Up

Art by Eric Tan
Source: http://erictanart.blogspot.com/

For Father's Day we took our dad to see the movie Up. I always underestimate Pixar movies (I don't know why) so I was pleasantly surprised at how enjoyable that movie was. I stumbled upon the retro posters that were created for it, and I love them as much as the movie. Retro Up posters make me happy.

Wedding Two

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We planted succulents in silver and pewter containers that I collected from thrift stores and ebay to use as centerpieces on the tables. This tiny chick and hen in its itty bitty silver cup makes me happy.

Wedding One

I was never one much for public displays of emotion, and haven't been dreaming about my wedding day since I was a kid, but my wedding ended up being incredibly emotional and kind of out of control, and was one of the best days of my life. It's not all going to fit into one post, and I don't feel like synthesizing it all right now, so I will do it in parts.

Photo by Matt Williamson
http://williamsonphotos.net/
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Jacob and I met at an 'experiment in urban living' called Arcosanti (http://www.arcosanti.org/). Arcosanti is supported by the hand manufacture and sale of ceramic and bronze bells. Our friend Jim Huth was the Bronze Foundry manager for several years at Arcosanti, and has now set up his own small foundry in Indiana. He's an amazing artist who we wanted to support, so we had him make bronze bells as thank you gifts for our guests. We weren't interested in giving our guests something they would just throw away or stick in a drawer, but we were interested in supporting our friend in his passion.

Jim carved 110 unique pieces of styrofoam and used the positive and the negative from each piece to form two sides of the bell in a 'lost styrofoam' method of bronze casting.

We ended up spending more than what is usually spent on favours, but it was worth it to us to support our friend and give our guests a great gift, and that makes me happy.