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Cupcakes Galore!
Once we discovered wheat was ingredient-non-grata for me, the chances that whatever we served during dessert would be made by me increased exponentially. While I’m more than capable enough to attempt...
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Do’s and Don’ts for the Road Trip Reception
(Which totally makes it sound like our reception is being held on a bus, even though it’s not. Though we did consider, early on, renting a double-decker bus and having the entire wedding there as we...
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Your Presence Is Present Enough
Or: “Why We Don’t Have a Wedding Registry” As a general rule, I’m a fan of wedding registries. I think they can be invaluable for guests who truly want to gift the bride and groom items the couple want...
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Bottles and Bunches
All those bottles I spent an afternoon cleaning a while back? A good many of theme have now met their destiny as centerpieces and table numbers. First were the table “numbers” (actually...
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Raising the Literary Roof
Or wine bottle, as the case may be. After deciding I needed something to raise one part of our centerpieces, I searched for a stand-in to get the right dimensions and found a small box about 4”³ x 3...
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Searching for Inspiration: Bouquet & Bouts
Just because I’ve opted to use alternatives to fresh flowers doesn’t mean I want them to look vastly different from their traditional counterparts—I just don’t want them to cost an arm and a leg or...
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Coming Soon to a Mailbox Near You!
If, of course, you live near one of our invited guests, that is. After spending the entirety of the recent three-day weekend completing the design, printing, and assembling thereof, the Road Trip...
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Wedding Nightmares: Both Real and Imagined
I guess I’ve reached that point in the wedding-planning process where my brain has become so over-saturated with wedding everything that it was time to let some of the flotsam out by way of a good old...
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A Sip of Inspiration: Wine Label Invitation Design
It’s been said often and will continue to be true: having a theme makes so many decisions so much simpler. At least in theory. Once we’d decided that the wedding would be wine themed, I knew that I’d...
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The Road Trip Invitation Reveal
The responses are starting to roll in, so let’s take a peek at what our guests saw when they opened up their envelopes. At the last moment I opted to do envelope liners, even though they would only...
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Finding the Right Words
As much as the aesthetics of our invitations were important to us, the words were—of course—the most important part. I mentioned that I tried to stick to the more formal wording, more or less, to...
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Paper and Fiber and Beads, Oh My!
(With apologies for the cheesy title, I couldn’t resist. OK, I could resist, I just chose not to!) Knowing I was going to make my own flowers for my bouquet flung the doors of possibility wide open, at...
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A Bottled Bouquet & Corked Boutonniere
After all, what else would you expect from a wine-themed wedding? Using wine bottles as vases—either as is or cut down—is nothing new, especially not here on the ”˜Bee. I’d figured pretty early on that...
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Our Two-Year Engage-iversary
When Mr. Road Trip and I made our engagement official, two years ago today, November 2013 seemed so very far away. We’d already been doing some planning “under the radar” for four months prior and...
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Convertible Corsages
When I started thinking about the additional flower-wear for family and special guests, I figured I’d ask Mama Leadfoot’s preference on lapel versus wrist corsages and go from there. Silly Miss Road...
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Two Birds, One Stone Card Box
We’re not expecting many gifts brought to our wedding, but I figure cards might be a bit more common so wanted to include something to hold them in and just set it on the same table as our guest...
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Some Swag and Bottle Service
Alas, this post is not about any bachelorette-style shenanigans. No, today I have another DIY-decoration update because that seems to be what my life revolves around at this point! Wall Swags It’s...
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Tales of Fails and Fixes
Nobody’s perfect, least of all me, and while I have quite the success record behind my beaded belt, the last few weeks have turned up a few fails that I’m glad happened now and not closer to the...
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Let’s Get This Show on the Road!
After more than two years of planning, saving, and crafting, the Road Trips are really getting married! The last week has not been the relaxing, restorative pre-wedding week I’d hoped for; instead it’s...
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The View from the Other Side
I’ve gotta say, it looks pretty good from here! Our Wine-Blending Ceremony | Photo by Pink Shutterbug Photography So the Road Trips are back, as Mr. and Mrs., and settling into life post-wedding. Is it...
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Road Trip Honeymoon: Off to a Great Start
While it was tempting to sleep in the day after the wedding, we were both anxious to get on the road and on our way to Walt Disney World. First, though, we had to repack the cars (thankfully I’d packed...
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Road Trip Honeymoon: Four Parks, Five Days
Early in the honeymoon planning we’d mapped out our park days (both to help make our dining decisions as well as to have a general plan); this also came in handy when we were given the option of...
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Road Trip Honeymoon: The Really Big Restaurant Round-Up
Sustenance being kind of important, the decision of where to eat each meal on our honeymoon was a matter of some discussion early on. Disney makes it both easy and hard by offering plenty of dining...
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Wine, Women, and Sushi
While I wasn’t expecting (or wanting) a lot of fuss when it came to pre-wedding events and I declined a shower that Friend-ficiant L offered to host, we did agree that a low-key girls night could...
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Honey Lake Plantation Review
We had a total of three vendors for our wedding: the cupcake shop, the photographer, and our venue. While I’ll wait until the end to review the other two, I wanted to get the venue review out of the...
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Highway to Happiness: Baking and Bride-Napping
My wedding leave started two days before the event, on Halloween. As much as we really do love Halloween, I opted not to don a costume simply to spend the day baking goodies for the reception. In...
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Highway to Happiness: A Moment of Calm
Friday morning arrived with gray-tinged clouds overhead, but there was nothing we could do but hope whatever it was moved on quickly. And speaking of getting a move on, I had a cake to frost and then...
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Highway to Happiness: And Then the Chaos
It seemed like everyone who was involved in our wedding or the other one happening at our venue arrived at the hotel in one great mass and immediately mobbed the front desk. Whatever energy I’d had...
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Highway to Happiness: Rehearsal with a Chance of Rain
One of the many questions I fielded from the DoC the day before had been whether we wanted to rehearse with the music or not. Maybe it’s just me, but I was definitely in the “with music” department,...
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Highway to Happiness: Scenes from a Restaurant
The choice of rehearsal dinner venue was a no-brainer for us. Back when the Road Trips first met we were four states away from each other, so weekend visits were a big deal. That first weekend together...
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Highway to Happiness: Last-Minute Edits
We made use of the time in the car to and from the dinner to try and figure out what was up with the ceremony playlists. Turns out everything played fine except the five songs I edited. Crap!...
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Highway to Happiness: Up with the Sun
The downside to having a morning wedding means there’s no chance to sleep in at all. I’d set the alarm on my phone for 7:30 AM and resisted the urge to hit the snooze button. Roadie didn’t have to be...
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Highway to Happiness: Getting Spiffy
Primping and preening done, it was time to get into the dress and move onto the more public parts of the day. I nested the crinoline inside the dress before stepping in—at that point the dress nearly...
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Highway to Happiness: Family Pictures
Posed, formal family portraits were pretty low on my photography priority list, but even I can see that they’re nice to have—I just didn’t want to spend a lot of time taking them! I may have rushed our...
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Highway to Happiness: And Then We Waited
Thinking that our “chariot” (AKA a Bentley golf cart they include in their wedding packages) would soon arrive, we went back inside to freshen up and chill out for a moment before it was time to greet...
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Highway to Happiness: Let’s Mingle
Even though our plan had been to greet our guests as they arrived, the transportation mix-up meant that almost everyone had already arrived to greet us, instead. Either way, hugs and happiness...
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Highway to Happiness: Shall We Process?
Yes, we shall. Timelines be damned, we were just going to roll with it! All images courtesy of Pink Shutterbug Photography But before we do, let’s take a look at the aisle and ceremony decor. We kept...
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Highway to Happiness: Our Ceremony Begins
The great thing about having a friend perform your wedding ceremony is that it can be anything you want it to be. That’s also one of the downsides, since it can literally be anything and where to begin...
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Highway to Happiness: The Rings and the Rest
Since the vows were, of course, the only thing we didn’t go over as part of the rehearsal, after they were said the rest of the ceremony felt like a downhill slide all leading up to the kiss. All...
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Highway to Happiness: The Group Hug
With a big, happy sigh of relief we made our way over to the pathway between the fountain and the Owl’s Nest to hold our informal receiving line. All photos courtesy of Pink Shutterbug Photography...
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Highway to Happiness: Presto Change-o!
After we’d hugged our last guests on their way to the Owl’s Nest, we hopped in the waiting golf cart and scooted on down to our cottage to take those posed getaway pictures that we’d wanted to do...
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Highway to Happiness: Until the Wheels Fall Off
Having finished my rapid change, we headed back out to the porch and a few things registered: The golf cart wasn’t where we’d left it. It was at the far end of the lane like the driver had taken it...
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Highway to Happiness: A Little Dance
Once our DoC introduced us and we entered the Owl’s Nest, we went straight into our first dance. All images by Pink Shutterbug Photography Considering we’d just spent 15 minutes (give or take) with all...
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Highway to Happiness: A Few Words Before Brunch
We’d made it to our seats, our DoC asked us what wine we wanted to drink, and everyone got settled in chatting among themselves while we waited for our first course. MiL Road Trip, Roadie, Mrs. Road...
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Highway to Happiness: Trading Sweets
As the third course was cleared and the conversation began to ebb, our guests’ glances began to stray to the dessert table in the far corner of the room. Photos by Pink Shutterbug Photography I had...
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Highway to Happiness: And That Was That
Once everyone had their fill of dessert, people started to say their goodbyes and make their way out to whatever plans they had for the rest of the day. (There was a pretty big college football game...
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Highway to Happiness: Vendor Reviews
While I’ve already shared my thoughts on the venue, we do have a couple more vendors that certainly deserve a shout-out. Pink Shutterbug Photography: Recommend On either side of the fountain during our...
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Highway to Happiness: Final Wedding Budget
We started out with a working budget of $5,800. That number was based on what we expected to save each month for the two-plus years we were actively planning the wedding. I’d set up a spreadsheet to...
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Off on Our Next Adventure!
Well, hive, the time has come for Roadie and me to offer one last wave from the rear view mirror as we head down the road to see what’s around the next bend in the road! Photo by Pink Shutterbug...
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The Road Trips Reach One Year
It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since the Road Trips said I do! The Road Trips, November 2, 2013 | photos via Pink Shutterbug Photography If I had to sum up our first year of marriage in one...
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