My handsome partner and I made things official on the 27th of July with a delightfully saucy, non-traditional proposal. We had both asked each other's parents for their blessings., excitedly shared the intimate details with our sisters and waited to share our happy news with our children, who'd all been bugging us to get married for over a year.
While I have experienced a proper wedding before, my love hadn't, and he is very insistent that we "...do things right" and have one. We decided on a stylized, 1920's wedding and we wanted wedding announcements that reflected the elegance of our chosen theme. My dear friend and I went thrift store shopping down in San Diego and found a few perfect period pieces, all for less than $50. I asked my creative director and assistant photographer to shoot a few photos for us and designed a fabulous (if I do say so myself) announcement based off a Great Gatsby movie poster Justin found.
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| The Great Gatsby poster inspiration. |
In order to fully appreciate our announcement, you should know:
- Justin and I have seven children between us from our previous marriages. We refer to them as the "Magnificent 7".
- We are not exchanging rings, I no longer believe in wedding rings nor the reasoning that they serve as a reminder and serve as a notice that you're taken. If you're doing it right, you won't need a reminder and honestly, rings aren't going to help anyone one be more faithful. Instead of rings we are using an ancient Celtic handfasting ceremony.
- The gold, art-deco design took me 2 hours to recreate. It shouldn't have taken that long, but I may have celebrated beforehand with kahlua infused frappés. In any case, I'm getting married! Cheers!
