Q: My fiancé and I have both always dreamed of a destination wedding. However, we’re concerned that some people (mostly family) will be upset. How can we word an email to everyone saying that this is what we have always wanted, and we understand that not everyone will be able to attend? We would like to send an email with a link to our wedding website that states this. Read the rest of this entry »
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Sibling Rivalry
Q: My brother is getting married in September. Should he have the right to say no one else can get married that same year? My fiancé and I want to get married in April, four months before my brother, and he is telling us it’s inappropriate. Please advise. Read the rest of this entry »
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Guest List Debate
As I mentioned last week in my second blog post, Tyler and I are in the process of deciding how many guests we’d like at our wedding. This should be easy right? (insert crickets chirping) Anyone? We’re having the wedding on my parents farm and in a perfect world, we would only invite the people we knew genuinely wanted to be there celebrating with us. Unfortunately we all have a certain amount of obligatory guests we are forced to accommodate. How the heck are we supposed to navigate this one diplomatically? We have a budget that we’d like to maintain and as the guest list broadens the budget widens dramatically. I’ve seen brides come into Coriander Girl with guest lists of 300 or more and often they will confide that they would prefer a much smaller wedding. So what do we do? Bankrupt ourselves in order to keep the peace? Or choose a destination wedding and cross our fingers that most people won’t be able to attend? Read the rest of this entry »
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Mabuhay!!*
*pronounced mah-BOO-hi and is an expression used to exclaim “long live”.
It’s hard to believe that six months ago I introduced myself and Mark to the Weddingbells online community and now I’m saying my farewell. In that time, you’ve learned quite a bit about our Filipino heritage from the ceremonial traditions to the superstitious beliefs. You’ve followed me through the gong show that was the hunt for my dress, hopefully received some makeup inspiration and learned about the difficulty of coming up with a cake design.
When I entered this contest, my head was still floating high in the clouds from the proposal. You know what I mean: the perma-smile plastered on your face, you walk as if you were part of a ballet and you find every excuse to talk about the proposal. I couldn’t help but jump at every opportunity to tell my proposal story and this contest was just another chance to relive the proposal. I was completely gobsmacked when I was contacted by the Weddingbells staff and the rest is history. Read the rest of this entry »
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Thanksgiving Comes Early
As I write my last post in the competition, I can’t quite believe it’s drawing to a close so quickly. It seems like just yesterday when, one rainy September afternoon, I found out I was a semi-finalist, and a few weeks later (thanks to your awesomeness), a finalist! My blogging journey has FLOWN by, and I’ve had a blast reading about the other ladies’ journeys, sharing nerdy DIY projects, dance experiments, scouting out winter armour outerwear and dumping eggs all over my head for the Internet’s viewing pleasure. It’s been AWESOME, and I have to thank everyone who’s shown their support with kind words, e-mails, and comments (even hopping over to my personal blog!).
In keeping with the theme of gratitude, I thought as I bid you all farewell, I’d take a moment to reflect on everything for which I’m thankful during our engagement. In wedding planning, there are naturally ups and downs, and it’s easy to panic when things don’t go quite according to plan. So with everything wedding-related, I’m trying to adopt the same attitude I do with life’s curveballs: take a moment to count the blessings, and it’s amazing how hiccups can quickly turn around. Read the rest of this entry »
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(Somewhat) Final Thoughts on Wedding Planning and Marriage
As we get closer to our wedding, I find myself reflecting on the last few months of wedding planning. It has been a thoroughly enjoyable process and I wanted to pass on my words of wisdom to other brides-to-be.
1. Be True to You
It might be easy to let others (i.e. in-laws) sway you into having a different kind of wedding than you want, but don’t let this deter you or change the wedding you envisioned for yourself. Sure, some decisions might be changed along the way as you weigh your different options but it is important to let your wedding reflect you and your future hubby. It doesn’t matter if you have an intimate or extravagant affair; at the end of the day, you will look back with fond memories if your wedding was everything YOU wanted and more. Read the rest of this entry »
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Through the Eyes of a Child
{The centre of my Universe.}
I can say with complete certainty what my greatest achievement in life would be my daughter. I once read the following phrase and have since lived my life by it, “God gives not what you want, but what you need.” I was blessed with her presence at a time I thought was far too soon only realizing many years later that her life was exactly what I needed; when I needed her. She is the driving force behind my drive in life and to be a better person. While she may only be in her ‘tweens’, she has taught me lessons in humility, sacrifice and above all, unconditional love. My daughter is my hero and is the reflection of everything I am and everything I have only dreamed of becoming. Marrying Mark was not only something I’ve been looking forward to, it’s also been my little girl’s hopes for many years. The following is a little interview I had with her while snuggled up in bed together. *Please note that I may’ve had to change a little bit of our conversation so it made sense. She speaks ‘tween’ most of the time… haha! Read the rest of this entry »
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Our Wedding, in a Virtual Scrapbook!
I had been looking for a way to get the information about our wedding out to our guests, and also get both sides of the family to know each other a little better before the wedding. Joseph and I thought a great way to do that would be with a wedding website that shares information about ourselves and about our families.
This way, even guests that were out of town, or that we hadn’t seen in a while could feel closer to us and the events leading up to the big day.
Now that the save the dates are mailed, (like Emily, I can’t call them STD’s either!) I can share with you our wedding website. Read the rest of this entry »
