How to survive a long engagement (without losing your shit!)
I was engaged for about four years before my wife and I tied the knot. Long engagements can be stressful, regardless of the reason why you’re stretching out the timeline. For us, we treated our engagement as a time to set the foundation for our newly formed family, rather than exclusively as a time to actively plan a wedding. When it came time to get married, our small civil ceremony was put together in about a month. So how did I not lose my shit while being engaged for longer than the WIC standard? Here are my tips…
At Last: a sweet wedding reading that honors a life lived before finding love
Not unlike Etta James’ classic love song “At Last,” this particular reading narrows down those feelings of having lived life, been beaten by it a time or two, and still being joyful that you found lasting love. Considering how many weddings are second marriages or older-than-average couples, the sentiment is really lovely and really realistic. Here’s a sweet wedding reading that takes into account a life lived prior to the wedding…
Pops of red and yellow everywhere at this magical wedding with wands and potions
Jorge and Lissette channeled Hufflepuff and Gryffindor at their magical wedding. Lissette wore a red ribboned dress and a golden snitch in her hair, while Jorge and his crew wore yellow accents. In true Hogwarts fashion, the reception was filled with potions, owls, wands as the place settings, and a Marauder’s Map to show guests to their seats.
Pi Day wedding goals: A super realistic apple pie purse
Gird your loins: it’s PI DAY! Yep, it’s March 14 or 3.14. The day we arbitrarily celebrate all things PIE and weddings that fall on that very special mathematical day right before the Ides of March. I stumbled upon this amazingly realistic apple pie purse when hunting for killer wedding day purses and had to feature it today.