FAQs!

Q: Our invitation was only addressed to the adults....are my kids welcome?
A: YES! Yes yes yes. Bring your kids. They'll have a great time.

Q: What do you mean by 'cocktail attire?' What should I wear?
A: Honestly, really, wear what you feel best in. We're not trying to make anyone uncomfortable. If you are someone who really likes dressing up, this is a great party to wear a sharp suit or classy dress to. If you are someone who likes to stay comfortable, pants and sneakers are fine too. We seriously don't care. There are more important things in life to worry about. As long as you can dance in it, right??

(In case you really want to know, the bridal party will be in suits/short dresses.)



Q: Are you guys registered anywhere?
A: Amazon.com and Target. There are some links on the sidebar over there.

Q: What's the food situation?
A: At 7pm when the party starts, there will be cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and desserts served. Then at 8 is the ceremony, which will be quick, and then it's back to snacking. That's also when the cake cutting and dancing gets underway.

Since the wedding starts so late, it would probably be wise to eat before if you like a large meal. We will have some filling snacks though--you won't starve!

they're finally done!!

FINALLY.

I dont know why this project took weeks and weeks to complete
oh right, it's because I have no attention span



first, let's recap:

these are our save the dates:


back side:


this picture is crappy but it was fun filling them all out:


I made wrap-around labels for the envelopes
I got a perforating blade to make the fourth panel of the invitations (reply card) detatchable
oh and my honey bunny and brother were so helpful?



these are the graphic components of our invitations:


heres how all the separate parts look:


and tonight I worked way late assembling them all!





my dad helping as much as he can


yay. fertig.

our first wedding shower!

Yesterday (sunday....I'm a night owl, so at 3am "yesterday" is actually like two days ago), we had our first wedding "event." The Sully Famiy (longtime friends of the Hunt family) threw a wedding shower for Dave and I in the afternoon, and it was so fun because it was for families, not just the bride.

  

Let's describe what's going on here....we got two big jars of oreos and hershey kisses from Emily, a girl I babysit (what a great way to present the canisters we registered for!), a really pretty cake, and lots of little kids to play with.

My brother kept the gift list and he is such a bad speller and has sort of a small vocabulary too.
we got a bunch of wine stuff...wine, bottle openers, bottle stoppers, etc
for wine glasses, he wrote "chalisses"
for wine glass charms, he wrote "little wire circels"
he often wrote that someone gave us "a gift bag and ribbon" (which held the gift, hahah)

so he's funny.

Here are a few more pictures. I have more photos of kids playing, people talking and laughing, cooking, but they're on a different computer. So instead I'll be narcissistic and post these ones mostly of us.

as a host gift we gave them tons of potted flowers.

there were a thousand little kids there. for example, this one.

my person is vegan so I made these margarita cupcakes from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. a good compliment to the mexican buffet.

opening the chalisses

an envelope of gift cards--sweet.

One thing I sort of hate about the wedding process is the difference of attention and excitement directed toward the bride versus the groom. Sometimes, for some people, the expectations for the grooms in our culture is to seem defeated, like he is giving up his social life, and has finally succombed to the pressure to settle down, choose a wife, create a romantic (expensive) proposal, participate in the wedding of her dreams, and do whatever she wants for the rest of his life. Grooms lose, brides win.

I really don't understand that, I don't believe most couples really want that kind of life, and I dont understand why the groom can't win, too. I guess that's the attitude that helped me develop my approach to our entire relationship. It's why I popped the question. (I thought, why should I wait? Why hint around trying to get him to give me what I want? Why not let him be an active participant in his own life instead of reacting to pressure?)

So, we had a wedding shower. It was great to see all of the families--moms, dads, babies, toddlers, kids, grandmas, cousins, uncles, aunts, friends, everything in between. Opening gifts given so generously to us--both of us--really made it seem so real. We're accumulating "our" things. It's just the beginning.

dressy dressy

My wedding dress is being made by Joi Mahon of Dress Forms Design in Sioux City, IA. My mom actually found Joi and her design company just by chance online...and it's the only place we looked! We drove up to visit her one day, looked at some samples of things she had created already, and we were sold. I had drawn a few pictures of what I wanted my dress to look like, and Joi was really enthusiastic about working with me and shared my vision for this finished product.

That was several months ago. Since then, I've gone to Sioux City another time to have a muslin dummy dress fitted on me just to test the pattern and the fit, and TOMORROW is the day I finally get to go see the final dress! I'm so excited. And actually more than just a dress unveiling/fitting is happening tomorrow... Joi also asked me to participate in a fashion show in Sioux City on May 8th, modeling my wedding dress. The Runway Review is put on every year by a local hospital as a fundraiser.

So tomorrow I'm not only having my dress fitted, but I'm also going to a salon there (forgot the name and my browser is being wack...I can link later) to have a hair and makeup trial for the show. So that's nice because one, I'll look great tomorrow night, and two, it's like a free trial run for my wedding makeup and hair as well. I'm still not sure how I want to have my hair during the actually wedding day, so it'll be nice to play around with a few things!

what's cookin?

Life is good today. I'm working on a new bridal bouquet for a customer. Her colors are black, white, and green, and the flowers will be ruffled, lots of floaty tulle. Just a big, dreamy, frothy , soft bouquet. It's going to be so awesome, but I'm not ready to post pictures yet.

I haven't started working on my own bridal bouquet yet. I have had my boys' boutonnieres done for a while, but I haven't started the corsages, my lady attendant's bouquet, or mine. It's hard for me to commit to one design. But it's safe to say that if I worked on button flowers for 8 hours a day until the day of my wedding, I just might get it all done. :)

Oh and those invitations.....

Hope you have a great day. It's gorgeous out.
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work on the invites day

Yesterday my betrothed and I spent all day at my mom and dad's house working on wedding invitations.

One of us got her hands on a perforator and used to make a tear-off reply card portion for the invitation. This is such a handy rotary wheel, I know I'm going to use it for lots of other projects (tear-off tickets...paper art projects....W-2 tax forms?).

And one of us got his hands on an xbox controller and remained quiet and happy for the whole night. Us having an xbox 360 or similar console in our marriage would be exactly as helpful and convenient as a parent having a portable dvd player in the backseat of the minivan.

"He's getting kind of fussy."

"Just stick his wii remote back in his mouth."

invitation progress

still have to include hotel info...and actually print the invites (that one is just a mock-up). All the envelopes are labeled though. Just kidding. When have I ever finished a project?

hotel reservations

Hi again, guests! Today my mom Mary Beth reserved a block of 10 rooms at the Hampton Inn for our wedding guests who would like to get a hotel room. The Hampton Inn is located right across the street from The Slowdown (ceremony site) at 12112 Cuming Street, Omaha 68102.

Soon the hotel will make an online website for guests to use to reserve a room, so it'll be really convenient for you! I will post that link here when I get it, but if you want to do it the old-fashioned way, you can always call them at 402-345-5500!

The Slowdown

The site for our ceremony and reception is at a new music venue in Omaha called The Slowdown. It is located sort of near the Qwest Center at 14th and Webster in the Old Market, and there are lots of things to do in the area (a good topic for a later post!).

Here are a few pictures from The Slowdown's website so you can see what kind of space we're working with. The architecture is very modern and industrial, and we find it very beautiful. The ceremony will take place up on the stage, and then dancing right below! The lounge area will be open for those who want to get away from the music and just chat or snack. There is also a photobooth at The Slowdown, so lots of fun possibilities there!

Just who do we think we are?

Megan graduated from Blair High School in 2004, and from Dana College in 2007 with a double major in German and Intercultural Communication with a Media Studies emphasis. She enjoys playing games with friends, memorizing the internet, baking, and creating products for her independent brand, Princess Lasertron. She works as a high school speech coach and is trying to decide what exactly to do with her life. She worships fun.

David graduated from the University of Nebraska-Omaha in 2000 with a Physics major and a Math minor. He worked for several years at Cox Communications as a Network Engineer, and recently returned to UNO to pursue a career as a medical doctor. He works at Creighton University in the diabetes research center, and at Immanuel Hospital as a lab technician. Dave enjoys gaming, fitness, and reading. And Megan.

The bridal party

It's immediately apparent that we don't have an even number of women and men in our wedding party. We decided that it was more important to have people that we are closest to stand up for us, even if they didnt happen to come in an even number of girls and boys. we're just happier with this because it's a better representation of ourselves. So here they are...

Kristal

Kristal is Megan's bff. They met through Dave and are lvl 70 girlbots. They have also received medals for online shopping, flirting with boiz, and gossip. Actually I will write something more impressive and less sexist later when I actually talk to Kristal about what to say here.

Brett

Brett is an old roommate of David's and fiance to Kristal. He is a robot designer.

Justin

Justin is a mutual friend of Megan and David. He is a licensed Arch-ooze. They were forced into uncomfortable compromise. Dave was the rookie whose brother had been done in by the culprit of the Doom-Tooth murders looking for revenge, and Justin was the grizzled detective veteran who had one last case to prove that his prime wasn't behind him. Together they fought crime.

Andrew

Late in 2004 Andrew narrowly beat David out for NBA Druid of the Year. Andrew is the future child of Dave and Megan to judge the world...badly

Ryan

Ryan has the potential to become our richest friend as he is in law school and his wife is in medical school. Thus he is our role model in every possible way. He is also handsome, well-spoken, diplomatic, and loves baseball.

Will

Will was sired with Saturn in retrograde, 1983. He met Dave beating back the green tide on Armageddon. Their oaths of the moment made them battle-brothers, but their mutual love of faberge eggs made them friends.

Zach

Zach describes himself as an awesome dude forever #1. He and Megan went to college together, chose the same major, and enrolled in all the same classes for the purpose of driving their professors crazy.

Matt

Matt is Megan's only sibling. He is graduating from Blair High School this May, making him 18 years old, which is mindblowing. He is planning to attend the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and would like to join the Navy.

how it all happened

Now, this is a story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside-down, and I'd like to take a minute--just sit right there--I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel Air. No actually this is a story all about how we got engaged.

One cold February night, Megan decided that she was going to ask David to marry her.

Step one: get an engagement ring. Megan found jeweler Kathryn Reichert through an artisan website. We had bought posey rings from her before that had Megan loves David/David loves Megan stamped on the insides, and had been wearing them for about a year. So Megan went to her again to have an engagement ring made for Dave.

Of course the proposal had to be more than just giving a ring. Megan ended up making a book that told a story about how we met. She illustrated each page with drawings of us.

The plan then was to propose during a walk in the park in Chicago later that year on a trip to see our favorite band, VNV Nation. What could be more perfect?

Well, when we got around to the trip (which was during Dave's finals week when he was taking Organic Chemistry, we should mention), it was about 35 degrees and raining. It SUCKED. And we didn't really bring enough warm things to wear. So the proposal in the park idea was out of the question. We went to our favorite restaurant there--The Chicago Diner, a vegan place--and Meg decided it was as good a moment as any and gave him the book, then gave him the ring.

We cried. We got free cake. Then we went to the concert. Then we came home. Then he took the Organic Chemistry final.