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Valve Corporation Wedding Cake Toppers

Tory — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:00:48 +0000

We love Half-Life. We love Portal. We love Portal 2. Valve Corporation wedding cake toppers were inevitable. Again, high excitability = no process shots. Please forgive my shame. The cube and figures are polymer clay over a tightly packed foil base. My hands are strong now. Like, Rockbiter strong. Mmm, delicious limestone. Anyhoo. I baked… Continue reading Valve Corporation Wedding Cake Toppers

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DIY Wedding Bathroom Emergency Kit

Tory — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:00:48 +0000

As I’ve said, I’m a fan of gift-wrapping cardboard boxes for instant fancy baskets. So it was an easy thing to put together a wedding bathroom emergency kit. What went in it: Chewing gum (mint and fruit!) Laundry stain wipes Contact lens solution Adhesive bandages Hand lotion Ibuprofen Effervescent antacid Antiseptic wipes Chewable antacid Other… Continue reading DIY Wedding Bathroom Emergency Kit

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DIY Wedding Shirt and Dress Origami Escort Cards

Tory — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:00:41 +0000

You cannot give a woman a budget and a year of lead time and not expect some papercraft all up in this piece. Thus the origami escort cards. (There is also a tale of venue snafu and caboose-saving, but it must wait for another day.) The origami will fit just fine in place card holders.… Continue reading DIY Wedding Shirt and Dress Origami Escort Cards

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DIY Origami Wedding Favors with Candy

Tory — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:00:23 +0000

No, I am not done with the twee papercraft. Yes, I know it is getting a little wacky. But here are the origami wedding favors. Origami I ordered three packs of Japanese Tant Origami Paper in blue and used all the pastel shades. Also I notice I did this in May of last year. It’s… Continue reading DIY Origami Wedding Favors with Candy

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DIY Wedding Papercraft Programs

Tory — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:00:09 +0000

Again, you cannot give a woman a to-do list and a year of lead time and not expect some wedding papercraft programs up in this piece. I considered a lot of options for programs. Fans are cool, and seed fans are super cool. But I couldn’t justify the cost and materials of printing them —… Continue reading DIY Wedding Papercraft Programs

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To Pete Yorn on This, My Wedding Day

Tory — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:00:47 +0000

Dear Pete Yorn, I’m getting married today. This is thanks in part to you and a song you wrote twelve years ago. We’ve met only once, a passing greeting after one of your shows, the kind of exchange you must have many times a day with many strangers. But you are a musician. And music… Continue reading To Pete Yorn on This, My Wedding Day

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5 Things to Do Before Addressing Formal Invitations

Tory — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:36:37 +0000

There comes a time in life when you are called upon to send formal invitations, whether it is to a wedding or a marriage-equality fundraiser. What follows are steps to maximize mellowness while being afraid you’re doing it wrong and no one will want to be friends with you anymore. I can’t wait to learn… Continue reading 5 Things to Do Before Addressing Formal Invitations

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Cost-Effective Weddinging Part 2

Tory — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:00:48 +0000

Image via an alarmingly gauche eHow post All RSS feeds forgive me for yesterday’s post of this in-progress. A friendly friend told me she dug Cost-Effective Weddinging part 1 and it takes so little to stoke my ego like a wild inferno so here is a follow-up. If this makes your eyes roll back in… Continue reading Cost-Effective Weddinging Part 2

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Cost-Effective Weddinging

Tory — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:00:12 +0000

So I’m getting married. Of interest is why a man 99th percentile in handsomeness, cleverness and good-naturedness picked me to marry, particularly after he had seen me with no makeup on. Of interest is his warm, good-natured family with well-developed empathy levels. Of interest is how we met (OKCupid!) and how circumstance tested him early,… Continue reading Cost-Effective Weddinging

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