The Time Has Come!

So I just got some more exciting news. I mentioned this a while back and nothing really ever came of it. ReadyMade magazine approached me last year for their HDYGTFAJ (How did you get that f^&*ing awesome job?) feature. I did an interview and photoshoot and then I didn't hear anything from them for months.

Well I finally got the call and it's back on track. I'm going to appear in the April/May issue. They are going to do a new photoshoot in a studio this time (as opposed to the first one in my office). And I get to have hair and makeup! Hooorayyy!!!

I was told to wear something soft and pretty since it's a spring issue. Too bad all my spring clothes are packed away for the long deep freeze. Guess I'm just gonna have to go shopping...

I'd like to wear this dress with a YSL Arty metal ring or 2. And I'd be super psyched if my hair & makeup would look like this :)

Images: Leighton, YSL Rings here and here

Our Wedding - Ceremony Part Three

We choose three readings to be read by significant people in our lives that were not in our wedding party. Our sister-in-law Beverly read a poem called True Love right before our vows.

TRUE LOVE
True love is a sacred flame
That burns eternally,
And none can dim its special glow
Or change its destiny.
True love speaks in tender tones
And hears with gentle ear,
True love gives with open heart
And true love conquers fear.
True love makes no harsh demands
It neither rules nor binds,
And true love holds with gentle hands The hearts that it entwines.

After the vows, our longtime family friend Susan read The Wedding Vow.

THE WEDDING VOW
You are not the air that I breathe, You are the sweet scent that drifts upon it. You are not the sounds that I hear, You are the music of my life. You are not my will to survive, You are my reason for living. It is with you that I experience the wonders of the world. It is with you that I triumph over the challenges in my path. It is your partnership that leads me to the fulfillment of my dreams. It is your friendship that guides me as I grow and learn. It is your patience and wisdom that calms my restless nature. It is through you that I know my true self. I do not take you for granted, I cherish you. I do not need you I choose you. I choose you today in witness of all the people who love us. I choose you tomorrow in the privacy of our hearts. I choose you in strength and weakness, I choose you in health and sickness. I choose you in joy and sorrow. I will choose you, over all others, every day for all the days of my life.

Next up was the Ring Ceremony.

You are my true love and my best friend and with this ring, I thee wed. May it be a reminder of my love and the sacred commitment I make here today.

Our last reading, What Is Love?, was then read by our brother-in-law, John.

WHAT IS LOVE?
Sooner or later we begin to understand that love is more than verses on valentines and romance in the movies.
We begin to know that love is here and now, real and true, the most important thing in our lives. For love is the creator of our favorite memories and the foundation of our fondest dreams. Love is a promise that is always kept, a fortune that can never be spent, a seed that can flourish in even the most unlikely of places.
And this radiance that never fades, this mysterious and magical joy, is the greatest treasure of all - one known only by those who love.

Next up - some personal closing remarks, the benediction & the pronouncement!

Images: Daniel Krieger

Making Progress!

Image: Just Daves Photos

We had a very exciting weekend and made a ton of progress on the wedding. We started it off with a trip to the jewelers on Saturday to pick up our wedding rings. We love them! Js is on the left and mine is on the right. Then Sunday we met with an officiant who we loved! She was absolutely perfect and I found myself tearing up when she read us sample readings. It all seems so official now and I am beyond excited!

Ring Relief!

We got our rings today! Another check off the never-ending to-do list! Today we finally made our way to the jewelers to get a ring guard for my engagement ring...another thing on that to-do list...and decided to take a look at rings. I forgot to mention that J has been DYING to buy our wedding rings since the day we purchased our ERs. We both weren't sure that we could wear the bands with our ERs because our rings are shaped in a way that a band wouldn't fit against it. So what to do, what to do? Wear the ER on the right hand and the WR alone on the left? If we did that, we both felt like we would need a more elaborate WR than we wanted. We tried on rings for a while and neither of us were falling in love with anything and then we finally found the one! And the one works with the ERs so we can wear them on the same finger! And we both loved the same ring so we're going to have matching ones which we're really happy about.

And to think, all I thought I'd accomplish this weekend was counting down to the red carpet tomorrow!

Image: marthastewartweddings.com