holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Nov 18, 2009, 11:56 pm
Another country, another sunrise!  After a day at sea, we arrived in Santorini, Greece on the seventh day of our Mediterranean cruise.   We had an early excursion called the Hot Springs Tou...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Nov 11, 2009, 11:21 pm
Okay, so maybe it's not a crisis, but after planning our wedding and getting married, I've began to gain interest in topics other than weddings. Shocking, isn't it?  To feed my desire...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Nov 3, 2009, 8:47 pm
After spending time in Florence and Rome, we continued down the coast and arrived in Naples. We took yet another tour bus to the ancient city of Pompeii. Here are a few things we learned while explor...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Oct 25, 2009, 10:57 pm
On the fifth day of our honeymoon, we arrived in the port of Civitavecchia, which is the port near Rome. We had a full day excursion ahead of us so we grabbed some breakfast and set off with our tour ...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Oct 19, 2009, 12:37 am
I spent the weekend standing in one of my best friend's weddings. It was a beautiful wedding, and I could not be happier for her and her new husband! I got to spend the morning playing photograp...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Oct 15, 2009, 10:19 pm
Fact: The honeymoon posts seem to be well-received but they take a really long time to write! And I'm feeling lazy today. So sorry. Rather than not posting anything, I'll leave you with a ...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Oct 13, 2009, 9:05 pm
We left France and headed for Italy on Day 4 of our honeymoon. We arrived in Livorno, enjoyed yet another sunrise and headed to Florence. We drove through the beautiful Tuscan countryside enjoying vi...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Oct 7, 2009, 10:39 pm
After taking a day to recover on the boat, we arrived at our first port of Cannes, France at sunrise. Since our excursion was an early one, we had a chance to enjoy the beautiful view of the coast bef...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Oct 5, 2009, 12:00 am
It seems a little surreal to think that we've already been married for a month! I think it's safe to say it's been the best month of my life thus far. What better way to celebrate our on...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Oct 4, 2009, 9:31 pm
I was asked to post the following notice about a study at the University of Virginia for engaged couples. Hopefully some of you can participate! Engaged volunteers needed! I am looking for voluntee...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Oct 1, 2009, 10:32 pm
We had finally finished the journey. Next, we "checked in" to the boat, which was much less like a hotel and much more like an airport check in, signed forms to say that we weren't sick, got thro...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Sep 29, 2009, 9:20 pm
Our journey to our honeymoon was a long one. It started on Sunday, September 6th at approximately 6:00 am. Yes, we woke up at 6 am the day after our wedding! We showered, got ready, and packed all ...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Sep 28, 2009, 6:59 pm
It's too hard to narrow it down. I asked for a teaser or two to tide you all over (who am I kidding, to tide myself over) and our photographers delivered. They delivered 53 teasers, to be exact. ...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Sep 27, 2009, 5:36 pm
The lovely gift_girl from Wishpot asked me to spread the word about an exciting giveaway they are hosting this week! Wishpot and Avelle the New Bag Borrow Steal (think Sex in the City) have teamed up ...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Sep 27, 2009, 2:09 pm
I have a confession to make. We've been back from our honeymoon for a whole week and I haven't blogged about the wedding yet. For some reason, I've been nervous to write my first post as...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Sep 3, 2009, 1:22 am
To my almost husband-- Today is the day. The day we have been planning, stressing, and obsessing over for the past 14 months. The day that we've been waiting so patiently for during these past 8...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Aug 31, 2009, 11:52 pm
Well, one of us is off. The car is packed and I'll be making my way back to the UP tomorrow after work! My fiance (that's one of the last times I'll get to say that word) will be staying...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Aug 28, 2009, 2:02 pm
Well we have two winners! These lucky gals will receive 200 custom postcards from UPrinting.com! Congratulations to An Aqua Juel and awna jade for winning! Ladies, I'll be emailing you shortly w...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Aug 26, 2009, 1:31 pm
With only a little over a week left until the wedding, I cannot help but look past the wedding and move onto the honeymoon. Don't get me wrong, I am very excited for the wedding, the marriage, an...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Aug 22, 2009, 7:00 am
Two weeks from today, this girl is getting married! I can't believe how fast time has flown by. What better way to celebrate the two week mark than with a giveaway? Today we're giving away 2...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Aug 20, 2009, 11:55 pm
This weekend, we're off to the first of four weddings (not counting our own) that we have to go to in the next nine weeks. Yes, that means 5 out of 9 weekends will be spent celebrating marriage. ...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Aug 19, 2009, 11:35 pm
This past weekend I went back up to the UP for the last time before the wedding. In addition to vendor meetings to make sure everyone is on the right track for the big day, I had my makeup trial. Whe...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Aug 17, 2009, 11:17 pm
Please forgive me for all the DIY posts lately. Honestly it's all I've been doing the past few weeks! Here's a project that anyone can do...it's super simple! So easy in fact, I'...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Aug 14, 2009, 12:00 am
We've recently started to gather props and supplies for our "faux"tobooth! I was in Paper Source this past weekend for something totally unrelated, when I came across these chalkboard prints! At...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Aug 12, 2009, 11:35 pm
Last week I sent out our rehearsal dinner invitations! While not completely necessary, I really wanted to send out invites for the rehearsal dinner so there was no question as to who was invited and ...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Aug 10, 2009, 11:43 pm
handover (n.)1. Unpleasant physical effects, usually affecting the hands, following the heavy use of a corner rounder to make wedding programs or other stationary.After rounding 3,000 corners this we...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Aug 9, 2009, 11:51 pm
Obviously, there is no question as to where the bride and groom sit at their own reception. Head table or sweetheart table, either way, the newly married couple usually know where they should sit, an...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Aug 4, 2009, 10:48 pm
One month from now, I will be walking down the aisle to meet my groom. It is kind of surreal to me how fast time has been moving lately. It seems like Adam proposed just last week, but it's been...
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holly p. posted an article on a small town bride. - Aug 3, 2009, 10:57 pm
I believe that just about every bachelorette party I have ever been to has one thing in common. No, I'm not thinking of drinking, although that is usually a part of them as well. I'm thinkin...
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