Today, I realized that we will be leaving Fayetteville within 18 months. I have a lengthy list of things to do and places to see while we still live in the Old North State. Since we live in NC, our Living Social and Groupon deals feature inns, lodges, and adventures that are on my list….
We happened across Sweet Boutique Bakery at the Cape Fear Botanical Garden’s wedding expo. They mentioned they were hosting a free wedding cake tasting event, so I signed up for an invite. We went to the shop the next weekend. The ladies had a larger than expected turnout, so we had to wait a bit….
Or, what went wrong. Clearly, every bride and groom fear those inevitable wedding day disasters. Not that Mac and I are pessimists, we’re not, we just wanted to prepared for the worst (crumbling cupcakes, undercooked food, late photographers, etc). Here’s what we encountered: 1. Guest arrival: we rented a party bus to transport guests from…
This craft involved me locating an extra wedding program, my paper cutter, the bouquet, and the garter. I also had to do some floral modifications. Hence the twenty minute part. Today, I’m forever enshrining some wedding momentos in a shadowbox. I snagged this particular box from AC Moore with a 40% off item coupon. I…
I first designed our wedding programs months ago while playing around in Microsoft Publisher (and later bought it for my personal computer). Wedding program fans seemed kind of necessary because of the heat, but I wanted a certain degree of continuity with the invites. My original designs included the damask pattern from the invitations. The…
The arrangement and content of our wedding ceremony was completely up to me. Why? Mac isn’t overly religious, and this was for our religious ceremony. What did we want? My cousin Kristin’s pastor opened with this gem. Seriously. It was hilarious and yet heartwarming. We left our invocation and homily up to our pastor. Readings…