Caption this!

Well we just got our photos from Michael and they're great! While we're going through them (there's ~1200 of them) we figures we'd post a few teasers that we really liked, and have some fun with everyone coming up with captions. As soon as we get through them all we'll send you all a link to check them all out, and purchase copies of any you want (we'll be done by the end of next week, right before we go on the cruise with V+K). The best captions will be selected by totally impartial judges Kevin and Tracie and posted on Facebook. So in the meantime here's the first photo for you all to come up with captions for :)

All wrapped up

Yesterday, I went for a cellulite reduction wrap at Glenda's Day Spa in Bel Air, MD.  One of my friends suggested such a wrap when I was complaining about the tightness of my dress, and while I think she was kind of kidding, I figured I'd try it:
1.  Out of curiosity.
2.  Maybe it will really help!
3. To be kind of funny

For the wrap, I'll give you my version of what happened, then I'll cut and paste the description from the website, which is a little more technical.

My version:
(after the getting undressed and all that)
1.  She brushed me lightly with a brush to exfoliate and stimulate my pores (I actually understood this pretty well).
2.  She smeared some kind of warm cream on me.
3.  She smeared some other kind of warm cream on me.
4.  Then, she painted me with mud.
5.  I was then wrapped in a sheet of mylar, a warming blanket, and a regular blanket, like one of those Taco Bell things that's a chalupa wrapped in a tortilla wrapped in a pizza wrapped in a pancake, or whatever.  I got toasty and drowsy and took a nap.
6.  She unwrapped me, wiped as much mud off as she could, then I showered the rest off.

Their version:  

Centerpiece

As promised (or suggested as a possibility), here is our centerpiece! My original thought was to scatter some skeleton leaves around the bottom of the mirror, but it ended up looking a little tacky, so we're going to keep it simple. Kevin, who can be seen in the reflection of the glass door, prefers it that way. :-)

Things you never knew you needed to know about centerpieces

When I read various DIY (do-it-yourself) and indie-bride blogs, I don't feel as though we're doing a lot of DIY stuff for our wedding; in fact, I feel like we could be doing more.  But, considering more closely at how much DIY we've seen at family and friends weddings, and what it FEELS like doing what we ARE doing, perhaps we ARE doing quite a lot!  Some projects are things that I found online, but for most we are just winging it.   What has been most challenging about that is knowing how much of any supply to purchase, since I haven't had a "recipe" to follow.  Though, come to think of it, I probably could have looked some of this stuff up, but who knows where to even start?

So, I wanted to post some of the "amounts" for our centerpieces we discovered through trial and error...hoping that someone who needs this same information will figure out what to Google to find it on our little blog.  Also a list of random things I never thought I needed to know, but now I do!

By the way, our centerpieces are half-gallon canning jars with candles and glass rocks inside, tied with a ribbon, and placed on a mirror.  Cute and rustic!  Maybe I'll post a picture tonight.

Best flowers in Baltimore!

We haven't been posting much lately, you know, because we have a wedding to plan (AND IT's NINE DAYS AWAY ZOMG!), but I did want to share that our florist, Local Color Flowers was named Best Green Business by the Baltimore City Paper!  Makes me feel good about our flowers.  If the work she features on her blog is any indication, our flowers should be just as beautiful as they are "green!"

Keven and Tracie's One-Month FREAK OUT!

So, yesterday marked one month until our wedding.  That means we have three more weekends.  It's crunch time!  Here's what we have accomplished:

Kevin's Ideas: The Processional Song

So Tracie has been after me to post stuff to the blog. Specifically all the "great ideas" that I have that get shot down ... Things like exchanging vows in pig latin, or addressing the reply cards to "Current Resident" ...

So the idea I came up with yesterday was for the song that they'll play while we all walk down the aisle. Tracie had a few suggestions of classical songs, but for well known classical songs (other than the Imperial Death March from star wars) I immediately thought of Arron Copeland's - Howdown from Rodeo. You probabaly know it better as the "Beef it's what's for dinner song" so not only did I think that might work well, I thought we should put instructions in the program that at the end of the song as we finish our exit, we could have everyone stand up and yell "Beef it's what's for dinner" and then go to the reception (after all we're having corned beef) Anyways needless to say that idea got shot down .... That just means I'll have to think of another one ... hmmm something with a trebuchet perhaps ...

-Kevin