Father's day has inspired me to think about 'the walk' I am going to make heading down the isle. This walk will more than likely be by myself. Both my father and step-father will be seated when I make my grand entrance.
So many people these days grew up in a "non-traditional" (and I use that phrase lightly...) home. This custom stems from the days of betrothals and arranged marriages. The girl was the father's to give away - it was his undeniable job. Since this scenario does not apply to my life, and I do not need to symbolically show that my father approves of our union.
I don't mean to come off as bitter or resentful or sour in any way toward this tradition or my dad; it just doesn't apply to me, and I am making this wedding as personalized to us as possible.
I am really looking forward to walking up that hill on my own, walking past all of our friends and family, and up to Adam!
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Thursday, June 17, 2010
All tied up
With all of my grand DIY dreams, I find myself crafting a lot in the evenings these days. The ironing board is out, the scissors, markers, sewing machine and embosser are scattered every-which-way, but I love it. I love the fact that I am having a huge hand in the final product of the wedding. I love how it's so 'me,' and comes right from my heart. As I stress over these projects and wish they were over ASAP, I think about walking around the farm on the wedding day and seeing the things I am making in action. Like my current project for example - I can't wait to see them out and about!
This project is one that hit me out of the blue - I am not sure at all what inspired me to do it. I decided I'd make the Groom's tie, then I decided I'd make all of our male officiant's ties, bringing the total up to six. Six ties!! Now, I've never made even one before, so this was a total shot in the dark, but I figured I can be a direction-follower and took myself to JoAnn's for a pattern.
They are coming along!
I have put in the interfacing and soon will start sewing the backs together...
Hopefully they'll be done in the next couple of days!
Love and interfacing...
This project is one that hit me out of the blue - I am not sure at all what inspired me to do it. I decided I'd make the Groom's tie, then I decided I'd make all of our male officiant's ties, bringing the total up to six. Six ties!! Now, I've never made even one before, so this was a total shot in the dark, but I figured I can be a direction-follower and took myself to JoAnn's for a pattern.
They are coming along!
I have put in the interfacing and soon will start sewing the backs together...
Hopefully they'll be done in the next couple of days!Love and interfacing...
Friday, June 11, 2010
One more thing...
One more thing...
I found this article this past weekend, and it is as much a part of the wedding as anything else, so I thought I'd share.
I am remaining calm about it, but it's taken some effort. In my defense, I have tried to be nothing but flexible, but my family talked me out of sharing the date or moving it. It's so upsetting to be portrayed as a bridezilla, when it was my own personal vendetta not to be. I strive for all wedding decisions to be made as a pair, and to openly communicate about anything involving it since it is our day, not just mine. Here we have an example of lazy journalism... not bothering to get a hold of me, and using their own personal biases just to get a story that people could get fired up about. When I wrote an email to the writer, the response was less than I wanted. Really an apology would have been nice, but all I got was curt defensiveness.
Luckily, when wedding drama occurs, usually that means scrambling must ensue. Scrambling for a new vendor, fixing something broken, etc. This drama will all be laughed at in the end, and at the end of the day, I still have the spot I want, I have the date I want, and the farm is doing nothing but supporting me. Overall, great success!
Love and caber tosses...
I found this article this past weekend, and it is as much a part of the wedding as anything else, so I thought I'd share.
I am remaining calm about it, but it's taken some effort. In my defense, I have tried to be nothing but flexible, but my family talked me out of sharing the date or moving it. It's so upsetting to be portrayed as a bridezilla, when it was my own personal vendetta not to be. I strive for all wedding decisions to be made as a pair, and to openly communicate about anything involving it since it is our day, not just mine. Here we have an example of lazy journalism... not bothering to get a hold of me, and using their own personal biases just to get a story that people could get fired up about. When I wrote an email to the writer, the response was less than I wanted. Really an apology would have been nice, but all I got was curt defensiveness.
Luckily, when wedding drama occurs, usually that means scrambling must ensue. Scrambling for a new vendor, fixing something broken, etc. This drama will all be laughed at in the end, and at the end of the day, I still have the spot I want, I have the date I want, and the farm is doing nothing but supporting me. Overall, great success!
Love and caber tosses...
OOO obviously not going too well
Oh, blogging - how I wish I was good at it! I love the idea of writing, and I do write in a journal from time to time. However, it seems like there is always something else to be working on!
That said, I have been busily working away at the to-do list. It was getting to be like a quagmire in my head, so I took a whiteboard and with teeny-tiny handwriting put it all in one place. It is extensive, and overwhelming to look at. However, with this I discovered it was easy to see that some things on this list could be accomplished with just a phone call! I have been able to get many things accomplished this week, including:
-calling Island County offices to make sure all of our plans for officiants are legal (more on that later)
-reserving a place for our wedding night
-making rehearsal dinner reservations
-Deciding on/purchasing our arbor for the hill at Greenbank
-starting in on making the ties for the groom and officiants
-visiting Zingerman's to figure out what type of snack should go with the cheese appetizers
- and discovering these are on their way:
Too cute!! I ordered them from a lady on Etsy and I think they're great.
I think I shall go work on more ties...
That said, I have been busily working away at the to-do list. It was getting to be like a quagmire in my head, so I took a whiteboard and with teeny-tiny handwriting put it all in one place. It is extensive, and overwhelming to look at. However, with this I discovered it was easy to see that some things on this list could be accomplished with just a phone call! I have been able to get many things accomplished this week, including:
-calling Island County offices to make sure all of our plans for officiants are legal (more on that later)
-reserving a place for our wedding night
-making rehearsal dinner reservations
-Deciding on/purchasing our arbor for the hill at Greenbank
-starting in on making the ties for the groom and officiants
-visiting Zingerman's to figure out what type of snack should go with the cheese appetizers
- and discovering these are on their way:
Too cute!! I ordered them from a lady on Etsy and I think they're great. I think I shall go work on more ties...
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