From the monthly archives:

February 2009

Sartorial Goodness for the Groom

by harvestbird24 February 2009
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He aspires to Hawaiian-Scottish fusion.
Links of note:

Family Hunting Tartan (the bride draws the line at the dress tartan: too pink!)
“The timeless Hawaiian shirt never goes out of style“. This is not to say we want an atemporal wedding.

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All things coatish

by harvestbird16 February 2009
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We cannot speak her name, so the codeword for what we’re talking about is Cornwall.
To my mind, Anna has it right when she suggests that this is something like what we’re after. Look at that neckline; look at the flow!

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The first congress concludes

by harvestbird15 February 2009
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We have a box of goodness (including books for brides and grooms of yore, whose first instructions upon marriage are “Make a new will”), lists a-plenty, a frockcoat-heavy Google Search history and a plan.
I promised I would retain our status as women of mystery online, so our faces at end-of-afternoon are here cropped and edited.

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The first congress of brideswomen

by harvestbird14 February 2009
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This weekend, Karen, Anna and Megan will be getting together for the first of several congresses of brideswomen. This will involve eating pizza, looking at Karen’s scrapbook and various possibilities on the internet, gossiping, playing with Anna’s animals and generally considering further how to insinuate our own ideas into that wider idea of a [...]

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Cladding the Groom

by harvestbird10 February 2009
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Ned was discussing appropriate wedding costume with his groomsmaid (also called Megan) when a friend of hers suggested that he wear a kilt to the wedding.

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The idea of a wedding

by harvestbird4 February 2009
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Among our friends and family, marriage and the wedding that formalises it are not de rigeur, nor necessarily the way one would want to define a relationship. Talking to others about our decision to do both has therefore meant some reflection, on top of the reflection that preceded the decision in the first place.

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