Unity Candle

For our wedding ceremony, we want it short and sweet. No hour and a half ceremony for Daniel and I!! :-) Short and sweet, aaaaaannnd to the point. Although, I really want to do the unity candle-I really like the symbolism of that. Daniel agreed, so we are going to add that during the ceremony.

I checked out Michaels and Joann's Fabric, and didn't like any of their unity candles (a bit on the cheesy and expensive side), so I thought, I am craftyand I can make my own so it will be personalized and even more special. A few ideas were floating around in my coconut-but nothing too special. When I went to the David's Bridal website for the picture frame (see below post), I saw these uninty candles and thought-that is it! I can do that, maybe not exactly, but close and for a heck of a lot cheaper! So, below is the finished product. The cool thing is the jeweled center piece will be the exact same on the cake too, so they will match! Not that anyone else will notice, but it is nice when a craft project works out so completely! [You can click on the picture to enlarge it in your browser if desired.]

Who Needs A Wedding Guest Sign In Book??

Again, I have to thank Karin and Chris for this absolutely wonderful idea!!!! Instead of having guests sign in on a book that you #1-will never look at ever again#2-it is a great collector of dust #3-how boring!! Karin sent me to David's Bridals website and viola-the picture frame that will have everyone's best wishes engraved forever into this frame. Plus, it will be a great conversation piece for the house and this will last forever! Just like our love for eachother!

True Love

I am very fortunate in my life to have such great examples of 'true' love. My parents are soulmates, they are inseparable and really truly love eachother. My parents always have been and always will be that way. My Tio and Tia, they are soulmates also, just like my parents. They were totally meant to be. You can just tell by being around them.

I always wanted that person by my side to be the one for me-my true soulmate. There was a time in my life, when I thought that was just not possible, just not for me, but I was never willing to just settle.

What brought about this post, is the new Pixar movie, "Up." They go through the main characters life-as a child during the first part of the movie. Where he met his true love as a mere child, they get married, they try to have children-but it was not meant to be for them (shed a few tears during that bit), they grow old together and were extremely happy. But then his wife died (more tears), and I am not sure quite how that segment ended because I was really crying at that point, but it shows him old, alone, and lonely, just waiting to be back with Ellie, his wife. After I attempted to wipe away the tears-without Daniel noticing me doing that, he leans over and whispers, "you were thinking of us, weren't you?" And he was so right! I was. Everything that 5 minute Disney movie segment showed of this character's true love and soulmate, I feel the EXACT same way about Daniel!
It is such a wonderful, freeing realization and I am so grateful I found him. My true love, my soulmate, mostly, my Mr. Perfect. Because he is everything I have ever wanted in someone, and then some.