The Notebook Inspired E-shoot

You've seen The Notebook right?  Right. 

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Well, this cool couple, Cindy and Jean-Nicola, decided to recreate it for their e-shoot!  The pics are preeeetty close to the movie!  Not to mention the bride-to-be looks a lot like Rachel McAdams.

Originally found this pretty amazing e-shoot on Happy Hour With a Housewife, who found it on Green Wedding Shoes.  Shot by Blushing Bride Studios.  (How's that for citing my sources?!)

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Aren't they fantastic?

I definitely think themed or focused e-shoots are fun and just more interesting.  :]  That statement stems from an unwritten blog post... or two.  One that has been stewing for 5 months and that I've been avoiding writing.  Maybe at some point when I avoid doing anything useful, I may write it.

         

orange & navy!

Hostess With the Mostess just posted a modern orange and navy baby shower party. But I think the colors would work great for a wedding! I really like the orange against the bold navy mingling with the white napkins, vases, plateware and chairs.

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That's definitely a baller baby shower!  :]  I think I also like this because orange and blue used to be my favorite colors.  :oP
                          

Disney's Up Inspired E-shoot + Wedding

I've been liking Wildflowers Photography lately.  So soft, vintage, whimsical, and country-esque.  :]  Which is funny cause I used to be more drawn to sharp, bold colors.  She's also a Christian, I think.

I orginally saw this on Happy Hour with a Housewife.  It's an UP themed engagement shoot + wedding.  So fantastic.

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I love the grape soda pin!

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There are a ton better pictures I didn't post here.  So go look at them!!

                 

fortune cookies

True story: On the second day I moved to Ithaca, a friend of my great aunt (my late great uncle used to teach at Cornell) took my parents and me to this Chinese buffet for lunch and I got a fortune cookie.  The fortune said something to the affect of "You have gained wisdom today and you are also less anxious."  So I was like cool... this is true... I'm beginning to feel okay being here and having walked through campus and gettin' a feel for where things are helped make me less anxious.  And then I turn it over and it was one of those "learn a Chinese phrase" things and it said, "nan peng you."  (Which means "boyfriend" in Mandarin.)  I laughed and thought, "GOD HAS SPOKEN.  This is why I'm at Cornell."  :oP


Following that one... I got ones that said, "has money," "he," etc.  So it became this joke that fortune cookies would reveal my love life to me.  :-P  I guess it kinda worked out in the favor of the fortune cookies.  At least the relevant ones.  haha.


Since it was sort of an inside joke... I thought if we were going to have escort cards, to have these!

Aren't they PRETTY?!  (Source)

 Make a circle.  Fold the circle.  Done!  Pretty spankin' easy, yeah?  (Source)

We could use whatever paper we wanted.  It could match our color scheme.  The little paper ends sticking out would have the guests' name and table number.  Easy peasy.  And while pretty paper is not cheap, it wasn't going to be an expensive project!

However I put it on the back burner and... it stayed there since I decided escort cards were time consuming and they weren't going to get a piece of my time-pie!  Also -- since it is just paper, even pretty paper, it's not something people would take with them or value/treasure really.  Unless... you like pretty paper or like to collect stuff with your name on it.  So I took the less exciting route and printed out an alphabetical list with people's names and table numbers  :]

Maybe someday if I ever help someone plan a wedding and they're looking for escort card ideas, I'll bust this one out.  :]

                                

cartoon faces

Saw this one on a snippet & ink post today on Tiff & Leo's wedding

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I thought that was a pretty nifty way to do the bridal party/ceremony participants/parents and grandparents list!  And... it's something I'd totally do.  haha.  Our save-the-dates kind of looked like theirs too!  If I had seen this earlier (like waaay early in the planning process) there might have been a chance I would want to do that too.  :-P   But then after doing a few faces, I might have also realized I didn't want to spend the time actually making everyone's faces.  :-P
                                                      

stripes

A Threadless t-shirt design called "The Choir of Antarctica": Cute, much?  Major props for being creative!  (Source)

Got The Knot Newsletter in my email this morning, and found a "new stylish wedding theme" I really liked!

Um.  How cute are the stripes?!  I wouldn't have thought of using stripes, but I like the look, especially on a cake!

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One of our early wedding presents: Awesomest reason FOR a check, yeah?  :-P

Ok, done being inspired.  Gonna go work on being productive now.  Does reading count as being productive?