Headband or veil?

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I went with the headband. And not just any headband, after an exhaustive search (most of it during the last trimester of my pregnancy), I found the perfect one – through the accessories page of theknot.com. When I saw it, I knew it was the one before I even looked at the designer’s website and [Read On]

Expensive Weddings are a Waste of *&%%$# Moola.

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At least, that’s how this debt-free girl feels about it. I never grew up dreaming of a big fluffy wedding with 15 bridesmaids and 5 flower girls. I pretty much didn’t dream of getting married at all, but two marriages later and clearly something about the idea struck me as a good time. The first [Read On]

Barefoot on the Beach Part 4: Use a wedding web site

This is a web site design specifically for destination weddings courtesy of TheKnot.com.

Use a wedding web site to stay organized, let every one know what’s going on and share what’s happening with folks who can’t make it to your wedding.                                     Wedding web sites are especially great for destination weddings. [Read On]

Barefoot on the beach Part 3: Guests on a honeymoon?

Go ahead; take the plunge and have a destination wedding.

GUESTS ON A HONEYMOON? The whole idea of bringing my nearest and dearest to an exotic place and spending a week together leading up to the wedding making memories sounded wonderful to me. One day always seemed too short. But if you could stretch that out and have fun with each other before and after, [Read On]

Barefoot on the beach Part 2: Finding vendors

This photo by Kay Scott turned out beautifully -- even though we thought we were going to sink in this little boat!

Planning a wedding thousands of miles away in Belize proved challenging, to say the least.   While I could have opted to hire a wedding coordinator, I chose to save money and do the work myself, knowing there wasn’t much I required.   What we needed was a location, a minister, a license and a [Read On]

Barefoot on the beach part 1

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I’ve never been the kind of girl who dreamed about getting married in a church.   No, a blue sky held more allure than vaulted ceilings. A carefree ceremony called to me more than a regimented order of processional, vows, rings, unity candle and recessional. An intimate gathering held more meaning than a large, lavish [Read On]

Sara’s backwards engagement

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Hubby and I got engaged on our first anniversary.  He told me later that he had it all planned out once we had been together 8 months.  We had been ring shopping together, we had the date picked out, and I had actually already ordered my wedding dress. Yes, I am aware that that seems [Read On]

Surprise proposal

This is where the boy I had known since high school asked me to marry him: The Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis. My aunt gave us this painting by Nancy Patrick Carney for our wedding. It's up in our house to remind us of what a special role the bridge played in our lives.

It went like this… I’d just gotten back after a week in the Carribean on the island of St. Croix with my mom and aunt. So I hadn’t seen my boyfriend of 2 years in a week, and we decided to spend the whole weekend together. On Sunday, we went over to his parents in [Read On]

A Very Merry Unvalentine’s Day

Daises from Andy @ 1 1/2 weeks - flowers from Tuxedo Flowers, Inc.

My only memories from Valentine’s Days past are of decorating coffee cans in elementary school, getting a silk flower & candy from my “boyfriend” in 6th grade and a trip to Duluth (complete with new car stereo) with Andy our first year together. Valentines Day has never been a big deal to me; probably because [Read On]

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