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Wedding Planning Update!
It's 10 months to my wedding in a couple of days, and I thought it would be good to take a minute to give you all an update on how planning is going!
It's 10 months to my wedding in a couple of days, and I thought it would be good to take a minute to give you all an update on how planning is going!
So far we've:
- chosen the date (September 11th, 2016 - the 2 year anniversary of our first date!);
- chosen the wedding party (we're keeping it simple with just a maid of honour and a best man);
- created a budget (that we're seriously hoping to stick to!);
- booked the venue (a beautiful farm and forest in Rockwood, Ontario);
- decided on a preliminary menu with the caterer (100% vegan and mouth-watering);
- drafted the guest list (currently sitting at around 50, and we're hoping to keep it below 70), and;
- poured over Pinterest inspiration for hours on end!
What we have left to do in 2015:
- insure my engagement ring;
- choose an officiant;
- create our wedding website;
- make our save the dates;
- book musicians;
- finalize the guest list, and;
- start dress shopping!
I was starting to feel as though we hadn't done anything and were getting so behind. It's great to see the done and to-do list together to realize that we're actually pretty on track! We have almost 2 months to get those 7 items checked off, and other than choosing the dress (which I know is going to take a LONG time... how can I make a snap judgement on my wedding dress??) everything should be pretty easy to get done in a couple days of work.
If you're planning your wedding and not sure where to start, check out my wedding planning timeline here. It's a great guideline to follow so that nothing is left too last minute!
And for those of you who don't follow me on instagram (but why aren't you? I thought we were friends!) I'll include a couple shots of our venue!
Until next time,
Are you on track with wedding planning? What has been your favourite part so far? Let me know in the comments below!
Do you ever finish a book and wonder if you really understood it? Do you give 5 stars to pretty much every book you read? Do you watch reviews of a book you enjoyed and find yourself surprised that the reviewer picked up on so many things you didn’t?
If this sounds like you and you want to make a change, this video is for you:
I set out this year to read a book from every country in the world and created a spread in my reading journal to track my progress (see image below). When I mentioned my goal in a YouTube video the suggestions started flooding in, and I realized it was worth taking the time to put together a little resource for us all to share!
One of the most common questions I have received over the past 7 years as a vegan is “How do you get enough [insert macro- or micronutrient here]?” This is a question I have explored in great detail on this blog, with dedicated posts focusing on protein, iron, B12, and so much more. And while I will always believe that getting your nutrition from whole plant foods is the best first choice, it’s not always a possibility for every person. Whether you live in a food desert with little access to fresh foods or struggle with digestive complications that make eating large amounts of high fiber foods a painful experience, sometimes supplementation is the only answer.
Today I will be sharing with you my favourite vegan gummy vitamins for maintaining optimal health as a vegan of over 7 years!
I have collected many of the resources from my Anti-Racism highlight on Instagram into this blog post as possible for those of you who don’t use Instagram but still want to do the work to become anti-racist. I will continue to update this page.
From January 5th to January 19th, $1 will be donated to the Australian Red Cross for every order placed to aid in emergency relief for those affected by the bushfires currently ravaging Australia.
With all of the hype surrounding the final season of Game of Thrones, I KNEW I had to celebrate my love for this epic fantasy world by creating a Game of Thrones themed bullet journal set up for May 2019!
I guess it’s almost 2019? I’m not sure how, but ok! Come hang out with me while I set up mu letterboard theme in my bullet journal for January 2019 and be sure to check out my husband’s set up next week (there will be a giveaway!)
Hello again :) This video is incredibly special to me, as I’m setting up my husband‘s first ever bullet journal! I’m super excited about this one and I hope you enjoy this video as much as I enjoyed putting it together.
Hi all! I'm excited to share my completed Rhodia Webnotebook with you today as I flip through all of my bullet journal spreads from January to September 2018 :)
It’s almost October and it’s time to set up my bullet journal for the new month! Hang out with me while I plan using a cozy fall, nighttime theme with a little touch of spookyness thrown in there for good measure. Let’s get into it!
How am I getting rid of 2018 things in the last couple months of 2018? Using the classic #MinimalismGame format, of course! Let me walk you through how you can do it, too, and give you an update on my minimalism journey so far (3 years in the making)!
Hello again! I'm very excited to share my September Plan With Me video with you. This month I went with a woodland and wildflowers theme and I love how it turned out! Thank you again to my instagram family for giving me the idea and be sure to go follow me there if you want a say in what themes I do each month!
I'm turning 26 in a few days, and I wanted to share some of the nuggets of wisdom I've picked up along the way in my first quarter century of life!
I'm excited to be sharing my brand new work project management spread with you today! This is a combination of a leveled up to do list and a dynamic kanban board, and I am really looking forward to starting to use it in my day-to-day.
Hi friends! We have finally arrived at part 3 of our moon series, the Tombow Dual Brush Pen Moon Tutorial!
Hi friends! Due to popular demand, here is my Watercolour Moon Tutorial/Watercolour Moon Painting Process!
Plan with me for May 2018 with a Star Wars theme! And May the fourth, I mean force, be with you!
After getting a bunch of questions about how I drew the line art animals in my April Plan With Me video (which you can watch here) I decided to make a little tutorial showing more in depth what I do and giving you all my tips and tricks!
Plan with me for December with a winter pinecone and birch tree theme in my bullet journal!
The Ultimate Wedding Planning Timeline!
This week Jason and I celebrated our one year anniversary, which means we're now less than a year away from our wedding! While this makes me incredibly excited (I might have squealed for a second...) it also makes me more than a bit nervous. Only a year until our wedding?? How could we possibly get everything done? What needs to be tackled first? What do I do?? But luckily, being the organized bride-to-be that I am, I'd already compiled a list of tasks to get done before the wedding a couple of weeks after our engagement. Once I'd listed everything that came to mind I headed to Pinterest and searched for "wedding planning timeline". I then proceeded to repin every search result and add anything I'd missed to my list. By the end of a couple of hours I had a pretty comprehensive list, and I realized that other engaged couples may benefit from it! So here it is, the ultimate wedding planning timeline to keep you organized right up until your big day!
This week Jason and I celebrated our one year anniversary, which means we're now less than a year away from our wedding! While this makes me incredibly excited (I might have squealed for a second...) it also makes me more than a bit nervous. Only a year until our wedding?? How could we possibly get everything done? What needs to be tackled first? What do I do?? But luckily, being the organized bride-to-be that I am, I'd already compiled a list of tasks to get done before the wedding a couple of weeks after our engagement. Once I'd listed everything that came to mind I headed to Pinterest and searched for "wedding planning timeline". I then proceeded to repin every search result and add anything I'd missed to my list. By the end of a couple of hours I had a pretty comprehensive list, and I realized that other engaged couples may benefit from it! So here it is, the ultimate wedding planning timeline to keep you organized right up until your big day!
Without further ado, here's the ultimate wedding planning timeline! Pin it to your wedding board on Pinterest to refer to as you plan your big day!
Jason and I have almost completed the 12+ months before checklist. Not bad for two people as busy as we are! If you found this post helpful please share it with your friends and family who are planning their wedding. We've got to help each other out. This process is pretty daunting alone!
Until next time,
Follow me on Pinterest to see all of my wedding pins! I have FOUR dedicated wedding boards!
Head over to my profile to see the other two, Planning the Big Day and The DIY Wedding!
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Enjoy some of my favourites so far from our vegan wedding in September of 2016! All photos shot by Karmel Kreative.
Welcome back for another wedding post! As you know, Jason and I felt it was important to have an eco-friendly wedding. The fact that all of the food eaten was vegan helped a lot in that area of course, but we wanted to do our best to make the other aspects of our wedding equally green! Which brings us to the topic of paper products at weddings.
It's been one month and one day since we said 'I do'! Here's a sneak peek into our special day...
So almost a month ago I did this thing where you get dressed up in impractical attire and cry in front of all of your family and friends as you spill your guts about how much you love your significant other.
In other words, I got married.
And it was definitely, 100%, the best day of my life.
Another bonus? It was completely vegan!
When Jason and I were first discussing Save The Dates and Invitations for our wedding, I was pretty set on physical stationary being mailed out to all of our family and friends. Luckily, my wise husband convinced me that it was a far better idea to use less resources and spend less money by doing all invitations by email!
Even after acquiescing, I worried that our invitations wouldn't look nice enough if we delivered through email. Then, a lightbulb went off in my head! I use MailChimp to handle my weekly newsletters to readers of my blog, and I love how those look. So why not use it to handle our wedding invites?
I have to say, it was one of my best ideas to date. Other than choosing Jason to be my husband, of course!
We had so much success using MailChimp to handle our guest communications that I wanted to throw together a tutorial for anyone out there who may be interested in the method!
This is the method I used to make all of our wedding signs. I originally got the idea from something turquoise, so check out her tutorial for more tips and inspiration!
In four days I say "I Do" and I feel... confused.
Why?
Well, I guess it's that getting married is not what I expected.
It's time for another Q&A video! This time I go into detail about how Jason proposed to me, answer wedding questions, and talk about my favourite food blogs!
If you follow me on instagram you will already know that I have chosen my wedding dress! (cue the squeals) You will also know that the number one biggest struggle in finding my dream dress was the lack of vegan options. Or in other words, the abundance of silk. Not sure why you should care about silkworms and the fabric they make? Neither was I. That was, of course, until I looked into the industry and really thought about what it's doing. And I want to share with you why you may want to rethink that silk blouse or snazzy silk bowtie you've been eyeing.
It's 10 months to my wedding in a couple of days, and I thought it would be good to take a minute to give you all an update on how planning is going!
Weddings are exciting. But deciding who gets to come? Less so. How can you possibly decide between both of your families and friends? How do you choose who deserves an invite? Well, I've made a handy infographic that will allow you to draft your guest list in 60 seconds, flat!
So you're engaged. Congratulations! Let the planning begin. But how much time do you have to check everything off your list? Choosing the wedding date is one of the very first things you and your fiancé should do. But how do you decide? Read on for the 5 things you can do to narrow the options down to a single, perfect, day!
This week Jason and I celebrated our one year anniversary, which means we're now less than a year away from our wedding! While this makes me incredibly excited (I might have squealed for a second...) it also makes me more than a bit nervous. Only a year until our wedding?? How could we possibly get everything done? What needs to be tackled first? What do I do?? But luckily, being the organized bride-to-be that I am, I'd already compiled a list of tasks to get done before the wedding a couple of weeks after our engagement. Once I'd listed everything that came to mind I headed to Pinterest and searched for "wedding planning timeline". I then proceeded to repin every search result and add anything I'd missed to my list. By the end of a couple of hours I had a pretty comprehensive list, and I realized that other engaged couples may benefit from it! So here it is, the ultimate wedding planning timeline to keep you organized right up until your big day!
Weddings cost a lot. A whole lot. A put-away-every-extra-penny-for-your-entire-engagement-and-only-eat-rice-and-beans-and-don't-buy-anything-that-could-be-considered-a-want lot. When I read that the average wedding in Canada costs over $31,000 I got very close to giving up and eloping with Jason right then and there (we were in Costa Rica, after all. Not a bad locale if you ask me.) But I have always dreamed of a wedding including my closest and dearest, and so had he. We decided to stick it out and go with a traditional wedding. But at what cost?
Wedding planning is much harder than I thought. MUCH. Let me clarify: I never expected it to be easy. But MAN is there a lot to do! I was never someone who spent much time thinking about my wedding, and by extension, wedding planning. I hadn't dreamt of my dress, picked out a location, or imagined the reception. Until I joined Pinterest, that is. After a few months resisting the urge to create a wedding board and letting all of the beautiful pictures float away, un-pinned, into the abyss, never to be retrieved... I gave in. How could I not? For the first time in my life I was thinking about what my possible-eventual-hypothetical wedding might be like, and it was REALLY fun. But I didn't have a fiancé, or even a serious boyfriend, so I tried to keep the crazy pinning lust to a minimum. Because who wants to date a girl with 3,000 pins on her wedding board?
Coined by Elizabeth Jean @xparmesanprincessx, the personal curriculum trend is about creating a self-directed learning plan focused on areas of personal interest, loosely based on a school curriculum structure, including things like assigned reading, goals, assignments, and final projects.
At its core, the personal curriculum movement is about celebrating lifelong learning and intellectual curiosity. It's about being more intentional about how we spend our time when we're not sleeping, or at work, or doing the basic maintenance or admin or chores to keep our lives going. It's about using our free time to enrich our lives in a way that is purposeful and intentional and joyful, indulging our curiosity as adults, even once we're outside of structured school environments, getting excited about learning and allowing ourselves the freedom to go down those rabbit holes in our special interests, to challenge our brains in ways that we maybe don't get the chance to in our day-to-day lives.