DIY Ideas

DIY, WIC.... another few things I never thought I'd know about.

WIC= wedding indutrial complex
DIY- well, that one's pretty clear actually. :)

The Wedding Industrial Complex is a weird and scary place. Go read Sara's stuff at 2000dollarwedding.com or pick up the book One Perfect Day by Rebecca Meade and you'll learn all about how scary this whole industry (and the fact that we even call it an industry should give you a good idea about where I'm going with this.)
Okay, let me be clear here- I think weddings are great. I went to my first wedding 6 years ago. My sister was getting married and I was a bridesmaid. It was a great party..... but something was....missing. Where was the love? Where was her insane personality? It's like everyone was expected to turn into wedding zombies and do the wedding act. It was a great day, don't get me wrong, but it definitely didn't reflect what I thought weddings were about. Example: they spent their wedding night in a great hotel counting their gift money!

I knew then that I wanted mine to be different. I hadn't yet met Mr. PG but I knew someday my wedding would be a sweet little affair, maybe in the backyard of a friend with a great house. There would be family and friends all joined together to see a beautiful ceremony and then have a lovely party. Little did I know that getting from point A (not engaged, no wedding in site and absolutely no idea on how to plan one) to Point B (4 months to go, so many details, marrying the love of my life- in someone's great backyard with friends and family!!) was going to be such a stressful and difficult thing to accomplish.

Trust me ladies out there I can relate.