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Showing posts with label Weddings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Weddings. Show all posts

Friday, September 14, 2012

The Wedding

This past weekend I went to one of the best weddings I’ve been to thus far. You’ve all heard of me talking about my family at Green Street – Well there’s a bit of a cult following along with a band of brothers that have all lived in this apartment at one time or the other: Steve, Rob, and Mike.

I think the most incredible thing about this wedding was the love surrounding the couple. They have some seriously incredible friends and family who have just surrounded them with support. I really got a good glimpse into Steve and Meghan’s friendships and how special they are to them. It was made so clear by the toasts given by the best man and some of the bridesmaids. I’d never seen anything like it. The best man, Tony, and Steve, the groom, have been best friends since they were little. They’ve been through absolutely everything together, and his toast literally brought me from laughter to tears and back to laughter again.

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Rob, Mike, and Dennis (two of the three of the brothers)

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Meghan, the beautiful bride, with her father

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Steve, the groom, and his mother

The night before the wedding five of us took a little trip to the grocery store. Since icing is a major tradition around here, John decided to pick up some Wild Cherry Smirnoff Ices. Yes, these are probably the most horrific alcoholic beverages anyone could choose to drink, so that’s where the foundation of the tradition of “icing” comes from. Allow me to explain further: Icing has to be presented in a way that the receiver will be completely surprised. For example, John placed an Ice underneath the beanbag game they were playing. Once they find the Ice, they have to kneel on one knee and chug the whole thing at once. We ended up getting the groom first on his wedding day, and it was even more epic because he had never been iced before. It was a beautiful thing.

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Tony, the best man getting iced

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Arty getting iced in front of old people who were looking at us like we were the spawn of Satan

We got some more throughout the day and evening... John was in charge and later regretted that when he got iced several times. 

Anyways, have a great weekend guys! And don't forget to enter the giveaway for a pair of Sperry Top-Sider boat shoes!

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Style de Haviland: Exes & Mawwiage

My exes are officially starting to get married. 

It's definitely a little weird to be the one that's probably not going to be married for a while, if it all. When I was 17, I thought I would be married like my mom at age 20. I was 17/18, of course, young and naive. But it wasn't until the last year and a half or two that I started to realize that marriage may not happen to me as young as the rest of my fellow Christian friends, or at all. Life has thrown me a lot of difficult obstacles, and with those obstacles came a lot of growth. And with that growth came the realization that marriage is indeed life-long, and that I might not be as prepared for it as I wished when I was watching Disney princess movies. 

My first love is engaged, which is not surprising at all. He always wanted to get married young, and ended up moving across the country for her. Whom I refer to as my first "adult relationship" is now married, which is probably the weirdest to me even though he was a decent amount older than I. I just don't see the maturity level in that one… ANYWAYS. 

The problem I always had was the lack of respect in those two major relationships. My first love cheated on me and I was young and up until maybe two years ago, there was a part of me that was stuck on him and would have taken him back. Very sad. Very pathetic. I think it's probably the one thing I regret about my past, and also the reason why there was a major lack of respect on his part. The other man that I loved viewed me as a child. When we broke up he told me that I should date someone my own age. I was 20 and he was 26. "Em, stick with guys your own age. I'm sorry I'm not going to marry you." Not really sure what that had to do with breaking up with me, but as my dad says...

He was such a douche bag. (Thanks for the back-up, dad. Ha!)

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I'm not really sure what I expected though at this age. Did I think it was all going to stay the same? Did I think that we were all going to just continue dating until the end of time? 

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photos by Michael E. Dennis

Necklace: Gifted from Bobbles & Lace 

Blouse: J.Crew Sale 

Belt: J.Crew Sale

Trousers: J.Crew Sale

Sandals: Clarks

No… But I guess I wasn't really expecting at so soon. It's bizarre going onto Facebook and everyone's status updates are wedding photos and baby photos… I mean, I've got a baby bug just like any other girl in their twenties, but I'm definitely not having one anytime before I'm thirty! I'm too selfish! 

Are any of you experiencing this? Thoughts? 

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Tuesday Treats: Wedding Edition

I think it is engrained in every woman’s DNA to love everything about weddings. We love talking about them. We love watch t.v. shows about them, i.e. Say Yes to the Dress is probably the majorities’ #1. The thing I love about Pinterest is I get to pin absolutely anything and everything I see that I like, archive it, and if I ever get married, will be able to look back at all the amazing dress and DIY ideas there are out there!

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Repinned from Creative Engagement Sessions by LuxeFinds.com

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http://www.etsy.com/listing/75763415/14k-rose-gold-moissanite-diamond?ref=pr_faveitems

So if you can’t already tell, I have absolutely no consistency in my ideas for my maybe-never future wedding. All I know is that I freakin’ LOVE color and retro/vintage DIY. But who the heck doesn’t?!

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