I’m beginning a little series dedicated to some of the wedding details I’m particularly excited about. And I’m going to try and do more than just one of these. With the wedding approaching in just 44 days, or so Steve told me this morning, and having read many many wedding blog posts over the last 8 months, I just can’t help but do a little blogging myself these days.
The thing is, I really live more in my own head (and to some extent in what I read) than I ever really thought, and I’ve preferred not to put into writing what I’ve been thinking and feeling about my approaching wedding and marriage. These things change a lot from day to day. BUT I am getting excited, I can’t wait for the day to come, and there is a significant part of me that can’t wait for the whole thing to be over and I can just be married to Steve. That’s not to say I won’t be crying when it’s done out of sadness that the whole thing is over.
To let loose a little of my excitement, and putting aside some of the stress and nerves, I’ll be writing some happy, albeit unlofty, posts about some of the details you might not notice if you’re coming to my wedding, but which 1) mean a lot to me, 2) I think are pretty, or 3) both. And with that, the box…
…which falls into category 2: I think it’s pretty. I got it from the Etsy vendor HansCreations. This is the box that my soon-to-be niece (weee!), Alexa, will carry down the aisle containing our wedding rings. I love that it’s personalized with our initials, it’s something unobtrusive and practical that we can keep in our home together, it generally goes with our aesthetic of rustic/wood-y/outdoorsy, and you can’t see it from this picture, but it contains a little pad of moss inside to keep our rings snug and warm until we can put them on.
We were actually going to use something else to carry our rings on the wedding day that would have definitely been in category 1: my stuffed bear, Bear (that’s his name), that Steve gave me in 2009 after a ski trip he took. Bear was part of our engagement story (he stowed away in Steve’s suitcase on our way to London and followed us to Regents Park for Steve to hide the ring under). Because I do not actually have a pet, Bear is treated as my pet (and Steve is really good at playing along), so to me it seemed the same as when people have their dogs run down the aisle wearing bow ties.
But then we decided against this plan, partly because Alexa is a tween, and I feel like she might be sensitive enough having to fill a role in the ceremony traditionally held by toddler-age boys without having to also carry a stuffed animal during her moment of photographed glory.
That’s only a little bit the reason. I’m also really scared Bear would get lost in the hustle and shuffle after the ceremony, and I would be heartbroken. Bear represents something about out relationship that’s a little hard to put into words, but which involves silliness, secrets and surprises, intimacy, and comfort.
So I hope you like this alternative! (The pink in that photo is a new skirt I just bought on lunch break in my new favorite color.)