local fabric shop that I’ve been going to since I was first learning to sew with my Dad and Grandma. A few years ago I found a fabric that I loved and snagged up a couple of yards to hold onto for the perfect project. That project turned out to be our wedding! The fabric is brown and aqua blue with a damask pattern, and it has become our muse for all things wedding related.

The first project that I have really had a chance to work in the damask pattern and the aqua/brown color scheme is our save the dates. At first we were thinking of going with some sort of magnet that people can leave on their fridge, but the more we thought of it the less we liked the idea. Even though this won’t be a destination wedding for us a lot of people will be travelling to attend. So after digging around the internet for some ideas on DIY save the dates we found one idea we loved: luggage tags!!

As we waited for our shipment of plastic tags to arrive I designed an insert for the front and back so we could print them out.

Here they are all printed and assembled! I love the way they turned out, and I hope our guests actually use them!

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Plus-size dress shopping: Round 2.5

Posted on January 26th, 2010 by Sar. 13 Comments

Sar
Wedding Date: June 26, 2010
Bio: I'm an east coast transplant from the midwest, and a graphic designer by trade. When I'm not working I love to read, play video games, and do crafty things like sew and silkscreen. I love The Office, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and I am a huge LOST nerd.

So if you read my last post on the hunt for the perfect dress you know that I was missing out on the whole ‘THIS IS THE ONE’ moment. Nicole and I placed orders for the dresses we liked the most after a few trips to David’s Bridal, and a few other dress shops. I liked the dress I had picked, but it just isn’t the dress I dreamed of wearing. I knew I wanted something tea length, 50′s style, could work with funky colored crinoline and comfy for a beach wedding in June. The dress I purchased was pretty, but really had none of those qualities. It was simply the best I could find in my size. Which is what I deal with a lot of the time with anything plus-sized. So we got a call from David’s saying that our dresses had come in way ahead of schedule. I went to the site to see if I could find a list of charges for their altering service because I was seriously considering shortening the dress I bought, when I noticed that they had a brand new crop of dresses for 2010. I decided to take a peek just for kicks, and there it was… my perfect dress. It had everything going for it: tea length, all lace, room for crinoline, and it looked super comfy. So I decided that when we went to pick up the dresses I would try on the dress I purchased, and the new dress just to see how it looked. As soon as I stepped out from the dressing room my heart swelled, and I knew this was my dress!!!

Imagine it with a pool blue sash, aqua crinoline, and a sheer shawl… it’s perfect!

So I guess all those girls on TV aren’t faking it when they swoon over the perfect dress… you just have to wait it out until you find “the one.” I feel pretty lucky to not only have found “the one” I will love for the rest of my life, but also “the one” I will wear when I make that pledge!

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Real Gay Wedding in Lambertville NJ : Alison and Heather

Posted on January 22nd, 2010 by So You're EnGAYged. 3 Comments

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Reception-Release

Once the ceremony was over it was like a huge weight had been lifted off of our shoulders. We had been anticipating and planning that very moment for a year and once the moment had played out just as we had imagined, it was time to party!

All photos by Jen Cleary Photography

A few times throughout the reception and the cocktail hour I looked around the room and thought to myself, “All of these people are here for us. That is so cool.” We are wonderfully fortunate to have such supportive family and friends. The effect that the love of our guests showered on us that evening was enchanting. There was a warm buzz that encircled the room and floated above us all night-it was almost an indescribable feeling.
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Real Gay Wedding at Lambertville Station in Lambertville, NJ: Alison and Heather

Posted on January 21st, 2010 by So You're EnGAYged. No Comments

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Alison and Heather Real Wedding is a week long series about their wedding in NJ. This is blog post 4 of 5. Ceremony –Euphoric

All photos by Jen Cleary Photography

Where do I even begin…the ceremony was hands down my favorite part of the day. Heather and I put so much effort into the composition of our ceremony that it set the tone for the rest of the wedding. There is something to be said about reciting the same words that millions of couples have recited over thousands of years-and to a certain extent we did want to maintain a piece of that nostalgia. Though, as we studied hundreds of variations of ceremonies, our main focus turned into “marrying” if you will traditional ideas with unique wording that was tailored to who we are as a couple. So, one afternoon I researched hundreds of websites containing ring exchanges, sand ceremonies, civil unions, you name it. I came across the reading, “Union,” by Robert Fulghum, and with that as a guide I took on the task of writing the ceremony from scratch.

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Real Gay Wedding at Lambertville Station in Lambertville, NJ: Alison and Heather

Posted on January 20th, 2010 by So You're EnGAYged. 3 Comments

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Alison and Heather’s wedding is a week long series, part of our Real Gay Wedding blog posts.

First look- Tranquil

We had our portraits taken before the ceremony as a result of our married friend’s advice which was, “Whatever you do don’t miss your cocktail reception!”

Since I was running two hours behind schedule, our photo session was pretty much cut in half. But Jen, our awesome photographer, wasn’t miffed and off we went to snap some photos.

All photos by Jen Cleary Photography

Apparently while I was busy being late to my own wedding, almost everything that could have gone wrong did and Heather was the only one who could take care of things. If mitzvahs are any indication of success, our marriage should last for all of eternity…it rained all day, a very large glass jar had shattered and the food for one of our tables was all wrong. She took it like a champ and never let on that there were any problems when we finally saw each other.

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Real Gay Wedding at Lambertville Station in Lambertville, NJ: Alison and Heather

Posted on January 19th, 2010 by So You're EnGAYged. 1 Comment

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Getting Ready-Hectic by Alison

If I had any regrets about the day, I would say that I wish that Heather and I had gotten ready together. Since both of us were worried about the others location, the essence of the moment was overshadowed by our anticipation and expectation of the events to come. Not to mention I was two hours late…

All photos by Jen Cleary Photography

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