I'm always surprised to learn that not many people in Kansas City know about the Kansas City Ethnic Enrichment Festival. I've been going every year for the last 5 years, and, in my opinion, it is one of the top things Kansas City has to offer. I always go out of my way to tell people about it starting the first week of August. It appears my advertising has worked, because every year it gets busier and busier. So here is what the Ethnic Festival is and why you should go.
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My mother-in-law is from New York and has many relatives still living there, so my husband has been to New York nearly every year since he was a child. It was less exciting than Silver Dollar City to him at this point. This left me with a very knowledgeable and less-than-enthusiastic tour guide for the big city.
I saw these beautiful aisle signs on Pinterest and looked up their price on Etsy and didn't want to pay that much, so I decided to make my own. I also realized that the large ones looked better, but they might get knocked over as people sat down, so I decided to create smaller hanging ones. (I also wanted to get white lanterns for next to the chairs, but that's an idea that didn't pan out). Here's how I made aisle signs for less than $50.
There's really no point on reflecting on your wedding. You can't change it, and you hope you don't have another one. However, maybe I can document my lessons learned for someone else.
One of my friends gave me bookends for Christmas. There was an A one and a Z one, for Amber and Zach (my now husband). Because our website played on the A & Z theme, I wanted to incorporate these bookends into our wedding decor. Plus, I am a huge fan of utilizing wedding decor around my home, or my home decor in my wedding. Here is how I made the card-box.
I really wish I had a blog during my trip to Europe. I just wish I documented more throughout the entire trip, and a blog would have forced me to. The more days pass since that trip, the less I remember, so I will take the time to document as much as I can.
We decided to take a trip during our winter break of our senior year in college. We figured that this was the last time we would be able to take a long vacation, and I wanted to see as much as possible to make the price of the international flight more worth it. We had some money saved up from our summer internships (I worked 60 hours that summer to pay off as much of my loans as possible). I saw a Groupon for a 3 week trip from Go-Today, which included flights from JFK to Europe, flights between the 6 cities, and accommodation for 2 nights in each city. We ended up picking a different trip from Go-Today with only 5 cities, but 3 nights in each city, so about the same length. Honestly, 17 days of traveling was quite long. I gained a lot of weight while dating my now husband. Dating usually involves a lot of going out to eat, especially when both parties live in the dorm with only a microwave. My fiance and I love food. When one of us are sad, the other offers them some food as an easy fix. Or when one of us were hungry, we both would eat, even if we weren't hungry ourselves. Times that by four years of dating and you get a lot of extra bulge.
After a year and a half of wedding planning, we needed a nice getaway. When looking for honeymoon destinations, we were pretty locked into the Sandals chain because it included all inclusive scuba diving. We got our PADI Scuba Diving Certifications a few years ago at Table Rock Lake and never had a chance to scuba dive in the ocean. Sandals is more geared towards beginners, so we thought it would be the perfect place to wet our fins.
Ceremonies are all about first looks. First looks with your groom, your parents, your bridal party, and your guests. I decided to have a first look with just my groom before the ceremony and here's why:
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