tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278414262024-03-13T13:18:06.281-07:00Godawful Wedding CrapThe worst of the gougables hawked by the wedding industry. Seriously, there's nothing so godawful out there that they won't slap a couple of doves on it and shove it up on The Knot.Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-16695817249876923042011-08-30T18:23:00.000-07:002011-08-30T18:23:56.595-07:00Congratulations on your wedding, from Anne Frank!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I'm resurrecting Godawful Wedding Crap just so I can share this awesome Regretsy discovery with you:</div>
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Via <a href="http://www.regretsy.com/2011/05/19/despite-everything-i-believe-that-people-are-really-stupid/">Regretsy</a>: 'It’s a thoughtful way to to say, “You two kids are going to be just fine, provided you stay in the attic.'<br />
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Extra credit: <a href="http://www.domestigeek.com/2008/03/salon-of-shame-pros-and-cons-of-being.html">The pros and cons of being Anne Frank.</a>Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-21667927268408482162008-01-09T11:03:00.000-08:002008-01-09T11:06:26.486-08:00Wedding cake in Her own image<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/R4Ua4sEkUSI/AAAAAAAAAO8/DNo-s5f17do/s1600-h/womancake3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/R4Ua4sEkUSI/AAAAAAAAAO8/DNo-s5f17do/s400/womancake3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153554909800714530" /></a>
<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/01/07/cake.irpt/index.html">Chidi Ogbuta of Allen, Texas, had a wedding cake made to look exactly like herself.</a>
I wouldn't feel so comfortable watching my new husband slice into me with a knife.
Many thanks to Agent Lowe for the tip.Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-86184161097853067462007-09-06T10:49:00.000-07:002007-09-06T10:50:31.776-07:00New blog!I've started a new blog, <a href="http://domestigeek.blogspot.com">Domestigeek</a>. Hope to see you there! I'll continue to update GWC as news of fresh atrocities filters in, though - and thank you as always for stopping by!Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-29627896551995845282007-09-03T22:16:00.001-07:002007-09-03T22:17:12.467-07:00This is what fairytale weddings are like<a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2173113/fr/flyout">Princess Diana and her pea-sized legacy</a>Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-82870789362353272112007-08-26T22:42:00.000-07:002007-08-26T22:51:28.228-07:00I Got One! shirt for brides<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/RtJmWXEITII/AAAAAAAAAGw/Z_WPyvMBjyw/s1600-h/I-got-one-wedding-tshirt.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/RtJmWXEITII/AAAAAAAAAGw/Z_WPyvMBjyw/s400/I-got-one-wedding-tshirt.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103253862098685058" /></a>
Love the <a href="http://godawfulweddingcrap.blogspot.com/2007/08/game-over-shirts.html">Game Over wedding shirt</a>? Wait till you see the I Got One! bridal shirt for sale at Cafe Press. Want to labor the point? Get this on a sweatshirt, a hoodie, a notebook, postcards, button, wall clock, apron (see - getting a man can sometimes come at a price) but not, surprisingly, the usual thong. Check out the full range of merchandise here at <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/buy/bridal+shower/-/pv_design_details/pg_3/id_17267511/opt_/fpt_/c_666/">Cafe Press</a>.Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-86382599102205660552007-08-22T22:12:00.001-07:002007-08-23T09:47:10.521-07:00"Game Over" wedding shirts<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/Rs0XsXEITGI/AAAAAAAAAGg/XDmbcnLmBbU/s1600-h/game-over-t-shirt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/Rs0XsXEITGI/AAAAAAAAAGg/XDmbcnLmBbU/s400/game-over-t-shirt.jpg" border="0" alt="game over t-shirt featuring happy bride and miserable groom" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101760003753659490" /></a>
Ariel over at <a href="http://www.offbeatbride.com">Offbeat Bride</a> posted a link to <a href="http://offbeatbride.com/2007/08/game-over-t-shirts#comments">these</a> today. Ick, ick, ick.Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-23820533892517407032007-08-20T23:22:00.000-07:002007-08-21T14:29:19.070-07:00A shirt for everyone!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/RsqE93EITFI/AAAAAAAAAGY/CdqzfUbKccI/s1600-h/beetee.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101035726238665810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="bride and groom to bee wedding t-shirts" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/RsqE93EITFI/AAAAAAAAAGY/CdqzfUbKccI/s400/beetee.jpg" border="0" /></a>
Get it from <a href="http://www.wherebridesgo.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=W&Product_Code=WS-I8003s&Product_Count=43&Category_Code=CLOTHING">Where Brides Go</a>. But get several, because your guy is gonna want to wear this <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">every single day</span>.Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-52920377148535445902007-08-12T18:22:00.000-07:002007-08-14T23:23:30.879-07:00Tagged!<a href="http://www.planningforever.typepad.com/">Saundra </a>tagged me in the comments, so here goes:
The rules:
<blockquote>Here are the rules: Players list 8 facts/habits about themselves. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning before those facts/habits are listed. At the end of the post, players then tags 8 people by posting their names and makes sure they know they have been tagged by leaving a comment at the tagee’s blog. </blockquote>
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<li>The Tall Fella and I have just moved back into our apartment after several decades renovating. On 16 December 2006 we moved into a <strike>local fleapit</strike> value-priced <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rionam/397252300/in/set-72157594408632590/">local motel</a>, expecting to be living there about four weeks. Didn't make sense to get a short-term apartment, now did it? <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rionam/315500384/in/set-72157594408632590/">Months</a> and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rionam/359242197/in/set-72157594408632590/">months</a> and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rionam/359186467/in/set-72157594408632590/">months</a> and a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rionam/756299170/in/set-72157594408632590/">kajillion</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rionam/404391860/in/set-72157594408632590/">dollars</a> later, we moved back in. Did I mention that our place is 800 square feet and that I now consider it inappropriate for people to casually mention that many builders can construct entire houses - nay, entire developments - in that timeframe? Still, we love it, we really do. There is no joy like moving into a place you've finally made yours - and one of the joys of living in said small fleapit is that our place now seems gigantic. <em>Roomy</em>. Airy. There's still a few dotting of Is and crossing of Ts - <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rionam/540827016/in/set-72157594408632590/">Frank</a> the Contractor is working on it <i>as I type</i> - but we really really are nearly finished, almost.</li>
<li>I have Irish and Canadian passports, and am just eligible to apply for US citizenship, which I am going to do as soon as we get a printer at home. I really, really want to vote.</li>
<li>I went to law school but even though I finished I never did the bar or anything. Instead I moved to London where I started photocopying for British Telecom. Good times.</li>
<li>I love Americana and if we weren't planning to live in our apartment until they carry us out in a box, I'd mostly love to live in a house in the sticks, where I could rock on the porch with a straw in my mouth and a shotgun across my lap.</li>
<li>I'm around 5'10, 5'91/2, something like that, but I haven't grown an inch since I was about eleven.</li>
<li>Once I won Karl Cassell's voice on my home answering machine, but then Verizon wiped the message. Man, was I pissed.</li>
<li>My name never, ever rhymes with Fiona. It's spelled R-i-o-n-a, but it's pronounced Ma'am.</li>
<li>My superpower is that I never, ever get a hangover. </li>
</ol>Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-72935296907980657992007-07-05T16:58:00.000-07:002007-07-05T17:09:40.915-07:00I'm absolutely smitten with the advice and the language of the <a href="http://singles.syl.com/wedding/">SYL advice pages</a>. Looking for <a href="http://singles.syl.com/tipstobecomehiswife.html">tips to become his wife</a>?
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<blockquote>He is young, modest, smart, tall, goes in for sport, has high ideals and aims. From all points of view he deserves you. But how to make him understand it? That is a question.
Try dances. Manage so that he will be in your company for this Saturday evening going to disco. Dance is the best way to seduce a man- nice music, colorful lights, you are close to each other. That is - potential husband is caught on the hook. Next step is to act very interested in him and defenceless and ask him to do something very manful for your, like to fix a broken lock or put right the book shelf (you like to read and buy so many books that the shelf has broken). </blockquote>
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This site will reward close attention.
For example, did you know that there are <a href="http://singles.syl.com/chooseahusband.html">eight types of men</a>? My favorite:
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<strong>Category 6</strong>. Sissy or crushed. Both can be easily married by any woman.
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<blockquote>"Why? Does buying a gay melon baller at Tiffany's cost more than buying a straight melon baller at Tiffany's?"</blockquote>Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-68056036898191396522007-06-28T19:17:00.000-07:002007-06-28T20:15:43.018-07:00Advice for fabulous wedding bathroomsfrom The Knot's article Restrooms 101 (bogs for beginners):<br/><br/>
<blockquote>Really love your wedding colors? Add coordinating dye to the toilet water. Fill the bathroom floor with rose petals. Play your ceremony music on CD. Reception hall doesn't come with restroom attendants? Hire your own private Jeeves.
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Add. Dye. To. The. Toilet. Water.
This is a level of attention to detail I, with my boring vanilla toilet water, can't even begin to imagine. This person must be terrifying in the office. Find out more <a href="http://www.theknot.com/ch_article.html?Object=A00216175015">here</a>.Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-88618268180861296982007-06-18T12:43:00.000-07:002007-08-21T13:45:51.675-07:00Godawful wedding crap indeed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/RnbhkubCIJI/AAAAAAAAAGI/_3r1gjKQzoM/s1600-h/weddingpills.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/RnbhkubCIJI/AAAAAAAAAGI/_3r1gjKQzoM/s400/weddingpills.jpg" alt="small gold pills intended for couples to swallow, recover, and swallow again" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077493650959769746" border="0" /></a>
Thank you, <a href="http://kvetch.indiebride.com/index.php?t=msg&th=27910&start=0&rid=0&S=27ee6501c505a2ca6ddd96d45d92db02">IndieBrides</a>, for directing me to these. I think.
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<blockquote>Wedding Pills, designed by Ted Noten, are golden alternative wedding rings with a traditional inscription with the name of the loved one and the marriage date. They can be taken with a glass of vodka or other beverage. Because of the intimate process these pills undergo a fundamental question is laid bare: are we going to search for it or not, it may provoke the first marriage crisis. And with whom it agrees, the ritual can be repeated after each crisis – a nice reconciliation ritual.</blockquote>
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Yeah, I had to read it twice too. <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The ritual can be repeated after each crisis.</span>
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What, is make-up sex suddenly not hot enough or something?
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<a href="http://www.chihapaura.com/rituals/rt12.html">Buy the gift that keeps on giving here.</a>Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-45456850353393151412007-06-14T13:49:00.000-07:002007-06-14T13:54:36.628-07:00Weekly wedding link of awesome: Colbert brings it on"You don't see the other 17 presidential candidates dropping their maiden names."
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Her pearls? Grace Kelly. Dynamite!Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-55748146151853179422007-06-13T17:43:00.000-07:002007-06-13T17:54:50.275-07:00Nothing that can't be fixed with a little Photoshop<div>So there I was, googling for first anniversary gift ideas, when what did I see only <a href="http://www.mydavinci.com/7/products.jsp?code=adamandeve">this</a>?</div>
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<p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/RnCPnubCIFI/AAAAAAAAAFo/5ha3Dm0eWbE/s1600-h/ae-012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075714692685635666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/RnCPnubCIFI/AAAAAAAAAFo/5ha3Dm0eWbE/s400/ae-012.jpg" border="0" /></a>
The good people at <a href="http://www.mydavinci.com/">MyDaVinci</a> ("Art that clicks") will take your photos and Photoshop your faces onto the painting of your choice. While I can't imagine spending the rest of my life staring at a picture of myself and himself besporting ourselves in the woods, I have to admit I'm tempted by the <a href="http://www.mydavinci.com/7/products.jsp?code=AmericanGothic">American Gothic </a>version:
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/RnCQbubCIHI/AAAAAAAAAF4/4E_xh5fTP4Y/s1600-h/ag001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075715586038833266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/RnCQbubCIHI/AAAAAAAAAF4/4E_xh5fTP4Y/s400/ag001.jpg" border="0" /></a>
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/RnCQTebCIGI/AAAAAAAAAFw/2g9rODAAOqI/s1600-h/ag001.jpg"></a>Or I could surprise him on his birthday with a portrait of himself:</p>
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/RnCRmObCIII/AAAAAAAAAGA/pOAbe-SzL5E/s1600-h/BB2001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075716865939087490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/RnCRmObCIII/AAAAAAAAAGA/pOAbe-SzL5E/s400/BB2001.jpg" border="0" /></a>
My DaVinci. It's brilliant.Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-30333625929167582112007-06-12T14:06:00.000-07:002007-08-21T13:46:38.225-07:00Now the big day's over ...<div>she's gonna need the <a href="http://www.rosemarycompany.com/1565.html">Honey Do Whistle</a>. Spouse-training technology has obviously come a long way since we featured the the <a href="http://godawfulweddingcrap.blogspot.com/2006/05/treat-him-like-king-train-him-like.html">training treats for new husbands </a>- this little beauty comes with a guarantee. </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075288803728564290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="honey do whistle for new husbands" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/Rm8MRubCIEI/AAAAAAAAAFg/-Lmiue7i8Dw/s400/honeydowhistle1.jpg" border="0" />
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<a href="http://www.helyn.com/wedding_cake_toppers%20traditional%207_inch_.htm">Pick it up here, for $300.</a>Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-13912358854010686772007-05-25T11:48:00.001-07:002007-05-25T12:27:16.877-07:00Weekly Wedding Link of AwesomeIranian blogger <a href="http://jadi.civiblog.org/">Jadi</a> writes about about his friend's Maryam's <a href="http://jorge.paulodesigns.com/wedding/ceremony.html">aghd </a>ceremony:
<blockquote>I want to mention an addition in her Aghd ceremonies. Aghd is a religious word for "marriage" and in our traditions it consists sitting in front of a Mirror + Flowers + Some sweets + Rings + ... and here + 1 Million Signatures For Equal Rights booklets! You can see the booklets at the bottom right. These are the booklets used when people are collecting signatures to say "We need equal rights for men and women". </blockquote>
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/Rlcvj10YR_I/AAAAAAAAAFQ/k7rGgmwdwAA/s1600-h/equal_marriage_in_iran.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068572198417483762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/Rlcvj10YR_I/AAAAAAAAAFQ/k7rGgmwdwAA/s400/equal_marriage_in_iran.jpg" border="0" /></a>
<div><a href="http://jadi.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2007/5/15/2950576.html">Read more here. </a> And <a href="http://jadi.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2007/5/22/2968299.html">see an example of why it's so important</a>.</div>Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-49166076515899026142007-05-25T11:41:00.001-07:002007-05-25T11:45:26.745-07:00But that's not what I meant!Slightly distressed as a check of Sitemeter reveals that GWC is the #2 result for <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=how%20to%20treat%20man%20like%20a%20crap">How to treat man like a crap</a>.
Kind of charmed by the use of "man" (as in mankind?) and "a crap", though. Both broader and more specific than "<a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=how+to+treat+a+man+like+crap&btnG=Search">how to treat <em>a </em>man like crap</a>" for which GWC doesn't even appear on the first page.
Again, we wish the researcher all the best with his or her inquiries but must direct them elsewhere.
Bye now.Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-47070614369757349332007-05-24T11:08:00.000-07:002007-08-22T16:59:06.228-07:00Jodie Marsh is getting married: Why the legwarmers, I wonder?<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/RlXVB10YR-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/nkovLochhE8/s1600-h/jodie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068191183278720994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="Jodie Marsh and her wedding legwarmers" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/RlXVB10YR-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/nkovLochhE8/s400/jodie.jpg" border="0" /></a>
Men are invited to submit an application for a series of open auditions for the chance to marry <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodie_Marsh">Jodie Marsh </a>in September. The search and subsequent wedding will be filmed for MTV and - if the bride's ensemble is anything to go by - promises to be quite the show.
Apply online at <a href="http://www.marryjodiemarsh.com">Marry Jodie Marsh</a>.Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-54673638917388293922007-05-18T18:59:00.001-07:002007-05-18T19:03:26.560-07:00Weekly Wedding Link of AwesomeAnthony and Claire's Wedding Dance
<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DuzEtU7HkKY"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DuzEtU7HkKY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-71757303556073405842007-05-18T15:10:00.000-07:002007-08-21T14:30:10.497-07:00Most. Romantic. Caketopper. Ever.Thanks to the gals at <a href="http://kvetch.indiebride.com/">Kvetch</a>, check out:
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/Rk4k0V0YR8I/AAAAAAAAAE4/5vbbpwUAXZg/s1600-h/brown_topper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/Rk4k0V0YR8I/AAAAAAAAAE4/5vbbpwUAXZg/s320/brown_topper.jpg" alt="wedding cake topper showing a groom putting money in a bride's garter" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066027112467023810" border="0" /></a>
Need to see a little bit more of Bobby? Feast your eyes, my friends. Feast your eyes. I'd hold out until he peels off a couple more twenties, though.
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Available from Thumbprint Kids, <a href="http://www.thumbprintkids.com/pages/detailpages/caketoppers/tracy_brown.htm">right here</a>.
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Update: Hang on to those bills, my bridegroom buddies. Agent Rachael has just pointed out that once of these little things <a href="http://www.thumbprintkids.com/pages/caketoppers.html">will set you back $2500</a>. For that kind of money you could be knee-deep in doughnuts.Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-20779968839558079532007-05-15T13:46:00.000-07:002007-08-22T16:59:27.570-07:00Wedding cake patent: A plurality of tulles<p>
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<p>The atmosphere of excitement may aggravate the difficulty of distributing confetti or birdseed to all the wedding attendees. Further, wedding cakes commonly served at wedding parties need to be properly portioned, cut and placed on plates requiring the effort of someone skilled with the hands, a facility which all the attendees do not usually possess. The cake itself can be difficult or time consuming to make, and the whole event might require considerable clean up when completed. </p>
<p>Accordingly, a need remains for a simulated wedding cake that overcomes the above-noted shortcomings.
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Inventor Rosemarie E. McGuigan has stepped up to the plate with <a href="http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=11&amp;amp;amp;p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&S1=(wedding+AND+cake)&OS=wedding+AND+cake&RS=(wedding+AND+cake)">U.S. Patent 7,021,465</a>.</p>
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<p>The simulated cake further includes a plurality of capsules that have a top opening for selectively receiving a variable quantity of bird seed and confetti therein, for example. Such a plurality of capsules are removably positionable into the plurality of holes. The present invention further includes a plurality of tulles engageable about the plurality of capsules. A plurality of ribbons are also attachable to the plurality of tulles for tying the respective top portions thereof. Advantageously, bird seed and confetti may be selectively contained therein until a user desires to sprinkle same over the bride and groom. The present invention further includes a plurality of rings engaged with the plurality of ribbons respectively. </p></blockquote>I am totally in love with the Patent Office and its requirement of the word "plurality". It's a word I resolve to use more often.Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-87697032690272696262007-05-06T15:30:00.000-07:002007-08-21T14:30:51.561-07:00Christ. Another one.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/Rj5XRq982pI/AAAAAAAAAEg/EqzQpwLQ9do/s1600-h/009312.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061578992314538642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="wedding cake topper with groom on the end of a hook" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/Rj5XRq982pI/AAAAAAAAAEg/EqzQpwLQ9do/s320/009312.jpg" border="0" /></a>
<div>I've said it <a href="http://godawfulweddingcrap.blogspot.com/2006/06/he-loves-me-he-loves-me-not-and-i-dont.html">before</a> (<a href="http://godawfulweddingcrap.blogspot.com/2006/06/more-charming-caketoppers.html">more than once</a>), and I am certain I will say it again, but still: who <a href="http://www.thatsmytopper.com/product/view.php?product_id=018360&category_id=008292">buys these things</a>?</div>
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<div></div>Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-32713338329108435182007-05-06T15:14:00.000-07:002007-08-22T17:01:31.768-07:00Wedding beer can koozie: More ways to keep the amber nectar cool<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/Rj5Tna982oI/AAAAAAAAAEY/ScD-v_rzk6o/s1600-h/bridesvillage_1945_46169198.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061574967930182274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="beer coozy with the slogan love is all around" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/Rj5Tna982oI/AAAAAAAAAEY/ScD-v_rzk6o/s320/bridesvillage_1945_46169198.gif" border="0" /></a>
<div>If you're looking for a gift for the man in your life, and you, like, <em>hate </em>him or something, remember that he'd probably enjoy standing around at parties with his friends - his male friends - drinking beer out of a coozy emblazoned with the slogan "Love Is All Around". <a href="http://www.bridesvillage.com/sunshinecancooler.html">Get them here.</a></div>Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27841426.post-43826721668146499952007-04-24T18:27:00.000-07:002007-08-22T16:59:56.161-07:00Wedding and honeymoon car decorations<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/Ri6um6982nI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/kSBemLvv3rM/s1600-h/onboard.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057171415271004786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="wedding car decorations" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XK3dBKERIr0/Ri6um6982nI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/kSBemLvv3rM/s320/onboard.jpg" border="0" /></a>
Not just stylish: <a href="http://bridaloccasion.com/decorationscar.htm">this getaway car essential</a> comes complete with a "suction cup for easy mounting" - an important consideration for any honeymoon couple.Rionahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07423148323012201779noreply@blogger.com8