Dad pushing the helium tank amidst the balloon arch platform and the thirteen bushel basket/maypole centerpieces.
Each balloon is attached to an upended party favor box with an "N" paper coaster glued to it. It is weighted by a little tub of play-doh.
Kale engineered the whole thing. His mock up of the centerpieces was made of paper plates, playdough and yarn. I tied together some 300 handkerchiefs collected from family, friends and ebay.
I spent a lot of time ordering too much stuff online - big balloons, ebayed handkerchiefs, bushel baskets, noisemakers, bird whistles. Man it was fun...well, it should have been. The truth is, it cost a lot, was stressful, became a source of contention between us (mostly a stuggle between myself and some other part of myself that doesn't get out much), and took up a lot of valued space in my brain. I got lost in it all even though I thought I was avoiding some of the more stressful parts of the planning. I didn't have bridesmaids, thus I neglected to involve my dear friends. I was unsure of having a shower, thus I didn't fully appreciate what a bridal shower should be. I was stressed and I was faltering. Life has a way of happening to you while you're busy making other plans.
The reason our wedding was beautiful - the thought and care my husband put into the details, the work and care our family did the days before and afterwards, the friends who came and shared in our joy, our little wedding party of littles who stole the show.
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