Once upon a time, my love proposed. We had a wonderfully luxurious weekend downtown celebrating. Slowly the fog of being newly engaged dissipated and from that point on I settled into a thrifty mindset with this wedding.
This blog serves a two pronged attack:
1. Plan a wedding where I try to craft as much of it as possible
2. To make me plan a wedding so I stop having nightmares about not having flowers/dress/etc
So far my planning has consisted of taking peripheral glances at sparkles + lace and pinning an incredible amount of ideas on Pinterest. The conclusion to my research is that real wedding things are overpriced and that I can probably make it for a fraction of the cost and double the fun.*
*feel free to mock me as we get closer to the big day.
The biggest problem is that the classic idea of wedding just doesn't represent Fraser and I. I like to think of us as anti-taffeta and bullshit. We are by no means polished but we are quirky individuals. 15 foot centrepieces with working waterfalls and swarovski crystals just isn't us. The wedding is supposed to represent us hitching our wagons to each other - so why start off our lives together by pretending to be other people?
The second biggest problem: I am cheap. I will (mostly) talk myself out of purchases because I am sure I can make it. More importantly I will (often) talk OTHER people out of purchases because I am sure I can make it. If you can talk the talk, you better be able to wield a glue gun and thread.
My biggest advantage: TIME. Nothing is locked down, but we're thinking September 2013. I sort of picked that arbitrarily in the few hours after the proposal while my brain was still pickled in shock. 2013 should give us enough time to save up some money*. We also want to get married in the fall so everyone isn't a hot mess.
*read: go to the gym
My second biggest advantage: My friends. I know some really freaking crafty people. Never ever ever have they said 'I don't think we can do this'. They have also been the people to say that they are willing to spend time helping me achieve my thrifty/crafty wedding.
The goal is to document my crafting exploits in all their glory/failure. I do not see my family enough, so it's also a great way to connect them to the upcoming nuptials.
That said, enjoy!
