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09/06/2008
My Cake Topper
My Cake Topper
My Inspiration
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Cake Topper
A while ago I bought a plain silver cake topper on ebay. I found this pretty photo of a cake topper with rhinestones on it, and decided to add rhinestones to mine. I haven't glued them on yet. What do you think?
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09/06/2008
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Gift Ideas for our Officiant?
Our high school religion teacher is an ordained priest, and he will be marrying us. We pay a fee to the church we are marrying at, and they give a percentage of that to our priest. We would really like to get him a gift, as we really appreciate him marrying us, and the church doesn't give him a large percentage. We just really want to show him our gratitude, and I was wondering what an appropriate gift would be for an officiant? Any ideas? My FI wants to buy him a 26er of Rye or Whiskey, lol, but I told him I don't think that's an appropriate gift to give a priest...even though he does drink alcohol.
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09/04/2008
my shoes
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Another pair I like
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What to do about shoes?
Ughh...so two things that I have been obsessing over lately are my shoes and a song for my father/daughter dance. I bought these shoes a month or so ago, and it said they were white. Well when I got them they looked more ivory than anything, but it was pointless for me to exchange them because it would cost me more than i paid for the shoes to ship back to the seller in the US (I bought them on ebay). I love the shoes, but I can't help but obsess over how my dress is diamond white and my shoes are ivory. i know most people will not notice, but it drives me crazy! I'm considering buying a new pair, but I don't know what to do with these, whether i should sell them on ebay and buy a new pair, or just keep these. I found a couple pairs I really like that are silver...I don't know what to do.

**UPDATE**
I love the idea of dyeing them, anyone know how to do this? So I've decided to sell these even though they are gorgeous shoes, they just don't match with my dress.
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09/03/2008
Menu
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Close up of Menu
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My finished Menus!
Here is my final mockup of my menus! What do you think?
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09/02/2008
father and daughter
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Unique father/daughter dance ideas?
I had chosen "Landslide" by Dixie Chicks as my father/daughter dance song, but now I'm thinking of changing it. I'm not really into the slow mushy songs, nor is my dad. He loves classic rock, and I like alternative rock, top 40, etc. I'm trying to find something unique and not mushy, absolutely nothing like "wonderful world", "you look beautiful tonight", etc. I've checked tons of father/daughter dance websites, and most are the same sappy songs. Any ideas?
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08/29/2008
bride and groom
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Bride & Groom First Dance
Some unique song suggestions
Here is a list of unique first dance songs that I found on RealSimple.com:

# "All I Need," Mat Kearney
# "All I Want Is You," Barry Louis Polisar
# "All You Need Is Love," Nada Surf
# "Better Life," Keith Urban
# "Better Together," Jack Johnson
# "Bless the Broken Road," Selah
# "Bring It on Home," Little Big Town
# "Change in My Life," the Persuasions
# "Come Away With Me," Norah Jones
# "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," Queen
# "Dixie Chicken," Little Feat
# "Dixieland Delight," Alabama
# "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," the Police
# "Everything," Ben Harper
# "Everything," Michael Buble
# "Fade Into You," Mazzy Star
# "Feels Like Home," Chantal Kreviazuk
# "Free Fallin'" Tom Petty And the Heartbreakers
# “God Only Knows,” the Beach Boys
# “Have a Little Faith in Me,” John Hiatt
# “Here Comes My Baby,” the Mavericks
# “Hold You in My Arms,” Ray LaMontagne
# “I Got You Babe,” UB40
# “I Melt With You,” Jason Mraz
# “If Not for You,” Glen Campbell
# “In Your Eyes,” Matt Ketteman and Cameron Mizell
# “Into the Mystic,” Van Morrison
# “In the Moment,” Sister Hazel
# “I Walk the Line,” Johnny Cash
# “Just Can’t Get Enough,” Depeche Mode
# “Just Like Heaven,” the Cure
# “Lean on Me,” Bill Withers
# “Loving You,” Paolo Nutini
# “Making Memories of Us,” Keith Urban
# “One Fine Day,” Natalie Merchant
# “On the Sunny Side of the Street,” Jane Hart
# “Our Finest Year,” Better Than Ezra
# “Peaceful Easy Feeling,” Eagles
# “Perfect Day,” Duran Duran
# “Romeo and Juliet,” Dire Straits
# “Shelter From the Storm,” Bob Dylan
# “She’s Mine,” Brett Dennen
# “Someone Like You,” Van Morrison
# “Something About Us,” Daft Punk
# “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
# “Spend My Life With You,” Eric Ben”t
# “Sunshine,” Matt Costa
# “Thank You for Loving Me,” Bon Jovi
# “The Day Before You,” Matthew West
# “The Luckiest,” Ben Folds
# “This Year’s Love,” David Gray
# “The Glory of Love,” Jimmy Durante
# “True Companion,” Marc Cohn
# “Wave on Wave,” Pat Green
# “When You Feel It,” Brett Dennen
# “Within You,” Ray LaMontagne
# “You Are My Sunshine,” Ray Charles, with Chris Isaak
# “You Are the Woman,” Firefall
# “You Make Me Feel So Free,” Van Morrison
# “You Make My Dreams Come True,” Daryl Hall & John Oates
# “You’re My Home,” Billy Joel
# “Your Song,” Elton John
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08/26/2008
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Another Great Website for Wedding Accessories
Save yourself some money!
Hey Ladies,
I found another great website that offers wedding accessories for cheap! It's called {Huge Wedding Savings}

They have a lot of products similar to Wedding Star, and they even carry a lot of the same stuff, but cheaper. The best part of it is, they have warehouses in Montana, US and in Calgary, CAN, that they ship from, so US and Canadian brides won't have to pay duty!
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08/26/2008
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Changing my name in Ontario, Canada.....To assume or to elect?
Ok I need some serious help from my fellow Ontario brides. I was browsing the ServiceOntario website trying to get info about changing my name when I get married. I am sooo confused!! I don't understand it. From what I understand, there are two options: assume his last name, or elect to legally change to his last name. I know I want to elect to change to his last name. It says you have to wait 10 weeks before you can apply for a marriage certificate because it takes time for your marriage to get registered. But then it says you have to elect or assume your name within 90 days of marriage, in order to not have to pay any fees for that. I don't get it, how does that work. You need a marriage certificate to change your name which you can't even apply for until after 2 1/2 months, but you have to assume or elect your name within 3 months? I don't understand, can anyone clarify this for me? I'm very confused.


---UPDATE-----
I have since called the Office of the Registrar of Ontario and clarified how to do this, and how it all works. You will see a comment below that says the marriage certificate is given at the time of the wedding, that is NOT correct.

The officiant, and the bride and groom sign the wedding registrar and the officiant has to file it with the Office of the Registrar. It takes the Office of the Registrar approx 8-10 weeks to process this information, and then you may request a copy of your Marriage Certificate.

Immediately following the ceremony, you receive a Record of Solemnization of Marriage, which is NOT a Marriage Certificate and is not a legal document.

Please read this information on the Government of Ontario website:
Obtaining a Marriage Certificiate
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08/25/2008
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Wedding Menus!
The menus I made to match my invites
This is what my menu's will look like. I'm trying to decide if I should have a menu at each place setting or just one or two per table. There will be 10 people at each table. The menu's will also have a black ribbon tied under the heading. I'll put up pictures once i have finished printing them.
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amcs76

4 years since wedding
Ashley
Mark
Jun 06, 2009
Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada
Catholic Church
Villa Risi
Rivera Multimedia
Green
Chic, Classic and Elegant. Black, burgundy, cream and lime green theme. We have a small budget, so let's find out if I can stay within it!
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