Similarities/Differences
What a fun idea Miss Lemon started! Here are ours: Similarities: 1. We are both soooo stubborn but refuse to admit it! I find myself watching us from outside my body sometimes saying, “why are you even...
View ArticleWedding Dress Disaster
I have been holding off posting about this until I had somewhat of a happy ending for you, and this weekend I bought a second dress so here it goes: Do you remember about a month ago when I posted that...
View ArticleGabby’s Something New
How new does your “something new” have to be? I was counting on my dress being my “something new” but after watching Desperate Housewives this weekend, I am starting to think that may not be good...
View ArticleWhat To Do With Wishy Washy RSVPs?
Our RSVP deadline was yesterday and we have received about 70% of our responses! That is higher than we thought we’d have at this point so I am feeling alright with where we’re sitting at the moment....
View ArticleHoney/Mini-Moon Travel Insurance
I recently heard an incredibly sad and horrifying story about a young girl who went to Africa to volunteer in an clinic and contracted some sort of disease in her eyes. Within two days she was...
View ArticleChange of Address/Forwarding Your Mail
I have been stressing about our two big moves and changing our address for about a month now. I had made a huge long list of everyone we would need to notify and I have slowly been changing our address...
View ArticleI Knew The Bride…
Miss Lovebug recently said that she wants to move to Canada because of all of our cute wedding traditions. Well, I think it’s only fair to fill her, and you, in on everything before she makes that rash...
View ArticleBalloons – Too Tacky?
Our reception is being held in a big white tent on the deck of a restaurant. While it will be decorated and lit by strings of white lights, I was worried that it would still be too white from about 8...
View ArticleWho Needs Chiavari Chairs Anyway?
I am totally not bitter about the fact that it is impossible for me to have chiavari chairs at my wedding. I am sooooo okay with it. Really, I am fine with it. I could care less. There are so many more...
View ArticleOur Joint Shower!
Mr. Pumpkin and I had our joint shower in his hometown this weekend and it was an absolute blast! As I blogged about earlier, the hostesses are the moms of all of the kids in town who are the same age...
View ArticleThe Wedding Date
No, no. I am not going to write a review of that incredibly awful movie with Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney (or was it Dylan McDermott… I always get those two confused, sort of like Tai Chi and Chai...
View ArticleIt’s The Root Of All Evil
…and of strife and upheaval! But I’m certain honey, that life would be sunny, with plenty of money and you! Money is never a safe topic, but it may never be more dangerous than at the beginning of...
View ArticleBuck & Doe Details!
I received the following e-mail in my account on Friday: “A Party in Celebration of Mr. & Miss. Pumpkin! Host: MOH & BM of the Pumpkins Location: Younger brother of Mr. Pumpkin’s Farm When:...
View ArticleMomma Pumpkin
We have had just about as much trouble finding Momma Pumpkin a mother of the bride outfit as we did finding me a gown! We have spent about six months looking in three provinces and two US states,...
View ArticleThat’s What My Heart Needs
On Friday I volunteered at a golf tournament hosted by the Saskatchewan Wine & Spirit Association and benefiting the Saskatchewan Down Syndrome Society, and I am so glad that I did! I had agreed...
View ArticleI Like the Way
… you kiss me when we’re playing the kissing game!* (www.wedpix.com) Mr. Pumpkin and I have been trying to decide what to do about the dreaded glass clinking/kissing business that always happens at...
View ArticleMiddle Of the Road*
My hair trial was so much fun! I do not get my hair done, like, ever, but I really had fun today working out what to do with it for the wedding. As is the case in most situations, it is all about the...
View ArticleI’m Hooked on a Feeling!
I finally painted one of our shepherd’s hooks and got my jars and ribbon out to see what they will look like. Originally we were just going to have the jars hanging on ribbon like so: But, as I am sure...
View ArticleThat’s It, I Quit…*
Absolutely the most frustrating part of this whole process has been negotiating with Mr. Pumpkin and Momma Pumpkin to try to make everyone happy. I think that we are all pretty clear on the fact that...
View ArticleHallelujah, I Love Her So*
Isn’t Momma Pumpkin the cutest? This is a pink and brown tiramisu she made for my girls only shower last night. First without and then with whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles. She’s just full of...
View ArticleAutomatic Flowers*
I spent some time cutting the silk flowers for our centerpieces last night, and then I put everything together to see what a table might look like for the reception dinner. The tables will be round and...
View ArticleParty With The Animals
Here are a couple of pictures from our super fun Buck and Doe last Saturday. This is how you open a beer at a farm party… … and this is how much foam you end up with afterwards. This is Mr. Pumpkin’s...
View ArticleIronic*
We all know that rain on your wedding day is not ironic (right, Alanis?), it is simply bad luck. Well, that is exactly what Mr. Pumpkin and I have been having this week! On Monday, Mr. P and I were...
View ArticleYou’re So Rude*
Okay Weddingbees! I need your help. Here’s the situation – my parents went away on a weeks vacation and they left the keys to the brand new Porsche – would they mind? Hmmmm well, of course not. Just...
View ArticleSo Wrong*
Well! If someone would have told me that this is how you are supposed to do it I would have reached my goal weight ages ago! * Patsy Cline
View ArticleAzure House
Hi everyone! Mrs. Pumpkin here – writing from a little internet cafe in London. The wedding went really well (I will write a more detailed account when I get back from honeymooning) and so far, London...
View ArticleHoneymoon Update!
Hi again! It is raining here in Amsterdam so I had a few minutes to chat! We have already been to London and Dusseldorf and are in Amsterdam until morning when we will take the train to Paris. We are...
View ArticleSneak Preview
We are having a fantastic time in Italy! Venice was amazing and now we’re in Florence. I’ve seen enough old men in Speedos to last me a lifetime and there are a lot of mullets around Italy. I don’t...
View ArticleI’ve Got Plenty To Be Thankful For*
One of the best parts of coming home from our honeymoon, besides sleeping in our own bed and having clean laundry again, was that we finally got to open our wedding gifts! What wonderful, thoughtful,...
View ArticleShe’s Crafty*
The majority of weddings that I have attended have all been open seating kinds of events, where guests sat wherever they wanted. So when we were planning our wedding, we decided to kick it up a notch...
View ArticleCandy Girl, You Are My World!*
As you may recall I was having a hard time deciding how to display the lollipops and rock candy sticks in our candy buffet. While there were some fantastic suggestions of where to buy test tube type...
View ArticleRock DJ*
One of the coolest and most spontaneous things that happened at our wedding was the guest DJ phenomenon. We had rented sound equipment and then created playlists for various times throughout the night...
View ArticleWedding Bell Blues*
I don’t want to give anyone the wrong impression here, I had a wonderful wedding day! However, this is a blog about the reality of weddings and it is meant to help others in their planning. So just...
View ArticleLet’s Do It Again*
We had such a wonderful time at our rehearsal! It was so fun getting everyone together and there was such a nice feeling in the day. So much excitement and love in the air! Here are a couple of...
View ArticleBeautiful Day*
Like most brides-to-be, I was determined to look my best on my wedding day so over the past year I tried out countless different beauty products. Often I was unimpressed, a couple of times I was...
View ArticleThank You, Whoever You Are*
I have been torn on whether to do personalized thank you cards or not since we got back from the honeymoon. One of the things that I was adamant about in planning the wedding was that the stationery...
View ArticleHoney And The Moon*
We had an amazing time on our honeymoon! If I were to plan it again I probably wouldn’t have left the day after the wedding, but in our case we were forced to if we wanted to catch the Pearl Jam show...
View ArticleAint No Fun*
Except that it was so much fun! Mr. Pumpkin and I tried very hard to make sure that our wedding was appropriately *us* and that everyone felt comfortable enough throughout the day to be themselves too!...
View ArticleI Turn My Camera On*
Some photographers from my home town of Regina (Red Leaf Studios) are featured on a cool website called Don’t Box Us In. The website tries to feature “today’s best Artistic and Creative Photographers”...
View ArticleMy Happy Ending*
I finally received the refund cheque from my first dress disaster in the mail today! It took them over 2 months to get it to me but at least it is now over and done with. Yay for happy endings! *Avril...
View ArticleLighten Up*
Yesterday I got my post-wedding haircut and Thank God because knights of columbus has it been hot here! I was dying under all of that hair. I made an appointment with Grant Bray, the wonderful stylist...
View ArticleKitchenware & Candybars*
In my recent post about the Candy Buffet at our wedding there were some comments asking about what quantities I had purchased and for how many guests. I had been putting off posting the answers because...
View ArticlePresent Tense*
Mr. Pumpkin and I had never talked about buying wedding presents for each other. Quite frankly, when we had a short conversation about it on our honeymoon I was shocked that it had even crossed his...
View ArticlePimpin’ All Over The World*
My new favourite website is Pimp That Snack! It is just the kind of random silliness that I love and have been filling my days with until I start work. While snooping around the site I came across this...
View ArticleThe Bare Necessities*
There was absolutely no question as to whether we would be having flower girls at our wedding since I have the two most adorable nieces in the whole world. Even though the rest of our wedding was...
View ArticleThank You Friends*
Like most couples these days, we had a dickens of a time deciding how to thank our wedding party for all that they did to make our day so special, and for the friendship and love that they have given...
View ArticleSave It For Later*
About 3 months after Mr. Pumpkin proposed, I bought the Martha Stewart Wedding Planner. Inside there are sections for each area of planning (ceremony, reception, flowers, etc…) and information on each...
View ArticleSweetness*
One of the great things about my life this month is that I get to spend my weekends in Calgary. I love that city for many reasons, but some of the best things about it are the cute little eateries...
View ArticleThe New Style*
Spoiler alert for the new Sex & The City Movie so if you want to be surprised please stop reading now! Some pictures of Carrie in a wedding dress have surfaced today and not everyone is feelin’ the...
View ArticleBest of the ‘Bee – Wedding Bell Blues
Hello everyone! This post might seem like a strange choice since it is about all of the things that went wrong with our wedding, but it is my favourite because the comments that followed were so...
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