tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71573050780684858802024-02-19T03:50:33.511+00:00a b+b wedding!bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.comBlogger545125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-51553014466497681432011-08-12T20:25:00.005+01:002011-08-12T20:35:10.856+01:00DIY Cupcakes<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">there were a few things ben and I decided to do ourselves for our wedding </span>to save some money and whatnot.<br />
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one of the things I latched onto early on was making all the cupcakes myself.<br />
ben said "have fun, but I am not going to be frantically frosting cupcakes two hours before the wedding. at that point you're on your own".<br />
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I had to admit there was risk so, thankfully, it didn't come down to last minute decorating.<br />
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I also had help.<br />
my mom, my sister and kitchen-aid all came to my rescue.<br />
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here's how it went down:<br />
I spent the entire wednesday before the wedding baking.<br />
it was a 98 degree day.<br />
not the best timing on my part.<br />
but they all got made.<br />
all 112 of them.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(I am a baking <i>machine</i>!)</span><br />
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the next day my family come up to nh from ct, and I put molly to work on the frosting.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(she wants to be a chef. this is practice. it's good for her. really it's me helping <i>her </i>out.)</span><br />
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she whipped up the buttercream, but the second she stopped the mixer the eggs and butter separated.<br />
it was that hot.<br />
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we decided to stop baking and go drink cool beverages by the river instead.<br />
frosting could wait til morning.<br />
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thankfully friday morning it had cooled off and the frosting stayed in frosting form!<br />
glorious non-melty frosting.<br />
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she set herself up at the dining room table and frosted like the devil.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(do devils frost? how do <i>they</i> keep their buttercream from separating in the heat?)</span><br />
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they were done.<br />
they were delicious.<br />
and we prolly saved ourselves a couple hundred bucks.<br />
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not to mention all the bragging rights we obtained.<br />
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it's all about the bragging rights.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">working in the tiniest kitchen known to man.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">consulting the recipe.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">smiling through the heat. with our kitchen savior in the bottom right. (orange!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">testing the stiffness of the peaks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">getting down to the real frosting.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">with my stolen apron.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I may have stolen a cupcake in retribution. (they were delicious)</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and now, on to the recipes!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the spread</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://allrecipes.com/recipe/carrot-cupcakes-with-white-chocolate-cream-cheese-icing/detail.aspx">carrot cake</a></b></span><br />
<i>ingredients</i><br />
<div class="ingredients" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><ul style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">2 eggs, lightly beaten</li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1 1/8 cups white sugar</span></li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1/3 cup brown sugar</span></li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1/2 cup vegetable oil</span></li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1 teaspoon vanilla extract</span></li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">2 cups shredded carrots</span></li>
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<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour</span></li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda</span></li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1/2 teaspoon salt</span></li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon</span></li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg</span></li>
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<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">4 teaspoons baking powder</li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">3/4 teaspoon salt</li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">4 egg whites</li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">1 1/2 cups white sugar</li>
<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">3/4 cup butter</li>
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<li class="plaincharacterwrap ingredient" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">1 teaspoon almond extract</li>
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<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="plaincharacterwrap break" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">In a mixing bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Add 1/2 cup sugar gradually, and continue beating only until meringue will hold up in soft peaks.</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="plaincharacterwrap break" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Cream butter or margarine. Gradually add remaining 1 cup sugar, and cream together until light and fluffy. Add sifted ingredients alternately with milk a small amount at a time, beating after each addition until smooth. Mix in flavorings. Add meringue, and beat thoroughly into batter. Spread batter in a 15 x 10 x 1 inch pan which has been lined on the bottom with parchment paper.</span></li>
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<li style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 5px; position: relative;">2 1/2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder</li>
<li style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 5px; position: relative;">3/4 teaspoon baking powder</li>
<li style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 5px; position: relative;">1/4 teaspoon salt</li>
<li style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 5px; position: relative;">3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped</li>
<li style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 5px; position: relative;">1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces</li>
<li style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 5px; position: relative;">3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar</li>
<li style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 5px; position: relative;">3 eggs, at room temperature</li>
<li style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 5px; position: relative;">1 teaspoon vanilla extract</li>
<li style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 5px; position: relative;">Chocolate or vanilla buttercream for frosting cupcakes </li>
<li style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 5px; position: relative;">Grated chocolate for garnish (optional)</li>
</span></span></ul></div><div class="preparation" style="border-top-color: rgb(181, 178, 156); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; margin-top: 10px; padding-top: 10px;"><h3 style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><i>directions</i></span></span></h3><ol id="preparation_list"><li style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 5px; position: relative;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Preheat an oven to 350°F. Line a standard 12-cup muffin pan with paper or foil liners.</span></span></li>
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<li style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 5px; position: relative;">In a bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Place the chocolate and butter in a large heatproof bowl and set over (but not touching) simmering water in a saucepan; stir frequently until melted and smooth, about 5 minutes. Remove the bowl from the saucepan and let the chocolate mixture cool to room temperature, 10 to 15 minutes.</li>
<li style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 5px; position: relative;">Using a wooden spoon, stir the sugar into the chocolate mixture until combined. Stir in the eggs one at a time, beating until combined after each addition, then beat in the vanilla. Gently fold in the flour mixture just until no traces of flour remain; do not overmix.</li>
<li style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 5px; position: relative;">Divide the batter evenly among the prepared muffin cups, filling each about three-fourths full. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out with only a few moist crumbs attached, 22 to 24 minutes. Let the cupcakes cool in the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Then transfer the cupcakes to the rack and let cool completely, about 1 hour.</li>
<li style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 5px; position: relative;">Frost the cupcakes with the buttercream, garnish with grated chocolate if using, and serve. (The frosted cupcakes can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 3 days; bring to room temperature before serving.)</li>
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">buttercream frosting</span></b> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">(from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cupcakes-Luscious-bakeshop-favorites-kitchen/dp/1416589007">this book</a>)</span></div></div><ul style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: -10px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><i>ingredients</i></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">3 large egg whites, at room temperature<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">3/4 cup sugar <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Pinch salt<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature, cut into small pieces<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><i>directions</i></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">In a large, clean heatproof bowl, combine the egg whites and sugar. Set the bowl over (but not touching) simmering water in a sauce pan and heat the mixture, whisking constantly, until the sugar has completely dissolved and the mixture is very warm to the touch (about 160 degrees on an instant-read thermometer), about two minutes. Remove the bowl from the saucepan. Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat the egg white mixture on high speed until it is fluffy, has cooled to room temperature and holds stiff peaks (the mixture should not look dry) about 6 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">With the mixer on medium-low speed, add the salt and then the butter, a few pieces at a time, beating well after each addition. If the frosting appears to separate or is very liquid after all the butter is added, continue to beat on high speed until it is smooth and creamy, 3-5 minutes more. Add the flavoring(s) of choice and beat until combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Use right away.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Makes about 2 cups<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><b>almond flavoring</b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">the book says add 1/2 tsp vanilla extract and 1/4 tsp almond extract, but we accidentally switched the two measurements (1/4 vanilla, 1/2 almond) and liked it. so we kept it.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><b>chocolate flavoring</b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">slightly altered, as we did not wish to to stand over a double boiler again, we cut out the melted bittersweet chocolate and doubled the cocoa powder. we added 6-7 tbsps unsweetened cocoa powder into a double batch of buttercream frosting.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">cream cheese frosting</span></b> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">(from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cupcakes-Luscious-bakeshop-favorites-kitchen/dp/1416589007">this book</a>)</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px;"></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; margin-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i>ingredients</i></span></span></span></div><ul style="margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 35px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">12 ounces cream cheese, room temperature</span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">6 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">1 cup confectioners sugar, sifted</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract</li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">In a bowl, with an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla together until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Gradually beat in the sugar and mix until thoroughly combined; scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Use right away, or if the consistency is too soft, refrigerate until the frosting is spreadable, about 15 minutes.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">and good cake was enjoyed by all.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[photos 1-7 my myself or my mom, photos 8-11 by <a href="http://www.ritzypics.com/">amy ritz</a>, photo 12 by an unknown person of genius seated at table number 13]</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></ul></div>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-35572033547143206382011-07-21T19:20:00.000+01:002011-07-21T19:20:40.285+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
so I know it looks like I've been avoiding you.<br />
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and that's only, like, 65% true.<br />
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mostly I've been waiting for some pictures to come in.<br />
as illustrated summaries are the best summaries!<br />
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we should hopefully be getting the professional photos soon, and a few of our friends took some really good ones and have promised to send them our way.<br />
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in theory, by 2012 at the <i>latest</i> there will be some more activity round these parts.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(but the real goal is before we fly back to london...)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-3012213881490841752011-07-07T15:47:00.003+01:002011-07-07T15:50:47.525+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
a few quick-fire recollections<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(before </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">[eventually]</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> getting into the in-depth play-by-play analysis, sports center style)</span><br />
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wearing sneakers on our wedding day was the best decision I ever made. my feet never hurt. not once.<br />
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you know somebody caught the princess bride references you wrote into the ceremony when you hear snickering from behind you.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(and more so, you know exactly who it is...)</span><br />
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looking through the photos coming in from friends and family, it seems there were very few moments where I did not have a beer bottle in my hand. I am not sure if I married ben, or sam adams...<br />
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putting manikins on all the tables may have been the bestest idea ever in the history of bestest ideas.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">[all photos from friends, family and the disposable cameras left on the tables (also a good idea.)]</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-45418075051100301582011-06-28T20:33:00.001+01:002011-06-28T20:33:48.381+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
hi there.<br />
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I swear I haven't abandoned you.<br />
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I've been busy.<br />
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there's been work.<br />
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we just discovered we're <a href="http://thoughtsmusingsandrandomobservations.blogspot.com/2011/06/blog-post_28.html">flying back to london</a> a <i>bit</i> sooner than we thought we were.<br />
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and I'm lazy.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(mostly I'm lazy)</span><br />
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I'll be back soon.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(theoretically...)</span><br />
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for placation purposes:<br />
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[again, image by our photographer <a href="http://www.ritzypics.com/">amy ritz</a>]<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-40157311302711964042011-06-24T16:37:00.000+01:002011-06-24T16:37:17.335+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
<a href="http://www.theknot.com/">the kn*t</a> is like a freakin <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija">ouija board</a>.<br />
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I unsubscribed from that thing weeks ago but that sonofabitch just keeps <a href="http://ghoststrories.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-destroy-ouija-board-and-ouija.html">coming back</a> to my inbox....<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-36410286957127203722011-06-22T20:19:00.001+01:002011-06-22T20:19:46.473+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">yesterday I found an old wedding to-do list under a forgotten pile of door submittals on my desk.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I didn't even think about it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I crumpled up that bastard and threw him away.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and it felt <i>incredibly</i> good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">no more wedding planning <b>ever again</b>!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">yippee!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and I swear I will get back here to do some <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(actual)</span> post-wedding writing/reflecting/what-not, but as I am still recovering from "damn, I'm not on vacation anymore"-itis, I can't quite focus.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">here's a bit o' eye candy to tide you over:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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[photo by our photographer <a href="http://www.ritzypics.com/">Amy Ritz</a>]<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-922580057823242172011-06-10T18:59:00.001+01:002011-06-10T18:59:16.517+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
and here we go.<br />
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see you on the other side!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-65825481746660613062011-06-09T15:17:00.001+01:002011-06-09T15:17:22.678+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
I finally found a use for all those architecture textbooks!<br />
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they are excellent for weighing down things and flattening them.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-74341312041228662852011-06-06T02:28:00.002+01:002011-06-06T15:48:04.220+01:00anatomy of a boston bachelorette<div style="color: white;">.</div>from this:<br />
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to this:<br />
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with a little bit of this in between:<br />
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I have the bestest of bestest friends.<br />
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that night was epic. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">amanda got me the most kickin' gift <i>ever</i>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>that's right.<br />
that's a personalized hanger for my wedding dress.<br />
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and it's bright yellow.<br />
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I love it.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(excuse the ad hoc photos, only so much you can do with a point and shoot camera at work...)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-83111933484462324012011-05-31T20:14:00.003+01:002011-05-31T20:20:04.881+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
sometimes I think <a href="http://apracticalwedding.com/">this site</a> can read my mind.<br />
<br />
just last night I was telling ben I am going to have to make a flower for my hair myself cause <strike>I procrastinated too long</strike> it is too late to order one and have it arrive in time for the wedding.<br />
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and what happens to show up in my google reader this morning?<br />
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<a href="http://apracticalwedding.com/2011/05/how-to-make-a-wedding-hair-flower/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+APracticalWedding+%28A+Practical+Wedding%29">how to make a wedding hair flower</a>.<br />
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is that excellent timing or what?<br />
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similar things have happened with <a href="http://abandbwedding.blogspot.com/2011/01/blog-post.html">i-pod dj-ing</a> and setting up your own <a href="http://abandbwedding.blogspot.com/2011/01/excellent.html">photobooth</a>.<br />
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I am getting the impression the universe doesn't think I can pull this off without some major outside help...<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">[the universe may be right...]</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-39834909919739379512011-05-30T14:41:00.000+01:002011-05-30T14:41:10.878+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
<b>things learned this weekend in the land of wedding logistics:</b><br />
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-you don't get to sign the marriage license <i>at</i> your wedding like we had hoped. you have to sign it when you get it.<br />
-even in a tiny northern nh town early on a saturday morning, you will have to wait about half an hour to get the license <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(kinda maybe sorta making you late to meet with your officiant....)</span><br />
-a <i>lot</i> more goes into a marriage ceremony than we had any inkling of.<br />
-apparently "vows" and "I do's" are not the same thing. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(ben says knew this, but I had no idea.)</span><br />
-it's a small world. our officiant's wife is from the town in georgia my dad's lab is relocating to later on this year.<br />
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<b>things learned this weekend completely unrelated to the wedding:</b><br />
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-mosquitos are bastards, every single little one of them. and I have the multiple bug bites to prove it. <br />
-I can apparently get sunburned while <i>sitting in the living room</i>. I mean, I knew I was pale, but this just brings it to a whole new level.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-81711077165965268132011-05-27T19:02:00.003+01:002011-05-27T19:51:54.181+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
have dress again.<br />
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it fits perfectly.<br />
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my seamstress is <i>awesome</i>.<br />
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don't know why I ever even worried.<br />
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sorted.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">.</span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-6512072537479910422011-05-27T16:07:00.002+01:002011-05-31T19:41:51.134+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
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I like boxes.<br />
I like wood.<br />
I like wine.<br />
I like typefaces.<br />
<br />
I like this.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">[<a href="http://creativeinspiration.tumblr.com/post/5886138554/wine-anniversaries">via</a>]</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-28862434374721128542011-05-25T01:18:00.002+01:002011-05-25T18:26:18.102+01:00reflections on a wedding shower<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
it was really really nice.<br />
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no bow bouquets, so silly games, no awkwardness.<br />
just good friends, awesome family and a lot of damn delicious food.<br />
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ben and I decided that we didn't want to ask for typical gift-type gifts twice <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(wedding <i>and</i> shower)</span> so we asked everybody to bring a copy of their favorite book <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(or two. or three or four...)</span>. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(we love books)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(we also threw some up on our wishpot registry for those who weren't avid readers and didn't have a favorite book. more on wishpot later. I have to sing it's praises. it's been fantastic.)</span><br />
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what we <a href="http://abandbwedding.blogspot.com/2011/05/blog-post_22.html">ended up with</a> is pretty much our definition of bliss.<br />
some really nice classics, a few old favorites <span style="font-size: x-small;">(including a count of monte cristo (!) from my neighbor eileen. its apparently her favorite too. add that to the fact we share a birthday, and we both pretty much rock)</span>, my nanny gave us a set of books that my grandfather brought down from canada with him when he moved to connecticut, some books on gardening, cooking, drinking and architecture <span style="font-size: x-small;">(all things we love)</span>, a couple of books on the history my hometown and, for good measure, some books on americana to remind us of our home country when we go back abroad.<br />
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some random snapshots of the day:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Molly making her chocolate-covered strawberries.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotmjBp1tsb0vf8sAxC3A1-_2lh4KQRy2KF3P28N7GN-BF4ZZsIKF2rfD07N8f9iARZ-8ElxZsdLjemA0r7rP2t9p-Mu2KdZUEDlH5EuTRg2YKlQWEjAzreEGkK5uddyrf5gxwu9EN1hiS/s1600/227813_635622979641_35002043_34832426_8066567_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotmjBp1tsb0vf8sAxC3A1-_2lh4KQRy2KF3P28N7GN-BF4ZZsIKF2rfD07N8f9iARZ-8ElxZsdLjemA0r7rP2t9p-Mu2KdZUEDlH5EuTRg2YKlQWEjAzreEGkK5uddyrf5gxwu9EN1hiS/s640/227813_635622979641_35002043_34832426_8066567_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the random dog that came to hang out before he went off again in search of his owners. for a second ben and I thought we just got the most awesomest wedding shower gift <i>ever</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">remember <a href="http://abandbwedding.blogspot.com/2011/02/blog-post_03.html">these</a>?<br />
bria was a rock star and made some for me.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">they looked pretty awesome.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and amy brought a ton of balloons, tied em to books (theme!) and had vases of beautiful yellow lilies scattered about.<br />
looked ever so festive.<br />
also, almost everybody wrapped their gifts in green paper/bags. totally unintentional, but it looked so coordinated!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ben and nanny!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the rain stopped for a bit, so we converged out on the deck.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">keeping watch over the tasty snacks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">friends!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">more friends!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Rmd9N28wTkL4fFaqu3EyQYh2FFj5DAWnxtj_cdo0E7CRL5-4wG2eBawj6t6-4cLdaKQ4Nc3LSINZAq8a6Jlx-5RRqEtxWzuNAmYAvj2dxdZZoXRKVlbLLAqg3wf_lKE5OraAv1vTSTsG/s1600/227423_635623269061_35002043_34832441_5422323_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Rmd9N28wTkL4fFaqu3EyQYh2FFj5DAWnxtj_cdo0E7CRL5-4wG2eBawj6t6-4cLdaKQ4Nc3LSINZAq8a6Jlx-5RRqEtxWzuNAmYAvj2dxdZZoXRKVlbLLAqg3wf_lKE5OraAv1vTSTsG/s640/227423_635623269061_35002043_34832441_5422323_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">undercover friends.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0g819sJd_tOdqH0gg-4hQ7hUJIVJsvV_-5PBaogD3Q3NJpV-pF1qeWe7qZozEq1wcW0ib1MlCgO8E82Pfx_Zw3gqQDzdCneFpxy9ueKhVqOWnEIFvzz49BoUHRJK5JhNgMUSO0_GJAMax/s1600/246715_635622800001_35002043_34832417_6965094_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0g819sJd_tOdqH0gg-4hQ7hUJIVJsvV_-5PBaogD3Q3NJpV-pF1qeWe7qZozEq1wcW0ib1MlCgO8E82Pfx_Zw3gqQDzdCneFpxy9ueKhVqOWnEIFvzz49BoUHRJK5JhNgMUSO0_GJAMax/s640/246715_635622800001_35002043_34832417_6965094_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">delicious chocolate cake (does my mom know me, or what?)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">molly's incredible chocolate-covered strawberries.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSOXJ5c-cl3NSZt29pmQp7pZ_zwi5er2VIHkEe9qvvfO6tPtutkEW90PDOZKvD1nuSyB_p-nXP3CGCjp3IOhirJGJA7N9AQQJsS1egQ6pewRWFPaQLN1rXnwBpkj1YA_AAswLY02RZq6v/s1600/248280_635623348901_35002043_34832445_6253985_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSOXJ5c-cl3NSZt29pmQp7pZ_zwi5er2VIHkEe9qvvfO6tPtutkEW90PDOZKvD1nuSyB_p-nXP3CGCjp3IOhirJGJA7N9AQQJsS1egQ6pewRWFPaQLN1rXnwBpkj1YA_AAswLY02RZq6v/s640/248280_635623348901_35002043_34832445_6253985_n.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the afore-mentioned book tower.<br />
this time with yardstick juxtaposition.</td></tr>
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I had a few worries, based on previous bridal/wedding showers I had been to, but I should have know with my mom and amy at the helm <span style="font-size: x-small;">(combined with molly, bria and our wicked awesome community of family, friends and neighbors)</span> we had nothing to worry about.<br />
<br />
it was a great party.<br />
<br />
thanks guys!<br />
<br />
<div style="color: white;">.</div>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-39797587490547833392011-05-22T18:14:00.005+01:002011-05-23T18:31:41.051+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
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<br />
wedding shower swag.<br />
<br />
<br />
oh yes.<br />
<br />
that's three feet of books.<br />
<br />
a whole thirty six inches.<br />
<br />
life is good.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-48542892603201350392011-05-20T21:24:00.002+01:002011-05-22T16:31:30.565+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
remember when <a href="http://abandbwedding.blogspot.com/2011/03/blog-post_08.html">this dress</a> arrived?<br />
and it was <a href="http://abandbwedding.blogspot.com/2011/04/blog-post_25.html">too big</a>?<br />
and my solution was to eat lots of cake?<br />
<br />
well, my friends and loved ones managed to talk me out of that scheme, so instead I took the dress to a nice seamstress I found in Cambridge.<br />
<br />
I picked it up yesterday after work.<br />
it was still loose.<br />
<br />
the whole dress fit much better, and she did a great job, but it was not yet to that point where I can boogie the night away without any fears of it...shifting.<br />
<br />
so of course, me being me, I handled the situation beautifully.<br />
by which I mean, I did nothing.<br />
she asked if it was alright, and I said yeah! it's great! and left.<br />
<br />
this was my first time at a seamstress, and I was afraid she was going to charge me more if she had to make more alterations, I had just taken the bus in the rain and I was all damp and it had been a long day and I very much wanted to get home and eat dinner.<br />
<br />
so I did what I do best. I took the easy, non-confrontational way out.<br />
which is fine. but now I still have a dress that doesn't quite fit me.<br />
<br />
hind-sight being 20/20, I should have just said it's great! much better. but...still a little loose here.<br />
she was the sweetest lady and I highly doubt she would have charged me anything else on top of her very reasonable fee.<br />
<br />
but I didn't.<br />
so now I'm not sure what to do.<br />
<br />
but I am not comfortable with how it fits right now, so I have to do <i>something</i>.<br />
<br />
thus, do I:<br />
a) take it back, explain that I a rubbish at business transactions and hope she treats it as an extension of the first appointment and not as a separate visit in which she will charge me again?<br />
b) see if I know any friends/family who have hidden sewing talents?<br />
c) revert back to my first instinct, and eat as many cupcakes as I can in the next three weeks?<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(sidebar: as I was typing that last one, all I was thinking about was that scene in How I Met Your Mother where Lily's dress turns out to be too big for her and Robin makes her eat chips and fudge, boot camp style, so she'll fit into it again. I tried to find the video clip, but no luck.)</span><br />
<br />
since I am incapable of making decisions, I am taking the dress down to CT this weekend, showing it to my mother, and making <i>her</i> decide what I should do.<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(though I am still leaning towards cupcakes...)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-33253943670411589772011-05-18T17:52:00.006+01:002011-05-18T18:25:11.918+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liechtenstein anyone?</td></tr>
</tbody></table>how awesome are my friends?<br />
fantabulously awesome.<br />
<br />
best friend Amy found <a href="http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/rent-the-country-of-liechtenstein-from-airbnb-for-only-70000-a-night-20110414/">this article</a> a while back and started scheming. to quote her:<br />
<i>"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;">So here's what I'm thinking for your bachelorette party. Save your beer money...we're going to freakin' Liechtenstein."</span></i><br />
<br />
dudes.<br />
you can rent out <b>THE ENTIRE COUNTRY OF LIECHTENSTEIN</b>.<br />
<br />
and the best part?<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">"If the idea of renting an entire country wasn’t weird enough, you’ll be shocked to hear what you can do with your rental. Renaming city streets and town squares, </span></span><b style="font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px;">printing your own temporary currencies</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; font-style: italic;">, and carving logos into the snow on the mountainside is just the beginning." </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(emphasis mine)</span></span></span><br />
<br />
we would be able to print our own currency!<br />
<br />
we could print Bethany Bucks! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(TM pending)</span><br />
<br />
so, who's willing to fund this little adventure?<br />
it's only $70,000 a night!<br />
<br />
anybody?<br />
<br />
...<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">hello?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">...</span><br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-28927522043349451062011-05-18T17:21:00.001+01:002011-05-18T17:22:22.415+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
consider this under consideration.<br />
<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">[<a href="http://fuckyeahweddingideas.tumblr.com/post/4566937939">via</a>]</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(plus, I covet her dress...)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-14753594371140361482011-05-17T20:54:00.003+01:002011-05-18T17:04:08.566+01:00<div style="color: white;">.</div>alright.<br />
<br />
at long last.<br />
the moment you've all been waiting for.<br />
<br />
our invitation post.<br />
<br />
I've got my 80's itunes playlist going and a hot cup of tea brewing.<br />
<br />
let's do this.<br />
<br />
<br />
so about 4 weeks ago, ben and I discovered that we had done pretty much nothing regarding the inviting of people to our wedding.<br />
we were down at my parent's in CT, staying with them for the weekend while we attended the wedding of one of ben's college roommates <span style="font-size: x-small;">(btw, bartenders make g+t's <i>much</i> stronger than I usually make my own. a little discovery I made that saturday night at the reception..)</span>, and the conversation went down pretty much like this:<br />
<br />
<b>Mom:</b> Have you guys given any thought to invitations? You only have a couple of months left.<br />
<br />
<b>Bethany:</b> Nope.<br />
<br />
<b>Ben:</b> We should do something, huh?<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">[Ben and Bethany look up letterpress invitations online, cause letterpress is wicked cool and we like paper.]</span><br />
<br />
<b>Ben:</b> Holy. These aren't cheap, are they?<br />
<br />
<b>Bethany:</b> And have you seen those estimated shipping dates? We don't have 4 weeks!<br />
<br />
<b>Ben:</b> Hmmmm. Wanna make our own invitations?<br />
<br />
<b>Bethany:</b> Yeah, ok! How hard could it be?<br />
<br />
<br />
and thus the invitation-designing saga began.<br />
<br />
Ben had the idea previously of making our own envelopes. ones that could be folded from a single sheet of 8.5" x 11" paper, and where we could print a map on the back.<br />
so he went off to figure out how to fold the paper to make a cohesive and sturdy envelope.<br />
<br />
I took it upon myself to draw the map.<br />
<br />
it took longer to create the envelope than to draw the map.<br />
<br />
but both looked kick-ass.<br />
ben created the sheet so that when folded correctly <span style="font-size: x-small;">(<i>lots </i>of trial and error)</span> it looked like a vintage airmail envelope.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the envelope pre-folded</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">envelope folded. [ben couldn't remember my address, thus the hand delivered, gin bottle instead of stamps, invitation]</td></tr>
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I drew the map of the location of the wedding.<br />
<br />
since it's in northern NH, it pretty much went like this:<br />
-road A<br />
-road B<br />
-a few buildings<br />
-river <br />
-wedding venue<br />
-LOTS of trees<br />
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">not the best scan, but there ya go.</td></tr>
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using my mom's scanner/printer <span style="font-size: x-small;">(and all her ink...)</span> we printed about 120 of these babies.<br />
<br />
and then we had to fold them.<br />
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<br />
that took a while...<br />
<br />
while I had been finishing up the map, ben was creating the rsvp's based on an idea I had seen somewhere...<br />
<br />
mad libs!<br />
<br />
behold:<br />
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my mom's been reading them all out to me as they arrive at my parents house.<br />
we've been getting a kick out of them.<br />
we know a lot of creative people.<br />
they are fabulous.<br />
<br />
with the envelope/map and rsvp card sorted and out of the way, we just needed the actual invitation.<br />
<br />
I was on it.<br />
<br />
monday night.<br />
4 hours.<br />
bootleg photoshop.<br />
booyah.<br />
<br />
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and printed on this fabulous watercolor paper we got at blicks:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">forgive the non-edited photos. the bootleg photoshop finally caught up with me...</td></tr>
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the back is also cool, but not nearly as so. something about having to be actually informative, or whatnot.<br />
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who said designing wedding invitations was hard?<br />
<br />
and let's finish with some more pictorial eye candy.<br />
<br />
oh wait! I almost forgot!<br />
we also went all crazy with the stamps.<br />
cause we can't do things, you know, the easy way.<br />
it had to match the vintage airmail "theme" <span style="font-size: x-small;">(in the roughest sense of the word)</span> and it had to be cool.<br />
none of this single stamp thing.<br />
multiple stamps of smaller denominations!!<br />
which meant bethany going to the post office.<br />
to get many many stamps.<br />
905 stamps to be exact.<br />
and therefore meant some <i>really</i> funny looks from the guy working the deck at said post office...<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">("hi! I need some stamps." "ok, how many?" "142 one-cent stamps please" "ok...well I'll have to go the back to get those..." "wait! I have more. also 272 four-cent stamps and, actually, you know what? just take the list" "......") </span><br />
<br />
but, I will admit. they looked pretty freakin fantastic when all was said and done.<br />
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ok, <i>now</i> onto the eye candy!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">back of the invitation</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">opening up the envelope</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">look! an invite!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">laid out all pretty</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">all the pieces</td></tr>
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and there ya go.<br />
how to design, print and post all your wedding invitations in a week and a half.<br />
with no prior planning what-so-ever. <br />
cause that's how we roll.<br />
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<span style="color: white;">.</span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-23701309914970537742011-05-16T18:00:00.001+01:002011-05-16T19:06:34.575+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
oh, and yeah.<br />
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should prolly add getting our marriage license to the <a href="http://abandbwedding.blogspot.com/2011/05/blog-post_3266.html">to-do list</a>.<br />
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it's the minor things the slip through the cracks.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(thank you amanda for reminding me, cause I would have totally forgot...)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-3969393573074195282011-05-12T17:58:00.000+01:002011-05-13T21:40:38.376+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
a teaser until I have time to do a full post on our invitations.<br />
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gotta get <i>some</i> work done this afternoon, after all.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-38564323319633041912011-05-11T16:05:00.003+01:002011-05-11T16:05:46.559+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
exactly one month to go.<br />
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should prolly start working on that "to do" list...<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-30485396363899766562011-05-11T10:34:00.002+01:002011-05-16T17:58:59.063+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">speaking of to-do lists <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(see post below)</span>, there's a slight chance that if I post ours and publish it to the world <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(or, more accurately, the two people who read this. hi mom!)</span>, the things on it might actually get done...<br />
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<u>things we still need to get/buy/<strike>steal</strike>/rent</u><br />
-fabric: some for the photobooth backdrop and some to toss over a table with drinks on it in-between the ceremony and dinner<br />
-beverage holders for said drinks <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(possibly from venue?)</span><br />
-speakers for the music<br />
-<a href="http://abandbwedding.blogspot.com/2011/04/blog-post_28.html" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank">shoes</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(I swear, I'll eventually <a href="http://abandbwedding.blogspot.com/2011/03/blog-post_21.html" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank">find</a> some)</span><br />
-wedding bands<br />
-a few things I am probably forgetting<br />
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<u>things we still need to do/finish up/<strike>start</strike></u> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(we're not <i>that</i> unorganized....)</span><br />
-finish making yarn pom poms<br />
-finalize music playlists<br />
-meet with the justice of the peace (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">but that's scheduled! so it's like it's practically done)</span><br />
-compile our lawn games/make signs for them<br />
-a few things I am probably forgetting<br />
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<i>totally</i> doable.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: inherit;">.</span></span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157305078068485880.post-30107658584469923522011-05-10T18:16:00.000+01:002011-05-10T18:16:40.492+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span><br />
this bundle of adorableness greeted me from my inbox this morning:<br />
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our invitations are delicious <i>and</i> nutritious!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[p.s. now that almost everybody has received their invitations, I am going to post them here. you know, to brag a little. cause they're so awesome.]</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">.</span>bethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09626731836205674789noreply@blogger.com0