Inside the world of one weirdo’s wedding planning experience
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Let’s talk about wedding signs…
We had some really great signs at our wedding…except the best one wasn’t on paper. Having a memorial table was one of the first small details I knew I wanted at our reception. I decided to use wedding photos of passed relatives that had been married. Collecting photos for my family was easy, but Ryan’s…
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A Fairy Tale, for One Day
You may have heard another type of story about weddings, a myth, perhaps, that the bride and groom might have trouble remembering all that occurred, they will forget their surroundings, the beauty of the day, forget to take it all in and admire the way everything really was, as if it were just a blur.…
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5 Mistakes I made so far as an “Amateur Wedding Planner,” A.K.A. the “Bride.”
The post where I realize we should have probably paid for an actual professional. And a bonus, 6th mistake if you will, but perhaps the silliest of all: Starting a blog about my wedding planning process. It’s been a year to the date that I last posted a blog entry here.
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Calligraphy!
I had a lot to write about.
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Bridal Facebook groups: a blessing or a curse?
Maybe they can be both?
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Maybe if I cry enough thinking ABOUT the wedding, I won’t cry as much AT the wedding.
Probably can’t make that happen, but it’s a nice thought.
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Did I say “yes” to the dress?
And three of the dresses I said “no” to! You may think it might be a little early to buy a wedding dress for a July 2024 wedding, but did you know it can take up to 6-8 months for a dress to come in? Then you have to alter it, which can take another…
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“She doesn’t strike me as one of those frou frou girls”
A friend in the grocery store, through sickness and health.
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The ring of my dreams (literally)!
How a dream in October 2018 became reality in December 2022! Ryan and I are both fascinated by dreams. He is a lucid dreaming practitioner and I am more into analyzing and finding signs in my dreams. Only ten months into our relationship, I had a dream that Ryan asked me to marry him. In…
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A weird yet loving proposal
How it happened.
I started Marry a Weirdo because I am a weirdo planning a wedding. I want to share this journey with other weirdos because I don’t see weirder weddings represented much. I hope to build community and connection through my own wedding planning journey. I hope I can be of service and a resource to others in the process.
Marry a weirdo! 