The Concepts

Seeing the wedding come to life was really thrilling, and it was surprisingly easy to just sit back and let others take care of the details when we got to D-Day. I drew lots of pictures, made spread sheets, sweetened and condensed information, sent out a slew of emails...and ran around like mad packing and hoping I remembered everything. Then...I ran out of things to do and had a very relaxing week before the wedding. I can't thank my volunteers enough for the work they put into the wedding weekend: made my job easy.

Centerpieces: Conceptual Run Through

Centerpieces: Reality

^head table

^other tables



^le gargoyle and le girlgoyle (college memories!)

^in all their glory, hidden on the head table with my swanky thrift store find toasting flutes!

This is what my guest book table looked like ->

I looked everywhere for a contraption to hang my name cards on--haunting the local thrift stores for anything interesting and suitable. I couldn't find a thing. Finally I decided to gather sticks in the Ryan's back yard and tie them together into a "tree" form. We ended up borrowing a vase from Holiday Inn...and some of their gravel...but it worked well.

Abby's Accidentally Eco-Friendly Wedding

I really didn't set out to be "green"--I set out to use the resources at hand because I'm a Yankee. I realized as we were decorating that my sticks, sand, seashells and rocks were all destined to return to the sea shore or woods.


My vases and books were all borrowed--except for one or two books--and the frames were all looted from the stash I already had (and from my mother, with one or two exceptions). Other decor was snagged from around my condo, or will be reused (the peacock feathers, for instance). About the only thing thrown out were the numerous thistles that added spikey blue goodness everywhere.

My wedding dress was from a consignment shop--

my cape was my mother's (she made it in college, how cool is that?) and my shoes were on sale at an outlet store (ok, so that last part really isn't eco friendly, but it makes me happy).


We got all the flowers wholesale--I think they came from Guatamala that week. And flowers are inherently eco-friendly. They also just make me happy, which is of course a good thing.

-The Lady

honeymooners part 3

For all the stores we went to, we only bought a few small things at the lighthouse museum...oh...and we happily carried a model sailboat out of an antique shop (with a 2' mast). She's beautiful, and desperately in need of a name--and we purchased her on the blind faith that she would fit in the Mustang along with all the other stuff already in there. She did. Eventually. After an exciting adventure packing our loot into the car (poor River) we sat and waited for our turn to get on the ferry.

Leaving the harbor at Rockland we saw the harbor's lighthouse, which is at the end of a mile(?) long man-made causeway. Long walk.
The ferry took us to the island of Northhaven--summer population 1000, winter population 350. That is like taking our alma mater and marooning it on an island.

A man who moonlights as a Boston U professor (but spends the bulk of his time living on this island) met us at the dock (knowing immediately who we were, because he'd never seen us before) and tossed our gear into his little orange motor boat.

We stopped at the island's one grocery store for supplies, then piled into the little motor boat and set off to I-wasn't-sure-where. But I had my suspicions, based on something Boston U had said when we landed.

Little did I know that Nick had earlier that morning pointed to the precise spot we were going to spend the next two nights.

Yes, he's pointing to a little light.
This one:

Goose Rocks Lighthouse

Yes, we motored right up to it, stepped from the bobbing boat and climbed up the metal ladder and through the hatch to the deck.



And we proceeded to spend two nights there.

Nick grilled steaks and mixed an olive oil dip for our scrumptious fresh bread and we ate dinner by lamp light.
Proof we were in a lighthouse, this is us and the light itself!
This is the tail end of the "bit of a blow" we had while we were there. The storm hit after sunset the first night, and cleared up by mid afternoon the following day. How romantic is that? A storm at sea in a lighthouse!

We had a lovely time at our breathtaking and rustic spot off the coast of Maine. Yes, seriously. Nick did a good job.

On the ferry back a random fisherman type popped into the passenger section of the ferry (which we had all to ourselves) and said "So you're the honeymooners? Did you enjoy the lighthouse? My grandfather was stuck there once for 18 days!"

Ahhhh, Maine.

-The Lady

honeymooners part 2

At our next stop we took in the beautiful opulence offered by a Victorian Bed & Breakfast in Maine

Homemade pies are available 24/7, and the genial innkeeper and his wife create an atmosphere in which you really feel like their welcomed guest--only without the obligation to be social.




We walked to the lighthouse museum:

Look! Polish Coast Guard!

Does this ship look familiar to anyone?

We then wandered around the Main St shops. We ate lunch at a little Italian place (soup, and an eggplant parmesan panini that were exquisitely yummy) and continued our shopping expedition.

Toy store!

We thoroughly enjoyed exploring the Main St of Rockland, ME before heading to the ferry to Northhaven. Where did we go from there?

stay tuned to find out!

thank yous!

Dearest all,

In the flurry of tissue paper, glitter, ribbons and romantic quotes we have several presents that emerged without cards attached. We are distressed by this, because we really want to thank you!

So, our heartfelt thanks goes out to the people who gave us;

The Waffle Maker
The Camp Chairs
The iPod Car Charger

May much love and gratitude find you!

-The Knight and The Lady

the honeymooners

We're back!

It's official! ^

We've been "back" at work for a couple weeks, but tried not to resurface too much to the rest of the world (sadly, paychecks are necessary things, and there is something unforgiving about grad school classes and projects!)



However, I bet you've all been dying to know where we went for our honeymoon!


We took advantage of the beautiful seclusion offered by Cape Cod in the off season.

We went to Chatham Fish Pier

got our picture taken with a seagull^

^Chatham's harbor seals!
^Yup, We were that close to the wild seals. Didn't see any sharks, though.
^ The dunes where we stayed.

Our picnic in Scargo Tower: the highest point of Cape Cod ^ (mmmm, wedding cake and cold leftover chinese!)
Dessert first. ^

Sitting down high up. ^

Chatham Lighthouse ^

Our escape: Wind Song
Check back soon for pictures from the next stop!

ahh. . . November.

. . . you come too soon.

there really ought to be a "freeze time" button that you get to press after your wedding. unfortunately, life keeps going, and school and work eventually drag you back to reality.

marital insights, pictures, honeymoon stories and more to come.

in the meantime, check out the new wedding day page.

-The Knight