Our mother
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On the playa in 2003
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At a friend's wedding in San Pedro
Sometimes I can't believe how beautiful he is...especially in green!
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In the forest
Can you tell we like kissing for photos?
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The water crystal of 'Love of Husband and Wife'.
The World of Water
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Our family
Benjamin, Tao and I at the San Francisco Zoo on Tao's 1st birthday.
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My ring
By Simayof of San Francisco.
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This is from their site, only mine has 18 pave diamonds instead of 12 and the center stone is in a cathedral setting.
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Our rings
Our rings are being hand-carved in 14k white gold by an amazing artist in Berkeley named Carol Mortensen. They'll be similar to this only there will be a dragon (Ben's
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Lavender
Our colors are lavender, sage and ivory...
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Sage
This is the green!
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Our invites
These are what the finished invites will look like, but with a different text layout and the lavender colored paper below. Instead of the leaf, we are using hemp yarn/twine.&am
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Wildflower paper
This is plantable paper so that our guests will have wildflowers in a week or so after receiving the invites! It's also tree-free (made from recycled cotton and other recycl
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More invitation thoughts...
We have a little 3x5 card with info for our guests and these are some thoughts on how to insert them into the invites (sewing, tying or making a pocket). This image is from Twisted Limb:
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My dress
The inspirations for my design: It will be a one piece in cream hemp/silk with the bodice exactly like the pic at to
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The jewelry
This called a tikka and is worn on the forehead up into the hairline. Mine is pictured in the hair trial pix. I'll also be wearing my great-grandmother's Tif
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The earrings
These are mother-of-pearl from Braindrops in San Francisco ...I wasn't sure until I walked in and saw them, but they're just beautiful and perfect!
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Hair
This is the style of braid I've chosen.
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Makeup
With lavender rather than mauve on the lids, but otherwise, this is it! I'm having a trial in March and will update with photos then.
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The bridesmaids will have something like this only a bit more subtle (the colors are right on, though).
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Bridesmaids
I've chosen the design on the left with a shorter kurta(top) like the one in the middle. Imagine it in cream with sage brocade around the neck and a small bit of sage
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Flower girl thoughts
I like the style on the right, but simplier and perhaps in lavender.
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For the ring bearer
This is what our son is wearing...it's light grey and has beautiful embroidery with iridescent crystals. The best man's kurta is hanging behind.
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A bit of the detail on the kurta.
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Detail of the best man's kurta. It's a medium grey silk with crystals-just beautiful.
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The perfect hydrangea
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The perfect orchid
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And...
I found these freeze-dried hydrangea blends at Flyboy Naturals: www.flyboy
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For the circle
Since we're having our ceremony in a circle, lavender and ivory rose petals will surround us as oppossed to being under our feet. We're also imagining a carpet of petals that e
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Ceremony seating
It will be similar to this, only we'll have a full circle with four aisles (creating a clear path for the four directions)-hopefully. Depending on th
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Location
The Malibu Nature Preserve. This is where we'll have both the ceremony and reception; within a grove of ancient sycamores.
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The females will enter from the bridge and Benjamin and I will exit this way after the ceremony.
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Our symbol
We've chosen this symbol to represent us, our journey and everyone we love! Though the pentagram is often associated with Wikka, for our ceremony it signifies
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Our custom seal
I reversed the image so it's as it will look on the invites. We're thrilled with how it turned out!
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Our monogram for the favors
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The cake
We're going to wrap each layer with a thin lavender ribbon and add flower accents ourselves. Our cake is stacked rather than tiered and is being made with entirely o
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We especially like the 'branches' and we'll probably add them ourselves.
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Perhaps alternating green and lavender/periwinkle colored blossoms with each layer for accent rather than surrounding it?
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The lodge
This is where the cocktail reception will be while we set up for lunch at the ceremony site. T
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Lanterns for the lodge
We've bought 5 of these and 5 of the leaf impression below for inside the lodge (or the tent if the weather turns rainy).
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For the cocktail bar
We'll be doing something similar with small rose buds for the bar.
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Seating chart
We've decided to name our tables for the ideals and principles we believe in (love, community, respect, peace, etc.). This is similar to what our seating chart will look like. Thanks to
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Bamboo
In keeping with our ecological theme, there will be an arbor at the entrance to the ceremony site made of bamboo and our table name holders will be made of bamboo and clay. Why
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Reception tables
This is what we're going for-so clean and simple. We're going to have cream colored tableclothes and DIY sage-colored table runners with lavender & cream colored flower
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Center piece thoughts
We both love Ikebana; very minimal, powerful and beautiful.
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Another possible centerpiece choice...imagine it with these blossoms and lavender colored flowers.
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I love this presentation as well, only with purple orchids.
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I also love the fishbowl orchids (in purple)...
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Hair trial
The braids on the sides will be a bit lower and we're losing the ribbon and adding crystals and flowers in the back.
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My tikka is actually an heirloom pearl and sapphire necklace of my great grandmother's. My something old (and blue!)
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Our inserts have arrived!
The y are printed with soy inks on 100% recycled vellum...a crunchy bride's dream come true!
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The first invitation is done!
I chose to use hemp cord along the sides for the insert rather than sewing because it looks more natural and hand-made, which is what we were going for. The tears on this one a
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The sticker on the inside gives instructions on how to plant the paper and the insert contains all the other info about the day.
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All sealed up!
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