Welcome!

After dating for almost five years (eight and a half if you include the time in high school and college), living together for more than two and a half years, and being engaged for over a year, Erik and Chiara are FINALLY getting married. But not until the weekend of August 8th, 2009. We don't want to rush into anything, afterall.

We've put together this wedsite for a number of reasons.
  1. To document the whole planning process so we can look back on this years from now and laugh.
  2. To make it easier for you, our family and loved ones, to share with us this special time.
  3. Because we are geeks. (No, seriously. There's also a wiki and Basecamp site. Be glad we are sparing you those.)
Please take a look around. We highly, highly, *HIGHLY* recommend that you book your lodging in Carmel or Monterey as soon as you can. Summer in Carmel is a very busy time and things book up fast. We've put together a collection of inns and hotels that are close to the location.

Thanks for stopping by, and we can't wait to see you in August!

Recent News

ZOUNDSOMGWTFBBQ!

By Chiara on August 9, 2009 7:41 PM | | Comments (0)
It happened! We're murryed!

E and I are spending a quiet night, basically alone, at Holly Farm. We'll do a full write up of the event soon. Right now we are just basking in the glory that was yesterday. The fullest heart-felt thank yous go out to everyone who helped us celebrate.

Evidence is beginning to roll out on the inter-webs:

From Peterme

From Silvereye (friends only)

From Indi (friends only)

From Jason

From the Twitterverse here, and here, and here.

ETA: Leslie just posted her photos.

Reply Cards Are Rolling In

By Chiara on June 24, 2009 9:30 AM | | Comments (0)
It's so exciting to get the mail these days. The reply cards are starting to come in. I love the little notes that some folks are adding to the cards. Though I must say, Nick and Viola's reply card takes the cake for the best embellishments.

Best Reply Card Embellishment

I think they're excited. :)

Boxes, boxes, and more boxes

By Chiara on June 11, 2009 10:39 AM | | Comments (0)

We decided fairly early on that we wanted to give favors, and we wanted them to be local to San Francisco, and ideally chocolate. Then came the ideas for what to put said chocolates in. Originally we were going to fold fabric into origami boxes, but that quickly was ruled out to the amount of work. We're still going with the origami box idea, but now we are doing them in paper.



Finding the right paper has turned out to be a lot more difficult than originally thought. We've spent a lot of time at Flax, going through their paper books. We tried all different sizes to figure out how much and how many.

We finally ended up going with a paper we found online at PaperMojo. One of the things we loved about them is that they will cut the paper for us. We still have to cut the 336 pieces for the little liner boxes, but that's better than having to do all the cutting. We also have to find a ribbon that we like to make the bow on the box.

Now the fun starts: the folding! I have a feeling we are going to become experts in peak folds.

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