While I’m sad that our big day is over and I’m no longer planning that special day, I’m so excited to be able to shop for dresses to wear to our friends’ weddings and shop for wedding gifts for them. I’m a firm believer in sticking to the registry. It always surprises me what people come up with when they get “creative” and go off-registry. We did, however, receive a wonderful gift at one of our showers that wasn’t on any of our registries. It happens to be one of my favorite new items in our house and I’m considering it as a gift for some of our newlywed friends. It was so much fun for me to put my new initial on the entry table!

letter stand from anthropologie

I think one of Todd’s favorite wedding projects was writing the ceremony program. We decided to use the lace design that we used on all of our wedding paper on the front and back cover of the program. We wanted to eliminate the pink for this piece– to save costs and to keep it simple and elegant.

I’ve been to so many weddings where I watch the bridesmaids come down the aisle and look at the groomsmen and wonder, “How do the bride and groom know these people? Who is that?”

Todd and I chose to have a bigger program and write little bios on each of our attendants. And because all of our vocalists were equally special to us, they were included in this as well.

Our program was 8 pages long and was an 8×8 square. We included lyrics to one of the songs that we used in the ceremony, wrote a message to all of our guests, and included directions to the reception. Our favorite part was definitely telling the stories of how we know all of our attendants. I think they all enjoyed reading what we wrote about them, too. At the reception, my Matron of Honor was approached by one of our old family friends and found out that he was best friends growing up with her husband’s father. He discovered this by reading her bio!

Now that our wedding is over, I’ve got lots of time on my hands. I have wondered how I’m going to redirect all of my creative energy. I love projects and love events. Events are my job, so I get a little of that fill at work, but I need to express my creative freedom. Our little house has become a great outlet for me to channel all of this creative energy toward. I love decorating and rearranging. We’re putting the finishing touches on our bedroom and I’m about to get started on the downstairs bathroom. I promise that pictures are coming soon.

a view of the pacific from our chairs at the adult pool

at Wolfgang Puck’s Spago

at the Old Lahaina Luau

on the sunset sail

a stopping point on the Road to Hana

another stopping point on the Road to Hana