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06/18/2010
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Getting Married Tomorrow
Last post as a Miss
This time tomorrow I'll be a newly-wed wife.
I am, of course, experiencing so many emotions, all of them good. I'm marrying the man of my dreams tomorrow - the man I though I'd never be able to find in the sea of toads. He is too amazing to put into words. Thank you, WBC ladies, for all your kindness, support, encouragement, etc over my engagement. I came here to find my sanity during the planning process more than once. I'll be back to post photos, but wanted to say that I wish you all the best in your planning and on your big days! |
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06/17/2010
 B&G |
TWO DAYS!!
Excited, nervous, TIRED, emotional
I have two days left before I become a Mrs! I have PMS, too. I’m scared I’ll get my TOM right in the middle of my wedding day, but no sense wasting energy worrying...it will either happen or it won't.
I’m SO excited, extremely nervous, and EXHAUSTED! So here’s the update: My fiance’s uncle passed away Monday, and the funeral was half a country away yesterday. FH did not go, and neither did his sister (my MOH), but his parents delayed their trip down by two days. His father was very close to the uncle, so it is very sad to be going through this, and no doubt extremely stressful for his parents. I had my final dress fitting last night and it went very well. I honestly think the reason I wasn’t “feelin’ it” for my outfit at the previous two fittings was because my hair hadn’t been dyed black yet. I always pictured myself with black hair on my wedding day so I took the plunge and couldn’t be happier. Last night was FH’s bachelor party – he had a great time, but I was up most of the night because his ride home was not well-planned and I was “on call” to go pick him up. I got about three hours of sleep and had to get up for work. None the less, I am super glad he had a great night. I just hope the make-up artist can hide my black circles. Tonight – rehearsal dinner at my friend’s boyfriend’s restaurant. FH’s parents are missing it due to funeral. Tomorrow – off of work, doing last-minute things: writing speech, creating seating chart, packing up decorations, etc. Staying at a four-star hotel that night and getting some girlfriends to come hang out and keep me from my nerves. Saturday – THE BIG DAY!! |
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06/13/2010
 Boudoir |
Boudoir Shoot
Gift from my bridesmaids
So if anyone out there is debating a boudoir shoot, my recommendation is DO IT! I was wanting to do one, but changed my mind due to costs. My bridesmaids all went in on a session with my very amazing wedding photographer for me on the evening of my stagette party. It was INCREDIBLE!
My photographer is doublessly the best in the city, and he partnered with the best make-up artist around, too. So my package included make-up, which was incredible. I got huge false eyelashes and a look that would have put me on the red carpet. The shoot was classy, comfortable, and just so confidence inspiring. Liam would show me shots as he went and my confidence just kept growing. I am not a small girl - I wear a 10 or 12 on average - but you would never know. There's a sample at left. I get ten images in a smal album to give to my FH on our wedding day - less than a week from now! I will probably buy a few extras to keep for myself as a reminder of how amazing I looked when I'm feeling fugly. Cheers! |
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06/01/2010
 last name tattoo |
Ask a Question
How will you honor your maiden name?
I had about a week worth of freaking out that I am the last in my family to have my last name, and it's been my identity my whole life, and blah blah blah. I was dead set on keeping it, but that made my FH really upset (sad-upset, not mad-upset).
Then it came up that a few girls at work have their maiden names tattooed on them somewhere, or a symbol of it (e.g. a crown to represent King). While I LOVE that idea, my last name is Harrie and we have no family crest so I have no clue how to make it work for me. If you have ANY ideas how I could represent it without looking like I tattooed some guy named Harrie's name on my body, I beseech you to let me know I'm really sentimental about giving up my last name when I've accomplished so much as K. D. Harrie, and will be the last to bear the last name in my blood line. How are you going to honour your last name (if you're planning to change it). I can't even hyphenate because my last name + his last name is basically obscene, lol. If you email/private message me, I'll tell you. P.S. I'm only 18 days away! OMG |
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05/27/2010
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HELP! Freak out!
Dress fitting didn't go well
So I went to my first dress fitting today.....my dress has to be let out half an inch on each side of my hips because it was sitting too high, causing the rest of it to bunch at the waist. Needless to say I am very upset because my one goal was to not need to have anything let out on my dress.
I've been struggling against my weight for four years now, and of course my goal was to lose weight before the big day, or at very least not gain any. And who knows - the scale said I haven't gained any real weight, so it's probably just bloating. Either way, doesn't make it any less shitty because that's $xxx of alterations I didn't expect to have to make. If it's bloating, it will all be for nothing once it goes away, and if I'm fat, well, I'm fat. Also, I had on my whole outfit - veil, pearls, dress, shoes.....and I felt NOTHING. In fact, I just really wasn't that happy with the look. I love my dress, but something else wasn't right. I find once i try something on that doesn't fit, I resent the whole thing and I feel like that might have happened a bit tonight. Maybe it was because I had no fancy hair or make-up, was standing in fluorescent lighting, and the dress wasn't fitting well? I think that my veil is all wrong for me, too. It's a birdcage but it's quite long on my face and I think I need to alter it a bit. I just got contacts recently so I had always assumed that my glasses were what threw the look off. Anyone else have bad fitting experiences? I really need some encouragement and some ideas. |
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04/11/2010
 not my invitations |
Wedding Invitation
Three easy steps to ruin a bride's day
Step 1: Make sure the bride and her fiance invest hours and hours of time printing wedding invitations, stuffing envelopes, and addressing them.
Step 2: Arrange for her fiance to leave for a business trip the day after mailing the invitations Step 3: Call the bride bright and early on the day her fiance leaves for business to tell her….wait for it…. SHE PRINTED THE WRONG EFFING DATE!!! Seriously. Ummm, attention to detail? Hello, Kim, is this not your wedding day? Most important day of your life to-date? Shouldn’t you know the date? It said Saturday the Eighteenth of June. Spelled out. Our wedding day is Saturday the 19. I’ve had a mental block on the date – I’m one day off about 30% of the time. But, really, I had to type it out in full, so you’d think that I would have realized it was wrong….or that K. would have realized when he proofed. But no. Lucky for us, many little things came together and worked in our favour to minimize the impact of this massive blunder. First, we mailed them from a retail postal outlet on Saturday, meaning they wouldn’t be picked up for delivery until Monday. Coincidentally, that morning my mother called to tell us that a family favourite restaurant was closing its door that day and would we like to meet them there for a late lunch? We accepted and brought my parents their invitation. Second, Mom opened the envelope either last night or this morning, and called early enough that we could formulate a plan to fix the problem before I had to take K. to the airport. We figured there was a good chance we could ask the postal outlet to retrieve the invitations we mailed yesterday if they hadn’t gone out for delivery yet. They very willingly obliged – I’ll be writing a letter of profound thanks later – and we got all of them back. Third, the invitation kit we used was on sale for twenty bucks less than we originally paid – clearance because it’s been discontinued. We bought two just in case the printer messed up, but needed exactly one kit. We’ll be able to return the second kit to the store. Fourth – and this is just an added bonus – we were able to peel the postage stamps off the botched batch because they hadn’t been processed yet, so we didn’t lose any money there. K. said we’d be that couple from Rich Bride, Poor Bride on the couch laughing about how we ruined our invitations and had to re-print them. We had all of the re-prints done by 2pm today – much to my relief because I have a lot of really important things going on this week and didn’t want yet another important task looming over my head with no help. They are now completely ready for me to delivery and drop off at the post office. Still, I don’t think I have to describe to you what a terrible start to my day that was. Are there any other invitation nightmares out there? Wrong dates? Typos? Were you able to fix it before they went out? P.S. I have a regular blog too: haliwoodsaywhat.blogspot.com |
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02/26/2010
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Wedding Photography
LOOK! Our Out-to-Lunch Engagement Shoot!
Go see a sneak preview!! http://appleheadstudio.com/blog/?p=1014
I am so excited I just had to share!! I can't save/post the pic here yet because he's not done the edits so the "preview" is from his blog and I can't save the photo from it. Here's the story - we already had really romantic photos from the actual proposal because FH's sister was there to capture it. Since an engagement shoot is part of our wedding photography package, and we didn't have any ideas of our own, we volunteered to be guinea pigs for whatever ideas our photographer had. Liam (photog) said to get some semi-formal wear second-hand that we didn't mind ruining. Concept was Paintball - Woman's in charge. Check out Liam's blog post for a preview of our photos! http://appleheadstudio.com/blog/?p=1014 It was hilarious, because the whole night we'd hear the click of his camera taking a shot and then as soon as the image appeared on his screen, he'd crack up laughing. The photos are so totally "us" - we're just not conventional at all and having fun photos like this is PERFECT! |
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02/25/2010
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NWR:
Visit my other blog!
HI Ladies! I just started a new blog call Say What?! It will have some wedding related content from time to time but it's mostly just going to be about life. If you're a fan of blogs besides weddingbycolor, I'd like to invite you to check it out! I'd be honored to have you read.
http://haliwoodsaywhat.blogspot.com |
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02/23/2010
 Friends Helping Friends |
Ask a Question
How much do you rely on your bridesmaids?
Me personally, I haven't asked much of anything from my girls to this point. I've asked them to come with me to pick out a dress, then to go get measured and order it.
I've been working on DIY projects like making bouquets and painting wooden letters for the display table. Still to come is printing my favors (little recipe booklets) and invitations. What have you asked your girls to help you with so far? Does anyone else feel kind of bad asking their friends to labor with you? One of my bridesmaids is forever offering help, saying that another bride whose wedding she stood in would open "Julie's Sweatshop" every couple of weeks with drinks and DIY projects lol. I think I could handle that! |
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02/23/2010
 Town Car |
Transportation
Limo vs. Towncar
I had nooooo idea it was going to cost so much to rent a stretch limo! I was thinking maybe $300-$400 for it to bring me to the wedding and then take us to our photos and back, and then drive us home.
Try $600 or more! OMG Anyway, one of my bridemaid's family has a limo and town car business, so I ended up booking a town car through them for $65/hr. My total will be less than $400 for what our needs are, and he agreed to not charge us tax because of my connection to the family. Tax here is 13%, so that is a big savings. Gotta love a good deal! |
halibride
| 3 | years since wedding |
K.D.H.
K.C.B.
Jun 19, 2010
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Nova Scotia,
Canada
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Elegance on a tight budget.
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