This is linlemon's Pink Wedding!

Well, We did it! A DIY Wedding to the Max!
Going all out DIY had its pros and cons but the time we put into
every detail was well worth it.

Let's start with the Pros:
The day of you get to see all your hard work come to life. All those small details you were questioning, do they matter, well yes they do!
Looking back at pictures you get to enjoy your hard work even more! Those DIY projects may be packed away in storage but the look of your guests faces appreciating and enjoying all your hard work is a great feeling that you can look at time and time again.
Having special DIY projects make really special gifts to give those who attend your special day, I found myself giving centrepieces and embroidery hoops to those who helped out with the special day as well to friends and family as they were leaving.

Now with every Pro comes a Con:
DIY Projects are fun and enjoyable, especially if your a crafty Martha like me, but you can easily make the mistake of taking on too many projects and having some unused on your special day. It can be disappointing not to see a project you loved making not used. If you have the time for DIYing then take that extra step to plan out priority DIY projects.
No one can decorate a wedding by themselves, especially a DIY wedding. Having friends and family help set up your special day is a must but keep in mind that they might not have the same vision as you have for some of your projects. You still can't do it alone but you can spend extra time prior to your special day with those who will be helping you set up to delegate tasks for day of set up.
What to do with everything after??? Eek, you get home from your honeymoon to walk into the house covered in boxes and containers of DIY projects you now don't remember making! Have a Plan and Help. Pick a storage location and a friend who can ensure everything is gathered from your vendor and taken somewhere for safe keeping until your ready to stroll down memory lane. No lie, we rented a 5x5 storage space for all of our wedding DIY goodies! And fill up that space we did!

Remember to enjoy your DIY projects and whenever you can involve a friend or family member. The day of your wedding they will be happy to help showcase all your DIY details if they had a hand in making your vision come to life.

Our engagement shoot was a little out of the ordinary. Even though soccer has nothing to do with the wedding, We had a soccer themed shoot.
We met in early 2009 on a soccer pitch so we wanted to incorporate something footie into our wedding!
So these are some pics, Thanks to
noellannephotography.com
I'm excited to have a save the date card to send to friends and family.
I hear a lot of people say that they like Save the Dates and others say otherwise. It's a small personal touch and very helpful to out of town guests, so on that note I will be sending out Save the Dates in February, 6 months before the wedding :)

I have a vision in my head of what I want our cake table to look like but the more thrift shopping i do the more i realize i'm either going to have to spend a fortune or just do with what I can find!
I'm good with the later. I put some of the items i've collected so far together for a mock cake table and so far i'm in even more love than the picture in my head.
All i'm missing is the suitcase I want the cake stand to sit in and the doily tablecloth i still have to make.
:)

It's fun to have an idea and watch it come to life. I had a vision of a wedding centrepiece that is simple, unique and me. It was turning out to be very hard to decided what I liked the most! I tried thinking back to the weddings i'd been to in the past and trying to remember the table settings and centrepieces and I couldn't. I then felt bad I couldn't remember something that someone worked so hard on.
I'm really into the mason jar look, it's simple, clean and pretty with a candle or used as a vase. I also LOVE the look of burlap, again, simple, natural and earthy, also sheds a lot which i'm learning!
So why not combine the two. I also really fell in love with the idea of using old hardcover books for centrepieces, so far i've found only books with rips, tears and fun colours! Exactly what I need.
My last inspiration for my centrepiece is tea pots! Not too sure how that came about but I wanted to incorporate tea pots into the mixture.
So my pictures show from my first attempt at making what I had in mind to 3 months later Actually being much closer to the finished product!

Can anyone lend some advise on Friday Wedding Start times?
Our date is the Friday of August long Weekend, but i'm just looking for some feedback on what is a good start time?
Our wedding is just outside the city...

Ever since the day i discovered Etsy I have loved looking up what fellow geekers have created for Zelda.
I bought the cuff links the day I saw them (about 2 days after being engaged) and the garter belt more recently.
These are the few Zelda hints i'm looking to drop into the wedding for anyone expecting me to dress up in full costume.. not going to happen.
I'm also looking to getting custom wine glasses etched with triforces with "mr." and "mrs." on them :P

The absolute hardest part of wedding planning for me was the location. My fiancee and I searched high and low for a location. I knew I wanted an outdoor wedding with a lot of trees and green grass. We checked out every park in Winnipeg, found an amazing spot at the leo mol garden at Assiniboine park but they couldn't accommodate our guest list. We also found an amazing tea house, The Pink ivy teahouse in Richer MB but again they couldn't accommodate parties over 30. It wasn't until my family called me from lunch at Pineridge Hollow and told me if i didn't get married there I was crazy. And they were right! It was love at first sight for Jeremy and I. The atmosphere was perfect, the food is amazing and the employees are fantastic! Needless to say we put our deposit down and set the date!
Since setting the date and knowing the layout of my big day i've started to get really excited about the little details...centre pieces, flowers, colours, linens, songs.. you name it!
http://pineridgehollow.com/weddings

When I tell people I am planning a Legend of Zelda themed wedding they say "wow your husband is a lucky guy" but in reality I am the lucky one! I gave my fiancee a choice, we can name our first born daughter Zelda or we can have a Zelda themed wedding... He chose the wedding.
So begins the Adventure of Linda, where my plan is to create a Princess wedding with hints of Pink, Green and Triforces.
The first thing I did was go out and buy my cake toppers! It took me three weeks to get them both, Link came from a comic book store and I found Zelda on ebay (shown in picture). In the near future i'm going to pick up some tool and make her a vail.
After the cake toppers were home and safe I realized I have a lot more work to do, I have a year off from work (on maternity leave) and am going to try to do as much as i can before i go back to work. Next up...
Location location location!