Author Archives: purenoumena

I thought things would slow down quite a bit when the wedding was over. Haaaahahahah! But regardless of the speed of life, things have been pretty awesome. Milestone achieved: the thank you cards are DONE!!! I decided to make thank-you cards that matched the invitations – so sending those out took a little longer than I originally would have anticipated.… (more…)

So. Only a few days away… On Saturday, Nick, Jono and I spent some time cleaning up the Q’arma courtyard. Sweeping, weeding & moving some of the construction supplies out of the way. It was nice to spend the day outside, though I’ll admit it was pretty chilly! Fortunately it’s supposed to warm back up a bit later in the… (more…)

Can’t I have a bit more time? Things have been busy – and even more so than normal. I’m trying to get ahead at work and tie up loose ends so I can take my wedding/vacation with few negative repercussions… but it seems like everybody else is busy too, so “wrapping things up”  has been challenging.  In all aspects, I’m… (more…)

We sent the following notice out via email to our friends and family… but since not everybody has email, we’re posting it here as well just in case. Also for posterity. 🙂 Dear Friends and Family, The big day is getting closer and closer! The little orange envelopes have been a treat to come home to and we’re very excited… (more…)

Several people have asked where we are registered, so here is the official answer. We don’t have a traditional gifts registry. In fact, we’ve spent the past year really trying to consolidate and downsize the amount of *stuff* we have in our house, which has very, very little storage. And while we get that it’s the norm now, we honestly… (more…)

So… I had fun making the wedding invitations – perhaps a little bit more than I expected. We decided to do them ourselves both to save a little money and also so we could do whatever we wanted instead of going with some printing template. Looking back at the components, I realize there were various bits and pieces that made… (more…)

The dress-buying process has been a little bit chaotic, but my friend Jessica has been helping me a ton. (Thank you!!!) After some mild trauma and very little success at The Store That Shall not Be Named, we tried a different approach. First, we went to Eli’s downtown for a yummy brunch – completely with bloody marys. From there we… (more…)