Can we start 2010 with some good good news? Yes yes yes!
It’s engraved “HFG to Lida Avril 17 1881 Mizpah” Pearls + turquoise + rose gold == the best. We want to do bands in rose gold as well, something handmade and ancient looking.
10-10-2010, we think, a round auspicious date! Piles and piles of inspirations on Tumblr! I promise not to make this a wedding blog – in fact, since I never imagined I’d get married, I don’t want a traditional wedding at all! A weekend in Vermont, tents full of friends & family, bonfires, quilts – hopefully it’ll be not-too-cold and we’ll think of ways to stay cozy. Maybe we’ll build a pavilion with a firepit! Tiny ceremony officiated by Angeliska. Chandeliers from the trees. Stacks of old suitcases as tables. Picnic baskets. Hammocks. Skeleton key chimes. Autumnal wonder. Wildernest!
I’m trying to not look at wedding blogs because they are OUT OF HAND with the perfection and that’s wayyyyy too much pressure, no? We have teeny budget and I don’t have a strong sense of theme, yet.
So, a palette moodboard to keep myself on track and not just randomly turn it into some cacophony of everything I think is pretty.
Yes yes yes! Tiny crowns and luna moth lanterns. Yes yes, 2010 with it’s roundy #’s and round cozy goodness! I’ve been thinking about the last year, and the last decade, and I’ve done so much and accomplished so much, but this finding my person has been quite late in life – when I look around and see people getting married in their early 20s! I guess for whatever reason, this is how it needed to go. So here we are, on the cusp on the next stages of life. Crazy! Magical!
zincink
2 months ago
This is THE year..
I really have a good feeling about it and wow! Look at that crown and ring!
I think you are right on time
Jesse
2 months ago
so! exciting!! congratulations & stick with your hibernation from wedding blogs. it is so easy to get sidetracked. i went to a summer wedding that sounds similar. a keg under a tree, jars for beer and iced tea, dancing under fairy lights. i bet it will be magical in vermont!
verhext
2 months ago
I’m sure I’ll peek, especially for food/table ideas. But I’m trying to find inspiration elsewhere first. It’s amazing how elaborate and crazy people get!
I’ll be making my own dress and I already have an idea, so that’s somewhat of a relief …or very scary!!
Jesse
2 months ago
and oh the craziness of magazines. i nearly threw myself out a window when i saw a feature on someone’s wedding that had a theme of little yarn pompom thingies. sounds weird but it was crushingly adorable! gah. so hard to hold onto your vision when twelve visions dance before you. mesmerizing.
can’t wait to see your dress! didn’t you make one last year for someone? experience is good
verhext
2 months ago
Yes, for my sister in laws sister! And I’m making one for my tiny wee witchy friend Dori, soon! So that will be good. Mine will be much scrappier and messy, I think.
Jesse
2 months ago
Ps, I just looked up mitzpah and it makes your awesome ring eight zillion times awesomer. Love love love that inscription.
nath
2 months ago
OH! wonderful. really my heart lifted! many many congratulations, what a beautiful start to the year. and that ring, oh my. made for you, really.
and you know what? a strong sense of theme? i spotted one right here, to my right – your ABOUT column! your theme in 60 words. (or thereabouts, maths is certainly not my strong point).
hurrah!
verhext
2 months ago
thank you!! i think you’re right about the theme, i guess i was thinking more in terms of the traditional wedding bloggy themes…not so much “1920s occultists stumble into the woods and decide to have a picnic…”
i’m inspired by this photo of my nana:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/verhext/3480330627/sizes/o/in/set-72157601397167405/
fanciness in the woods!
laura
2 months ago
i like to think that i’m personally responsible for all this magic.
kidding! but i am just so excited that by extension, this year is already better for me too and everyone that loves you! i am so happy for you.
i have the same thoughts/concept for my wedding, too…down to not being certain that i’ll do it. haha. a. keeps asking again and again and i am just a scaredy cat. i would like something very similar, but maybe in the wilds up here…….
ah, i’m all a mess of excitement!!
verhext
2 months ago
Do it!! You 2 would have the cutest wedding ever. It’s odd because I never thought of myself as a bridezilla-type, but I can feel it burbling over…
laura
2 months ago
well, have as much fun with it as you want…you (hopefully) only get to do it once! you’re not a bridezilla! we are all greedy to see your magic at work!
verhext
2 months ago
he just said; “i think we should do interpretive kate bush dances at the wedding instead of vows.”
also when i was describing what i wanted to do for invites he said “you don’t want invites, you want a press kit.”
haaaa. danger!
andrea gutierrez
2 months ago
so very wonderful, congrats!! i know your special day is going to be absolutely amazing. you say you don’t have a theme yet but i beg to differ! i can’t wait to see photos of this!
jamie g.
2 months ago
great and wonderful! i am so happy for you!!!
lau
2 months ago
aww yay! congrats! Big Love!
verhext
2 months ago
ha! how many years now have i been blogging about the search for the Big Love? it’s crazy that it’s so easily recognized when it actually gets here…
lau
2 months ago
i think i know the feeling!! :X
j.
2 months ago
CONGRATULATIONS!! your wedding (and marriage) will be magical.
verhext
2 months ago
!! thank you. where in the world are you now? bolivia? your life is amazing! you need to make a photo book.
RitualBath
2 months ago
Congrats! The ring is amazing as are the ideas for the event! I highly suggest that sort of wedding, we were married in a large outdoor pavilion, down a straw strew isle, under the pine trees.
Later after we ate BBQ and homemade pies from the women in my family, we sat around a bonfire while my new father in-law sang to us.
It was beautiful hard work with my friends and family that we still look back fondly on.
verhext
2 months ago
I’m super inspired by the outdoor parties in Tasha Tudor books:
http://verhextliebe.tumblr.com/photo/1280/311865885/1/tumblr_kvldgrsBGS1qa6gmf
http://verhextliebe.tumblr.com/photo/1280/311867464/1/tumblr_kvldit76dY1qa6gmf
& since my mother will be making the food & cake, and she’s the one who plied me with Tasha Tudor from birth, she’ll be excited…cute!
flutterby3 - shana
2 months ago
Congratulations! I think your moodboard is amazing and look forward to seeing the bits you share with us here. Simple weddings are the best! Mine was in October of 2000 and I am happy I kept it simple but island themed since we married on a cruise ship heading for the islands. Light blue, linen, daisies, and simple…perfect for Florida where it’s still balmy in Oct.
'tine
2 months ago
Congrats! Oct is the best month to get married in. My parents actually got married on 10/10 and theirs was a long, committed marriage. Congrats again!
alita
2 months ago
wow!! so excited for you, and happy for your happiness. let me know if I can help in any way…
Tiffany
2 months ago
I stop by your blog ever so often…and always leave inspired and like I have this friend who I don’t know and who doesn’t know me who cares about the same things in life, finds the same things cozy, and persistently grasps onto the magic of life!
Thank you :]
verhext
2 months ago
thank you! you should stop by more and make a friend you do know!
E. Elizabeth
2 months ago
10-10 is my anniversary! It’s a good date!
jenene
2 months ago
congratulations!!!! i’m sure it will be the prettiest most magical wedding ever! are you going to make your own gown?
verhext
2 months ago
yes! short dress, and long sleeved.
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Anna @ D16
2 months ago
Oh!! Congratulations!! I am so happy for you, truly. xox
Mallory
2 months ago
Congratulations! I’m so happy to hear that you’ve found someone to make you so happy! (And my condolences about your grandmother too… she seemed like an amazing person and I’m sure she would be ecstatic to know that you’ve finally found the perfect person to share your life with!)
verhext
2 months ago
She did know, which is something that is comforting to me – at least she knows i’ll be ok? she said “you’re going to make HER settle down?” in her tiny imp voice. I miss her (and cry a lot, still) every day.
little black forest
2 months ago
i adore the ring. so so perfect. wishing you magical wedding planning!. i can’t wait to watch this all unfold.
Violet Folklore
2 months ago
Super beautiful color palette Tamera! I love it. Did you see what Christina Hendricks did with her bridesmaids: http://sallyjanevintage.blogspot.com/2010/01/joanie-loves-vintage.html
verhext
2 months ago
Weird, I just saw that photo on Tumblr! I like it – I think I’ll probably help re-make vintage dresses for my ladies? I’m not having bridesmaids so much as a fairy court, haha. They are not the sort of ladies who could be told what to wear!
Amelia
2 months ago
SO MAGICAL! I’m looking forward to your ideas with this… and I’ll pass along any that I see
jennifer
2 months ago
wonderful. wonderful. wonderful.
congratulations
it’s a fantastic way to start the year so happy
Lorra
2 months ago
Congrats, Tamera
Nubby
2 months ago
Congrats! I’m so happy for you!
verhext
2 months ago
ha, i was just reading YOUR 2009 post, just this very moment. cosmic! congrats to you on a great year – do you and your brother own the house? i want to see more photos!
april
2 months ago
yay for love! i’m so excited for you! i can’t wait to see what magical things you create for this. i always say that the first things that pop into your head are usually the best, and your little moodboard has my head spinning with ideas already! such a perfect colour palate for a magical autumn evening.
verhext
2 months ago
All ideas welcome – I’m already overwhelmed with the amount of work it seems to be? Eek!
Automne
2 months ago
Congratulations, lady! As a girl with no money who just went through this last year, my heart goes out to you. I had tons of feminist breakdowns before our wedding. I questioned every dated idea, read books on where various traditions came from, and rebelled against all of that nonsense. Even though we made up or own traditions and kept things as simple as possible, it was still a ton of work. There were so many times when I just wanted to elope – but it was so worth it in the end. I can’t even explain the high you’ll get when you see so many friends and family members celebrating love with you. Never think of it as a wedding. Think of it as throwing a love party. That’s actually my best piece of advice to you but I’m sure you already know this.
Lara
2 months ago
Congratulations! So, so beautiful the glimpses of inspiration in your moodboard, and that ring! I too am someone who never thought I’d marry (and still can’t see it happening, and can’t imagine finding the Big Love, though have hoped it was that a few times). I have always imagined a fairy-woods romp-music-warm draughts-glowing lights-tents and fall crisp air wedding party, but I am older (early 30s) and as the years pass it seems less and less like I will meet my partner in mischief and love. If you ever feel like sharing the story of how you met the Professor and knew that was it, it would buoy this steelbound heart with the hope of one day magic!
verhext
2 months ago
Thank you! I am 34! Do not despair. I did, really, I stopped believing in it, and even when it was VERY obvious that he was my person, I still fought it for a few months because I’d been so jaded!
I will tell the story, hopefully sooner rather than later (fingers crossed!) but right now, for privacy reasons, I cannot! But, hopefully good things are brewing that mean I can spill secrets! Mysterious, I know.
He claims that the minute we met he knew he recognized me, but thought he’d met me before…it took months for us to actually get together. It just became more and more apparent that we were linked!
& a story I mentioned on flickr: we both thought we were married when we met because we’ve both worn a plain silver band on our left ring fingers since high school, randomly. neither of us have ever met anyone else who did.
Lara
2 months ago
I love that he recognized you, and the story of the plain silver bands! How exquisite and happy that you have found your person, and that the links unraveled and revealed themselves.
Thank you for the kind words to not despair!
Lady Lavona
2 months ago
Congratulations!!! You will be getting married in October when the Sun is in Libra…the sign of partnership…just perfect! Oh, I have the perfect wedding gift in mind for you already!!! I will pass all internet bohemian wedding findings along to you my dear! Brightest Blessings!
love & magick,
xo! Lavona
wendy.
2 months ago
that ring is the best thing i’ve ever seen. did you find it or did he?
verhext
2 months ago
We’d been looking at ebay together, I probably pointed out 60 or so rings I liked…I had no idea which he’d choose! He won!