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Our Honeymoon in Wine Country, NY

By Jessica

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I’ve been a married lady all of about 2 weeks now. The whole idea of being married is still settling in on me. Wedding pictures are forthcoming I promise, but today I want to talk about the honeymoon.

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We stayed at the Savanna House on Seneca lake, in the honeymoon sweet. It was absolutely delightful. The whole thing was the size of a small apartment decorated in the shabby chic style that really reminds me of NY, Finger Lakes style. When we entered the room there were lavender scented candles alight, and tranquil music playing. It was absolutely perfect! What’s better is that the masseuse arrived about 2 minutes after we did, starting this honeymoon off right. We ended the night pretty early with a bottle of cider that was a wedding gift, cheese crackers and veggies that I had brought for snacks throughout the week.

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After a hearty breakfast at a local diner we ventured to Pulteney Square and then did the Keuka Lake Wine tour. We finished off the day by ordering an obscene amount of Chinese food and a nice long bath.

In case you are wondering these are the wineries we visited: Bully Hill, Keuka Vineyards, Heron Hill, Dr. Frank’s Wine Cellars, Deep Root, & Yates Cellars.

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The next day we ventured to Watkins Glen for breakfast at Glen Mountain Bakery and a short hike that deserves its own post (coming soon).

Lunch was burgers at the Village Marina. Which put us into a food coma enough to take a nap. Since most winerys close at 6 and we woke up at 5:30 we decided to hang out in our sweet, read and find a nice place for dinner. We decided on Nonna’s Trattoria in Geneva. It was classic Italian food, that was delicious, another food coma ensued.

The following day we chose a few wineries along Seneca Lake, and Cayuga Lake to hit as we made our way back to pick the Brody Monster.

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The wineries that we visited on this part of the trip included: HJ Wiemer Winery, Pompous Ass Winery, Red Newt, Wagner Winery, Lamoreaux Landing, and Sheldrake Point.

With puppy in tow we finally made it back to our favorite camping spot for a few days to finalize the week.

I couldn’t ask for a more perfect honeymoon. I think Chuck enjoyed it as well. It was simple, easy, and perfectly romantic, as well as very us. We also ended up coming home with about 2 cases of wine, so I think we did alright.

If your interetested to see what else NY wine country has to offer check out my Wine Country Bucket List.

 

October 2, 2015 October 1, 2015 Filed Under: Travel, Wedding Tagged With: Travel, Wedding

It’s Official!

By Jessica

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I am married. I am back from my honeymoon, and have a new last name.

I promise to do recaps of everything when the opportunity arises, and I also plan to do some fun wedding posts (of course), but none of that is happening today.

Today it took everything that I had to get up get my self to write this post, to get to work, and actually be pleasant. Who can be pleasant on their first day back after such an amazing and stressful couple weeks? Not this girl. It’s ok, I have lots and lots of tea to help. Also since the wedding is over I can still indulge a little bit which will probably take place in the form of lots and lots of pasta, since that’s my comfort thing.

Happy Monday!

 

September 28, 2015 December 5, 2017 Filed Under: Wedding

DIY beaded Ribbon Belt for a Wedding

By Jessica

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I’ve mentioned before that a lot of things for this wedding I made myself, most of the wedding dress was no exception. I’ll get to more of the details on that later, for now I just want to talk about one piece of the dress; the belt.

Honestly I had no plans on wearing a belt until I went dress shopping and tried one on. My family really liked the way it looked on me, and since I chose such a simple dress they liked the way a little glitz looked with it. Who am I to argue? Except when it got down to the price.

A simple beaded belt ran as cheap as $200. Yeah read that again. I was floored, that cost more than my dress (again we will talk about the dress more in the future). There was no way I was going to pay that kind of money for a belt that I would never wear again. So the only obvious solution was to make it myself.

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I had a million ideas and bought a ton of supplies to start with but what I ended up using cost less than $15. Would you like to know the secret? I used stick on beads from the craft paper section (similar stickers). That’s right these beads were meant to stick on scrap books. I chose to use them for a number of reasons; for one they already had a pretty rad design that I didn’t have to think up myself. Secondly they just stuck on, so there was no sewing necessary, which saves so much time. Third they were actually cheaper than the pearls and rhinestones made for sewing on that I wanted to use. I was afraid, and correctly so that they wouldn’t stick well to the fabric so I also invested in some E6000® Craft Adhesive as well. The glue worked like a charm and kept those babies on the ribbon.

This project was done in just one afternoon. It was as simple as peal, glue and stick. I did reshape parts of the design and add to it, but that wasn’t really too complex. I decided to keep the design basic and understated since that’s the look of the dress, though I don’t think it would have been too hard to go crazy with the rhinestones.

I really enjoyed this project and am completely thrilled with the results. I even got compliments on it from people who had no idea that I made it myself. I’m even more pleased to have such a big hand in the design of my final outfit for my wedding day, without spending a ton of money something that I would only wear once.

September 21, 2015 September 9, 2015 Filed Under: 12-12-12, Crafts, Wedding Tagged With: Wedding

Wedding Jitters

By Jessica

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Today is the day.

The last day.

Tomorrow I’m getting married.

I can’t wait.

September 18, 2015 December 5, 2017 Filed Under: Wedding

Wedding To Do List (1 Month)

By Jessica

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Within the home stretch of wedding planning, this is the wedding to do list at 1 month to go. 

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2012 – Dingle, Ireland

We are now within the home stretch of this whole wedding thing, and we are down to just a few things left on the list to do, and they are getting checked off left and right. Remember how long the list was just last month? We got a lot done. A few things we can’t really do until we get all of our RSVP’s back (**hint, hint, we need those asap!**).

Since the house is pretty well in order for the time being, there’s no real reason that we can’t get these things done pretty quickly, and many of them in the same afternoon.

What is left to be done:

  • Website designed(Yup I decided it’s as good as it’s gonna get. The necessary info is on there so that really matters)
  • Dress Altered. And outfit details configured. (we are working on this now)
  • Men’s wear chosen.
  • Centerpieces designed.
  • Final flower arrangements designed (this is just a meeting with my Aunt next week)
  • Ceremony & reception signage designed.
  • Guest book designed. (I decided to skip this. I was never really into the idea, and no one really signed any of them at the recent weddings that we have been to so I don’t feel bad about skipping it)
  • Favors created. (Everything is in house, I just need a craft night… it will probably involve some wine and company)
  • Meet with Snake about ceremony details
  • Figure out music, including ceremony & itinerary (Just need to type up the itinerary)
  • Have a hair trial run
  • Seating Chart
  • Get a crate from Momma Chuck for cards
  • Make a Thank You banner for pictures (I decided to edit photos for the thank yous instead)
  • Make/get outdoor games
  • Get a Marriage License

In case the list above is a little too long to follow here is the list of what’s left to do:

  • Dress Altered. And outfit details configured.
  • Centerpieces designed.
  • Ceremony & reception signage designed.
  • Favors created.
  • Figure out music, including ceremony & itinerary
  • Seating Chart
  • Get a crate from Momma Chuck for cards
  • Make/get outdoor games (Chucks on this one)
  • Get a Marriage License

Anything that you think I am missing? Let me know!!

Interested in other wedding stuff? Check out my Wedding page!

August 21, 2015 August 18, 2015 Filed Under: Wedding

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Hi, I'm Jessica. I'm an herbalist living in the great northeast with my husband Chuck, our two little boys, our dog Brody and a flock of chickens. I'm all about real, good food and good times with awesome people. I spend a lot of time outside, in my garden, and concocting potions and helping people feel their best. I also like tea, reading, and about a million other hobbies. I'm so happy your here on this adventure with me.

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