tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67277922312364428272024-02-21T02:06:05.409-08:00project: bride!a diy wedding, one project at a time.megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-76875055289528539792010-10-04T18:30:00.000-07:002010-10-04T18:31:01.581-07:00albumtime<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSkir_avCNutCWw359HX1ZT9NE13umlKVuyW35V__U9Z5a5X6aiUdGLvL280Of_d65IsDpjoyIEosOsa-TmVFz-yumwf8O8iGaIwPmCbrBIA5nFGITH5u3Wh0RZjMfG4RhbnpIqS7e_Gk/s1600/DSC_0281.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSkir_avCNutCWw359HX1ZT9NE13umlKVuyW35V__U9Z5a5X6aiUdGLvL280Of_d65IsDpjoyIEosOsa-TmVFz-yumwf8O8iGaIwPmCbrBIA5nFGITH5u3Wh0RZjMfG4RhbnpIqS7e_Gk/s400/DSC_0281.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509582462305772130" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Something lovely arrived at our home several weeks ago:</span><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Kld5-thMTlYOgifH-FgMay8oILXV8b4bu5sVciJsAGhX8C73YvAg3RZutMpWhZRzamnwzA6ivsngyF0LruvaaxAkmM3-zD_69A3z-qJUWLoKwPVFN6Y_94L5gyrFykua02DQmB3hnqg/s1600/DSC_0284.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Kld5-thMTlYOgifH-FgMay8oILXV8b4bu5sVciJsAGhX8C73YvAg3RZutMpWhZRzamnwzA6ivsngyF0LruvaaxAkmM3-zD_69A3z-qJUWLoKwPVFN6Y_94L5gyrFykua02DQmB3hnqg/s400/DSC_0284.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509582467570157666" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">It came beautifully wrapped in a velvety bag, and stuffed carefully in a fancy box...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">our wedding album!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Just about a year later and the album is finally complete! I am a total slacker and took over eight months to pick out my favorite photos, but once that was finished our photographer,</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.hazelnutphotography.com/"> Jordana</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, got the album ball rolling super quick, and a mere six weeks later it was in our grubby little hands.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">We decided to forgo the usual leather cover (as vegans we don't wear/eat/purchase animal products... </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" style="font-family:verdana;">yadda</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" style="font-family:verdana;">yadda</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" style="font-family:verdana;">yadda</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">) and instead chose a SUPER AWESOME </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" style="font-family:verdana;">FUNTIME</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> yellow fabric cover. It is so soft and so yellow and so perfect.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWocPOTbUBaP29y87x3FYbP07hI_3pSHxq1SD8yganjR6Mkz-f2XeVOV70ucGZ6hMVXpD_Gl0LcOmckdKlzPeghu1R1ho7I2Zl9n5EuBm7IuMCIGOTqKwon4ZgSMVpCfMZ0zLM0WQMEeA/s1600/DSC_0297.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWocPOTbUBaP29y87x3FYbP07hI_3pSHxq1SD8yganjR6Mkz-f2XeVOV70ucGZ6hMVXpD_Gl0LcOmckdKlzPeghu1R1ho7I2Zl9n5EuBm7IuMCIGOTqKwon4ZgSMVpCfMZ0zLM0WQMEeA/s400/DSC_0297.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509583323586893698" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The photo part isn't half bad either... :)</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfPKX1fy0Qh0vaODcpPiKFqBlW_lojPLwU4h7bKTMITWtWLladm_DcIydaQhXiV8a2O0tTqA9ql3PFt7U5JQyKruTScJN-h0uZT0lsyWMoBoBjiHkDXniQNfbm0SVZrY5LzDAEIIqtetE/s1600/DSC_0292.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfPKX1fy0Qh0vaODcpPiKFqBlW_lojPLwU4h7bKTMITWtWLladm_DcIydaQhXiV8a2O0tTqA9ql3PFt7U5JQyKruTScJN-h0uZT0lsyWMoBoBjiHkDXniQNfbm0SVZrY5LzDAEIIqtetE/s400/DSC_0292.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509582499937165986" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ehSfXPVZRE0v7iNli5gnMKmvNxWDvdT_oyk7Eybu99Vg5NQHNopcnzxgNJ8e1rxUCA6M7g6UaBlo76GZaptaXZ0otNDdUVOI3nPffDxsOsCoAU1Ltc1JdH4EW5sPQYmjms0iYU9JXwk/s1600/DSC_0289.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ehSfXPVZRE0v7iNli5gnMKmvNxWDvdT_oyk7Eybu99Vg5NQHNopcnzxgNJ8e1rxUCA6M7g6UaBlo76GZaptaXZ0otNDdUVOI3nPffDxsOsCoAU1Ltc1JdH4EW5sPQYmjms0iYU9JXwk/s400/DSC_0289.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509582484103593538" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGNRT-n1t2xePA77r_WtrVYhoqz5kh5ibfhGh7MHMGEIOFLIPnmqUVrJcyyNOekPcj0hsZ-jhWxWPAa1-QecjoVesZvmK0kvb-YBffjhw5rIpkKs0Ibk8IDX84YnB_d98TI4diklOkro/s1600/DSC_0293.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGNRT-n1t2xePA77r_WtrVYhoqz5kh5ibfhGh7MHMGEIOFLIPnmqUVrJcyyNOekPcj0hsZ-jhWxWPAa1-QecjoVesZvmK0kvb-YBffjhw5rIpkKs0Ibk8IDX84YnB_d98TI4diklOkro/s400/DSC_0293.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509583299070851778" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFca_nYQ79jyUw03ahyJJ8gn0QuHE47t13RGVglzu4ZFxUsgUqTUG-pcmTRRwttPV01g62lgjKpv76Ei8FGbmnFaEIiCnauwlRgEu2YHow9KWzG4BM9gJbWHkZiFhFexxPejfMCbrO1PI/s1600/DSC_0295.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFca_nYQ79jyUw03ahyJJ8gn0QuHE47t13RGVglzu4ZFxUsgUqTUG-pcmTRRwttPV01g62lgjKpv76Ei8FGbmnFaEIiCnauwlRgEu2YHow9KWzG4BM9gJbWHkZiFhFexxPejfMCbrO1PI/s400/DSC_0295.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509583316608229490" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I love how it lays flat when open...</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGhCvXotRJ94zN4T6lbaGRYXwh12pYq3RXtEWXAkDmc051KldUS1D-3v9MtYOcBO7cuPm8PT-oCrGNMj9Fc-_lPGGpEcJKGcdcaH0wTD_2zld-q66O6M25fgV6Oljc7RdmjKxYRDEcdA/s1600/DSC_0294.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGhCvXotRJ94zN4T6lbaGRYXwh12pYq3RXtEWXAkDmc051KldUS1D-3v9MtYOcBO7cuPm8PT-oCrGNMj9Fc-_lPGGpEcJKGcdcaH0wTD_2zld-q66O6M25fgV6Oljc7RdmjKxYRDEcdA/s400/DSC_0294.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509583306924041858" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">And because we aren't really name & date people:</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggdvIRkCV_c91KdP-xqlMlmAlIfKQbz5AeBrSk-Ovn5PQJU4O4E30sC-jfNhHFqa3w7ZLP5e6KKLIG59Kob06aTXnRJnKLuFPYbKLt3cI84Ozp6QHABV394JIDboSgAap5NkV0I4SAnak/s1600/DSC_0288.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggdvIRkCV_c91KdP-xqlMlmAlIfKQbz5AeBrSk-Ovn5PQJU4O4E30sC-jfNhHFqa3w7ZLP5e6KKLIG59Kob06aTXnRJnKLuFPYbKLt3cI84Ozp6QHABV394JIDboSgAap5NkV0I4SAnak/s400/DSC_0288.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509582476680564578" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2p1MpscZNC13poJFlGe8TUPFtnYW87ogGYO3PX-SZX9O1tFB-QU1tuoK2Gn5zy7VRE2SYqU6QRwjre-Q0_vuiMA0l9r6qxbHDKkFuh9weAI0ihrM3txzzje6a8xciuurGnSBnKlvvX7M/s1600/DSC_0298.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2p1MpscZNC13poJFlGe8TUPFtnYW87ogGYO3PX-SZX9O1tFB-QU1tuoK2Gn5zy7VRE2SYqU6QRwjre-Q0_vuiMA0l9r6qxbHDKkFuh9weAI0ihrM3txzzje6a8xciuurGnSBnKlvvX7M/s400/DSC_0298.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509583333798726818" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">It was nice to get a little burst of wedding memories a year later!</span></span>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-79779322945433350482010-04-27T08:48:00.000-07:002010-04-27T08:54:40.687-07:00this tornado loves you, redux.<span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >I posted my final <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">weddingbee</span> blog last night! The end of an era, I think. Check it out <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2010/04/26/this-tornado-loves-you-redux/">here</a> if you are so inclined. This blog will still be updated with wedding goodness whenever the idea strikes. I also have about a hundred vendor reviews and tutorials half written and almost ready to post.<br /><br />I have been pouring my time into my personal blog project: <a href="http://www.nonotliterally.com">No, Not Literally</a>.<br /><br />And now, without further ado, my final wedding recap:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKlJIdgKAieMhsGFcXlRnjwH6f8FXmFOfthIfqR8zpRFkfOAkCq5cdoBdvrrRgp8U5Y-qN8pFPwTf7rZwbKxk17UoqnOo7KO9X6Ts-yAe8k6JBL6FH89VuqZSV3mpdEJmu0lp2dqIn0b8/s1600-h/hotel2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKlJIdgKAieMhsGFcXlRnjwH6f8FXmFOfthIfqR8zpRFkfOAkCq5cdoBdvrrRgp8U5Y-qN8pFPwTf7rZwbKxk17UoqnOo7KO9X6Ts-yAe8k6JBL6FH89VuqZSV3mpdEJmu0lp2dqIn0b8/s400/hotel2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443147100046343858" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />B and I left our wedding exhausted but ecstatic. When our cab pulled up to the hotel, I breathed a sigh of relief. Even the huge line outside the hotel's rooftop club didn't get me down. We hopped out of the cab, handed our bags (minus the cake, which we weren't handing to anyone!) over to the doorman, thanked everyone who stopped to congratulate us, and grabbed an elevator up to our suite.<br /><br />Finally, situated in our room, we ate dessert. And appetizers. In our wedding clothes. Then we jumped on the bed. In our wedding clothes. For a while... like, fifteen minutes of blissed-out, post-wedding bed jumping.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyziQENTifIkAeibkRGIIQtCpZj40NcEGSgJXwuswz7ysYgPiXTMcpKgY2jpq8uUopy7lDJaYDt0B_t0A2nuv_QQxyX15S5tcGLjut2_MQjpltRpnowrJgBYdTLrkckEsLbucyY0WdOw/s1600-h/hotel6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyziQENTifIkAeibkRGIIQtCpZj40NcEGSgJXwuswz7ysYgPiXTMcpKgY2jpq8uUopy7lDJaYDt0B_t0A2nuv_QQxyX15S5tcGLjut2_MQjpltRpnowrJgBYdTLrkckEsLbucyY0WdOw/s400/hotel6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443147241851045570" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQopHthSeLIlSselniFaqiBpPrY1Zgu0pZcRGz2Q9b1jxRIWOm8CfDTaTTsN6GBfCzNVQpt6t1ymMv66rwxjTKLhL7TE7xIYlTKZM8f2tOSkrqlCB2AphRPLy6QpLBRp7Yce_IBMVaFE/s1600-h/hotel4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQopHthSeLIlSselniFaqiBpPrY1Zgu0pZcRGz2Q9b1jxRIWOm8CfDTaTTsN6GBfCzNVQpt6t1ymMv66rwxjTKLhL7TE7xIYlTKZM8f2tOSkrqlCB2AphRPLy6QpLBRp7Yce_IBMVaFE/s400/hotel4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443147105206700882" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNFDb6fYRzh1cmlMs__7idTecB-HfE1F4xLrO2LKQIGwr23f6Gn-7YzvZPpySjbfTd4JorXohbZ6YhnlA3FMVe5beWQiH5Unm_vIggns5NJWI9WJFJCSaIGoyPCMJRhOiDS2UJckWf-s/s1600-h/hotel5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNFDb6fYRzh1cmlMs__7idTecB-HfE1F4xLrO2LKQIGwr23f6Gn-7YzvZPpySjbfTd4JorXohbZ6YhnlA3FMVe5beWQiH5Unm_vIggns5NJWI9WJFJCSaIGoyPCMJRhOiDS2UJckWf-s/s400/hotel5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443147111065762146" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQopHthSeLIlSselniFaqiBpPrY1Zgu0pZcRGz2Q9b1jxRIWOm8CfDTaTTsN6GBfCzNVQpt6t1ymMv66rwxjTKLhL7TE7xIYlTKZM8f2tOSkrqlCB2AphRPLy6QpLBRp7Yce_IBMVaFE/s1600-h/hotel4.jpg"><br /></a>We also got cheesy and posed for each other.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMS94y8tcMW6f8mqRViTkak23QWKZqBwdZF9Hed4_5A05xiuQ_qUs31yN4xHUw7gA5fNBRNW_ixg2Hq_hGngR4SSByEELAQ5-Dk7ODO5CKfSRKKJd87FWAMzFTu_hXkCOUxNFQfsjbRI/s1600-h/hotel8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMS94y8tcMW6f8mqRViTkak23QWKZqBwdZF9Hed4_5A05xiuQ_qUs31yN4xHUw7gA5fNBRNW_ixg2Hq_hGngR4SSByEELAQ5-Dk7ODO5CKfSRKKJd87FWAMzFTu_hXkCOUxNFQfsjbRI/s400/hotel8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443147247072688450" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihzpMp-ctPOQ7KadeXgB0e7byVJ2iKFAIT4SunYnyN0eeoxQWngypTarBVsRZdwlqXAJAGXzhgmb29JXCP__OmX_nzuj6VKYfbZ1wn7hR7PuFrlSP2_jTH4hs_whidh5PMotJslgSOssc/s1600-h/hotel1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihzpMp-ctPOQ7KadeXgB0e7byVJ2iKFAIT4SunYnyN0eeoxQWngypTarBVsRZdwlqXAJAGXzhgmb29JXCP__OmX_nzuj6VKYfbZ1wn7hR7PuFrlSP2_jTH4hs_whidh5PMotJslgSOssc/s400/hotel1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443147089701595490" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />By the time I finally peeled off my wedding dress (and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">spanx</span>: ladies, they really are comfortable for 12 hour stretches!) it was past our bedtime. Luckily, we didn't leave for our honeymoon until midnight the next night. B and I spent a good amount of time lying in bed and just talking about being married, and then it was </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >lights out time</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >. You know, the good kind of lights out time.<br /><br />And there you have it. Our wedding story, from top to bottom, the good and the bad. I've laid it all out on the table and had a great time sharing with everyone. Thank you for following along and sharing with me too!<br /></span>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-62219568344016438752010-04-17T09:33:00.000-07:002010-04-17T17:16:39.355-07:00local vintage dresses.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiO8PERymfUtlqohd9T7zi9-B5vV4-CBU3-La4-cc7OcTg1PRi_iytzUpCnUHUMbKt25fhKP2vSXCq7z6UlyDQRtDhbbqmjOPKlE4yi6G0to_U1oiZvIA8r7kWQT8PSbPgkUMDkhPi7ubi/s1600/TavinBride2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiO8PERymfUtlqohd9T7zi9-B5vV4-CBU3-La4-cc7OcTg1PRi_iytzUpCnUHUMbKt25fhKP2vSXCq7z6UlyDQRtDhbbqmjOPKlE4yi6G0to_U1oiZvIA8r7kWQT8PSbPgkUMDkhPi7ubi/s400/TavinBride2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461146319059374162" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnM3O9wWJHYOKLdtN3nzDlmhXWXiiMt2S2cZrxmyDTaR3We5hf2CJt3HWE_0r2ryAmSW2bAWg36x1nSRuNQaVCoHvx5bqO7EgK1mgjMWwObu1PDA85S6NdQS0uLSJZWuTmkMZn4AkVfiFI/s1600/TavinBride.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 201px; height: 393px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnM3O9wWJHYOKLdtN3nzDlmhXWXiiMt2S2cZrxmyDTaR3We5hf2CJt3HWE_0r2ryAmSW2bAWg36x1nSRuNQaVCoHvx5bqO7EgK1mgjMWwObu1PDA85S6NdQS0uLSJZWuTmkMZn4AkVfiFI/s400/TavinBride.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461146316318551682" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;">(<a href="http://www.theeastsiderla.com/">source</a>)</span><br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">While browsing one of my daily must read blogs (<a href="http://www.theeastsiderla.com/">The Eastsider</a>) I came across these delicious vintage wedding dresses, being sold locally in an Echo Park vintage shop. Luckily, not only are they available at the store front, but also in this super cute <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/TavinShop">etsy shop</a>. The two above are my favorite, but there are several others available.<br /><br />It just seems like I can't get away from <span style="font-weight: bold;">weddingstylebrain</span>, even though my wedding planning ended long ago! I see gorgeous and inspirational things everywhere these days. I would like some friends to get married soon so that I can start planning their weddings... (joking, joking).<br /></span></div></div><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-75922125847927492922010-04-07T22:45:00.000-07:002010-04-07T22:46:55.070-07:00we left early (you can too).<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkW_116McKiDfHRoPMVRFgTgquo8W0n5Fl-3g40uvEIiklyNzbTg2W6EdS7f3pBzABuJnCV8h7WZaohk68_TBZSsFwXamCucgDcSghO59U9mRNjIt2Qbwwxdde8aG3YV490HLBGtPpLk/s1600-h/leaving04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkW_116McKiDfHRoPMVRFgTgquo8W0n5Fl-3g40uvEIiklyNzbTg2W6EdS7f3pBzABuJnCV8h7WZaohk68_TBZSsFwXamCucgDcSghO59U9mRNjIt2Qbwwxdde8aG3YV490HLBGtPpLk/s400/leaving04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443147632395345586" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >As it was nearing the end of the night, and festivities were winding down, I suddenly realized that I was exhausted. Beyond exhausted. Like, falling down on the floor and sleeping right there exhausted. I felt like collapsing. Apparently someone agreed:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TRqifN_Mhq8swHSI5I7NJIml3tl_Gw839_STQUXqbcjY0EUyjwm9RYtMMboY7cj1Zo4XyRy50irig0jZ1IlJB9ULzX5xkjlMrfDUTe3ApFLtKJbxgixUDzQ2BG7l4PVxuJ53TTTq72Y/s1600-h/leaving02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4TRqifN_Mhq8swHSI5I7NJIml3tl_Gw839_STQUXqbcjY0EUyjwm9RYtMMboY7cj1Zo4XyRy50irig0jZ1IlJB9ULzX5xkjlMrfDUTe3ApFLtKJbxgixUDzQ2BG7l4PVxuJ53TTTq72Y/s400/leaving02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443147620813172162" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />BUT then, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >then</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > I realized that B and I hadn't taken any <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">photobooth</span> pictures as a couple, so we ran over there for a few moments.<br /><br />Then our photographer snagged us for a few last minute shots.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Ah8BPDr4Jcs4K-J_e_IxFIhQ7H_qEEnQ-5BMCczOarUZQqfmLo5Z_PWnDbukRhJYmZQxsNN7-z1SwN-2uJWOHRZALWsTYPVXqIlrTn1vfh4uPUSP_YmJUXfKndFxRiqJyMFHt-CWXmE/s1600-h/leaving15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Ah8BPDr4Jcs4K-J_e_IxFIhQ7H_qEEnQ-5BMCczOarUZQqfmLo5Z_PWnDbukRhJYmZQxsNN7-z1SwN-2uJWOHRZALWsTYPVXqIlrTn1vfh4uPUSP_YmJUXfKndFxRiqJyMFHt-CWXmE/s400/leaving15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443148005946698450" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkBM9Q0CtpLF70laOr4-iqYfnMizMTs5VnBu5jJz3cfJ0QcmijJccENaBgqWTXvgMW8WalGsNkgP2PtR8noCQ9vZ6ZZwbKDomRlJ7m8gi2JwnzYlHMVuVd6xXVsmU76asIPO7nR_bnGSk/s1600-h/leaving13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkBM9Q0CtpLF70laOr4-iqYfnMizMTs5VnBu5jJz3cfJ0QcmijJccENaBgqWTXvgMW8WalGsNkgP2PtR8noCQ9vZ6ZZwbKDomRlJ7m8gi2JwnzYlHMVuVd6xXVsmU76asIPO7nR_bnGSk/s400/leaving13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443147999030087458" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />Then we got distracted by the Smiths and danced some more.<br /><br />Then I probably had another drink (or two).<br /><br />Then some guests started leaving, and we gave hugs and said goodbyes.<br /><br />Then our photographer left and we gave hugs and said goodbyes.<br /><br />Then our <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">videographer</span> left and we gave hugs and said goodbyes.<br /><br />Then we might have danced a little bit more because I can't help myself.<br /><br />Then finally, I turned to B and whined that we needed to leave, like, now.<br /><br />We weren't the first to go (most of the people there with small children had already left) but we definitely weren't the last. Most of my family was there still, as were a few straggling dancers and a few straggling drinkers, too!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsLDWo_mNxTCbF2zdFi5PNjiKBlAGFhVVIGCZp1up6NdZlHBStD4PoPgKog38I-DfWBx7u7Zs4PdtIywoV3KsO94vHxgl5YXYWrx4RBX3eanN0BpC7JZpfvRRLq6n9Ii_K9WAxZnny7s/s1600-h/leaving03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsLDWo_mNxTCbF2zdFi5PNjiKBlAGFhVVIGCZp1up6NdZlHBStD4PoPgKog38I-DfWBx7u7Zs4PdtIywoV3KsO94vHxgl5YXYWrx4RBX3eanN0BpC7JZpfvRRLq6n9Ii_K9WAxZnny7s/s400/leaving03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443147627898431554" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />At first I felt a little weird about leaving before everyone else, so I cornered our DOC and I told her my concern.<br /><br />"It's your wedding, do what you want!" was her fantastic reply. Someone must have called us a cab, because the next thing I knew we were sitting amongst a ton of junk in the back of a van-cab. The cab was packed! We had our overnight bag, a bottle of champagne and a HUGE cardboard box filled with the food and dessert that we didn't eat (which we totally scarfed down as soon as we got to the hotel).<br /><br />I couldn't believe it was over. And I can't believe my recaps are almost over! Just a few more to go...<br /><br />Did you leave your wedding early, or were you the last to go?<br /><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">All photos in this post: <a href="http://www.hazelnutphotography.com/" rel="" target="_blank">Hazelnut Photography</a></span></p><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsLDWo_mNxTCbF2zdFi5PNjiKBlAGFhVVIGCZp1up6NdZlHBStD4PoPgKog38I-DfWBx7u7Zs4PdtIywoV3KsO94vHxgl5YXYWrx4RBX3eanN0BpC7JZpfvRRLq6n9Ii_K9WAxZnny7s/s1600-h/leaving03.jpg"><br /></a></span>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-77851171297138898892010-04-07T22:44:00.001-07:002010-04-07T22:45:01.830-07:00just get over it.<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Now that my recaps are just about finished, and I have talked on and on about how fun, relaxing, and delicious my wedding day was, I need to be honest and spell out all of the junk that went wrong. I'm not going to lie to you... things will go wrong! You probably won't even realize most of it until the next day, or the next week, and you just have to not let it bum you out. I let a few things get to me, until I convinced myself it was just a wedding, just one single day, and I made myself move on!<br /><br />So here it is. My list of what went wrong. Hopefully it is as amusing to you as it is to me:<br /><br />1. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >I forgot the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">photobooth</span> props.</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > Not a big deal at all, and totally my fault. Luckily the items have been passed on to another bride, and I hope she gets use out of them! I got over this pretty quickly.<br /><br />2. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >My makeup artist canceled.</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > Three days before the wedding, my makeup artist told me she could no longer make it. Luckily, my amazing hairstylist stepped in and did all the hair</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > and</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > makeup. She rules. I got over this as soon as I had my stylist booked for makeup too. :)</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br />3. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >My programs were horribly ugly.</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > I am not joking here. We waited until the last minute to choose readings and songs, so I had to wait until the last minute to do programs. I really wanted to include the song lyrics and the reading text in them, so I had an elaborate scheme to </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" >gocco</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > 5 page booklets. Yeah, that didn't happen. We ended up with a hideously xeroxed booklet of plain white paper, sloppily cut and stapled together. </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" >DIY</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > fail. Luckily, I don't care about programs so I got over it pretty quickly. My mom, not so quickly.<br /><br />4. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Our out of town bags got invaded... by ants.</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > Two days before the wedding, I went to drop the </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" >OOT</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > bags off at the hotel. I picked a box up and felt a little itch on my arm. Then another. And another. I looked down: my arm was covered in ants. No, wait, the boxes were covered in ants. And so were all of the bags. Apparently, some of our food bars weren't factory sealed properly, and got invaded while they were chilling in the corner of our living room. I had to toss all of the food, and the bags filled with goodies were so covered in ants (both dead and alive!) that they weren't salvageable. I had a mini meltdown until I realized no one would notice missing </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" >OOT</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > bags since they weren't expecting </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" >OOT</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > bags. So, we had no </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" >OOT</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > bags! And no one cared! And I got over it.<br /><br />5. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Our site manager canceled four days before the wedding.</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > The person who knew more about our wedding setup, execution, and venue than anyone, left me a voicemail to tell me he would no longer be able to be at the wedding. After promising me, in writing, that he would be there, another event "suddenly came up." I totally cried. </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >This</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > was my </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" >freakout</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > moment. I was livid. I called my DOC and she told me to be calm, everything would be </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" >fine</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >. And guess what? It was. And although I would never, ever, ever deal with this management company again, I got over it.<br /><br />6. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >There was a giant rabbit fur/skin on the couch and a deer head on the wall.</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > Even though we were told the deer head would be taken down for our wedding, it wasn't. Luckily, I didn't spot the rabbit skin (which was on the couch in the bridal suite), as our stylist told someone to get rid of it before I saw it. Dead animal skins make me sad, guys, and I didn't want to be sad on my wedding day. There was nothing I could do about the deer, so I let it go, and got over it.<br /><br />7. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">speedwalked</span> down the aisle.</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > The aisle was super short anyway, and my fast walking meant that we only got to hear about 15 seconds of my favorite song ever. Kind of a bummer, but... oh well. I didn't even think about this until I saw our video, so it was a get-over-it-post-wedding situation. Easily gotten over!<br /><br />8. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >I totally dropped a ton of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">DIY</span> projects.</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > Drink stirrers? Not gonna happen. Terrarium centerpieces? Too bad. No one noticed, and our tables were super full of food and stuff, so none of this mattered. Glad I let it go!<br /><br />9. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Some of the food wasn't what we asked for.</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > We had smashed potatoes with veggies on the menu, and got whole, </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" >un</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >-smashed purple potatoes instead. We asked for a "normal person food"-type of pasta lasagna, and got a </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" >zuchini</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >-noodle casserole instead. Luckily, it all tasted good. So I let it go.<br /><br />10. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Someone handed me a bouquet and told me to toss it.</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > We had no plans for a bouquet or garter toss. Suddenly, towards the end of the night, someone handed me a bouquet and told me the DJ was getting ready to start the song (you know, that one... Single Ladies). Totally confused, I gave the flowers a halfhearted throw. Apparently, the DJ and photographer both panicked because they had no idea it was happening. I didn't know it was happening either. Anyway, I got over it and let it go.<br /><br />11. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >My mom tried to buy a truckload of Diet Coke two hours before the ceremony.</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > My well meaning mother, who knew of our entire drink/bar menu for the past several months, looked around as she was getting her hair done and asked "where's the diet soda?" I re-informed her that we didn't drink diet soda (or any soda, really) and as such we weren't providing said soda. There would be two kinds of unsweetened iced tea, coffee and good </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" >ol</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >' diet friendly water for those watching their sugar intake. My mom had her very own </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" >bridezilla</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > moment and practically ran out the door to buy up a car full of diet coke. I calmly told her to </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" >GTFO</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > of my dressing room before I exploded. Amazingly, she got over it by the time I opened the door again (perhaps someone kindly informed her to get over it? And she did.) I got over it, and like to laugh about it, a lot.<br /><br />12. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Our sendoff was lackluster.</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > Or, well, nonexistent. I didn't plan anything special (confetti! sparklers! MAGICAL DOVES!) for our sendoff, and then regretted it immensely. Instead, we just kinda left. Which was fine at the time. But I really wish I had memories (and photos) of all of our guests gathering around us and showering us with something sparkly and filled with love. I have to admit, I am still trying to get over this one...<br /><br /><br />I hope some of these made you laugh at their ridiculousness. I certainly laughed about most of them. The thing is, because there is so much planning involved in a typical wedding, there is so much room for something to go wrong. I really, truly believe that the best thing to do is just let it go. I know, I know... it is easier said than done. After I let go of all of the minor (and not so minor) things that happened, I had much better memories of my wedding day.<br /><br />Did any funny things go wrong at your wedding? Please do tell!</span>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-64310887657125935082010-04-02T08:18:00.000-07:002010-04-02T08:20:24.861-07:00edible, growable, flammable!<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcTxbXBG66tYtMSQB4iVWczTNYmh1BprlsYfjY2CSXUM4G5N6oqv8pX_tbDoWRGH7FGlApvNupN060YG5u0PkkyrbCgg-PgWkw3MjR1SwztPogNUGmWp7JGWYfVOyhXvZLjGcuYrZVqTQ/s1600-h/favors09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcTxbXBG66tYtMSQB4iVWczTNYmh1BprlsYfjY2CSXUM4G5N6oqv8pX_tbDoWRGH7FGlApvNupN060YG5u0PkkyrbCgg-PgWkw3MjR1SwztPogNUGmWp7JGWYfVOyhXvZLjGcuYrZVqTQ/s400/favors09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443144476790391106" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />I know most people don't care about favors. Or, to clarify, most wedding guests don't care about favors. Honestly, only brides and wedding <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">bloggers</span> give a crap about favors, and you don't need to make any. (Do as I say, not as I do!) But I <span style="font-style: italic;">really </span>cared about favors. I got totally into our favors and loved them and spent hours creating/perfecting/packaging them!<br /><br />Am I crazy enough to have three different favors?<br /><br />Yes, I am, since variety is the spice of life and all. I wanted to do a little play on words and our favorite songs, and ended up with Edible, Flammable and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Growable</span> favors. I might have made up the word "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">growable</span>." You can see how I made my super cute w<a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2009/08/26/project-favors"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ood</span> printed boxes here</a>, and if you are interested in the jars I used, you can purchase them <a href="http://www.lonestarcandlesupply.com/products/CandleContainers_4-oz-Mini-Apothecary-Jars-with-Glass-Dome-Lid.html">here</a>! They were fairly inexpensive, and I have been reusing them for various crafts and storage since the wedding.<br /><br />Our DOC set the piles of boxes up on a gorgeous wood table just inside the entrance of the venue. It was the first thing guests saw after they got past the doorman (although, unfortunately, not the last thing they saw at the end of the night... more on this later).<br /><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSTAWnsMn_YNEw9oswqdJQgsxwkYBzxh_FSG3OBQXO-_aXGqA6W1wsdY9L5CpaUPP-ey0eYQnEWbU9pU3Z3k4GFm1lpm_wckcAXsxZ_BezbTLu-BErPPhbhbIMLYqHn0A2NXN5-IRzxA/s1600-h/favors08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSTAWnsMn_YNEw9oswqdJQgsxwkYBzxh_FSG3OBQXO-_aXGqA6W1wsdY9L5CpaUPP-ey0eYQnEWbU9pU3Z3k4GFm1lpm_wckcAXsxZ_BezbTLu-BErPPhbhbIMLYqHn0A2NXN5-IRzxA/s400/favors08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443144468532607090" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Just above the table was a super awesome vertical garden arrangement in a <a href="http://www.woollypocket.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">wooly</span> pocket</a>. Simply stunning. I wish my walls at home looked like this.</span><br /> </span></div> <span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />Because it is all in the details when it comes to these things, here is exactly what we gave out:<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Favor One - EDIBLE "Oh, please put your tongue away!"</span><br /><br />This favor was so simple, and so delicious! Candied almonds from Costco ($10 a bag, and we used two bags) scooped into the apothecary glasses, tied up with twine, stuffed in a box, and voila!<br /><br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJL6sCsyT2l59L2lH024f7MRi7ynflGkNi6JDcFMsjyufkQpOajIXXoKNa-iwNGHmBNpk9TqN4DUWUBfG4B9im1fE-7H0mE5ec90UzeXbHheoB7-Jk1kDWm4MiEU-NtTXb8h3Yo0QZiY/s1600-h/favors10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJL6sCsyT2l59L2lH024f7MRi7ynflGkNi6JDcFMsjyufkQpOajIXXoKNa-iwNGHmBNpk9TqN4DUWUBfG4B9im1fE-7H0mE5ec90UzeXbHheoB7-Jk1kDWm4MiEU-NtTXb8h3Yo0QZiY/s400/favors10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443144485815143042" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Favor Two - FLAMMABLE "There is a light and it never goes out."</span><br /><br />I managed to stuff three mini candles in my favorite scent (pumpkin!) and two packs of customized matches into the jars. Even though I thought this would be the least popular favor, it was actually the most popular!<br /><br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhJR-PnPD3bocjNHcz6RNmbZnmwDEF4RToHYX_CEDb3zeb7McrjfCLGr5s2869uX4wtJjl23zHqSKbraoWcE822HZUq-scWSMQlgzc3mq39lbNcJw2coolDzMf5tiZ0FjHkIFAtfAzRA/s1600/flammable.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 336px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhJR-PnPD3bocjNHcz6RNmbZnmwDEF4RToHYX_CEDb3zeb7McrjfCLGr5s2869uX4wtJjl23zHqSKbraoWcE822HZUq-scWSMQlgzc3mq39lbNcJw2coolDzMf5tiZ0FjHkIFAtfAzRA/s400/flammable.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454915546876066018" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Favor Three - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">GROWABLE</span> "Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be."</span><br /><br />This was absolutely, 100%, my favorite favor. Its the favor that keeps on giving (aka growing)- a tiny succulent cutting, along with directions for care. Planted in rich soil and held down with teeny, tiny green rocks, this favor was seriously adorable. Also, this one received the most compliments. I had several people e-mail me after the wedding to ask where I <span style="font-style: italic;">bought</span> them!<br /><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWIw0qkUqFnoXEUqqG3bhpuM__qUDuoCRlFvS1PZCzpEWmhZoP4l3qBOfzo1joWkWLVIlyxK6Ha_wDEPH1x4Gr_3bsReHmnlUMyc9Ria5uHAUvjyT4HaWZZ8T5_B2gym6SPeJ3sIxQaI/s1600/growable.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 379px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWIw0qkUqFnoXEUqqG3bhpuM__qUDuoCRlFvS1PZCzpEWmhZoP4l3qBOfzo1joWkWLVIlyxK6Ha_wDEPH1x4Gr_3bsReHmnlUMyc9Ria5uHAUvjyT4HaWZZ8T5_B2gym6SPeJ3sIxQaI/s400/growable.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454915557852669346" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8UD59iCcavU5WYf0M1C6BvtkjGi-0jgMv8Hx1kn2aAKgRcYPTEk4elLB_fIeKETQL1jCTaFJDu4r_iKCebWIBy0SQ20Qg2NH222dqLV8DWuCILt-xJ6Y3jyKwy3xrgQ0SUurVJBVdno/s1600/succ.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8UD59iCcavU5WYf0M1C6BvtkjGi-0jgMv8Hx1kn2aAKgRcYPTEk4elLB_fIeKETQL1jCTaFJDu4r_iKCebWIBy0SQ20Qg2NH222dqLV8DWuCILt-xJ6Y3jyKwy3xrgQ0SUurVJBVdno/s400/succ.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454916900568705154" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">(photo by me)<br /> </span></div> <span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />So, in theory, at the end of the night our guests would saunter past the table, gasp in delight at my craftiness, and pick out one or two of the favors. I made enough so that each couple could take one of each, hoping that it would all even out and there would be enough to go around. Let me tell you, there was plenty. In fact, I am pretty sure many guests did not pick up favors. I think that by placing them opposite the front entrance, they were easily missed on the way out! Or everyone was too drunk to notice by the end of the night! Which isn't too bad for me, 'cause I ended up eating a lot of candied almonds, and I will never have to buy a box of matches for the rest of my life :)<br />In retrospect, I should have gone with the typical route and placed favors next to each place setting at the dining tables. It would have looked cute on the tables and perhaps been more noticeable to guests. Just another wedding lesson learned!<br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQPdVq-8rKZ0iUrIFzhEnBRs5FNDvBSHshJLdmS5ImLaF3_gKOYPznk_-P1bw7bwQ32BtWhmplpMYQJMkFd53A9czJt3QZhF2P5HwC_BabI6C-wdb-I58shlT5KQcwSrPN3rs5nURjCg/s1600-h/favors03.jpg"><br /> </a><br /> </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7Jwy6eB7LTcYF4__cZb4wdpXOwZdEkaEFjzZxpIKwNx-2NA-nLMrA-eIpkLWXKH7x_zlzQabohxHDltT3W25eKJe4aZpdr0VZkxEjh-20kQN5et71Z_tZomKeX358vNIrH0uF_HVaUg/s1600-h/favors04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7Jwy6eB7LTcYF4__cZb4wdpXOwZdEkaEFjzZxpIKwNx-2NA-nLMrA-eIpkLWXKH7x_zlzQabohxHDltT3W25eKJe4aZpdr0VZkxEjh-20kQN5et71Z_tZomKeX358vNIrH0uF_HVaUg/s400/favors04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443144255990142930" border="0" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-size:85%;">All photos in this post (unless otherwise noted): <a href="http://www.hazelnutphotography.com/" rel="" target="_blank">Hazelnut Photography</a></span></p> <span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-81788017213886179762010-03-18T12:53:00.000-07:002010-03-18T12:56:05.434-07:00list.<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I love love love this </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://offbeatbride.com/2010/03/unique-first-dance-songs">list of possible first dance songs.</a></span>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-69232726323132015872010-03-18T08:37:00.000-07:002010-03-18T08:38:26.030-07:00cupcakes.<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >My thoughts on sweets? Go big or go home. If I am going to eat a big white flour/sugar/fat mess, I want it to taste amazing, and I probably want to eat a lot of it. Don't you?!<br /><br />Remember when I said I was going to <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2009/07/31/project-cupcakes/">make all of my own cupcakes</a> for the wedding? Well, I pulled it off. I also made just about a million cookies. I was smart enough to hire someone to make a couple of cakes and a pie (for some reason I can bake a mean cupcake, but whenever I try to make a full size cake it ends up being a huge kitchen disaster!), and one of our friends made an apple crisp. Lets just say we had a lot of yummy dessert.<br /><br />The following food porn is all vegan and all delicious:<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZycqW2WFkEej697biUeCqbcaEc-zw-jbzkx2Yg140Unryfm18L2HOfuwGu4d7mdxttjiNfu_vFrpcRxf1UB31N1Exh_K2SGw9f4xmF_FfrM1Xt9nVa3AgjE5Ija6rW_0k6gPmmJgVewg/s1600-h/cake02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZycqW2WFkEej697biUeCqbcaEc-zw-jbzkx2Yg140Unryfm18L2HOfuwGu4d7mdxttjiNfu_vFrpcRxf1UB31N1Exh_K2SGw9f4xmF_FfrM1Xt9nVa3AgjE5Ija6rW_0k6gPmmJgVewg/s400/cake02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443140319194511010" border="0" /></a>Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojjolAaqz4DPwgI3sLwo8pV1wkPDh0CiiNVLens75o0ITRmYCCe59UI8S86XxxcyDmvGuH4Gu7XajJnOyQHMhXdMbFwYRaQRhLSpdh6qoiPyAeu2-eqcxNHUlnN3W-tiU3pBjauxTRMs/s1600-h/cake08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojjolAaqz4DPwgI3sLwo8pV1wkPDh0CiiNVLens75o0ITRmYCCe59UI8S86XxxcyDmvGuH4Gu7XajJnOyQHMhXdMbFwYRaQRhLSpdh6qoiPyAeu2-eqcxNHUlnN3W-tiU3pBjauxTRMs/s400/cake08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443141112657379618" border="0" /></a>Black Chocolate Cake with Chocolate <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Buttercream</span> and Raspberry Puree Filling<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lnQtaBS42RhayN4gskKCEFXfzjgOOUtv4AWDCmse9yjuAVC_a4oWXy4BhBFSVuKD8UUnFzaNrIN0R-TN3xiSBLWI9KTgjPzYSfOoCRUk0YjPoNGeFYf1spfv0oO0INdtoxmck-TXkqw/s1600-h/cake03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lnQtaBS42RhayN4gskKCEFXfzjgOOUtv4AWDCmse9yjuAVC_a4oWXy4BhBFSVuKD8UUnFzaNrIN0R-TN3xiSBLWI9KTgjPzYSfOoCRUk0YjPoNGeFYf1spfv0oO0INdtoxmck-TXkqw/s400/cake03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443140324115140626" border="0" /></a>Coconut Chocolate Cream </span><span class="il" style="font-size:85%;">Pie</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-1DcCkE-qFztioWAIYly81szTNFPX81UXQr7SbKiJP3LP9RXZiDER8O1xaSTVhYAhnyKKFLEIPNXDdI9z4w-zP8HPKDCHkPq52g6VOOgBf7XqyViwDe_8Non-aoEpSEOxtpmQ4lMDifk/s1600-h/cake09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-1DcCkE-qFztioWAIYly81szTNFPX81UXQr7SbKiJP3LP9RXZiDER8O1xaSTVhYAhnyKKFLEIPNXDdI9z4w-zP8HPKDCHkPq52g6VOOgBf7XqyViwDe_8Non-aoEpSEOxtpmQ4lMDifk/s400/cake09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443141120001468034" border="0" /></a>Peanut Butter Cups<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXzM-LjbR6MOKGAxLapbt-YNqnfEYQE-gz_mx7nm5SvolNkUmbSgqSqVxwUZZGmmZzoKgumm6cvB2bBxutybz2InQxsnm3SDShFrDaYjUJEyDklVIn_2z9hyphenhyphenP0bis4qUTLSlPdhcE9448/s1600-h/cake05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXzM-LjbR6MOKGAxLapbt-YNqnfEYQE-gz_mx7nm5SvolNkUmbSgqSqVxwUZZGmmZzoKgumm6cvB2bBxutybz2InQxsnm3SDShFrDaYjUJEyDklVIn_2z9hyphenhyphenP0bis4qUTLSlPdhcE9448/s400/cake05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443140332262403234" border="0" /></a>Chocolate Chip Cookies (using the classic <a href="http://www.verybestbaking.com/recipes/specialty/nth-detail-occc.aspx"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Tollhouse</span></a> recipe, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">veganized</span>!)<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yu47fdqxLhlZ4g83Vch3xeukkePrya_e3bh44_lKkTqVqLApsK0R19AeQIK8FyceN1Atc81s56IOPP8jN3YxFFvBA9tecmDz4dNYUJgDpOW2vHhvjAJCjz2BldOjy9rW0P3GS5fOWlk/s1600-h/cake10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yu47fdqxLhlZ4g83Vch3xeukkePrya_e3bh44_lKkTqVqLApsK0R19AeQIK8FyceN1Atc81s56IOPP8jN3YxFFvBA9tecmDz4dNYUJgDpOW2vHhvjAJCjz2BldOjy9rW0P3GS5fOWlk/s400/cake10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443141128047531842" border="0" /></a>Lemon Macadamia Nut Cupcakes<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikF-GnI-AKAXPOF71hnlKgsOIpDQsdqhQOI7IT_pIunNWHftAQqhH1iqbf2bBybL0QWDbZL7QAUXuUtzSR9ZgGQ7boF3A-A_BbRLQANSsS7h-QwVqHa_Nj_foFO_OosIcHF56b5Ec53GA/s1600-h/cake07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikF-GnI-AKAXPOF71hnlKgsOIpDQsdqhQOI7IT_pIunNWHftAQqhH1iqbf2bBybL0QWDbZL7QAUXuUtzSR9ZgGQ7boF3A-A_BbRLQANSsS7h-QwVqHa_Nj_foFO_OosIcHF56b5Ec53GA/s400/cake07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443141108802556530" border="0" /></a>Red Velvet Cupcakes with Fluffy White <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Buttercream</span> Frosting<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5kyuBZcntle4VFEFhukaZ3lIAYDzeX0a_QTyo-A-oKGDxWEFnTjooFWcSa4W1ei8iaoYkFVQWI_wFKTPsNzrMp9TtQqqL3K7xT2oTTz6bP6zeP-Gkg1vdOO_oTLODL0Bx9cYDN0n3MkA/s1600-h/cake06.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5kyuBZcntle4VFEFhukaZ3lIAYDzeX0a_QTyo-A-oKGDxWEFnTjooFWcSa4W1ei8iaoYkFVQWI_wFKTPsNzrMp9TtQqqL3K7xT2oTTz6bP6zeP-Gkg1vdOO_oTLODL0Bx9cYDN0n3MkA/s400/cake06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443141099037399202" border="0" /></a>Vanilla Bean Cupcakes with Chocolate <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Buttercream</span> Frosting<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br />The dessert buffet presentation came together quite well, if you ask me!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULE4FEBKgWPt-BJ26MmXLXkPHRE7CEsdcR83qgbtDweEi2oOUbxiapoOw6y8vZqjrepXdNJnwcXPsJH9zlfKWgRhRtPAe5VqE1CWDstmJk2WXvcISS1ZKsrK88CcS6BDvkJEekvHTvsk/s1600-h/cake21.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULE4FEBKgWPt-BJ26MmXLXkPHRE7CEsdcR83qgbtDweEi2oOUbxiapoOw6y8vZqjrepXdNJnwcXPsJH9zlfKWgRhRtPAe5VqE1CWDstmJk2WXvcISS1ZKsrK88CcS6BDvkJEekvHTvsk/s400/cake21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443142526974119730" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-oOiD5nluilzjwZDBRCMGmUN7ulusQNTB2SkNa7XgRGwcmDPCIDU9rTjuQP4b4vrXgxmzCsByqQK5e_wl-x0sUfznrG4M2psC5-l8EzbYa9IbTv6BauF3g_2GnX6y6_BNJgAphaitNGo/s1600-h/cake20.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-oOiD5nluilzjwZDBRCMGmUN7ulusQNTB2SkNa7XgRGwcmDPCIDU9rTjuQP4b4vrXgxmzCsByqQK5e_wl-x0sUfznrG4M2psC5-l8EzbYa9IbTv6BauF3g_2GnX6y6_BNJgAphaitNGo/s400/cake20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443142315700568274" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYcN8a-5PIKZ0CeQ9YkAp4GpMqI4fzLcrOf_xnM6FSGeQ6jQh0EzzkmKvgYFR_nRrV5QZV6AwhrvogWDdL9dsR8BhDYJUhEujJ96IhO0RfRr-QdBFlMIEqF5i209Bz07ZQv86dUQqzbQ/s1600-h/cake15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYcN8a-5PIKZ0CeQ9YkAp4GpMqI4fzLcrOf_xnM6FSGeQ6jQh0EzzkmKvgYFR_nRrV5QZV6AwhrvogWDdL9dsR8BhDYJUhEujJ96IhO0RfRr-QdBFlMIEqF5i209Bz07ZQv86dUQqzbQ/s400/cake15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443141723118236578" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vYLzXta3_6JMoLd4AkERKOuBjEswFpzPyaffGiccwrcAqEnTmu3cFu-9f8P8M9EsSayFrGa5RwcWWVJFlsGOCTd2MqsN-Dy03wneDCAvFHgwGORAmWZ-prH95pzMlM7myuNfuCrWsgc/s1600-h/cake13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vYLzXta3_6JMoLd4AkERKOuBjEswFpzPyaffGiccwrcAqEnTmu3cFu-9f8P8M9EsSayFrGa5RwcWWVJFlsGOCTd2MqsN-Dy03wneDCAvFHgwGORAmWZ-prH95pzMlM7myuNfuCrWsgc/s400/cake13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443141708172835122" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMZWSv_u2vqgA8JV9NnXV_oz1Mo2bbsS4u8On7S83KNp_UIejJDOQx-j91fmKXlkmy8IfbauDOZrPjbowo6YLszovd2GTfQPALJpC1RR-6Dyn1_0CPwuMhEhjEYFijTgimZOThLDDg4o/s1600-h/cake16.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMZWSv_u2vqgA8JV9NnXV_oz1Mo2bbsS4u8On7S83KNp_UIejJDOQx-j91fmKXlkmy8IfbauDOZrPjbowo6YLszovd2GTfQPALJpC1RR-6Dyn1_0CPwuMhEhjEYFijTgimZOThLDDg4o/s400/cake16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443142288190527826" border="0" /></a><br /><br />When it came time to cut it up, we decided to go with a cupcake.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZkxl2gUktMAuTADZOzknfkAv7nzIlxfyKRGG9xkcEY-UIVhtCulk8wBgD1Xj_LSdnqLzxAw72A1fDLpv3qcXWQ-3gKWxyBvalRu7eo0vnxbiA94hVyCcHuKvpjzXpbwxsxrtDjd6rkys/s1600-h/cake27.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZkxl2gUktMAuTADZOzknfkAv7nzIlxfyKRGG9xkcEY-UIVhtCulk8wBgD1Xj_LSdnqLzxAw72A1fDLpv3qcXWQ-3gKWxyBvalRu7eo0vnxbiA94hVyCcHuKvpjzXpbwxsxrtDjd6rkys/s400/cake27.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443142562084029266" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRx3SyPH0bz0DJ7HrlP17rxsrM9SX0VvRqG1texa42Bz88WMNyayefBs96f_XGcdFxq7B88SkV6FScJ-BH2Vk5-TdcIbvqEwL6kNer0IDTzh_Ce1ocxvnsuzOHW-IbHQKGwpvLkzgkwvQ/s1600-h/cake31.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRx3SyPH0bz0DJ7HrlP17rxsrM9SX0VvRqG1texa42Bz88WMNyayefBs96f_XGcdFxq7B88SkV6FScJ-BH2Vk5-TdcIbvqEwL6kNer0IDTzh_Ce1ocxvnsuzOHW-IbHQKGwpvLkzgkwvQ/s400/cake31.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443142761454287426" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >I love how my cousin is looking on so longingly at the desserts!</span><br /></div><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8q7WqXhMVbov1u-FvaQfoqYh9g6XKLRbeL6OLG0skmlmpuGbGemr2O829cUrRyTLlcUptVgxm1fAz_DXe-muJmXBIqOJeFlI0l_AyPJl9ZVzLGMT1esJ9KPIf3nnJTJrZGZ-VJJNk4-0/s1600-h/cake36.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8q7WqXhMVbov1u-FvaQfoqYh9g6XKLRbeL6OLG0skmlmpuGbGemr2O829cUrRyTLlcUptVgxm1fAz_DXe-muJmXBIqOJeFlI0l_AyPJl9ZVzLGMT1esJ9KPIf3nnJTJrZGZ-VJJNk4-0/s400/cake36.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443143040950496178" border="0" /></a>We got a little confused and twisted up in the arm department.<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBOCWXEnxNEkyAmTPH1gKzf1agB8Dp1htj1z3DcF5WZcdh6KGN02bcmbGCVHj7t9Fo8yEMrXjKdGa8BCz3XDTCmrhwxV9fQALxskYqrCW_hRqqqHq7EFJcMeM-f9mOZnM8EDIqWHwlcN8/s1600-h/cake37.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBOCWXEnxNEkyAmTPH1gKzf1agB8Dp1htj1z3DcF5WZcdh6KGN02bcmbGCVHj7t9Fo8yEMrXjKdGa8BCz3XDTCmrhwxV9fQALxskYqrCW_hRqqqHq7EFJcMeM-f9mOZnM8EDIqWHwlcN8/s400/cake37.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443143184490707570" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >And we made it! Cake in mouth success!</span><br /><br /></div><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKw3xAd5cvBJyisYQAWRC2ap5kjZyUrRYUZuThyxo4WMDz-OVB6vFaetwEMAyJ1R-2y0D3zFmxdQ8FdHcJ00DU3mLPBqI_VRQxcgRy9lM3p3dh91sG7ajjRgpOVmWvdigUa_VPmjcqD0E/s1600-h/cake38.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKw3xAd5cvBJyisYQAWRC2ap5kjZyUrRYUZuThyxo4WMDz-OVB6vFaetwEMAyJ1R-2y0D3zFmxdQ8FdHcJ00DU3mLPBqI_VRQxcgRy9lM3p3dh91sG7ajjRgpOVmWvdigUa_VPmjcqD0E/s400/cake38.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443143196740426802" border="0" /></a>That tiny bite is the only cake I managed to eat that night. After swallowing it my stomach turned, so I grabbed another drink (always a good idea when your stomach revolts from sugar) and headed back to the dance floor!<br /><br />A lot of people told me I couldn't, or shouldn't, make cupcakes for my own wedding! I am super proud that I pulled it off. I am so happy that I went ahead and did it anyway! Trusting your gut usually pays off.<br /></span><p style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">All photos in this post: <a href="http://www.hazelnutphotography.com/" rel="" target="_blank">Hazelnut Photography</a></span></p>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-51868810683366450832010-03-18T08:36:00.000-07:002010-03-18T08:36:30.160-07:00danced myself out of the womb.<span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBBSnSUvs91Mdtx30pAsEvkurm8FDoqZq25CoTGmhZmWDsiBw1yELTC-WM79d67nqMjKMnEWVm8KNq5t9DWfTfxGAbNfLBKQByNt9Ew86khi9WhxS6le7J68rHPe5ORZ9ETRTfCrkxKM/s1600-h/dancing01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBBSnSUvs91Mdtx30pAsEvkurm8FDoqZq25CoTGmhZmWDsiBw1yELTC-WM79d67nqMjKMnEWVm8KNq5t9DWfTfxGAbNfLBKQByNt9Ew86khi9WhxS6le7J68rHPe5ORZ9ETRTfCrkxKM/s400/dancing01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443135103665324290" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Dance dance DANCE. Really, that is all I wanted to do at our wedding (besides the obvious, getting married part). Way back in the planning stages, when I was thinking about evening entertainment, I considered other things to keep people occupied. Like, performance artists and portrait drawers and such. But that would have been overkill. We had a great DJ, a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">photobooth</span> and tons of booze. That should be enough!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGAE_nvoO6A_zdDR1Qi-FNs_EIOkNupKKZhKB2RqsVzmu6e0gTNSeK3-co3LR1rO7mi0N172w_zgphRqrHMcIv9xvYCb-IKJUQeBdvBlD-qwJRhEQNHWzf6WpNwRbT9ucYptp_y_8ITU/s1600-h/dancing44.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGAE_nvoO6A_zdDR1Qi-FNs_EIOkNupKKZhKB2RqsVzmu6e0gTNSeK3-co3LR1rO7mi0N172w_zgphRqrHMcIv9xvYCb-IKJUQeBdvBlD-qwJRhEQNHWzf6WpNwRbT9ucYptp_y_8ITU/s400/dancing44.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443136298107867410" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />I have to admit, I was worried about having a packed dance floor. In fact, I worried about this all the time before the wedding. I had dreams about it. Honestly, I shouldn't have stressed. Although it wasn't always packed, there were at least a few people out there all night, and at times it was fairly crowded. We really didn't have a very dance-y crowd though, and in a way I think we disappointed our DJ. At one point he pulled us aside and said he was doing everything he could to get people to dance, but that it was just a mellow crowd. I told him not to worry about it, that I wasn't bothered, and 15 people on the dance floor was better than none. And the main thing? I danced all night! Literally, all night long. I only left the dance floor to cut cake, get drinks, pop in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">'booth,</span> and I may have ran to the bathroom, once. Maybe. I really, really like to dance.<br /><br />Luckily, some of our guests like to dance, too. (You might also notice that Morrissey likes to dance, as we played his videos over and over throughout the night, on the big screen above the dance floor.)<br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTiM9lgLaiSuQcsIvneb_5t34b96zC6_2mqlKtKTVIPWaWRzDzXbLdWtwHgRWn5PvdlrMtVPgJ9ltBViC9C2HfG71tn52ElAiE7Gx7mo1UHjRfh9xN0r_7O3Rjs5EP3HyXASBWOKhejeQ/s1600-h/dancing47.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTiM9lgLaiSuQcsIvneb_5t34b96zC6_2mqlKtKTVIPWaWRzDzXbLdWtwHgRWn5PvdlrMtVPgJ9ltBViC9C2HfG71tn52ElAiE7Gx7mo1UHjRfh9xN0r_7O3Rjs5EP3HyXASBWOKhejeQ/s400/dancing47.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443136311085896754" border="0" /></a>Tween boys are pretty amazing dancers!</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICmj7d5vnHkexttPovByeg4vzOC-Ol6K7kjPSr8OPZPtpvX-kSuy5GFPRDGNQX_2uu_v3MNUpvJTrmlyH70XJPRhGYllQ2TEAe80kYumnlPGdEebkp_3RjimkRNJFK97zO1YEtlAzCC0/s1600-h/dancing45.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICmj7d5vnHkexttPovByeg4vzOC-Ol6K7kjPSr8OPZPtpvX-kSuy5GFPRDGNQX_2uu_v3MNUpvJTrmlyH70XJPRhGYllQ2TEAe80kYumnlPGdEebkp_3RjimkRNJFK97zO1YEtlAzCC0/s400/dancing45.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443136304002542930" border="0" /></a>So are the girls :)</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82kb8zJW3P-LR_LdwmLt48yXa8omDtAC5mz4jsDD57flpjIx85lXHdlj5lN6EemJ7iTNBaQldg_pstRyuLmf4zvHHXG9M9_QOp-FT_EOa3OTjGnNNerpA2dChAdfyMGp7INbU9OCZ1Ic/s1600-h/dancing24.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82kb8zJW3P-LR_LdwmLt48yXa8omDtAC5mz4jsDD57flpjIx85lXHdlj5lN6EemJ7iTNBaQldg_pstRyuLmf4zvHHXG9M9_QOp-FT_EOa3OTjGnNNerpA2dChAdfyMGp7INbU9OCZ1Ic/s400/dancing24.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443135909251806690" border="0" /></a>Who knows what move I am perfecting here.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6QJh9Daml7wjois0rclXGiVMzZlUde_KCQpBNndKEXWS40ufYY5XGkU79fz2oRpg7d4ydwkN4R88GOyX6pVVydJyJZMYwAYSNNcBLKSU37W4doci9VQ3r6dco69yvOVSVspvQU9N13E/s1600-h/dancing21.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6QJh9Daml7wjois0rclXGiVMzZlUde_KCQpBNndKEXWS40ufYY5XGkU79fz2oRpg7d4ydwkN4R88GOyX6pVVydJyJZMYwAYSNNcBLKSU37W4doci9VQ3r6dco69yvOVSVspvQU9N13E/s400/dancing21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443135897906797586" border="0" /></a>My Aunt K is the life of EVERY party that she goes to. She is infamous for dancing at our family weddings!</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6d4X31ppz8xVRJshyV0sk87W6uXnQP3rRvZwKtVkkI3Y6Z6f42CHUBzxYRPoUZ9HS6SJBe7eEXHzsDlCOciPaHb_yxDLn7X_xdGlHi67G9oCg-HzPwhX57jhyphenhyphenngnKXmRqpkkvLRBc8hQ/s1600-h/dancing18.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6d4X31ppz8xVRJshyV0sk87W6uXnQP3rRvZwKtVkkI3Y6Z6f42CHUBzxYRPoUZ9HS6SJBe7eEXHzsDlCOciPaHb_yxDLn7X_xdGlHi67G9oCg-HzPwhX57jhyphenhyphenngnKXmRqpkkvLRBc8hQ/s400/dancing18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443135635627664050" border="0" /></a>It doesn't get much better than this.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhahhaJpZZfyTtTohcDCEm5jLdibHk7zpyHTl-2DldIOadMfsrMU_6mmMs2cxxL3a7utjI78VNhzpXk_hS2snkNGVHcgL43oxwUn32-BWG9YhmquqA-pItQGaacFK9kUctLT6jrApS6_Pk/s1600-h/dancing12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhahhaJpZZfyTtTohcDCEm5jLdibHk7zpyHTl-2DldIOadMfsrMU_6mmMs2cxxL3a7utjI78VNhzpXk_hS2snkNGVHcgL43oxwUn32-BWG9YhmquqA-pItQGaacFK9kUctLT6jrApS6_Pk/s400/dancing12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443135401051852002" border="0" /></a>Seconds after this shot, he was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">break dancing</span> on the floor.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDA3wllo4O3-Cwa8dlclb1tZNH9-IXqj2oF8pqho3K8eEkZkjAN7KCKiQ1j40sTiwBQ_pS7g_eJ6fmgWQ2r0n3sv-yJpL72o3yCl66bXg_6uKNeNvlwADTtkflrt1CNCc4EeDKLJefmZc/s1600-h/dancing11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDA3wllo4O3-Cwa8dlclb1tZNH9-IXqj2oF8pqho3K8eEkZkjAN7KCKiQ1j40sTiwBQ_pS7g_eJ6fmgWQ2r0n3sv-yJpL72o3yCl66bXg_6uKNeNvlwADTtkflrt1CNCc4EeDKLJefmZc/s400/dancing11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443135393100310706" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO7BS_XIA1LPHXkD-Hifp1PmjuWOjk4SPUwCngClbymfaE_HYmmgEgpJ3IZVB2OQI3l9rHtVtyH4hfmjkjhJspMEc5Lkw523CJvl1b2X1IS6nYqu0zd1qV7QZGY7_8B7czEp_g8RJ3uII/s1600-h/dancing05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO7BS_XIA1LPHXkD-Hifp1PmjuWOjk4SPUwCngClbymfaE_HYmmgEgpJ3IZVB2OQI3l9rHtVtyH4hfmjkjhJspMEc5Lkw523CJvl1b2X1IS6nYqu0zd1qV7QZGY7_8B7czEp_g8RJ3uII/s400/dancing05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443135134936072306" border="0" /></a>Please familiarize yourself with Aunt K again, you will see more about her below!<br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACUiyN4g7eThCYIsHgvntjr-vrv9Cp_0iTQjeNgiQL2ii9N7fCf5EljOEXvMn5AflyTU5kCP5NKa2llx5uvna7Da2srJQnu8GZ3jpYcpqdMXmes973O3eXSt2wxC8xCOrVCEUz0M4JAA/s1600-h/dancing04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACUiyN4g7eThCYIsHgvntjr-vrv9Cp_0iTQjeNgiQL2ii9N7fCf5EljOEXvMn5AflyTU5kCP5NKa2llx5uvna7Da2srJQnu8GZ3jpYcpqdMXmes973O3eXSt2wxC8xCOrVCEUz0M4JAA/s400/dancing04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443135125852589986" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9z9dsFo-jr2byebiBIYOTBDI5I-A09I9RFVj94ch0zApiAOMVwJiAVObkIKH0bFvf1vf-ku1HehawWSo-2jqtQdLjmcKWstvtYWeuV06bmI7CZHFCm7oChlGJN4ykiKWFaCcCIikf9_Q/s1600-h/dancing03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9z9dsFo-jr2byebiBIYOTBDI5I-A09I9RFVj94ch0zApiAOMVwJiAVObkIKH0bFvf1vf-ku1HehawWSo-2jqtQdLjmcKWstvtYWeuV06bmI7CZHFCm7oChlGJN4ykiKWFaCcCIikf9_Q/s400/dancing03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443135119743528098" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-size:85%;" >B and I singing along to some song (probably the Smiths).</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Toward the night, something magical happened.B and I were getting ready to leave (yes, we left our own wedding reception before it was over - we were tired!), but we were out on the dance floor jamming to a couple of slower songs before jetting out. Our <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">DJ</span> started spinning a new song and suddenly, one of the (super cute and very nice) waiters started dancing with Aunt K. It was a sight to behold. When we watched the video later my family was in hysterics! It was fun! So much fun, that I made a one minute video clip, just for y'all to giggle at (the best parts start at about 40 seconds in!):<br /><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DsQ8GDKILi4&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DsQ8GDKILi4&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed></object><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />Aunt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">K's</span> daughter, my cousin, is getting married this summer. I can't wait to enjoy more of her fabulous skills out on the dance floor.<br /><br />Do you have any wacky relatives that just love to strut their stuff on the dance floor at every event? Or are you the wacky one??!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" >All photos in this post: <a href="http://www.hazelnutphotography.com/" rel="" target="_blank">Hazelnut Photography</a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />Video: Josh Kun</span>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-26942266075820006732010-03-10T13:02:00.000-08:002010-03-10T13:03:14.079-08:00babies babies babies!<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVH30_d9wUsJgknvxlaWJyPCfxik9aSqUz_VMKNb91MaKPMyZV46BllGsKRDW89cJCIODSevLR1AOU533EupK43xi6GKzWarw96by0miFbyafrDbad0uxZ1DsPJrzWpGJPQG3Xd6xEqo/s1600-h/kids+table05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVH30_d9wUsJgknvxlaWJyPCfxik9aSqUz_VMKNb91MaKPMyZV46BllGsKRDW89cJCIODSevLR1AOU533EupK43xi6GKzWarw96by0miFbyafrDbad0uxZ1DsPJrzWpGJPQG3Xd6xEqo/s400/kids+table05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443138874509745762" border="0" /></a><br />Just in case you are one of those people on the fence about whether or not to invite children to your wedding, I hope this post helps sway you (one way or the other...)!<br /><br />I had a great time <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2009/07/28/project-table-for-kidlets">planning out the fun stuff</a> for all the kids who would be at my wedding. From crafting activity kits to each individual child, to making sure they had plenty to eat and drink.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4bOvilPFukSx_u0hyphenhyphen1U7uxLd46kk0F9VWU8mx09FX3__FnTaHqC0oqVuUZn-gyMEXcHHMQjyfOGABwBN60vIP2oiPzofGm1OE0bq4BU6Jl2p4udIT2Rep2evW1hAye47rSxmglCg2l8/s1600-h/kids+table02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4bOvilPFukSx_u0hyphenhyphen1U7uxLd46kk0F9VWU8mx09FX3__FnTaHqC0oqVuUZn-gyMEXcHHMQjyfOGABwBN60vIP2oiPzofGm1OE0bq4BU6Jl2p4udIT2Rep2evW1hAye47rSxmglCg2l8/s400/kids+table02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443138855254650898" border="0" /></a><br />We had a special meal for the under 14's: vegan pizza and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">pb</span>&j. I also made sure we had several kinds of water and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">lemonade</span> that they could consume, along with a chocolate soy milk at every place setting. And I have to say, the milk was a total hit!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsAqsyLjxocvNm-qLQoYKX8vy9TTgM91b9v1VubQGZz6cMOELOE-3ui7nyuwYBwVaMQxJM2SC09sB4lgipjv5oaVVquG6vaxejuhNQigLPjmGoSSe60r-qAKHh7hKv9qG5t-Vdk0Hhgg/s1600-h/kids+table04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsAqsyLjxocvNm-qLQoYKX8vy9TTgM91b9v1VubQGZz6cMOELOE-3ui7nyuwYBwVaMQxJM2SC09sB4lgipjv5oaVVquG6vaxejuhNQigLPjmGoSSe60r-qAKHh7hKv9qG5t-Vdk0Hhgg/s400/kids+table04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443138871250215714" border="0" /></a><br />I also spent a lot of time creating individual activity boxes that suited each child's likes and needs. The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">pre</span>-teen girls received some magazines, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">lipgloss</span>, notebooks and jewelry kits. The smaller <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">kidlets</span> had boxes full of stickers, bracelets, princess stuff, race cars, army men, and bouncy balls. Everyone, regardless of age or gender, received a fairy wand and a slinky because I love both toys :)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtwC4r81qVKPwX3cIYX1Ejt0dhWgS7Mh3dY6UkzsqK7X6JdH1Axti9C1eYn5AzVhwrtrMq_gQ-J9gqc-zCuVcjw5QBGb_TcjWTKx31pT0U3Jc3IKQoq3HexcDAvyfANjofd16uZ8rFoo/s1600-h/kids+table14.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtwC4r81qVKPwX3cIYX1Ejt0dhWgS7Mh3dY6UkzsqK7X6JdH1Axti9C1eYn5AzVhwrtrMq_gQ-J9gqc-zCuVcjw5QBGb_TcjWTKx31pT0U3Jc3IKQoq3HexcDAvyfANjofd16uZ8rFoo/s400/kids+table14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443139532266908866" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We kept the decor on the table to a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">minimum</span>, because kids tend to knock things over, ALL THE TIME. Instead of flower centerpieces we put out jars of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">glowsticks</span> and straws and lollipops. Along with the bright colored pencil boxes and wands, it was all that was needed to make the kid's table look magical.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mvhEHfhAvlY46aF_MC7jw5YZuLjZMBWX35Da_e2GiXDA3yLRMeUPjJKjy11ectjFB5Gaf6h06zTZwqDf8GBWTS3DUrnDGd9fCb8Z7Bp4w-dMDR_hMLSmPsu_njO4U_5FA5d_VXZOiF4/s1600-h/kids+table01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mvhEHfhAvlY46aF_MC7jw5YZuLjZMBWX35Da_e2GiXDA3yLRMeUPjJKjy11ectjFB5Gaf6h06zTZwqDf8GBWTS3DUrnDGd9fCb8Z7Bp4w-dMDR_hMLSmPsu_njO4U_5FA5d_VXZOiF4/s400/kids+table01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443536777071309154" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The seating arrangement at their table was just as planned out as the adult tables! We kept the youngest kids closest to our babysitter, the older kids in the middle of the table, and the wildest kids toward the back near their parents :) It must have worked, because the children were on their best behaviour all night. They really did stay at the table throughout dinner, and after dinner they spent a lot of time hamming it up at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">photobooth</span>.<br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkr7W4SqId32nhMTfDOLMhEE4wRMF8WrFsURoEl6_hmG1K1sEZ_5UYPMYLJPt6EpTUbBMbXwqYEqS3GomH46o0fnRfAVeuoSiI56k3k1YxldTc6gQC61lE_0fgQkyeCv9q1YXXMyYdvg/s1600-h/kidlets.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkr7W4SqId32nhMTfDOLMhEE4wRMF8WrFsURoEl6_hmG1K1sEZ_5UYPMYLJPt6EpTUbBMbXwqYEqS3GomH46o0fnRfAVeuoSiI56k3k1YxldTc6gQC61lE_0fgQkyeCv9q1YXXMyYdvg/s400/kidlets.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443543660886415506" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">(photo taken by guest)<br /><br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_StYuwkK7w2vdXQ_TCebBxdiK_ElpPHKgIqxcqiQAGpqD0cARt2df5cbAUQ7tUJ5XJ6ySHq_6Q-GIYKjQPfzl9VGy0gbB3Z73HgNONDwPBMjW0mLYNHO3Tazc_3gU3EJK93XvKoFVdSA/s1600-h/kids+table06.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_StYuwkK7w2vdXQ_TCebBxdiK_ElpPHKgIqxcqiQAGpqD0cARt2df5cbAUQ7tUJ5XJ6ySHq_6Q-GIYKjQPfzl9VGy0gbB3Z73HgNONDwPBMjW0mLYNHO3Tazc_3gU3EJK93XvKoFVdSA/s400/kids+table06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443139291770945842" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I also left a basket full of bigger toys with our DOC, to be taken out after dinner. It was crammed with coloring books, etch-a-sketch, baby dolls, art kits, jewelry kits, flashlights and more. The kids had a blast and got to take it all home at the end of the night.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirzPpEwFCxo4vTfIpYYaEXCfS-AMYjtTtUhm80eIGnfTej4vwKYuAAlBrpoeTbxNVB9WeqJM_2jf8LcGxsd79WmUhF6Bh-9CJCMGQWPN2YrP4DrYDEATLwRBcjfOchgpyKQngypXeDJjM/s1600-h/kids+table07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirzPpEwFCxo4vTfIpYYaEXCfS-AMYjtTtUhm80eIGnfTej4vwKYuAAlBrpoeTbxNVB9WeqJM_2jf8LcGxsd79WmUhF6Bh-9CJCMGQWPN2YrP4DrYDEATLwRBcjfOchgpyKQngypXeDJjM/s400/kids+table07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443139300663002978" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Just in case you need more convincing that kids are adorable and really fun to have at weddings:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrpnZRE5A5grcfwAY1ILn4DHvzy_pY1bc1En-nmN-WUfeL2MdAkYCegC3WdUo-8558sTUY-tHx_Mx4edd0W3Ha9lBiKx5PHaiCDpF-oO6jh9JqwepVuK26w2kvNFfBe0rOSlxn4AWb28/s1600-h/kids+table19.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrpnZRE5A5grcfwAY1ILn4DHvzy_pY1bc1En-nmN-WUfeL2MdAkYCegC3WdUo-8558sTUY-tHx_Mx4edd0W3Ha9lBiKx5PHaiCDpF-oO6jh9JqwepVuK26w2kvNFfBe0rOSlxn4AWb28/s400/kids+table19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443139677726545730" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHNfDxAYa80npetnZHI6cu7RLJFid8Vc_aRm5z7Q-iscW56BP0GSF2byc0RYD5EsDUmE6axVziGnHg9OXRPO_eqfd6IByBsVak9Tutgj3gyXNSd_yxYo_fMAOfmf89DW_a3fTNKwuasQ/s1600-h/kids+table11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHNfDxAYa80npetnZHI6cu7RLJFid8Vc_aRm5z7Q-iscW56BP0GSF2byc0RYD5EsDUmE6axVziGnHg9OXRPO_eqfd6IByBsVak9Tutgj3gyXNSd_yxYo_fMAOfmf89DW_a3fTNKwuasQ/s400/kids+table11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443139512503846402" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBs2hmvNxWr6u_yqx0t8AV5otIUoD2VaWeuXYbQnibYKsabUzoS2z2Y0ulWWSmessI4exQvxhh7juYi0Rs2UD1-x0fQoebIil9pwnzCzWTPTNnqDMs4KpMj-4s7V3PkJUCLgeTcjNXfs/s1600-h/kids+table10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBs2hmvNxWr6u_yqx0t8AV5otIUoD2VaWeuXYbQnibYKsabUzoS2z2Y0ulWWSmessI4exQvxhh7juYi0Rs2UD1-x0fQoebIil9pwnzCzWTPTNnqDMs4KpMj-4s7V3PkJUCLgeTcjNXfs/s400/kids+table10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443139321635639970" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjF8yYCojU83elFSuJwLOdQM57gudFmpGUsz6aMOWTH-c1vVmUlRDQ-TOmR3-BKESkdYeR9Kwd9pbsI4dhSDC3xQnUAkQYhE-YPUxtSwsolJMR7e0rjKfW0VCrZv_kf9C7SfO84wxp2A/s1600-h/kids+table08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjF8yYCojU83elFSuJwLOdQM57gudFmpGUsz6aMOWTH-c1vVmUlRDQ-TOmR3-BKESkdYeR9Kwd9pbsI4dhSDC3xQnUAkQYhE-YPUxtSwsolJMR7e0rjKfW0VCrZv_kf9C7SfO84wxp2A/s400/kids+table08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443139309323507698" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprfLHYuiMQCk-3a9mowyEncslEiYObkqPjE5o0E9x0UWD0UtZMB4A5Y682hxdr2yEL9B21BKO5jNWzdhF8RO-gHRVlC4NyoHjS6rJz1OMbw6yjIw-EJAXEXHUU8yPe72oGRXpMKhk46I/s1600-h/kids+table13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprfLHYuiMQCk-3a9mowyEncslEiYObkqPjE5o0E9x0UWD0UtZMB4A5Y682hxdr2yEL9B21BKO5jNWzdhF8RO-gHRVlC4NyoHjS6rJz1OMbw6yjIw-EJAXEXHUU8yPe72oGRXpMKhk46I/s400/kids+table13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443139526999464754" border="0" /></a><br />Are you having children at your wedding? Did you have special activities for them, or do you just plan on letting them dance the night away?<br /></span><br /><p style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">All photos in this post (unless otherwise noted): <a href="http://www.hazelnutphotography.com/" rel="" target="_blank">Hazelnut Photography</a></span></p>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-89411828761656938082010-03-02T09:01:00.000-08:002010-03-02T09:02:52.176-08:00first dance time!<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">B and I practiced our first dance routine for weeks. We hired a local dance instructor to come to our tiny house and choreograph something simple for us, and it was such a good decision. I never would have done a first dance if we hadn't had lessons!</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Picking our song was really easy, as it is one of our favorites. We used lyrics from this song on our invitations and programs and everywhere. The lyrics mean so much to me, I can't even describe it. I'll post them for you instead:</span><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">I'll be your mirror </span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Reflect what you are, in case you don't know<br /></span> <span style="font-style: italic;"> I'll be the wind, the rain and the sunset </span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />The light on your door to show that you're home<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">When you think the night has seen your mind<br /></span> <span style="font-style: italic;"> That inside you're twisted and unkind </span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Let me stand to show that you are blind<br /></span> <span style="font-style: italic;"> Please put down your hands<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">'Cause I see you<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">I find it hard to believe you don't know </span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />The beauty you are </span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />But if you don't let me be your eyes </span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />A hand in your darkness, so you won't be afraid<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-style: italic;"> When you think the night has seen your mind<br /></span> <span style="font-style: italic;"> That inside you're twisted and unkind </span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Let me stand to show that you are blind </span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Please put down your hands<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">'Cause I see you </span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-family:verdana;">-Lou Reed</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br />And post this for your listening pleasure as well:<br /></span> <object style="font-family: verdana;" height="285" width="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CHmAUODVaLY&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CHmAUODVaLY&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="285" width="340"></embed></object> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br />We started out slow, with a few small steps...<br /><br /></span> <a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_agufSLcXoSBltqkQ6P6hCMSmAMUolLHFCcZSfErkZlmylAGPG7kfb-iNJL-YS24GYnGerFxrxZMShpf0Ysrne5Z0Lpuf5oefpxGJHitbT_JQBB-Byvt5RypUaTUDB9A8suUzHpgG-70/s1600-h/first+toasts11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_agufSLcXoSBltqkQ6P6hCMSmAMUolLHFCcZSfErkZlmylAGPG7kfb-iNJL-YS24GYnGerFxrxZMShpf0Ysrne5Z0Lpuf5oefpxGJHitbT_JQBB-Byvt5RypUaTUDB9A8suUzHpgG-70/s400/first+toasts11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443114757950467138" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWo7j57Jp28hWUWsZJSrAe3DQG1iobXOkBaLMYOUkch72TdG2waAtPDV-6EaY4jVp2j53YFeVE4JsvFOBSPWO0DMhad46h129T-sLa4qesfqOByC611qAMHUQORiCzW6xAPCrTiRwkBw/s1600-h/first+toasts12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWo7j57Jp28hWUWsZJSrAe3DQG1iobXOkBaLMYOUkch72TdG2waAtPDV-6EaY4jVp2j53YFeVE4JsvFOBSPWO0DMhad46h129T-sLa4qesfqOByC611qAMHUQORiCzW6xAPCrTiRwkBw/s400/first+toasts12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443114766649386098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Performed a couple of fancier turns...<br /><br /></span> <a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgECw2SfGhhaajwVl5HIhBhYM4LZuYOC7aQEl1RCauyEhyTNTxmmptGH2iXo5E6zyY0LvgISjmIldJR9dTSXrldMwbt-FtOQIHHx0MfuPEF2JrsKPnNrnE8_9MloJNfwXEAa5p6Zv1d7w/s1600-h/first+toasts16.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgECw2SfGhhaajwVl5HIhBhYM4LZuYOC7aQEl1RCauyEhyTNTxmmptGH2iXo5E6zyY0LvgISjmIldJR9dTSXrldMwbt-FtOQIHHx0MfuPEF2JrsKPnNrnE8_9MloJNfwXEAa5p6Zv1d7w/s400/first+toasts16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443115049461940690" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDcafcDf6aot_1zyJUsM8wWbRjP7x6bFMOSDN4KeVc89XmfrRyk6CISXlSpHJpcLRMT5-ZDZRsqpc4Ve04910Bpni8x8eBrbBh5ScXW0Oyl7HUynNyOQ4b8NLuKPn3dedLpTFhOY1DXY/s1600-h/first+toasts14.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDcafcDf6aot_1zyJUsM8wWbRjP7x6bFMOSDN4KeVc89XmfrRyk6CISXlSpHJpcLRMT5-ZDZRsqpc4Ve04910Bpni8x8eBrbBh5ScXW0Oyl7HUynNyOQ4b8NLuKPn3dedLpTFhOY1DXY/s400/first+toasts14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443115031429834034" border="0" /></a> <a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU2l2YaHWlYH1ITEryXkOG9J7aYbnLpE33WR_sOx9Y1RQ1XGGCHboILOBKtmux7L16yjraZB__qA7QXSbTyxu9v8pHl4HXS-xRij_MnTKoAxRrvEWY9h1KCm28avOOEjXuG_JMiYlYb6A/s1600-h/first+toasts15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU2l2YaHWlYH1ITEryXkOG9J7aYbnLpE33WR_sOx9Y1RQ1XGGCHboILOBKtmux7L16yjraZB__qA7QXSbTyxu9v8pHl4HXS-xRij_MnTKoAxRrvEWY9h1KCm28avOOEjXuG_JMiYlYb6A/s400/first+toasts15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443115041121551330" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Some faster twists...<br /></span> <a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVP0rv7MYvbBD23-K_Gcup90XsgL97lGBgckkLrWv9UfiqDjL8-j2sixhRPF0fp542QMQW8Yn3D7tTsvGKHyBgxou2tW61REo5M4H8QKMVKjdG6VcKAE3WBtQ1UKfmiBa47mcHDfXQ7Y/s1600-h/first+toasts13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVP0rv7MYvbBD23-K_Gcup90XsgL97lGBgckkLrWv9UfiqDjL8-j2sixhRPF0fp542QMQW8Yn3D7tTsvGKHyBgxou2tW61REo5M4H8QKMVKjdG6VcKAE3WBtQ1UKfmiBa47mcHDfXQ7Y/s400/first+toasts13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443115028826339010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">And the big finish!<br /><br /></span> <a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUCYsaczwi-GmJlPym0kKelT38RreGoRWAOKXultBVlieQyO7KKj2_Z1YiI93A3eVUyQV47-HvkHKw8bDYJo5tqSsbEVRhheI4bOYXvE99n7eRum6ewkT5o7Qge504sUaldipnT1iYW0/s1600-h/dance1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUCYsaczwi-GmJlPym0kKelT38RreGoRWAOKXultBVlieQyO7KKj2_Z1YiI93A3eVUyQV47-HvkHKw8bDYJo5tqSsbEVRhheI4bOYXvE99n7eRum6ewkT5o7Qge504sUaldipnT1iYW0/s400/dance1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443115806600483602" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpzYiY7cUEtgfBGgLC6HnxYHY2PaJUf2tE8wzUlJQNKtBCIWUYK8rSMHpHf_w5Re5Y1O28WuG2Hy3CUgSFc7eXH6RQuz8fxQ33zSA8A5R1UcLz6b2wESnVHRiaCI-LEvbCyCRpA9K6fE/s1600-h/first+toasts18.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpzYiY7cUEtgfBGgLC6HnxYHY2PaJUf2tE8wzUlJQNKtBCIWUYK8rSMHpHf_w5Re5Y1O28WuG2Hy3CUgSFc7eXH6RQuz8fxQ33zSA8A5R1UcLz6b2wESnVHRiaCI-LEvbCyCRpA9K6fE/s400/first+toasts18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443115785448422674" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;">As our first dance ended, our DJ started playing this song:<br /></span> <object style="font-family: verdana;" height="285" width="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LuN6gs0AJls&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LuN6gs0AJls&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="285" width="340"></embed></object> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />I had asked him to play a fast dance-y song (to get people pumped and out on the floor), but didn't specify anything, since I trusted his instinct. The song was perfect. I got really excited, threw my hands in the air and started to dance. I continued to dance for the rest of the night, stopping only to cut cake, hop in the photobooth and grab drinks.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">For some reason, that Modern English song reminds me of our wedding more than anything. It just encompasses the party, the feeling, the mood, the everything (maybe because it is in "Valley Girl," and if I didn't marry B, I would have married Nic Cage as Randy). Whenever I hear it, I can't help but cry happy tears and want to get married all over again.<br /><br /></span> <a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWZL43rsfyNNyhHpk51V-_h0dYB6RTPA5QcqHde7f_04aQDm8kpOTM5FEbjniF5SP17i3DHZdkoP5J3GuJ3N39cJa-PakKNFA4N9X3rBAs9aBJXnccA0MRX1tiajPuxpMEAw76YaQyzQ/s1600-h/first+toasts17.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWZL43rsfyNNyhHpk51V-_h0dYB6RTPA5QcqHde7f_04aQDm8kpOTM5FEbjniF5SP17i3DHZdkoP5J3GuJ3N39cJa-PakKNFA4N9X3rBAs9aBJXnccA0MRX1tiajPuxpMEAw76YaQyzQ/s400/first+toasts17.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443115056320320690" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Did you think about the lyrics in your first dance, or choose it based only on danceability? We did both!</span></span><p style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">All photos in this post: <a href="http://www.hazelnutphotography.com/" rel="" target="_blank">Hazelnut Photography</a></span></p>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-77157566407772479312010-03-01T08:32:00.000-08:002010-03-01T08:35:13.013-08:00toasty time.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtTa9yjinFk8ISTzUTdeIGnHnIetVdTZnLftXT2Tl4S2uf7QpnZUx3IVf6MhNioCmcUeaXo20r0BuS3wOGWnxIKik5yVaa7J5yeY2AOIJkpxlBsHkQe7OVJM2Oj6OkpRVOZzsWbVXdgtM/s1600-h/first+toasts07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtTa9yjinFk8ISTzUTdeIGnHnIetVdTZnLftXT2Tl4S2uf7QpnZUx3IVf6MhNioCmcUeaXo20r0BuS3wOGWnxIKik5yVaa7J5yeY2AOIJkpxlBsHkQe7OVJM2Oj6OkpRVOZzsWbVXdgtM/s400/first+toasts07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443114419940845298" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Towards the end of dinner, our venue coordinator let me know that it was time for toasts, and that there were going to be a few more than expected! We had told her in advance that both Cory and Gina would be doing toasts, and that my mom had a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">slideshow</span> planned. What we didn't know was that another friend, my aunt, and my mom all wanted to make speeches too! Our coordinator asked me if this was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ok</span>, and of course it was! I wasn't going to deny anyone the pleasure of saying nice things about us during dinner.<br /><br />The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">slideshow</span> started up first, on the large screen that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Marvimon</span> has behind the dance floor. I was SO embarrassed about the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">slideshow</span>, and at times I really didn't want it to play, but I knew it meant a lot to my mom. She worked on it for months! It turned out really well and super adorable, and I am now glad that I let it happen. My mom put together many pictures of us as babies and children, and managed to squeeze in photos of all our relatives as well.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZhKhc-XMDos7o-zDkaIsbR49mnHVBBG__SaetEzz0wR140u3NjoLFxRjz1djlsgRjjb_7hCaPfFgYeRXJtWZ2bDzIZTrh67HIogXhOjuOgImI7YZX4HHzg5ZWolbAEzStyGZyTCvaqkw/s1600-h/first+toasts01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZhKhc-XMDos7o-zDkaIsbR49mnHVBBG__SaetEzz0wR140u3NjoLFxRjz1djlsgRjjb_7hCaPfFgYeRXJtWZ2bDzIZTrh67HIogXhOjuOgImI7YZX4HHzg5ZWolbAEzStyGZyTCvaqkw/s400/first+toasts01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443114382269055810" border="0" /></a>(Can you see my holding a puppy on my Rainbow <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Brite</span> bedspread?!)</span><br /></div><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />Cory was up next. She has known B for much longer than me, and has been with him through thick and thin, which really means, she has met all of his previous <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">gf's</span>. Her toast focused on how much she likes us as a couple, and how I am the only girl that B ever dated that she actually approved of. That got a lot of laughs!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXseJG1ik_cb_hJOymBO42V_XS7tD-V5Nh-YpsC3wsG5App8TZfbwEEYJpH0w1EnjpYubMSU1J5dHz8N0JqwA4dt8X7xYJzGznsAip9rPHoY7A_33RJHNAqo9bgQ2HCEK4cr4eYijTlY4/s1600-h/first+toasts02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXseJG1ik_cb_hJOymBO42V_XS7tD-V5Nh-YpsC3wsG5App8TZfbwEEYJpH0w1EnjpYubMSU1J5dHz8N0JqwA4dt8X7xYJzGznsAip9rPHoY7A_33RJHNAqo9bgQ2HCEK4cr4eYijTlY4/s400/first+toasts02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443114391112525474" border="0" /></a><br />After Cory stepped down, Gina gave her short but sweet toast. She referred to my ridiculous love of jelly shoes, pet rats and the fact that I can't eat with metal silverware (this is true! I only use wood and plastic, unless I am stuck at a restaurant and have no choice). Her toast got many laughs as well.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCyCkmgLxq7fXZFaKAlkpcSiLpErnC13x0gwRwbBG16RFmLKEDznJnrAdOcitFvgeD1J0qyuT8jQRUd_CAY_YIh9NkksJCoBb7s0yQaVfReZOAThz1SSXY_Xl16F_zCQhLvUt7DXh8Sc/s1600-h/first+toasts04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCyCkmgLxq7fXZFaKAlkpcSiLpErnC13x0gwRwbBG16RFmLKEDznJnrAdOcitFvgeD1J0qyuT8jQRUd_CAY_YIh9NkksJCoBb7s0yQaVfReZOAThz1SSXY_Xl16F_zCQhLvUt7DXh8Sc/s400/first+toasts04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443114395873744978" border="0" /></a><br />Our friend, former boss and the father of our ring boy also said a few words about us. It was totally unexpected, yet very sweet and sincere.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgG2yWaN_C51h6482ATbqhqLUg15228QPYubQiRQWhlOV2EQQsTK9lF4NL19Y1mtgSqghZZFx9vJCH0GOYBm-3nj3a12YQxskM0T6kmWTAGKg6jD8qazbWbgHe8YHsivNo2UOQsOpBros/s1600-h/first+toasts10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgG2yWaN_C51h6482ATbqhqLUg15228QPYubQiRQWhlOV2EQQsTK9lF4NL19Y1mtgSqghZZFx9vJCH0GOYBm-3nj3a12YQxskM0T6kmWTAGKg6jD8qazbWbgHe8YHsivNo2UOQsOpBros/s400/first+toasts10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443114750080310066" border="0" /></a><br />My mom's sister M.A. gave the next toast. I know this will sound silly, but her toast was really the most emotional moment of the day for me, and I think the only time I broke down in tears. She spoke about how I started working with kids because of her (her children, my cousins, were my first nannying gig!) and how passionate I am about it. M.A. also talked about my grandparents, who passed away six years ago. I wish they could have been there. When she talked about how I took care of them in their last years of life I started BAWLING. Luckily, I had a small child sitting on my lap so I was able to hide my smeared mascara behind her cute little head :)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZjo_t2WtwRrzSDj40MTIDKBTZ3fuqWfz-m9RlAfgtT2nyDjGAmZGIaDHiA5167Rq6RgNCXMBi3xlMusTqa0jYdLcvTu2jDAHyxqAkqncrspi9myoewdOz_2fXvAU-RVAu5ozqzg59EOc/s1600-h/first+toasts08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZjo_t2WtwRrzSDj40MTIDKBTZ3fuqWfz-m9RlAfgtT2nyDjGAmZGIaDHiA5167Rq6RgNCXMBi3xlMusTqa0jYdLcvTu2jDAHyxqAkqncrspi9myoewdOz_2fXvAU-RVAu5ozqzg59EOc/s400/first+toasts08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443114729772477346" border="0" /></a><br />My mom spoke last, and thanked everyone for coming out to our wedding. She hadn't prepared or planned on speaking, but I am so happy that she did. It was a sweet ending to our toast, and a great segue into our first dance.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC33XJnEuQSIPBV-OQEenhL_FtK4lHjuSCYllxlYfYZbhiD-1hyphenhyphenceZ7Z4ScCWfpsWvefgnNVv90qJ-KVMG76ehJxhnEecvE3k-yomtm3ZoNZeHhF2EnATi3gJGIfLLc8Hylz7llmV-q_k/s1600-h/first+toasts09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC33XJnEuQSIPBV-OQEenhL_FtK4lHjuSCYllxlYfYZbhiD-1hyphenhyphenceZ7Z4ScCWfpsWvefgnNVv90qJ-KVMG76ehJxhnEecvE3k-yomtm3ZoNZeHhF2EnATi3gJGIfLLc8Hylz7llmV-q_k/s400/first+toasts09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443114739533683954" border="0" /></a><br />Did you have any unexpected toasts at your reception?<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">All photos in this post: <a href="http://www.hazelnutphotography.com/" rel="" target="_blank">Hazelnut Photography</a></span></p>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-57958490181374354582010-02-22T22:09:00.000-08:002010-02-22T22:10:44.632-08:00dinnertime.<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As the cocktail hour went on, it naturally started to get dark. The lights came on, and it got all pretty and glow-y in our venue. I don't recall exactly how it happened, but suddenly we were sitting for dinner.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkeKE7N6rsYGTsf3mOtv3kfB5_7vSWvT1KlRunrE7kvg8bgiVhL269Wo8nbvOASk71u9DFaC_hTQtKPAAGM8D-BatUe2fBCI8qmVD5FOXWsFG_KYj4RieS0g-mAkOUGvq-emdxeL_kf1E/s1600-h/dinner11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkeKE7N6rsYGTsf3mOtv3kfB5_7vSWvT1KlRunrE7kvg8bgiVhL269Wo8nbvOASk71u9DFaC_hTQtKPAAGM8D-BatUe2fBCI8qmVD5FOXWsFG_KYj4RieS0g-mAkOUGvq-emdxeL_kf1E/s400/dinner11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441276023736008034" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJhdFeMseMr4RD_Pz6CD9rSCJYIdZ3NB5C4fiWhlEYc5cq3atrv_X5EaKT2LuxkYpTteEJvj_gyZtCDVfDmCj3q0EQ33lzmzmRbyT-PS8ZV4vIsvrQeiY7m1hbrNL7vrinGQj7d-wAik/s1600-h/dinner22.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJhdFeMseMr4RD_Pz6CD9rSCJYIdZ3NB5C4fiWhlEYc5cq3atrv_X5EaKT2LuxkYpTteEJvj_gyZtCDVfDmCj3q0EQ33lzmzmRbyT-PS8ZV4vIsvrQeiY7m1hbrNL7vrinGQj7d-wAik/s400/dinner22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441276432254219154" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our food was semi-buffet style (and entirely, </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2009/08/21/words-and-photos-leafy-greens/">100% vegan</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">!). When we first sat down there were bowls of the MOST DELICIOUS SALAD I HAVE EVER EATEN IN MY LIFE and olives and breads and dips and sangria on all of the tables. Most people then had to get up and serve themselves the rest of their food, which the chefs were cooking in the show kitchen while we ate salad. However, being the bride and groom, our food was brought to us by a very kind waiter who must have thought we were starving. There was a huge mound of food on the plate I was served, much more than I would eat on a typical day, and about 300x more than I could manage to eat on my wedding day! I ate approximately three bites.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">About twenty minutes into food time, a couple of little ladies came to sit with me. This may also be why I didn't eat anything after the salad, but it's all good.</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6W9Hv6S5pPjLVhVyC86Sp6rLwjCJgrg7rIYnFgkfIg3eZIQ-YmlGC6DSKcNUxtMOP5nXpFQyx4AfN1aqwmBm8Vqd3-RvI1WzD31_yaxEhcVWL98X7rpeqfNnJZW9AVAjJXFrdEDwSDxw/s1600-h/dinner15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6W9Hv6S5pPjLVhVyC86Sp6rLwjCJgrg7rIYnFgkfIg3eZIQ-YmlGC6DSKcNUxtMOP5nXpFQyx4AfN1aqwmBm8Vqd3-RvI1WzD31_yaxEhcVWL98X7rpeqfNnJZW9AVAjJXFrdEDwSDxw/s400/dinner15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441276410575595122" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJkgMmwaQUJMddW8aRjvo2Ow9P0UqiaqHBmEPWHr3fG9ofcp2kdLy72ODDi8BvR-qhFMGe8gvhKVyebWzwpI0R0VgarljDtBVHfaq4sBoKu9iUcW8NaCsevIwc_3ql3JWEADd4JvpS2-o/s1600-h/dinner16.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJkgMmwaQUJMddW8aRjvo2Ow9P0UqiaqHBmEPWHr3fG9ofcp2kdLy72ODDi8BvR-qhFMGe8gvhKVyebWzwpI0R0VgarljDtBVHfaq4sBoKu9iUcW8NaCsevIwc_3ql3JWEADd4JvpS2-o/s400/dinner16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441276425491706002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Notice how our table isn't covered with a table cloth? That's because the main table, stuck right in the middle of the whole long table, was a fancy schmancy wood table. We wanted everyone to be able to dine at fancy wood tables, but they cost $120 EACH to rent (plus insane delivery and pickup charges), and we needed, like, twelve. The one we are dining at came with the venue, otherwise we would have had a tablecloth covered folding table as well!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Most of the detail shots of our reception area were taken before the ceremony, when the light was still good. Behold:</span><br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp5H2zYlP2UJ8O4GSNZPAPpJIG8S-mFe89OCcCEzPsY03_nCCcQhtr8qnzBzF2egVW6Y6z7uxLaYaAzCtVKOmK83Vtprb6jzXN9VeaYQy0gkEtVCNx93C5R38gdPi0Nv5RIKGj2jilxRE/s1600-h/dinner09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp5H2zYlP2UJ8O4GSNZPAPpJIG8S-mFe89OCcCEzPsY03_nCCcQhtr8qnzBzF2egVW6Y6z7uxLaYaAzCtVKOmK83Vtprb6jzXN9VeaYQy0gkEtVCNx93C5R38gdPi0Nv5RIKGj2jilxRE/s400/dinner09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441276010646630578" border="0" /></a>The signs I made days before the wedding, and the mismatching chairs that I adore.<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8cutmZnKL-KqlnOd4e4W86_7DzW5uRB2j9Co4uVY5BFpegQqztCkRgBT_WNyE693Ny0LSuv86bPgM0izeFngur-wBwmvOBdNTxTCkd8kXK1WYTX7SolaTI5C8R44XHndvvQmjHVnZyis/s1600-h/dinner06.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8cutmZnKL-KqlnOd4e4W86_7DzW5uRB2j9Co4uVY5BFpegQqztCkRgBT_WNyE693Ny0LSuv86bPgM0izeFngur-wBwmvOBdNTxTCkd8kXK1WYTX7SolaTI5C8R44XHndvvQmjHVnZyis/s400/dinner06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416835097677552098" border="0" /></a>Our super long dining table.<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAFrNOHh9IUqkKzjADMLOs4M8cH3h_qi7Cwb9yr4i_4V6LrTbU4Qeyw41XOK9jn01FXAzDts6XPF3shEiCBFxl9C_LI2kk43O3C6_vReU6wARJEjNr5ptNMbVK9TGF59ILkK-sNcgnEI/s1600-h/dinner01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAFrNOHh9IUqkKzjADMLOs4M8cH3h_qi7Cwb9yr4i_4V6LrTbU4Qeyw41XOK9jn01FXAzDts6XPF3shEiCBFxl9C_LI2kk43O3C6_vReU6wARJEjNr5ptNMbVK9TGF59ILkK-sNcgnEI/s400/dinner01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416835075959656978" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_dyeE7mKvm7IcuEwTOk9b7z3ufccS_yWUY1RcbhV4IW_Z8Y3w-NYjMCsUZzS6gVpXAGCQpyliraFboTCkVH35_iMo0Mj5ehoGuUTPCZj4HrcdPC2Aq35s9-B2P6FQoCo3jBsyM0Jh_Q8/s1600-h/dinner03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_dyeE7mKvm7IcuEwTOk9b7z3ufccS_yWUY1RcbhV4IW_Z8Y3w-NYjMCsUZzS6gVpXAGCQpyliraFboTCkVH35_iMo0Mj5ehoGuUTPCZj4HrcdPC2Aq35s9-B2P6FQoCo3jBsyM0Jh_Q8/s400/dinner03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416835087605378322" border="0" /></a>The last minute DIY seating chart that seemed to work our pretty well!<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYbGmYXbFQpRiJALOdZtWAtbzX5TQF7N0oH-BvuumBc4bI7SjwhzJf6MoLFBoEdu-uCQrVEWRxS-bXzP6n7UbwFzG-nzUa7v5Ix3myigEm4bmnVLMz6LuHgA2F6p47VUrHKPl-YGhM7Q/s1600-h/dinner08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYbGmYXbFQpRiJALOdZtWAtbzX5TQF7N0oH-BvuumBc4bI7SjwhzJf6MoLFBoEdu-uCQrVEWRxS-bXzP6n7UbwFzG-nzUa7v5Ix3myigEm4bmnVLMz6LuHgA2F6p47VUrHKPl-YGhM7Q/s400/dinner08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441276000703260930" border="0" /></a>The menus that my mom wrote up the day before the wedding. Isn't it great when you leave huge DIY projects until the last minute?!<br /><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">All photos in this post: <a href="http://www.hazelnutphotography.com/" rel="" target="_blank">Hazelnut Photography</a></span></p>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-62727345827768253962010-02-08T20:56:00.000-08:002010-02-08T20:58:42.829-08:00photobooth<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">All photos: <a href="http://www.hazelnutphotography.com/">Hazelnut Photography</a>.<br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />Our photobooth in action...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-eBB_4RncHx3aNAwrFmNhhcQaeoCZitPmohFmea10gzIyIWwz3_SyV350riPZAcDZguWAWEFeFLtzEaSLFNEaa0O7-K-n1T-rgPkKVjkVU6LOpU_yhLKsht5Dw03MDC8P7zHycKPOP8/s1600-h/photobooth04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-eBB_4RncHx3aNAwrFmNhhcQaeoCZitPmohFmea10gzIyIWwz3_SyV350riPZAcDZguWAWEFeFLtzEaSLFNEaa0O7-K-n1T-rgPkKVjkVU6LOpU_yhLKsht5Dw03MDC8P7zHycKPOP8/s400/photobooth04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433074551032073522" border="0" /></a><br />I made this sign with some leftover fabric and cardstock. You might notice it reads "Grab A Prop, If You Wish." You may also notice in the photos below that not one single person is holding a prop. That would be my fault. I forgot to put the box of props with the other boxes of stuff to be delivered to the venue. Oh well. It happens.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZx_uXPspwxYDWiqTfatiofIQdYVK_3t92v5RZDDOnjSVQgYi_Re9FVXXs8e_mRGs99Xsm4G9-PVJZWvDKasOGox9n0wWBSky7jax-bZ9ypBri6JmXmxLFfrPdvsX0hMPHkW69RWZ4tv8/s1600-h/Megan&Brodie-1231.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZx_uXPspwxYDWiqTfatiofIQdYVK_3t92v5RZDDOnjSVQgYi_Re9FVXXs8e_mRGs99Xsm4G9-PVJZWvDKasOGox9n0wWBSky7jax-bZ9ypBri6JmXmxLFfrPdvsX0hMPHkW69RWZ4tv8/s400/Megan&Brodie-1231.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433142183120063154" border="0" /></a><br />The photobooth officially opened up during the cocktail hour, and it was well used!<br /><br />Our photographers put together a slideshow of all of the photobooth pictures, which you can <a href="http://www.hazelnutphotography.com/mb/">view here</a>. It runs just about three minutes long. Or you can just check out my favorites below...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTgSWBppMB5uhZ8s-D32HHeITp1h3ikXpU-h2XbBg5G6fHXOeorjbslSNZebWOX2ScbSvoeU9ufdEOn7i9v1LO2tddWm62EfoDJ_TPg3N7vCzxHyFR1NDAIWEgnileLzois4zJcq9HaU/s1600-h/photobooth36.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTgSWBppMB5uhZ8s-D32HHeITp1h3ikXpU-h2XbBg5G6fHXOeorjbslSNZebWOX2ScbSvoeU9ufdEOn7i9v1LO2tddWm62EfoDJ_TPg3N7vCzxHyFR1NDAIWEgnileLzois4zJcq9HaU/s400/photobooth36.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433138028532126226" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJqMRl6emrEnAOote4FCISQz9XjxeD1Dx6_cMmtKjJEfupXShtVzks7JZKBC-t9-fbavhh-xKwDgPxJ87d8-2MDPLLxHPH5lmTpGK5_GJ4emzEsWr8EWKdToWX0mWNN77ZWIz97qAOt5I/s1600-h/photobooth35.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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What are you using for a background? Any creative ideas on what else I can use this background for?!<br /><br /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2010/01/29/sprinkle-soiree-drinking-hour/"></a></span>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-27347826511833792442010-01-28T22:27:00.000-08:002010-01-28T22:30:58.483-08:00drinking hour<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmsG0SLvDzAICSFIbClJGvO2BxMTAuaFdOSYajNLQiWFDoMqq_RgH_pb1pIl8kx4KdhWRfknTt7tx0aVrHX6lOMnxJterqQAsn2e-KOfiSwyQqy2uWNCEoRP0A8LSBSqHGxAM-7pogoiU/s1600-h/Megan&Brodie-1105.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmsG0SLvDzAICSFIbClJGvO2BxMTAuaFdOSYajNLQiWFDoMqq_RgH_pb1pIl8kx4KdhWRfknTt7tx0aVrHX6lOMnxJterqQAsn2e-KOfiSwyQqy2uWNCEoRP0A8LSBSqHGxAM-7pogoiU/s400/Megan&Brodie-1105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432037282915759810" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >(I promise this picture makes sense, it's on the door to the bridal hideaway!)</span><br /></div><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Immediately following our ceremony, B and I ran back to the bridal <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">hidey</span>-hole for a few glorious minutes of alone time. When we opened the doors we were greeted by two large glasses of water, two cocktails and a dozen little appetizers. We drank and laughed and ate some food, which was DELICIOUS. Ten minutes later, a soft knock reminded us that we should probably get back to the party. We did some super fast posed family portraits and then got busy talking to everyone!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDYTGcYqRLjiGhGq5SnCrr2txgGkYMPPtkMIEBUwYHAZFd8mqWmweRmih7DYR94bJYQKR2c2TO5wxtZvjIdR1sQwZ8Uaxxiz1HzP6bMMn0k2G34vxjbg7EIcl3A7g5qGt23OLlCHqCHU/s1600-h/cocktailhour01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDYTGcYqRLjiGhGq5SnCrr2txgGkYMPPtkMIEBUwYHAZFd8mqWmweRmih7DYR94bJYQKR2c2TO5wxtZvjIdR1sQwZ8Uaxxiz1HzP6bMMn0k2G34vxjbg7EIcl3A7g5qGt23OLlCHqCHU/s400/cocktailhour01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431686357317014402" border="0" /></a><br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhia2jXyz_E725yHVWXlNUHhPjDJ27na6ICrpk_49s9WLFbHUeTT_51ESeXInqplDJqxJo_8NRsaYSRwoiAecCjSs1gkgC4NyIt_zpXcNGWHKl9y6QQ4xLybDGoSO3azeoD-WNqWFRJoA4/s1600-h/cocktailhour02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpipAwMibCPFhN16U6_AUQto5GPhNM7aHzyU2oTnxORsewoCAi6cjGVkBsYl01uV9a2EIMXBQc9TaN8PC9tsYtlcEbeTrxomzkSVlXQEzPZe9gM-ICfk72tIRWjuwxosR88WnfDKC0C_I/s400/cocktailhour10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431686627043739106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhKtJ2rgqzoqA4QKohKyS8uwlZnneodGTzsmCbz1JACX_G74f1_M3jPyLy_Rd5qLm99HGTTaSkZOr3TsHQXIlPmzGPuC79-Yi1g_YTKIlFUFRiyoGL1QP42ubTnw9oh4fmE-8RzEEYEk/s1600-h/cocktailhour12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhKtJ2rgqzoqA4QKohKyS8uwlZnneodGTzsmCbz1JACX_G74f1_M3jPyLy_Rd5qLm99HGTTaSkZOr3TsHQXIlPmzGPuC79-Yi1g_YTKIlFUFRiyoGL1QP42ubTnw9oh4fmE-8RzEEYEk/s400/cocktailhour12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431686817271756306" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVaBA6QZ-wCpx3Ioo5KxrhszFeOQ34WTKThx6Kenadl4GXzzZzqwlwPWgQMLqiW9biqHdehpsHPo5dp5EDN_pEVa0pL8RIHDE1W0ZMvox-VVyegE4pQGTfzc_s8xkbCsMZ6Unu6FhQIvg/s1600-h/cocktailhour15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Obviously, B and I were not really together all that much during cocktail hour. We were running around hugging and exclaiming and laughing and having a great time. Occasionally, we would wink at each other across the room. I am so glad we had those quiet minutes after the ceremony to just chill before the party started.</span> <span style="font-size:85%;">Honestly, if I didn't have the pictures to prove it happened, I wouldn't even remember the hour between ceremony and dinner, it was such a whirlwind time!</span><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Also, since we are talking about a cocktail hour here, I should probably tell you about our cocktails. Unfortunately, I don't have any amazing pictures of the drinks or signs. Just imagine these signs in pretty grey frames (I took them out after the wedding 'cause I reused the frames), and imagine these drinks in mason jars, stemless wine glasses, martini glasses and 40oz beer bottles :)</span><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTfu8M34nyRQFd4-_LmnRg0S3-2Du6e477hVYAmH4AAHy5GthrZ3p5u7-zHcWBmil6xgEPN7F17s-ZTbUq5by5ZNmYoEHL9wSYdR1QtrgjthgZTNlVwEB-eIiLk1qDGHLbDUwfZ4gOww/s1600-h/DSC_0126.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTfu8M34nyRQFd4-_LmnRg0S3-2Du6e477hVYAmH4AAHy5GthrZ3p5u7-zHcWBmil6xgEPN7F17s-ZTbUq5by5ZNmYoEHL9wSYdR1QtrgjthgZTNlVwEB-eIiLk1qDGHLbDUwfZ4gOww/s400/DSC_0126.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432033173518417442" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(snapshot by me)</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2Ug8CEQLlYCaePVejE7vfemEXxnlIjKfNTa8hwGXNTnq4oZVxrNH30-3avSFH0IptkGxvH5GUzj5aqOU-OgmfbrIx9O29OTj2WWoH1ug5OepflsHhvFmGFrqVuhX5gIAxfh9385nkPw/s1600-h/DSC_0125.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw2Ug8CEQLlYCaePVejE7vfemEXxnlIjKfNTa8hwGXNTnq4oZVxrNH30-3avSFH0IptkGxvH5GUzj5aqOU-OgmfbrIx9O29OTj2WWoH1ug5OepflsHhvFmGFrqVuhX5gIAxfh9385nkPw/s400/DSC_0125.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432033166375949362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(snapshot by me)</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;"><span style=";font-size:85%;" >I sampled all of the cocktails and they were all perfection. Apparently a little too perfect, because we ran out of vodka and gin at some point, and our caterer had to make a booze run in the middle of the party. </span><br /><span style=";font-size:85%;" ><br />Just goes to show that those ridiculous lists that say you need x amount of vodka, and so many bottles of wine are (sometimes) WRONG. I say stock up on what you like, and if it's free, people will drink it (and they will like it, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">damnit</span>.)</span><br /><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >All photos in this post (unless otherwise noted): <a href="http://www.hazelnutphotography.com/" rel="" target="_blank">Hazelnut Photography</a></span>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-70720488186798753112010-01-26T09:20:00.000-08:002010-01-26T09:21:55.185-08:00the ceremony helicopter<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >When we last left off, our officiant had just asked us to begin to pledge our vows, as a large and loud distraction appeared in the sky. What was looming above us?<br /><br /><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHlq3UPNozwnd3-fo8pjdCYQi4WqeIWI6yFnGjCaSiEhYzSKTlASc3xexvGh9rLnfkcLdp_CLNszxZGVjc__eBWx_icPPXyr-w7r6Qi9g7fjLtaLgVnXdiMfKcB65PddnsL0-oQ278rbM/s1600-h/helicopter-540.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHlq3UPNozwnd3-fo8pjdCYQi4WqeIWI6yFnGjCaSiEhYzSKTlASc3xexvGh9rLnfkcLdp_CLNszxZGVjc__eBWx_icPPXyr-w7r6Qi9g7fjLtaLgVnXdiMfKcB65PddnsL0-oQ278rbM/s200/helicopter-540.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430910715570978418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(<a href="http://www.coloringpages.us/helicopter.htm">source</a>)</span><br /></span></div> <span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />A helicopter.<br /><br />Yes, a really loud, low flying, obnoxious helicopter. Really, I shouldn't have been surprised, this is Los Angeles, after all.<br /><br />We paused for a moment to let the helicopter move on (luckily, it didn't seem to be circling the neighborhood, which can sometimes go on for HOURS here!) and a few guests made silly paparazzi jokes!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJemkPVvs_JSm31WUN3n9uqnoiyUndIjYW1lIYb5UBaT49pKJHYObBfxAi4wVFqwct-0znxiaudhjH8xpMBTpu6ocUZIddsHZGFw097XQw2ojLkp8Or3HPVHTPDyuj6i0YG-KZS0MBrU/s1600-h/ceremony+217.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJemkPVvs_JSm31WUN3n9uqnoiyUndIjYW1lIYb5UBaT49pKJHYObBfxAi4wVFqwct-0znxiaudhjH8xpMBTpu6ocUZIddsHZGFw097XQw2ojLkp8Or3HPVHTPDyuj6i0YG-KZS0MBrU/s400/ceremony+217.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416833706815881122" border="0" /></a><br />After the helicopter was out of earshot, Deidra again asked us to start our vows. She handed the vow book to B, passed him the microphone, and told him to begin.<br /><br />Unfortunately, seconds after he started reading... it returned! This time, even louder and lower flying than before.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqjL862rDI1-1GkT7KBkir7D4gInMdUlHYn_sLdl4_nrK0nnZbDyL88six-q5hX_vJ6rTQ1UmpQ-x2xq_rQcyN6leGGR5MnmBmx9GGjrNEPlLM16iKFBPvOXISa9oDG_WFGNjaHHztNE/s1600-h/ceremony+221.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqjL862rDI1-1GkT7KBkir7D4gInMdUlHYn_sLdl4_nrK0nnZbDyL88six-q5hX_vJ6rTQ1UmpQ-x2xq_rQcyN6leGGR5MnmBmx9GGjrNEPlLM16iKFBPvOXISa9oDG_WFGNjaHHztNE/s400/ceremony+221.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416833715903138866" border="0" /></a><br />Please watch this hilarious 30 second video if you would like to see exactly what happened! This video begins just as B is about to start reading his vows. You will also get to see exactly how often I do giggle. (Spoiler alert: pretty much non-stop.)<br /><br /><object height="315" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QoxMkNoZl68&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QoxMkNoZl68&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="315" width="500"></embed></object><br /><br />Finally, the helicopter left (for good this time!) and we were both able to recite our vows without too much distraction.<br /><br />Here are our vows, just as we read them:<br /><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Today, a day of joyous celebration<br />Before God and those closest to our hearts<br />I, Sprinkle, take you, Sprinkle, to be my partner for life<br />To grow together and share everything<br />As lovers, friends, equals, and kindred spirits<br />To build a marriage, family, and home<br />With thoughtfulness, compassion, patience, and understanding<br />To honor our commitment to one another until our last days<br />And forever bind our souls beyond this mortal plane<br />I vow to love, trust, and respect you<br />And to care for you, no matter what may come<br />Through all trials and tribulations<br />And through all triumphs and victories<br />I vow to encourage your creativity and let mine be inspired by yours<br />To support your successes and include you in mine<br />With these vows, we become one<br />And live together with laughter and music in the air<br />You are my whole world and you have all of me<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgssP2H8i8K_iD4tPi_szhzUqKQ-4hq2kg6OFjZXV1vfYgMZkJpkzLwqIVdEM1mH66b3J5wNXxhrMouEEicyW6vt-19C7yo-uU_BBmxYWqPM9KVEKVr5ajXvs2gSql3_0w5PUKf2ZQHe6Y/s1600-h/ceremony+223.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgssP2H8i8K_iD4tPi_szhzUqKQ-4hq2kg6OFjZXV1vfYgMZkJpkzLwqIVdEM1mH66b3J5wNXxhrMouEEicyW6vt-19C7yo-uU_BBmxYWqPM9KVEKVr5ajXvs2gSql3_0w5PUKf2ZQHe6Y/s400/ceremony+223.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416833730085314898" border="0" /></a><br /></span></div> <span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />C then handed us the rings, and we managed to get those on each other's fingers fairly smoothly. I totally fumbled my way through this part, since I got confused and couldn't remember which of his hands to put the ring on.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2bycqcbnKBT7SgyfOyOhVWnsMiOUdw8MtPHoznGCgEoDDLPjbImIpwMnTbv73kyenU7_WTeOLrU0gPguovZYvM5qnk-c4J0zKYPVbagmTxwYP2bdOWFYQVmE8hNVYs8ycbAK4rL8cg0/s1600-h/ceremony+225.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2bycqcbnKBT7SgyfOyOhVWnsMiOUdw8MtPHoznGCgEoDDLPjbImIpwMnTbv73kyenU7_WTeOLrU0gPguovZYvM5qnk-c4J0zKYPVbagmTxwYP2bdOWFYQVmE8hNVYs8ycbAK4rL8cg0/s400/ceremony+225.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416834002739552850" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We said this out loud as we put the rings on:<br /><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">B, with this ring I give you my heart. Let it be a token of the love that we share, and my commitment to you.</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div> <span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0HzwzqtTXs9f8YK3wMfm-Khme1Hu7-94snFwV_7ol-3KfchK727H1gPWSDQJTuWdvkhUxQynMDP6KjP2qG3Po4127hRL7MYKLJWq1e_qImw_qGaG0_bJ_8XcXeHsW-ziuvU5O6U7scM/s1600-h/ceremony+224.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0HzwzqtTXs9f8YK3wMfm-Khme1Hu7-94snFwV_7ol-3KfchK727H1gPWSDQJTuWdvkhUxQynMDP6KjP2qG3Po4127hRL7MYKLJWq1e_qImw_qGaG0_bJ_8XcXeHsW-ziuvU5O6U7scM/s400/ceremony+224.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416833998879437778" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After we exchanged rings, our dear friend Annette came up to do the final reading. We basically gave her free reign to read whatever she wanted, and we think her selection was perfect.<br /><br />This is what she read:<br /></span> <p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Blessing of the Hands </span></p> <p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;"> </p> <div style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">These are the hands of your best friend, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">young and strong and full of love for you, that are holding yours on your wedding day, as you promise to love each other today, tomorrow, and forever. These are the hands that will work alongside yours, as together you build your future. These are the hands that will passionately love you and cherish you through the years, and with the slightest touch, will comfort you like no other. These are the hands that will hold you when fear or grief fills your mind. These are the hands that will countless times wipe the tears from your eyes; tears of sorrow, and tears of joy. These are the hands that will tenderly hold your children. These are the hands that will help you to hold your family as one. These are the hands that will give you strength when you need it. And lastly, these are the hands that even when wrinkled and aged, will still be reaching for yours, still giving you the same unspoken tenderness with just a touch.”<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIA1em7JHbNAEaw3G4PjrZTig61RLa9lnaC3_I3X0ha-C2xYD8L4_FivlpucSV8W-Q69zZwMxMOGMW0k5pfeNL3cNXuU19jZNJeOCgQZ6zRWozBqVgzZqyeVMJuvF1n522d7HSIugWmMU/s1600-h/ceremony+226.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIA1em7JHbNAEaw3G4PjrZTig61RLa9lnaC3_I3X0ha-C2xYD8L4_FivlpucSV8W-Q69zZwMxMOGMW0k5pfeNL3cNXuU19jZNJeOCgQZ6zRWozBqVgzZqyeVMJuvF1n522d7HSIugWmMU/s400/ceremony+226.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416834008530861410" border="0" /></a><br /></span></div> <span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />At this point, our ceremony was almost over. There was only one major thing left to do...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYZxoi7KcNwbv193wqYofV3fE2YEi28u-WN0A4sHxSD_l-BI33tRZDihZ4C83miZ7v0fw-pGuFHFHmABz-d0hFs629lprvSUyy8IyrdpVgOvtzWtodc3XwusQpi2Y7lbUBCNCvux1p5s/s1600-h/ceremony+210.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYZxoi7KcNwbv193wqYofV3fE2YEi28u-WN0A4sHxSD_l-BI33tRZDihZ4C83miZ7v0fw-pGuFHFHmABz-d0hFs629lprvSUyy8IyrdpVgOvtzWtodc3XwusQpi2Y7lbUBCNCvux1p5s/s400/ceremony+210.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416833217089205906" border="0" /></a></span><p style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">All photos in this post: <a href="http://www.hazelnutphotography.com/" rel="" target="_blank">Hazelnut Photography</a></span></p>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-47765230253729077902010-01-24T20:25:00.000-08:002010-01-24T20:31:25.601-08:00ceremony pt.II<span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Our officiant, Deidre, opened our ceremony by welcoming all of our guests, and thanking them for being there. She paid special attention to those friends and family members who traveled from outside of Los Angeles. She went on to a special thank you to our parents, and then she spoke a few words about embracing the love of the family and friends who were there for us.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCHnWijN6i-PUOJVQVn6Xp0jtL4mQz1Jca0VY_WvIEG1RVTGmjQm0tVuX2EY6L_kWjjYyMAvAeG0JhHJAX3SVdGDjmeu-qX8Jdc5yZ2tMIcL-5FAkDVxx7k9tJ3nDmWqZOY66wScsSrYw/s1600-h/ceremony+209.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCHnWijN6i-PUOJVQVn6Xp0jtL4mQz1Jca0VY_WvIEG1RVTGmjQm0tVuX2EY6L_kWjjYyMAvAeG0JhHJAX3SVdGDjmeu-qX8Jdc5yZ2tMIcL-5FAkDVxx7k9tJ3nDmWqZOY66wScsSrYw/s400/ceremony+209.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416833212980531010" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After the opening welcome, Deidre introduced the concept of the White Knot, and spent a minute or so talking about what it meant to her, and how important it was to us. You can read more about the White Knot Foundation <a href="http://whiteknot.org/">here</a> and <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2010/01/06/sprinkle-soiree-the-white-knot-marriage-equality/">here</a>.<br /><br />The ceremony itself began with a short blessing, spoken by Deidre:<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">"In the presence of God and in the quiet of this very special moment, we pause to shower our blessings over this marriage.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">May Megan Marie and B feel fortunate to have found one and other, in friendship and in love.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">May their mutual devotion and trust bring them peace and contentment, and may that trust grow deeper with the passing years.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">May their differences inspire them to work together, and may they always appreciate and rejoice in all that they share.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">In gentleness let them be tender with each other's dreams, and healing of each others wounds.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Let goodness flower forgiveness, and be the fruit of their married life, Amen."</span><br /><br /><br />After the first blessing, Deidre talked about how B and I met, and she told a short version of our engagement story! She also talked about how our wedding was the four year anniversary of our first date. :)<br /><br />Deidre then began our first reading. It was a passage from <span style="font-style: italic;">Captain Corelli's Mandolin,</span> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_de_Berni%C3%A8res" title="Louis de Bernières">Louis de Bernières:</a><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >"Love is a temporary madness,</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > And when it subsides you have to make a decision. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > Because this is what love is.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > Love is not breathlessness, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > it is not excitement, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > it is not the promulgation of eternal passion.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > That is just being "in love" which any fool can do.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > Those that truly love, have roots that grow towards each other underground, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > and when all the pretty blossom have fallen from their branches, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > they find that they are one tree and not two."</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-size:85%;" ><br />(Note: It was so incredibly hard for me to find a "perfect" reading. I really wanted to use a passage from one of my favorite books, but I couldn't find anything appropriate. After what felt like endless hours spent googling and searching, I stumbled upon <a href="http://kvetch.indiebride.com/index.php?t=msg&th=2271&prevloaded=1&rid=0&S=95c44beba3d13f0d88f915d1a8ffdbb9&start=0">this</a> thread, which really helped me out!)</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />Then came the only part of the ceremony I was nervous about. See, way back in May of '09, when we first met with our officiant, she had us do a little "marriage activity," if you will. She had us sit apart from each other, with a pen and paper, and write down the things we loved about each other the most. I thought it was a little silly, but I obeyed. B spent MUCH more time on his, but he is just like that! After ten minutes or so, Deidre came back in the room, collected the papers, and explained we wouldn't need them until later. Later, as in, the ceremony. That kind of later. By this point I had already forgotten what I had written and I was a little freaked out, but B loved the idea.<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >So back to the ceremony...</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vnAQIVyYYEMdZx2_ccvlQQAqAZdJKeLNpi-lCJptsmvsXTM05EjpwI9lVqAYsPrH4IiZiR601tekjhymUuB-wQiyfPRab_GcY3ZZVdDJslW1SuuVFs5e2Y_TNEhbdeKdKSmJz-XpeWo/s1600-h/ceremony+220.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vnAQIVyYYEMdZx2_ccvlQQAqAZdJKeLNpi-lCJptsmvsXTM05EjpwI9lVqAYsPrH4IiZiR601tekjhymUuB-wQiyfPRab_GcY3ZZVdDJslW1SuuVFs5e2Y_TNEhbdeKdKSmJz-XpeWo/s400/ceremony+220.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416833711199713026" border="0" /></a></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br />...Deidre took out her notebook and said that she wanted to read a few words that we wrote about each other months ago, that had been kept a secret until this moment.<br /><br />B got really excited!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_pb_6n3xWM016EjsQPpKs9JIlxCPbWc_ogG0_pGzJCbQ9Tj6hVEF6JqI5oT3emtBfnaTqCFhO8PIDv7HAkZlVydwck2VcT0sZZffBg2TkDPpaNqTK2GqDwI1gebFWrDOulEaTHLNIPww/s1600-h/ceremony+214.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_pb_6n3xWM016EjsQPpKs9JIlxCPbWc_ogG0_pGzJCbQ9Tj6hVEF6JqI5oT3emtBfnaTqCFhO8PIDv7HAkZlVydwck2VcT0sZZffBg2TkDPpaNqTK2GqDwI1gebFWrDOulEaTHLNIPww/s400/ceremony+214.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416833436966595090" border="0" /></a><br />While I got a bit shy...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGIi1CWkPQd5AnISX1k0bADZFjfloNg1WsVr-M6RpSyi2Co8l-JtSgMyPo-748j99ZmADEfAjsXFMd0DsyudAO3IvgbXXbE5aS5N4Y2T4FzV0asm_0lmFGVtGVjRDXsFT0U1qEqEyx548/s1600-h/ceremony+213.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGIi1CWkPQd5AnISX1k0bADZFjfloNg1WsVr-M6RpSyi2Co8l-JtSgMyPo-748j99ZmADEfAjsXFMd0DsyudAO3IvgbXXbE5aS5N4Y2T4FzV0asm_0lmFGVtGVjRDXsFT0U1qEqEyx548/s400/ceremony+213.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416833426898473314" border="0" /></a><br />And Deidre read:<br /><br />"<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">This is what B wrote about Megan Marie-</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >There are many things I love about Megan but there are a few<br />I can place at the top of the list.<br />I love her smile. I used to only have photos of her when we were a state apart but now I get to see her smile every day while I'm trying to make her laugh.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >I love how energetic she is, even though it has forced me to be less lazy!<br />We always have new adventures to pursue.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >I could say the same about her creativity, which always leads us to new projects.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >She is the most affectionate person I know and she never fails to make me feel loved.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >She gets me more than anyone else ever has or could, and maybe I get her, which is why we fit so well and make each other even better people.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" > At the very least Megan inspires me to be my best.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />It was so nice to hear all of these things for the first time. I had begged B several times over the last few months to tell me what he wrote down, but he never budged. Now I am glad that he didn't, since this was such a special moment for us!<br /><br />Then Deidre moved on to what I wrote down:<br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">"And this is what Megan Marie wrote about B-</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">I love the way B always can make me laugh!</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">I love his scratchy beard.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(pause for waves of audience laughter and see my reaction in the photos below!)<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">I love his love and fairness toward any living creature big or small.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">I love the way he can calm me down or bring me up depending on what I need at the time.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">I love his extreme desire to be the best man he can possibly be, and I love the way that B treats me as an equal partner in every way."</span><br /><br />This is my hysterical laughter at the mention of a scratchy beard...<br /><br /></span><p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLH2NqTFgjLBRVqDX3DhWxh0KfKqeNJbTMZqNUxwsb32izfXLGiitHzVkeoWLTAHo7b2Kl7ZShEG3pZ-b2LmMAb1d1NF3z63ic7BYRcF7rLW70yUx4Qx-ZJyDYGxn-aIlK_Rkw7n5IaM/s1600-h/ceremony+236.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLH2NqTFgjLBRVqDX3DhWxh0KfKqeNJbTMZqNUxwsb32izfXLGiitHzVkeoWLTAHo7b2Kl7ZShEG3pZ-b2LmMAb1d1NF3z63ic7BYRcF7rLW70yUx4Qx-ZJyDYGxn-aIlK_Rkw7n5IaM/s400/ceremony+236.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416834270449485490" border="0" /></a></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ipLHhbALuo6CGy9jn373q5tet4bX40PCUus04ADKQuPE9uyDbvUVHDQlaqdvhQJiASAeF726S6uiPL75WVYlB3SgwlITSm7EjnqF0eczrUpXcgey-nv36O4xsUttECBGL-zNeFrMXOY/s1600-h/ceremony+212.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ipLHhbALuo6CGy9jn373q5tet4bX40PCUus04ADKQuPE9uyDbvUVHDQlaqdvhQJiASAeF726S6uiPL75WVYlB3SgwlITSm7EjnqF0eczrUpXcgey-nv36O4xsUttECBGL-zNeFrMXOY/s400/ceremony+212.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416833424588641682" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmaeXoS6WA09QeoLZl_CaUrdE6cp2WJJiLUtmuhQ-y58uInsKZu_bNnF9u6iinBavWVlU4x7aOUoxPl9kkMp6Xb4tCAOkjI8IwdSR5cz88-CxUs9sI3e0cNcqYZpcffgUndTlyX6tkvpk/s1600-h/ceremony+215.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmaeXoS6WA09QeoLZl_CaUrdE6cp2WJJiLUtmuhQ-y58uInsKZu_bNnF9u6iinBavWVlU4x7aOUoxPl9kkMp6Xb4tCAOkjI8IwdSR5cz88-CxUs9sI3e0cNcqYZpcffgUndTlyX6tkvpk/s400/ceremony+215.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416833440543059490" border="0" /></a><br /></span><p style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJP-rXX3bwc3YfJWUfPtCNA65JfAQ4am8q8oBlM2IDJkEku-raIDzDs8Mk0F_nVSwGGRjzj1Ytnzh-ovxv-JrnCBGdFVdXWKypHbO42uU6A_9No9vGhHqXK5pPm_sb7OJuMCFBict6mI/s1600-h/ceremony+216.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJP-rXX3bwc3YfJWUfPtCNA65JfAQ4am8q8oBlM2IDJkEku-raIDzDs8Mk0F_nVSwGGRjzj1Ytnzh-ovxv-JrnCBGdFVdXWKypHbO42uU6A_9No9vGhHqXK5pPm_sb7OJuMCFBict6mI/s400/ceremony+216.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416833445176470402" border="0" /></a></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Moments</span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" > after Deidre finished reading our secret notes about each other, something appeared in the sky. Just as she spoke the words "I will now ask you to pledge your vows to each other..." everyone looked up over our heads.<br />What are we looking at in this picture??<br />What could possibly be up in the sky, over our ceremony site, preventing us from saying our vows??<br />Any guesses?!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0VlG4PtHLD1IjTlOBPu8G7O9SMquD56bcqBDSGCembBRgDQX7_OQ-XGlteJ2og41WQMwtm-0bQJ-GW9TFrEw_AevTIxx7gL6Gt32eiICK5SwVCy3bKdtBL71zUT2hPmPPbKXL6xScgdQ/s1600-h/ceremony+201.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0VlG4PtHLD1IjTlOBPu8G7O9SMquD56bcqBDSGCembBRgDQX7_OQ-XGlteJ2og41WQMwtm-0bQJ-GW9TFrEw_AevTIxx7gL6Gt32eiICK5SwVCy3bKdtBL71zUT2hPmPPbKXL6xScgdQ/s400/ceremony+201.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416832988207536882" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><p style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">All photos in this post: <a href="http://www.hazelnutphotography.com/" rel="" target="_blank">Hazelnut Photography</a></span></p>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-69927560256160419322010-01-10T22:02:00.000-08:002010-01-10T22:05:45.584-08:00the ceremony (getting situated)<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >This is what our ceremony area looked like before people started to sit down:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyLoVDz2mpPsMeODegGaAS2n5QKiEg3B2pTW9KA6FwVsslbrs76KO1OSM2yL4AcG7YpK-etRdh_FNAElLi_4ZzYRwj6VeXOG28az8lvi3bqmh1DByiDqsX8rr6YUsqX9FnOOjmkVC_4c/s1600-h/ceremony+101.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyLoVDz2mpPsMeODegGaAS2n5QKiEg3B2pTW9KA6FwVsslbrs76KO1OSM2yL4AcG7YpK-etRdh_FNAElLi_4ZzYRwj6VeXOG28az8lvi3bqmh1DByiDqsX8rr6YUsqX9FnOOjmkVC_4c/s400/ceremony+101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416831931173934866" border="0" /></a><br />Some benches and chairs, a couple of tables up front, our musician hanging out in the corner, all calm and peaceful like.<br /><br />This is what our ceremony area looked like after our coordinator had everyone find a seat:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOXzNECDE4SWY2VIEABURwD0iJE-bFLT3lsaJ-HLDpCv5Gt7Gxv8_LOhrnYLbRp0haUQyur_jGDAtsSN3yRt46XEmdCIc-rUwsvWjKpEy7VR33pxf5lOQtoLVGvMrHf6KsN2h2FKEqYo/s1600-h/ceremony+102.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOXzNECDE4SWY2VIEABURwD0iJE-bFLT3lsaJ-HLDpCv5Gt7Gxv8_LOhrnYLbRp0haUQyur_jGDAtsSN3yRt46XEmdCIc-rUwsvWjKpEy7VR33pxf5lOQtoLVGvMrHf6KsN2h2FKEqYo/s400/ceremony+102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416831938292848002" border="0" /></a>It looks so small to me now! It is hard for me to believe there are about 100 people crammed in there. At the time, the size of the crowd seemed huge and overwhelming, but looking back it is small and intimate and perfect.<br /><br />Just minutes before this, <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2009/07/24/project-venue-search/">the venue</a> was buzzing with noise, chatter, music, cooking. I was hidden away in the back room when suddenly everything was still, and someone was telling me IT'S TIME! GET IN LINE! At this point I wasn't <span style="font-style: italic;">exactly</span> ready. I didn't realize it was already 6:15, which was go-time. (I found out later it was actually only 6:05, but for some reason we got started 10 minutes early? I still don't know why!)<br /><br />My mom was trying to put on her earrings, my stylist was still attaching my veil, and then poof, someone hands me a bouquet and I hear the song cue and its go time, people!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_xxSRxF2lzTGqN2excL3sNaxSQoug0Uw1Iqa_OzKU0tyOOaCo-5uR1LHz2TMJ4VySvibsJNiojWCghQVTatOcuOyGb3kC06c6RgfvWvlcU4KkjKlq7S2SXaO39oToiTNRKRbUACNRZD0/s1600-h/cererdrdgh05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_xxSRxF2lzTGqN2excL3sNaxSQoug0Uw1Iqa_OzKU0tyOOaCo-5uR1LHz2TMJ4VySvibsJNiojWCghQVTatOcuOyGb3kC06c6RgfvWvlcU4KkjKlq7S2SXaO39oToiTNRKRbUACNRZD0/s400/cererdrdgh05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424165875397899954" border="0" /></a><br />While I had a 30 second panic and snapped into place, the following happened:<br /><br />Our officiant walked out and took her spot in front of the vertical garden.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNUUAtOKxgdeQjEq3KUCUwd-FISgPcoxRBjjyKAs3UA7zBxc_RQmYtLOb4H051xazu2W5i57sthnvjAaLGL0z35HHRJAc-dkRPckKHi3UK4FdGdLpnKgChiJwKs_MMrJC18xG89ozwUIw/s1600-h/cererdrdgh07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNUUAtOKxgdeQjEq3KUCUwd-FISgPcoxRBjjyKAs3UA7zBxc_RQmYtLOb4H051xazu2W5i57sthnvjAaLGL0z35HHRJAc-dkRPckKHi3UK4FdGdLpnKgChiJwKs_MMrJC18xG89ozwUIw/s400/cererdrdgh07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424165888048604530" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The music started.<br /><br />(OK, I am blatantly stealing this idea from my Bee friends... But when, and if, you choose to listen to these embedded songs from our ceremony, please imagine them being played by an awesome solo guitar player. If you want. Or just rock out to some of our favorite bands, that's cool too.)<br /><br /><object height="285" width="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Hvi4iA3PnKE&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Hvi4iA3PnKE&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="285" width="340"></embed></object></span> <span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br />Right, soooo the music started, and then...<br /><br />B walked out and took his spot in front of said vertical garden!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkvhQQmjpfxzlLKnSW08m9oy5tK-Zx8UAqmmNzxwmmtoNn3QLmdXcaC_yzfH2mgrCeW00p6VgD8vTbjofxdi9Yp6EmcH0b2FB8LEMLvAHFNo57OvL-TESO8MnyQN77CgTszkTqEoOZtTw/s1600-h/ceremony+103.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkvhQQmjpfxzlLKnSW08m9oy5tK-Zx8UAqmmNzxwmmtoNn3QLmdXcaC_yzfH2mgrCeW00p6VgD8vTbjofxdi9Yp6EmcH0b2FB8LEMLvAHFNo57OvL-TESO8MnyQN77CgTszkTqEoOZtTw/s400/ceremony+103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416831946862437106" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha_0vJ_xem-9p_PNxpLQ-1joxN28DIKOAnEf4Yywn14KNJNiRQKMbsT7uDJOmk9iad7o74eZqUNPk7WJ1k4WfZY62MSm4gENRaOLI8a8mn1X0rq2bmDMC2_0WfA5GXnilb8YYN7kVJrvM/s1600-h/ceremony+105.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha_0vJ_xem-9p_PNxpLQ-1joxN28DIKOAnEf4Yywn14KNJNiRQKMbsT7uDJOmk9iad7o74eZqUNPk7WJ1k4WfZY62MSm4gENRaOLI8a8mn1X0rq2bmDMC2_0WfA5GXnilb8YYN7kVJrvM/s400/ceremony+105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416831953335125730" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQoT35UM6wyUNsLWbxa-gJBB6m4TVfxNGmPNaDb-rZjIvUjjJzkZWL81OCL9xDzjj9352CDpRMduRB-2oqnE8XplPS3QiQc1bBorL7dmux6el2HykYCMltEwicoaSWRKdPtHdJBYKHX3Q/s1600-h/ceremony+104.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQoT35UM6wyUNsLWbxa-gJBB6m4TVfxNGmPNaDb-rZjIvUjjJzkZWL81OCL9xDzjj9352CDpRMduRB-2oqnE8XplPS3QiQc1bBorL7dmux6el2HykYCMltEwicoaSWRKdPtHdJBYKHX3Q/s400/ceremony+104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416831951026238642" border="0" /></a><br />C walked out and took her spot as well.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWntIhsUct9131r9Ss2_UmcyVeVCVmO7_sBOhS0bGvLWfdJvmNVJDTP68lTCS1afDCZc69JDKwPHBrl9dy2SxwBneFeoubBwTpKMdQsbGxB99XNpLhBRPgF7YumePGfUxpP4dAYjskqI/s1600-h/cererdrdgh15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWntIhsUct9131r9Ss2_UmcyVeVCVmO7_sBOhS0bGvLWfdJvmNVJDTP68lTCS1afDCZc69JDKwPHBrl9dy2SxwBneFeoubBwTpKMdQsbGxB99XNpLhBRPgF7YumePGfUxpP4dAYjskqI/s400/cererdrdgh15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424166357604595314" border="0" /></a><br />While G waited patiently.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5sJJ2HNox14OaBbIzWFtzrhCzSqVPjyi99MZouBuf2XwEdV2x1T6AbE9wCk2hj7fxLjVAw62S0wWFJz8f54z8lBEdY3tbjfryF9gSZf0StNlIuxS34c-JWb7ueUFh_KCIRdYTpsKKrlk/s1600-h/ceremony+106.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5sJJ2HNox14OaBbIzWFtzrhCzSqVPjyi99MZouBuf2XwEdV2x1T6AbE9wCk2hj7fxLjVAw62S0wWFJz8f54z8lBEdY3tbjfryF9gSZf0StNlIuxS34c-JWb7ueUFh_KCIRdYTpsKKrlk/s400/ceremony+106.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416832128354002738" border="0" /></a><br />Until it was her time in the spotlight , too.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGe9ubIMV4Y_e5ZB3WBt4qPb4nrbgwVcXjxymGJI2L_XsRkLxIC7hp2sG22enSVEG8059cfGi_rQlMlw2FrdJRzS5bJVfMajJr925rZu56JiqIgy5_iOl2x4KO1HYE5H65ypOb4kiVJo/s1600-h/cererdrdgh18.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGe9ubIMV4Y_e5ZB3WBt4qPb4nrbgwVcXjxymGJI2L_XsRkLxIC7hp2sG22enSVEG8059cfGi_rQlMlw2FrdJRzS5bJVfMajJr925rZu56JiqIgy5_iOl2x4KO1HYE5H65ypOb4kiVJo/s400/cererdrdgh18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424166368380141746" border="0" /></a><br />Z waited quietly for his turn.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hEuRHn-CKMsQmnoJucVWlFGseUxwF2vJaWUwZfaC46kR4tWeKVmiAral3s9YFTSrvbBDjHMoNEUxHOp2KFM3LnMYY0K_SAfurE8v_QlFzCf8VGc337dZo97yerV1nc5pcRA72TSao9k/s1600-h/cererdrdgh21.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hEuRHn-CKMsQmnoJucVWlFGseUxwF2vJaWUwZfaC46kR4tWeKVmiAral3s9YFTSrvbBDjHMoNEUxHOp2KFM3LnMYY0K_SAfurE8v_QlFzCf8VGc337dZo97yerV1nc5pcRA72TSao9k/s400/cererdrdgh21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424166376482897746" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz1myzTwShLgGtL-_sGXaBsZzpzNgiFNTsd2rRZElx-h5d-lOwL0-rpdHCwEN8YRKA96Uro8K2n2LqpV8ksosgcDll5bC2DozSbsQuyLEcr_SqE23ZeM_lt318rSrkB9uUueu-CjPwd3s/s1600-h/ceremony+108.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz1myzTwShLgGtL-_sGXaBsZzpzNgiFNTsd2rRZElx-h5d-lOwL0-rpdHCwEN8YRKA96Uro8K2n2LqpV8ksosgcDll5bC2DozSbsQuyLEcr_SqE23ZeM_lt318rSrkB9uUueu-CjPwd3s/s400/ceremony+108.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416832142026194754" border="0" /></a><br />And did a superb job of walking down the aisle all by himself!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ZCG_bCEQwwNP1fP0nMNPjHdi_imp7rXZ79U5OGT2DhAN5dnh1FLjUPhcQxburH6nSiiQdVM3hn4TEsLraIA2ZbHZxNlmi-mc1ho9WEKhLjSlqnkbQTpCVX43cmysTnBxiz6RjbT9QPs/s1600-h/ceremony+109.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ZCG_bCEQwwNP1fP0nMNPjHdi_imp7rXZ79U5OGT2DhAN5dnh1FLjUPhcQxburH6nSiiQdVM3hn4TEsLraIA2ZbHZxNlmi-mc1ho9WEKhLjSlqnkbQTpCVX43cmysTnBxiz6RjbT9QPs/s400/ceremony+109.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416832152758804258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxt0AaNnZ5iDTnXUX5m2-uBKUbOGby75y0ACgzKTzfYC-PyPNMW8X7Ir2xGOTaxPHrWSPOiFIynVljuornuWg1uw06ak5LNdF0gBJ5JkVkJh9jBvLJPU5I0HKM3CNWDmg128OsLBZhNlY/s1600-h/cererdrdgh25.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxt0AaNnZ5iDTnXUX5m2-uBKUbOGby75y0ACgzKTzfYC-PyPNMW8X7Ir2xGOTaxPHrWSPOiFIynVljuornuWg1uw06ak5LNdF0gBJ5JkVkJh9jBvLJPU5I0HKM3CNWDmg128OsLBZhNlY/s400/cererdrdgh25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424166592352881058" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIbCo8vTO6IjMnVN6PH0Df3-xJkJyCj2hcFBAI_hDGDFKnP-xIwQqtNt2wCW3AIOkVO5v8gJuFpjAPaMjtfRi0zRB_daBDlJpSzT5LqOZi-Og8-CsB3mfGU-uEQiUWMyWW0bmaWkNUz3E/s1600-h/cererdrdgh24.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIbCo8vTO6IjMnVN6PH0Df3-xJkJyCj2hcFBAI_hDGDFKnP-xIwQqtNt2wCW3AIOkVO5v8gJuFpjAPaMjtfRi0zRB_daBDlJpSzT5LqOZi-Og8-CsB3mfGU-uEQiUWMyWW0bmaWkNUz3E/s400/cererdrdgh24.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424166579858146242" border="0" /></a><br />All the while, B was watching for yours truly to emerge from beyond the dark curtain!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmMlVS4uxdfJI59XhRxazTnyxG674UHuAGl1MBLt7RmuWp6Zn7ESIVKrHLjHzXNTTn4X1Hq0YUhZjM12mmEHXjFqnohblHPO1XrqvBQW9JTW3tizfB8-PB17aM1UGTF0m2ggrVUTji9D0/s1600-h/ceremony+112.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmMlVS4uxdfJI59XhRxazTnyxG674UHuAGl1MBLt7RmuWp6Zn7ESIVKrHLjHzXNTTn4X1Hq0YUhZjM12mmEHXjFqnohblHPO1XrqvBQW9JTW3tizfB8-PB17aM1UGTF0m2ggrVUTji9D0/s400/ceremony+112.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416832384996804706" border="0" /></a><br />And then, wonder of wonders, the songs changed. To my all time favorite song ever written, EVER. I had no choice but to walk out to this song, it called to me.<br /><br /><object height="285" width="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5J3gX47rHGg&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5J3gX47rHGg&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="285" width="340"></embed></object><br /><br />And so I appear!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXZtYqshwo6DMDgKyAJ8kBKLBKHoM9hOkuGN8JK2rFR7SRrp_WjZJhUgjq-Li-PyJsB2nsa2MubAgRGkizNfrgsTIlnN8Hy2lMFU2iTsoED2uSvxyCC6JJN6i9_mGSYfcNix9C_ST6tQ/s1600-h/ceremony+110.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXZtYqshwo6DMDgKyAJ8kBKLBKHoM9hOkuGN8JK2rFR7SRrp_WjZJhUgjq-Li-PyJsB2nsa2MubAgRGkizNfrgsTIlnN8Hy2lMFU2iTsoED2uSvxyCC6JJN6i9_mGSYfcNix9C_ST6tQ/s400/ceremony+110.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416832161868972594" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvZ_F3D8_XLivuMvb7QL2AlAVHjX_yexBui38XfIhMIckJPE1wc3IlLpGGZ_b8cIPvX1pikdh9mYgJGXkrJX9O4ULqQGcISfs4Wz89PQeqDvmEDA49DU2TxTIeREcA0vEci9PTauxhBhU/s1600-h/ceremony+111.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvZ_F3D8_XLivuMvb7QL2AlAVHjX_yexBui38XfIhMIckJPE1wc3IlLpGGZ_b8cIPvX1pikdh9mYgJGXkrJX9O4ULqQGcISfs4Wz89PQeqDvmEDA49DU2TxTIeREcA0vEci9PTauxhBhU/s400/ceremony+111.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416832379596767634" border="0" /></a><br />At the last second, our flower girly got nervous, so we held hands and she walked down the aisle with me and my mom :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIBWi0oUyy0h9poJBM2ENNp3IFjzBhWkXhj3jKG3OPbjPtJwZSxE8WBFbq2kKpkJaqu6Ha-dKE9QBBCyA-gIlfep7xSHUN5sBaZ6ZoCWgnnGqSXZl20aVca23_EPXmzp5k-MyA84h0hY/s1600-h/cererdrdgh33.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIBWi0oUyy0h9poJBM2ENNp3IFjzBhWkXhj3jKG3OPbjPtJwZSxE8WBFbq2kKpkJaqu6Ha-dKE9QBBCyA-gIlfep7xSHUN5sBaZ6ZoCWgnnGqSXZl20aVca23_EPXmzp5k-MyA84h0hY/s400/cererdrdgh33.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424166826051356402" border="0" /></a><br />To say I walked fast would be an understatement! Our musician didn't even have time to play the whole song. Sorry, guests, I wish you could have heard that Kinks song the way it was meant to be heard. I am just a naturally fast walker, and having everyone standing up and watching made me walk even faster than normal. I totally forgot about the "all guests will stand up when the bride comes out" part until it happened.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xZvIGvHObPtLP1OzuBtGZKJtLwG0PM1V6HPMLmsKJ27noloz0ZNBhViaxzdtJw4VHW1tW0F0MxGlwvweFDcTkziXliop4luUFYqAQq2vZUXKJ2yB-h9UdjmpE5q_LRpDu12jrILR5dA/s1600-h/cererdrdgh35.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xZvIGvHObPtLP1OzuBtGZKJtLwG0PM1V6HPMLmsKJ27noloz0ZNBhViaxzdtJw4VHW1tW0F0MxGlwvweFDcTkziXliop4luUFYqAQq2vZUXKJ2yB-h9UdjmpE5q_LRpDu12jrILR5dA/s400/cererdrdgh35.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424166829772684050" border="0" /></a><br />The approach.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAmBwIuORT_HfDJTTK6WleiNgLjSOHpTdCECfKc_O5cwlA2_DjE-z_XgrNvIx36zblFeG4IyHeqiOWJP9khAiAtl-uJXRtIyqhLN54uN3X4Loor4Tv5xr-aiWbtWQdO1aCKmRMQKKkH8o/s1600-h/cererdrdgh37.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAmBwIuORT_HfDJTTK6WleiNgLjSOHpTdCECfKc_O5cwlA2_DjE-z_XgrNvIx36zblFeG4IyHeqiOWJP9khAiAtl-uJXRtIyqhLN54uN3X4Loor4Tv5xr-aiWbtWQdO1aCKmRMQKKkH8o/s400/cererdrdgh37.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424167049863604514" border="0" /></a><br />The hugs.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjytbqfYyUo5kUqeVpMO4QqJ0ZZ5IYRDSC_qCPUoY68WzVyk-k4MbZmpJ4jpM-fIavbLPjcbjRFtOkCV5UjeF8w_u_z68BxZZI8A1FnMxxKk227tXjxaNtIju_EVrgGPmhCL5q3zqH_A/s1600-h/ceremony+118.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIjytbqfYyUo5kUqeVpMO4QqJ0ZZ5IYRDSC_qCPUoY68WzVyk-k4MbZmpJ4jpM-fIavbLPjcbjRFtOkCV5UjeF8w_u_z68BxZZI8A1FnMxxKk227tXjxaNtIju_EVrgGPmhCL5q3zqH_A/s400/ceremony+118.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416832613183671186" border="0" /></a><br />Then I took my spot in front of the vertical garden, and handed off my bouquet.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS1_IGiH9vPFvs4oPwIA16mWkrwPsycSqcfhTuXWK0mQK1IpkTU5a8ke8dOZnC8qEGLVTfxm8mcvWGBKiVN63mK9JgeiMHADhofY2kGspDQgYqJV79HynAtdbFwlzCFfg2nLRh4WBgaQ0/s1600-h/ceremony+119.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS1_IGiH9vPFvs4oPwIA16mWkrwPsycSqcfhTuXWK0mQK1IpkTU5a8ke8dOZnC8qEGLVTfxm8mcvWGBKiVN63mK9JgeiMHADhofY2kGspDQgYqJV79HynAtdbFwlzCFfg2nLRh4WBgaQ0/s400/ceremony+119.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416832619808144194" border="0" /></a><br />I resisted the urge to give B a quick kiss, and we grabbed each others' hands (and held on for the entire ceremony, except when we were holding microphones!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3pJkNR_d5abYPT-fwQM4Zh6e_65Ax7A3T4j29Lecf5qTdusEutkTdwDwuOfxb-NJdq9dQgu3OGS-KEyib2XPRksfzBj8mUCi-UtVPGcrtfkXhejyFOUekUA-Md2WwdJMghaDWn0uQak/s1600-h/ceremony+120.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3pJkNR_d5abYPT-fwQM4Zh6e_65Ax7A3T4j29Lecf5qTdusEutkTdwDwuOfxb-NJdq9dQgu3OGS-KEyib2XPRksfzBj8mUCi-UtVPGcrtfkXhejyFOUekUA-Md2WwdJMghaDWn0uQak/s400/ceremony+120.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416832625366703042" border="0" /></a><br />And this is what our ceremony area looked like during the (you guessed it!) ceremony :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0yeBbxAG85u_jH89KWkHOSgpdOL-Kgx2DVXoqhvsKkwUBnHUAw_pHrgOPefSbm0abJ3pxnxOcGPWlixnAOC07z3ycsNrvlRe0b5AyreXtsqkW618L6cYe9pDY2Mh9nYjrDDJSuR6V5hk/s1600-h/cererdrdgh45.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0yeBbxAG85u_jH89KWkHOSgpdOL-Kgx2DVXoqhvsKkwUBnHUAw_pHrgOPefSbm0abJ3pxnxOcGPWlixnAOC07z3ycsNrvlRe0b5AyreXtsqkW618L6cYe9pDY2Mh9nYjrDDJSuR6V5hk/s400/cererdrdgh45.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424167281330748210" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2010/01/06/sprinkle-soiree-the-white-knot-marriage-equality/"></a><br /><br />All photos in this post: <a href="http://www.hazelnutphotography.com/" rel="" target="_blank">Hazelnut Photography</a></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw9mEgDvSk6BeFxWPEwhmK6XBZi6M4bgtHa85I7fhuzU78sej4qDEpYqIiyNV27rAXGg_VCLXmWjDsWNWE-CUxxk1WU_uGfKYRcrQiAlNY2gAqi9ivbWR2blb0TqiMkBUzN1pEMgHSm0c/s1600-h/cererdrdgh01.jpg"><br /></a>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-1173032072525110932010-01-07T08:39:00.000-08:002010-01-07T09:01:22.864-08:00sharing is caring.<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Fellow LA blogger ladies (and friends and readers!). I have the following items for lending/borrowing etc. Please let me know if you are interested. Items will be available as soon as I clean out the room they are stored in (within a month).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">1. 60+ 5" candle vase type things.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5eWWOsUiMD4rLF6lVYfDbM-s1ljXtGQ2LYZe980wy_aZwJxB_UhFq2oW4h3_lapr41ybk8w_N6SFNJR0nKrpyfayE77-e4_KmZkIz3T3es7a0XFPyOL8CwnCIe5CrcgCyrJeuEE0hZefx/s1600-h/DSC_0652.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5eWWOsUiMD4rLF6lVYfDbM-s1ljXtGQ2LYZe980wy_aZwJxB_UhFq2oW4h3_lapr41ybk8w_N6SFNJR0nKrpyfayE77-e4_KmZkIz3T3es7a0XFPyOL8CwnCIe5CrcgCyrJeuEE0hZefx/s400/DSC_0652.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424041149785113746" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoC-TQacjpdkY_QSsisOrT-PyO5UqEtqJr7mvRtAWSmsJL6iFZczJGXDwY52oGZG7b7zU6YwLbckEPhRvIxGIqgPal-GZH1_Gq0d3q6VlqARpQEO9ZxSZyNUn1973rv5gOi7D_GrydXHXR/s1600-h/DSC_0655.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoC-TQacjpdkY_QSsisOrT-PyO5UqEtqJr7mvRtAWSmsJL6iFZczJGXDwY52oGZG7b7zU6YwLbckEPhRvIxGIqgPal-GZH1_Gq0d3q6VlqARpQEO9ZxSZyNUn1973rv5gOi7D_GrydXHXR/s400/DSC_0655.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424041155881364002" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">They are all the same height, but have different base shapes (a few are more square, some rounded etc.) Most still have stickers on the bottom cause we are classy like that. One or two have wax spills in them, but for the most part they are fairly clean. See how fancy they look on the brick ledge?!</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIK9egnzERyQvJiIGdE2UZhMlGpJW9Lo2gtQy7OQ3EtVAlRQA9Ye8WoSg09cAqS62chayoC42ymG6z6szeERACdsHVua1rtVwSDg1aki20xA4dBc2_F-Om7pF2bAcqkLDSPD0mf1MiudaJ/s1600-h/Megan&Brodie-1744.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIK9egnzERyQvJiIGdE2UZhMlGpJW9Lo2gtQy7OQ3EtVAlRQA9Ye8WoSg09cAqS62chayoC42ymG6z6szeERACdsHVua1rtVwSDg1aki20xA4dBc2_F-Om7pF2bAcqkLDSPD0mf1MiudaJ/s400/Megan&Brodie-1744.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424041178604612530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" >(</span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">photo: </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.hazelnutphotography.com/" rel="" target="_blank">Hazelnut Photography</a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:78%;" >)</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">2. Two flat bowl vase things from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ikea</span>:</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj68SNcnd3C7WYQwk9jxFv472NdpA1MonyLCEtsuRppFP83XZHoH0DsaqslJYrRCM8KoH5wDmK-E9Saas2qpb1kJTMhKWmSALmvQcGuKwVv5YVFCH7TXxcFO9OrpwgyhmYWlzNXd6HF9ds/s1600-h/DSC_0661.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj68SNcnd3C7WYQwk9jxFv472NdpA1MonyLCEtsuRppFP83XZHoH0DsaqslJYrRCM8KoH5wDmK-E9Saas2qpb1kJTMhKWmSALmvQcGuKwVv5YVFCH7TXxcFO9OrpwgyhmYWlzNXd6HF9ds/s400/DSC_0661.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424041163246232962" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggIbSLuw177E8v31MvHg5Ms6J5UBThxbDK-eDkBFWEV0S6g0rN5xNqCi-qj4zdQ6hW4v7TyVKhFaMsvHUH_1NcwDDEgWKGIZXpS0tU7NeFTvb6qGDUw2fDQSjN_JxH1lTHiZqMsN0cOF6p/s1600-h/DSC_0663.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggIbSLuw177E8v31MvHg5Ms6J5UBThxbDK-eDkBFWEV0S6g0rN5xNqCi-qj4zdQ6hW4v7TyVKhFaMsvHUH_1NcwDDEgWKGIZXpS0tU7NeFTvb6qGDUw2fDQSjN_JxH1lTHiZqMsN0cOF6p/s400/DSC_0663.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424041170569110914" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">3. A <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Gocoo</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">cardprinting</span> machine thingy. I barely use it but can't make myself actually sell it, so if anyone needs to use one to make paper goodies, I am totally down with that. You would need to buy screens and bulbs and inks though since I am out.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I am also selling a bunch of junk on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">weddingbee</span> (</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://classifieds.weddingbee.com/topic/yellow-satin-flats-with-flower-embellishment-vegan-size-9">shoes</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://classifieds.weddingbee.com/topic/mustard-yellow-peep-toe-t-strap-vegan-shoes-size-10-new">shoes</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://classifieds.weddingbee.com/topic/sugar-shoes-turquoise-pumps-vegan-size-95">shoes</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://classifieds.weddingbee.com/topic/yellow-peep-toe-ruffled-flat-size-9">shoes</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">).</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I hope this ends up helping someone, somewhere!</span></span>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-6006827437208756422010-01-06T08:55:00.000-08:002010-01-06T08:55:36.467-08:00!<span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.zappos.com/n/p/p/7605664/c/223242.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 360px;" src="http://www.zappos.com/images/z/1/0/5/1058308-p-MULTIVIEW.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I loved my wedding day shoes, but if I had seen these, I would have worn them.<br /><br />Check out this <a href="http://offbeatbride.com/2009/10/non-leather-wedding-shoes">vegan wedding shoe guide</a> via <a href="http://offbeatbride.com/">Offbeat Bride</a>!</span>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-19985940227292427472010-01-05T20:35:00.000-08:002010-01-06T22:07:16.407-08:00white knot<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDBcEzudui0unKIrkoumZH9Ij6yw54rj3D9Tt0d9roH-SVfi0_dfp6JNhewmbgGbb47GEA8LTuXk9uCdJg3nqxZC52qgXZFS_0Xdj5yfDGUKZaunDujlMyTH1IzDebfLWLwaOZbbTcrww/s1600-h/white+knot1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDBcEzudui0unKIrkoumZH9Ij6yw54rj3D9Tt0d9roH-SVfi0_dfp6JNhewmbgGbb47GEA8LTuXk9uCdJg3nqxZC52qgXZFS_0Xdj5yfDGUKZaunDujlMyTH1IzDebfLWLwaOZbbTcrww/s400/white+knot1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414631108875107826" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />Marriage equality is something that B and I feel very, very strongly about. It is hard for me to even comprehend the fact that adults of legal age are not able to marry and receive the same rights as everyone else, just because of their sexual orientation.<br /><br />We knew that we had to find some way to acknowledge this in our wedding ceremony. Originally, we were just going to have a small paragraph in our program explaining our beliefs. However, after some discussion with our officiant, and <a href="http://www.apracticalwedding.com/2009/08/fck-subtle.html">this wonderful post</a>, we decided we needed to take it up a notch. B did some additional research and found out about the <a href="http://whiteknot.org/">White Knot for Equality</a> non-profit organization. We knew it was the perfect foundation for us to promote.<br /><br />First, we made a donation to the foundation in honor of our guests. Then, I spent a few hours cutting up some silky white ribbon and making the sign shown above. We encouraged our guests to wear a ribbon at the wedding, and to take some home to share or wear again.<br /><br />During the ceremony (which will be covered in more detail soon!) our officiant said a few words about how important marriage equality was to her, and to us, and that she was showing her support by wearing a white ribbon as well. It really meant a lot to us, and hopefully to our guests as well.<br /><br />Our intention was to promote something we feel strongly about, not alienate guests. As far as we know, no one was offended. I would say that about half of our guests chose to wear a ribbon at the wedding. I was not upset, or insulted, or disgusted by anyone who chose not to wear one. I am tolerant and open-minded enough to know that there were many, many different kinds of people at our wedding, with different belief systems and opinions. I respect all of them, and I was thrilled to have them all there, whether or not they chose to wear a white ribbon.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9ruZFL8bIydP1fQScFn4eM5SlUgf-D7O_d9AfC5P3vTxdwpuR7XsY7No23RFtpVKC5s9POcAmP6pXhXgGp7BQpPCdsaNa7pxGeBQs4dKI7fpuIPCwsBFAYzxgONyCdxgF9wcENc9tNY/s1600-h/white+knot4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9ruZFL8bIydP1fQScFn4eM5SlUgf-D7O_d9AfC5P3vTxdwpuR7XsY7No23RFtpVKC5s9POcAmP6pXhXgGp7BQpPCdsaNa7pxGeBQs4dKI7fpuIPCwsBFAYzxgONyCdxgF9wcENc9tNY/s400/white+knot4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414631122823112466" border="0" /></a></span> <p style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">All photos in this post: <a href="http://www.hazelnutphotography.com/" rel="" target="_blank">Hazelnut Photography</a></span></p>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-21534540475804542542010-01-04T09:23:00.000-08:002010-01-04T09:24:52.433-08:00guest action<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >If I could pick one word to describe my wedding day, it would be f'ing <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">awesome</span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Ok</span>, maybe <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">that's</span> two words. So if I could pick <span style="font-style: italic;">three</span> words to describe it, they would be relaxing and f'ing awesome. Cause I spent a big part of the day just sitting and watching and enjoying. I could even describe it as a little too relaxing. But I don't, cause that would be silly. Final proof of relaxation before the good stuff happened:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHCRqrTv5OQGaPkMrhCMzbSjXI77d34Pdu-c1hoBAGrMw9MlC4M9xn77BbNH1rTZklzvJBe_ZwVKyybf2yaonrd9gjCe4KzqI6FwhgZj0biibXbxovRclFqQbk7cOoKvtbZjlssgVCHR4/s1600-h/guests+arrive04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHCRqrTv5OQGaPkMrhCMzbSjXI77d34Pdu-c1hoBAGrMw9MlC4M9xn77BbNH1rTZklzvJBe_ZwVKyybf2yaonrd9gjCe4KzqI6FwhgZj0biibXbxovRclFqQbk7cOoKvtbZjlssgVCHR4/s400/guests+arrive04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414631896228054786" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hsCgo3W4TE6mZVvtWPdHUqTqAY8JjhRaWTDEP7hXAmW7oNCrlThe4amXztt8_SmVqVnxqwZQa_uuoZxiqddmnvHKFJE6KjZaohsvebsfnHvL9NoZDAw-15iPv34tNKX0AYcy8qbG3fo/s1600-h/guests+arrive05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hsCgo3W4TE6mZVvtWPdHUqTqAY8JjhRaWTDEP7hXAmW7oNCrlThe4amXztt8_SmVqVnxqwZQa_uuoZxiqddmnvHKFJE6KjZaohsvebsfnHvL9NoZDAw-15iPv34tNKX0AYcy8qbG3fo/s400/guests+arrive05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414631903428191730" border="0" /></a><br />Finally, FINALLY, the action was about to begin. Guests were scheduled to get there any minute, so someone told me it was time to get into my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">hidey</span>-hole. I made my way on over to the bridal suite, but not before checking out the seating at the kids table. I just needed to make sure that all the kids were sitting by their friends, and after a quick <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">switcheroo,</span> everything was good. The preschool teacher in me was just trying to prevent tears and small-scale, child-sized fights over toys and seating arrangements!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaR7H-_9Z3xjcGxG9zGlfZSz0vQOXNcDAbvMAxJzY4z3n2kLV7xBQySUYPz6HNHO6exafQDXwZ6dvW_UTXBfS14ajMfqODWHhp6ttukKsTjE4zX9zJA-83Q_LOph1gw4lVvVA-o_TY5H0/s1600-h/guests+arrive06.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaR7H-_9Z3xjcGxG9zGlfZSz0vQOXNcDAbvMAxJzY4z3n2kLV7xBQySUYPz6HNHO6exafQDXwZ6dvW_UTXBfS14ajMfqODWHhp6ttukKsTjE4zX9zJA-83Q_LOph1gw4lVvVA-o_TY5H0/s400/guests+arrive06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414632083229487058" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBy9CkKmquUyyzHZOE-BL4Ukjlm1Yz_gaJUkq2vltxPJK0VK5gGDS9lKW6y8CY1FomJaBEnu1JLcyuWZ8vAaFLXfP2T_rFA8u8hqCGuhm20foGH2UoL9LiIt9NegAhyC2ZPStnLmFMnXU/s1600-h/guests+arrive07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBy9CkKmquUyyzHZOE-BL4Ukjlm1Yz_gaJUkq2vltxPJK0VK5gGDS9lKW6y8CY1FomJaBEnu1JLcyuWZ8vAaFLXfP2T_rFA8u8hqCGuhm20foGH2UoL9LiIt9NegAhyC2ZPStnLmFMnXU/s400/guests+arrive07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414632090593726386" border="0" /></a><br />I then assumed position in aforementioned hole. With a drink!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsl1cxBhot8TIo2RDrt7t7FA7YiHqxRi7etTTfdXzFTVo9ilRsaWQoX5tX00-LID__cc8M0PqXZ6IvzIXJJi9UtxWn9e-fxxOHxhDmzKK9CI44c8pyX0hbHN7-53ppo_mhO5hah0yy2aQ/s1600-h/guests+arrive15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsl1cxBhot8TIo2RDrt7t7FA7YiHqxRi7etTTfdXzFTVo9ilRsaWQoX5tX00-LID__cc8M0PqXZ6IvzIXJJi9UtxWn9e-fxxOHxhDmzKK9CI44c8pyX0hbHN7-53ppo_mhO5hah0yy2aQ/s400/guests+arrive15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414632315983285970" border="0" /></a><br />And friends came! And family! And they talked. And smiled, and hugged, and kissed. And B got to hang out with them, but I was stuck in my hole. Listening to the room beyond get louder and louder.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigY8zKoeKwfPHWDEn83-b_xMvqvmmuLuFghe1IqRhXEYhrvadexeQRU2w_ET6iXf-04M39uavewruRYomOKs1B9SGV9IReTfjeotm9OKfmUN4c3sCn5LS0StMW2hZZ7l4WXJAAXAEtrYs/s1600-h/guests+arrive27.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigY8zKoeKwfPHWDEn83-b_xMvqvmmuLuFghe1IqRhXEYhrvadexeQRU2w_ET6iXf-04M39uavewruRYomOKs1B9SGV9IReTfjeotm9OKfmUN4c3sCn5LS0StMW2hZZ7l4WXJAAXAEtrYs/s400/guests+arrive27.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414632906529789890" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgriV3W5VNqebiwjzcmK6SP0RsDoevVTQc3uQiZwVaeIuZnSpyLC1y5db3g-KefDhni5-xTy9BHHkmbHVfJyebRfbMLvCgTtzlzvZv3E_oKQs0wcnpsDTw7_ExFikZdLDRiKiWzb33XGZM/s1600-h/guests+arrive19.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgriV3W5VNqebiwjzcmK6SP0RsDoevVTQc3uQiZwVaeIuZnSpyLC1y5db3g-KefDhni5-xTy9BHHkmbHVfJyebRfbMLvCgTtzlzvZv3E_oKQs0wcnpsDTw7_ExFikZdLDRiKiWzb33XGZM/s400/guests+arrive19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414632536880589874" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0w9V0n3K-xDrpvdLcGg86PIF_hxiH42RSyQ9aKzFd7TjpoxPA6y7sk32gc2O5LXK2Wt9rNf3qKmYWpc6m5vu3lOz5BTwodl44gg78Bwez5_79dfDroKGJlnEzoDXjdYZpaHmDSIm_21w/s1600-h/guests+arrive24.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0w9V0n3K-xDrpvdLcGg86PIF_hxiH42RSyQ9aKzFd7TjpoxPA6y7sk32gc2O5LXK2Wt9rNf3qKmYWpc6m5vu3lOz5BTwodl44gg78Bwez5_79dfDroKGJlnEzoDXjdYZpaHmDSIm_21w/s400/guests+arrive24.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414632752101950786" border="0" /></a><br />While all these people were walking in and settling in and looking around, the waiters and chefs and cooks and such were busy making appetizers for the upcoming cocktail hour.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvzFi8Aew41Oz1qlA0KhE1GwPCV_TaUciOKNnY-Pwda2O6WjLKnmQKKvjhVV8ileVcPS-ucFOb88SBrxGqDWEzI9bXbZY6GKz0jHXHORtgKmkmyqPNp76YWenoBFCfR3nfyRhta01qvc/s1600-h/guests+arrive26.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvzFi8Aew41Oz1qlA0KhE1GwPCV_TaUciOKNnY-Pwda2O6WjLKnmQKKvjhVV8ileVcPS-ucFOb88SBrxGqDWEzI9bXbZY6GKz0jHXHORtgKmkmyqPNp76YWenoBFCfR3nfyRhta01qvc/s400/guests+arrive26.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414632897382023026" border="0" /></a></span><br /></div><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-odMfRE_9gdVagVJmrznaR16TUsW7xBg5sBwIXZ4BP0CoZJHoXlDkDF3MGEXTylZdev2z5L_IlbrC81zvMBiIUWGEek42SNu4xlOxVqaKOaKXKurLSe5Q1ukSZxIXg1E1SoUMuVgwMU/s1600-h/guests+arrive18.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-odMfRE_9gdVagVJmrznaR16TUsW7xBg5sBwIXZ4BP0CoZJHoXlDkDF3MGEXTylZdev2z5L_IlbrC81zvMBiIUWGEek42SNu4xlOxVqaKOaKXKurLSe5Q1ukSZxIXg1E1SoUMuVgwMU/s400/guests+arrive18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414632535045825954" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Olives, I love you.</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQh9OWuTIRKPmPdwxwc9PsJ686FkDaaKXhaRmeyvBWOhBV-65LkZoVy0iJnHBLV9e9qnSc5ojU1LD9V5dkEmaRA0oM-G2h8oLa0kHQnwIPfGN7YD7QhgqSD4S5lzAozxIdWDSOVnD20w/s1600-h/guests+arrive12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQh9OWuTIRKPmPdwxwc9PsJ686FkDaaKXhaRmeyvBWOhBV-65LkZoVy0iJnHBLV9e9qnSc5ojU1LD9V5dkEmaRA0oM-G2h8oLa0kHQnwIPfGN7YD7QhgqSD4S5lzAozxIdWDSOVnD20w/s400/guests+arrive12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414632303516888306" border="0" /></a></span><br /></div><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1t6zmGNiJlTQpHfsSWg5XBMeH1G17DEuM5xg897PhP4GTNydUZzaIGN_1UJ3Mw153P8OorPsswWUhXjZwh9LFDOY86OyTdb9y59iRdg3fsY1rBBffJDvVmAsPeZjewOTzC7npzgHoCrI/s1600-h/guests+arrive14.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1t6zmGNiJlTQpHfsSWg5XBMeH1G17DEuM5xg897PhP4GTNydUZzaIGN_1UJ3Mw153P8OorPsswWUhXjZwh9LFDOY86OyTdb9y59iRdg3fsY1rBBffJDvVmAsPeZjewOTzC7npzgHoCrI/s400/guests+arrive14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414632311066046258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7JwpmsQ6Vi4y_YU-EwURcqaZNPzpZ7S0Rlo1GVUtMmo5ZEqt9R4WszDgT-RqCWluttGzC413VSHbsFOBYrGrpzW9n_E957fsAzO7tJY__j3rPO-slyVPI7cTOdM9QuLe2qxO6l9LDY7o/s1600-h/guests+arrive17.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7JwpmsQ6Vi4y_YU-EwURcqaZNPzpZ7S0Rlo1GVUtMmo5ZEqt9R4WszDgT-RqCWluttGzC413VSHbsFOBYrGrpzW9n_E957fsAzO7tJY__j3rPO-slyVPI7cTOdM9QuLe2qxO6l9LDY7o/s400/guests+arrive17.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414632530970984482" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivS7s6HZlxrShFFTGL1sX8WEU0Qp45aTdpSs17gXu4cGWHVx-6LGlHP7y8ZTHr_Ds5Ed24KpgBQrGEleVvbs1K8QKSDLy-HxjEnqJBtJPolpm-y_shRaHJboimNtG0SPY8nh4lnDdPWk/s1600-h/guests+arrive11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivS7s6HZlxrShFFTGL1sX8WEU0Qp45aTdpSs17gXu4cGWHVx-6LGlHP7y8ZTHr_Ds5Ed24KpgBQrGEleVvbs1K8QKSDLy-HxjEnqJBtJPolpm-y_shRaHJboimNtG0SPY8nh4lnDdPWk/s400/guests+arrive11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414632299594810514" border="0" /></a><br />All of my little <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">kidlets</span> were gathering in front of the ceremony area, and I heard that much dancing, swinging and princess play was happening. I wish I had seen this!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYDaf9dBdq2-lwqNh2Ou1ZvYr88I-0HwSoUbipqFANZR0O7x3uvYR24M27b-yc-GGKW0omSI6RbVuKeWz5Miq9W8CD4JBWR3ijZgqV0v9dO1eBk7lDjfMAoFV-hsHA9SK1m8saa1AuGg/s1600-h/guests+arrive25.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYDaf9dBdq2-lwqNh2Ou1ZvYr88I-0HwSoUbipqFANZR0O7x3uvYR24M27b-yc-GGKW0omSI6RbVuKeWz5Miq9W8CD4JBWR3ijZgqV0v9dO1eBk7lDjfMAoFV-hsHA9SK1m8saa1AuGg/s400/guests+arrive25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414632754084933810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflAV2AWFiyccYkyQG4xcD_De2z3Mus-4spveEISW1ADQ2eiJBBsHAd165ZVXezVIooMRGiVrhBI9T1DUSZc5EdQxgxrExqNfW8FMmxRtB5Zzl6rUuvcuAZcIt-bVyVJ1wnQGZRZiO4wU/s1600-h/guests+arrive23.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflAV2AWFiyccYkyQG4xcD_De2z3Mus-4spveEISW1ADQ2eiJBBsHAd165ZVXezVIooMRGiVrhBI9T1DUSZc5EdQxgxrExqNfW8FMmxRtB5Zzl6rUuvcuAZcIt-bVyVJ1wnQGZRZiO4wU/s400/guests+arrive23.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414632746298746690" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYnaCM_oTC_OCnw46yqpj1OSIxtL_Tdg_4JoNNwynM5KisCQpNqI0iMjNahSZ2YGmXw7AjmN_2Papj776lOEZ3z6y7fdaiRxju4WUQvTcWW4M7B3CIs2ieD89iUDlfCqFD5zx9LzTVp0/s1600-h/guests+arrive22.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYnaCM_oTC_OCnw46yqpj1OSIxtL_Tdg_4JoNNwynM5KisCQpNqI0iMjNahSZ2YGmXw7AjmN_2Papj776lOEZ3z6y7fdaiRxju4WUQvTcWW4M7B3CIs2ieD89iUDlfCqFD5zx9LzTVp0/s400/guests+arrive22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414632743531429442" border="0" /></a><br />We decided to keep things simple by only serving one drink before the ceremony, and not opening the bar up until the cocktail hour after the ceremony. From what I hear, the passed Gin Fizzes were a hit.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQ11KfSyaIZ9VGn1cY9BScCb8Vd8S7hNazBNWPYbNcES4kTHPB_MXbWVhwsZ-meQUw1-y1lLqdKS21T6Sl5AzmvwbuEvbtjKyo7JihtHBXtRPmm3Hrr7VM5SW-eqcDWp72dOJoNj66u8/s1600-h/guests+arrive21.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQ11KfSyaIZ9VGn1cY9BScCb8Vd8S7hNazBNWPYbNcES4kTHPB_MXbWVhwsZ-meQUw1-y1lLqdKS21T6Sl5AzmvwbuEvbtjKyo7JihtHBXtRPmm3Hrr7VM5SW-eqcDWp72dOJoNj66u8/s400/guests+arrive21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414632739159444930" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1089mkXE_hi0D7-vH_Oir9DNbJC6CW_V01HUW-_OCN0B3V9SGoQWz4mXpGur9DdChzISWwTFpmlEdRsuieHrW2J-y-mygCGATRYQnr3iEUWyOdRrEFjjeAgHAWODqKxPDaQbcXsSxpg/s1600-h/guests+arrive28.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1089mkXE_hi0D7-vH_Oir9DNbJC6CW_V01HUW-_OCN0B3V9SGoQWz4mXpGur9DdChzISWwTFpmlEdRsuieHrW2J-y-mygCGATRYQnr3iEUWyOdRrEFjjeAgHAWODqKxPDaQbcXsSxpg/s400/guests+arrive28.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414632907514677250" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br />All the while, our amazing, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thenewvistas">best ever musician</a> was warming up the crowd with some tunes. He played a great mix of his original songs, and some of our favorites (Kinks, Johnny Cash, Beatles, Pixies...), while everyone mingled and got ready to find seats for the big event.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifN8jaCqQnLw_QsdSJjDjQilxfByNmwuT1SQB-8k8s9yPx7P3ZfKZKas3GsZiFufaKJEL6vhrLvWTYhW3on9ZlkHuCc5Tz0kChMAXDK0slWTd2QlnPHbVLH10rXVxLnnwLI2cWgGlepgM/s1600-h/guests+arrive10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifN8jaCqQnLw_QsdSJjDjQilxfByNmwuT1SQB-8k8s9yPx7P3ZfKZKas3GsZiFufaKJEL6vhrLvWTYhW3on9ZlkHuCc5Tz0kChMAXDK0slWTd2QlnPHbVLH10rXVxLnnwLI2cWgGlepgM/s400/guests+arrive10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414632103141663826" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrTa8MnpjvmkhivKLnKN2OHiDXellYpiqO7QLSMhsNdSBnpNG36pyiURJCsxYyxwijnXW4TBX_lWkpLH4vxwYAtm30P1MhVOLDG_1NhwNjkdxkX4M_35fBLYv6PVuZizF78o3ayIBZeU/s1600-h/guests+arrive09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrTa8MnpjvmkhivKLnKN2OHiDXellYpiqO7QLSMhsNdSBnpNG36pyiURJCsxYyxwijnXW4TBX_lWkpLH4vxwYAtm30P1MhVOLDG_1NhwNjkdxkX4M_35fBLYv6PVuZizF78o3ayIBZeU/s400/guests+arrive09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414632099059280306" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQByQQzbcrg07SnFEOHXFb6ETImKNvwJSh3OB1T7SEt-iAVY2v6gUsrxgIj44Tvr6ZYRorL5_V4X8zvQDN33HKqdEXnm7HRiC4B4MK3tkpA9YDbkSdlm1quLAR3Eps99hCx4cs5PxTkCU/s1600-h/guests+arrive08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQByQQzbcrg07SnFEOHXFb6ETImKNvwJSh3OB1T7SEt-iAVY2v6gUsrxgIj44Tvr6ZYRorL5_V4X8zvQDN33HKqdEXnm7HRiC4B4MK3tkpA9YDbkSdlm1quLAR3Eps99hCx4cs5PxTkCU/s400/guests+arrive08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414632091591624018" border="0" /></a><br />Were you hidden away while your guests arrived, so that your "walking down the aisle" moment would be super special? I was kinda jealous of everyone starting the party without me, but now I'm over it. Mostly.<br /></span><br /><p style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">All photos in this post: <a href="http://www.hazelnutphotography.com/" rel="" target="_blank">Hazelnut Photography</a></span></p>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-75617496067304814082009-12-18T06:00:00.000-08:002009-12-18T06:00:06.857-08:00beers and weirs<span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPhRbE2dNaYb0KDk_iVLn1dpLcY78ZaCoPCnN_U1cfrySg_oSvniS0rG32h05WoqCu7yOsL9rSrPyLKpE6oCSm2K2crM1RIbTjMX2rxNvHSZwOAn6euNMGz2Y2LSEUuK5LTQJdlK-KMc/s1600-h/hanging+out30.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPhRbE2dNaYb0KDk_iVLn1dpLcY78ZaCoPCnN_U1cfrySg_oSvniS0rG32h05WoqCu7yOsL9rSrPyLKpE6oCSm2K2crM1RIbTjMX2rxNvHSZwOAn6euNMGz2Y2LSEUuK5LTQJdlK-KMc/s400/hanging+out30.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414629915551995842" border="0" /></a><br />So we had this chunk of time. After posed portraits, before ceremony. It was a pretty big chunk of time. So we kinda sat around, and drank beer, and talked, and it was great.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtl1xIZdCc8reNAz4ThdlIaUB8sfgR9nHUnsQIXrGKuEYiao8ulyX8wagUVdMkPxzItFvTFgCwaLpE1lvGrnwlMaAt3DxCxp3LascTe4gLMa5EgCGV4pyn8Zl7iICMTL9zHYO8EvjqWyI/s1600-h/hanging+out03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtl1xIZdCc8reNAz4ThdlIaUB8sfgR9nHUnsQIXrGKuEYiao8ulyX8wagUVdMkPxzItFvTFgCwaLpE1lvGrnwlMaAt3DxCxp3LascTe4gLMa5EgCGV4pyn8Zl7iICMTL9zHYO8EvjqWyI/s400/hanging+out03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414627877185951826" border="0" /></a><br />For a short bit we were just sitting and not drinking. Then Gina had an idea...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2bFkr9U2rqTXF1030yK46WKtia7jBXmZhnSq9Qt_2EL_5Gt0Vu7y8y10e5PxQ60eZ3B0UP0mUlrAAiBQeb7JSuUfvNkP14verjd-eaZF6H1v0OC0B5mmQLumlMYyym6OijmmMtT5znA/s1600-h/hanging+out02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2bFkr9U2rqTXF1030yK46WKtia7jBXmZhnSq9Qt_2EL_5Gt0Vu7y8y10e5PxQ60eZ3B0UP0mUlrAAiBQeb7JSuUfvNkP14verjd-eaZF6H1v0OC0B5mmQLumlMYyym6OijmmMtT5znA/s400/hanging+out02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414627866681940882" border="0" /></a><br />We needed to celebrate! With alcohol!<br /><br />(Side note, I really hate beer. But I liked this beer, or I was on such a crazy wedding high that everything tasted like sugar cubes and rainbows. But my expression below might not show that.)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyCQ0DiTs0Zs07fDv7ZpejJN934o4Rt3bfvQGkyYdZiYQmfvhNDTEPLmb7ZVvTIjGCMKqKq8mvhyIj1VTC4gkcFNyb82-rN-bUUhnVogbiuKz9wBA4WHmIIZXCDO4L-nJNqigUWd99D8/s1600-h/hanging+out31.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKyCQ0DiTs0Zs07fDv7ZpejJN934o4Rt3bfvQGkyYdZiYQmfvhNDTEPLmb7ZVvTIjGCMKqKq8mvhyIj1VTC4gkcFNyb82-rN-bUUhnVogbiuKz9wBA4WHmIIZXCDO4L-nJNqigUWd99D8/s400/hanging+out31.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414630320142929762" border="0" /></a><br />Pretty labels! Gina took some elements of our invitation to throw these labels together a few days before the wedding. I wish we had saved a bottle!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtROtWVkAjEKSGNb8f7cKKzVuTHaEy4JhR7eS0s2ejxNTlhraozysCpKoWYrlQ1PrjggJS2fQOcRkOx9V2l6XnNpmGkjA4QP7LKb0JhEv4iESICEMxX_abpm7kO-gJ5v0IvBrL0wXwWeQ/s1600-h/hanging+out26.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtROtWVkAjEKSGNb8f7cKKzVuTHaEy4JhR7eS0s2ejxNTlhraozysCpKoWYrlQ1PrjggJS2fQOcRkOx9V2l6XnNpmGkjA4QP7LKb0JhEv4iESICEMxX_abpm7kO-gJ5v0IvBrL0wXwWeQ/s400/hanging+out26.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414629888581020706" border="0" /></a><br /><br />One of the beers was a bit fizzy...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hLpeMFqVJBTaoLluWJQmc1hbo1TPrUtUw87cXi4q8MoFLLgSZF6n58KmSMeZlX5KqnBrtREnpa1RhQxteaUxsVdbJlxxl57t8neTZHAdINadFv7SycmCQ17FCU65LhRm4ZNo9rk5m9o/s1600-h/hanging+out23.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hLpeMFqVJBTaoLluWJQmc1hbo1TPrUtUw87cXi4q8MoFLLgSZF6n58KmSMeZlX5KqnBrtREnpa1RhQxteaUxsVdbJlxxl57t8neTZHAdINadFv7SycmCQ17FCU65LhRm4ZNo9rk5m9o/s400/hanging+out23.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414629521502160642" border="0" /></a><br />It exploded all over G.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMF0L8Qfopx_67AzuZZPGJrkKPdC6Iq4IB35RSLD2NgoJ_dYTvDao1zprTKZtM54a6dC9MDuCDJXc9SToS0oLFmwarO6XByQdBiBYO_GxFgwjKaW7RTaujFENmaGgOgSnznvzryiCKUUU/s1600-h/hanging+out22.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMF0L8Qfopx_67AzuZZPGJrkKPdC6Iq4IB35RSLD2NgoJ_dYTvDao1zprTKZtM54a6dC9MDuCDJXc9SToS0oLFmwarO6XByQdBiBYO_GxFgwjKaW7RTaujFENmaGgOgSnznvzryiCKUUU/s400/hanging+out22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414629515484305250" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYWG_yN0Kr5zXN0qwRxYGSg-p72w5Us3Zn0OG3TEz-0szQgFym-UnJpMxwHdnZHVmeJqXj-yazPHokM3L4lnwxNoKmaEYQQkYIT2hhhhAUqPbVyP6RvjM3g0x1x6A6N9k3wAIKSkwTgt4/s1600-h/hanging+out19.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYWG_yN0Kr5zXN0qwRxYGSg-p72w5Us3Zn0OG3TEz-0szQgFym-UnJpMxwHdnZHVmeJqXj-yazPHokM3L4lnwxNoKmaEYQQkYIT2hhhhAUqPbVyP6RvjM3g0x1x6A6N9k3wAIKSkwTgt4/s400/hanging+out19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414628814955268162" border="0" /></a><br />But she was able to clean it up.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8TAClCWFRKx1f37v1jQek9khrv2d-FGYh8mPQC9D0d12NXCjYysGJrgEIkx_Ive_-pNlHneK8Bjbf5DTT8_A64wOEDmncSE5GZ2Dn4sfAAWtMqncjO9w6d_akODQ1Izy5XnSVs1RKHs/s1600-h/hanging+out13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8TAClCWFRKx1f37v1jQek9khrv2d-FGYh8mPQC9D0d12NXCjYysGJrgEIkx_Ive_-pNlHneK8Bjbf5DTT8_A64wOEDmncSE5GZ2Dn4sfAAWtMqncjO9w6d_akODQ1Izy5XnSVs1RKHs/s400/hanging+out13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414628468662383378" border="0" /></a><br />Cory likes beer...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirOnQwNg-F4YxuZK-3ArSldwnAxzNX8sbup_uOB9gyb7yCOVA6VPvq_AD44OUi-3arGr5cn5ysHUOx4zJSNCb0klVQLZMbbvXVzoCnYKCIhlyetwNhKbZG_Ewaph1OJthfwXcNCzsdTS4/s1600-h/hanging+out18.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirOnQwNg-F4YxuZK-3ArSldwnAxzNX8sbup_uOB9gyb7yCOVA6VPvq_AD44OUi-3arGr5cn5ysHUOx4zJSNCb0klVQLZMbbvXVzoCnYKCIhlyetwNhKbZG_Ewaph1OJthfwXcNCzsdTS4/s400/hanging+out18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414628812489558546" border="0" /></a>Gina likes beer...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjekHs5ebCWD88V1gG5-NfID_PW9mSAh5Z7KOAs9FqMqqBQNWzWd2XaotOTElp49QY43CDHdGYknEUI3EGNtDaHXawrUscsZJmF4sY7h80Tc9-lSjHqECBvTE4nGCNrCb-aan_CshBKz0A/s1600-h/hanging+out34.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjekHs5ebCWD88V1gG5-NfID_PW9mSAh5Z7KOAs9FqMqqBQNWzWd2XaotOTElp49QY43CDHdGYknEUI3EGNtDaHXawrUscsZJmF4sY7h80Tc9-lSjHqECBvTE4nGCNrCb-aan_CshBKz0A/s400/hanging+out34.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416067273051795490" border="0" /></a><br />Bride and groom like beer...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR-dazxqn5liWZXA5fSJup-R-msEjhr6U8TIc5_FS-_fewX4KI-auFGygj9vzcetv3wZgRjUaF0DIT9c4J5fXecMpOQHmY0l3Mj7OmChn9FE7sA-H0_28pHwgz3t32uHYNnY3nH6e-8Bs/s1600-h/hanging+out09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR-dazxqn5liWZXA5fSJup-R-msEjhr6U8TIc5_FS-_fewX4KI-auFGygj9vzcetv3wZgRjUaF0DIT9c4J5fXecMpOQHmY0l3Mj7OmChn9FE7sA-H0_28pHwgz3t32uHYNnY3nH6e-8Bs/s400/hanging+out09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414628176615670898" border="0" /></a><br />We all like beer...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOwWwwXq_pV4SRYDMz7ov2a6BFeoEMpW1z1M0vGFjJ62eRmCq1YsyX8_1lSqdgzodK3aEZWzHxmNwmCe6lAA-phD4ZrSFhcTWtNxL9eB8A9wJw4I00__7iTO-TYNZi6jVnxtbF2DDOmzY/s1600-h/hanging+out25.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOwWwwXq_pV4SRYDMz7ov2a6BFeoEMpW1z1M0vGFjJ62eRmCq1YsyX8_1lSqdgzodK3aEZWzHxmNwmCe6lAA-phD4ZrSFhcTWtNxL9eB8A9wJw4I00__7iTO-TYNZi6jVnxtbF2DDOmzY/s400/hanging+out25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416067279619813138" border="0" /></a><br />What did we learn from this post? Weddings are fun, beer is good, homebrewed beer is best!<br /><br /></span><br /><p style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">All photos in this post: <a href="http://www.hazelnutphotography.com/" rel="" target="_blank">Hazelnut Photography</a></span></p>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-68471291192187024592009-12-17T22:35:00.000-08:002009-12-17T22:38:08.095-08:00party picturez<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">(read the full post <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2009/12/16/sprinkle-soiree-party-portraits/">here</a> on weddingbee)</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjQi2WZlpXHCHLahLbkynPxrgML6EymPfaLN2lx9ByMRr3pHCN5rvI820hNzYxUv5c94bL5BipbfktnghkpSMOnFNmVf6e6rqtdDmMjsodVN8CX7igb4IPKJBPu6uxm9fhyphenhyphenrE5i8PaoP4/s1600-h/party+photos6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">All photos in this post: <a href="http://www.hazelnutphotography.com/" rel="" target="_blank">Hazelnut Photography</a></span></p>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6727792231236442827.post-13581133735564262342009-12-16T18:08:00.000-08:002009-12-16T18:12:23.461-08:00fancy poses<div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >(read the full post <a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2009/12/15/sprinkle-soiree-strike-a-pose/">here</a> at weddingbee)</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >favorite posed photos!</span><br /></div><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6V3NRyWpvjyPVpeRsk2Dh0SfivB4OxJ1IboBwxgRGSLveHdSBODlPSz9WR5LTob3YNQgzLHJL4uY9V_O49cuqTDFkAOR5syULsVaYetmQpELC9LSqhNIE3MN33SSEYb-TPwcAdyhQFb4/s1600-h/me+portrait1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBtyqmrlSoYSMLXkwz7tEfRgRAuw2-VvGzyUd1EMZO0LxuhTbL5I-GXNY3QBZNt3dzQ-xLOT4rrKi9VHsCVqPuJKqFtl_kz-L_X3itvdHQLe9GcuTCPVXNaz2p5pahp_NQkkLnYq6XiE/s400/us+portraits20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413852500974007762" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTMGYPS94js86Grx16IJn54zl9Eo_QAM5eKLMFQ2qDi0q9nVFityTs-GGzi70oAvP0gL5tYfnKnyOY5lwYFHAv89iVqWpxik94nDdWOOLlK51RZC64pkxqDZZkB-6d7yRT473Us6ziQE/s1600-h/us+portraits18.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTMGYPS94js86Grx16IJn54zl9Eo_QAM5eKLMFQ2qDi0q9nVFityTs-GGzi70oAvP0gL5tYfnKnyOY5lwYFHAv89iVqWpxik94nDdWOOLlK51RZC64pkxqDZZkB-6d7yRT473Us6ziQE/s400/us+portraits18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413852488080102194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15dUTS0BccK4oBu_dhnzMu-Dl90n3IwBepiZoPF1Was44YodVY5CxpEoLN5gG6OVMw0Vm9C50Xwmb8HX2R2PwGzesDrXuFQBdjVfSQ4Ch9gWk9nj4UCwSxMED_bmJfECvYpwyJqqvsvg/s1600-h/us+portraits15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15dUTS0BccK4oBu_dhnzMu-Dl90n3IwBepiZoPF1Was44YodVY5CxpEoLN5gG6OVMw0Vm9C50Xwmb8HX2R2PwGzesDrXuFQBdjVfSQ4Ch9gWk9nj4UCwSxMED_bmJfECvYpwyJqqvsvg/s400/us+portraits15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413852266142455074" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >I loved the mural in the background, I loved the dirty sidewalk, I loved the cars racing by, I loved seeing the downtown skyline in the distance, I loved this moment.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >All photos in this post: <a href="http://www.hazelnutphotography.com/" rel="" target="_blank">Hazelnut Photography</a></span></div>megan mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17963821162976843163noreply@blogger.com1