cheeseandcrackerjacks: November 2009

November 27, 2009

wedding part 2, the ceremony

The ceremony was in a little one room church with a small balcony. We wanted it too feel like you were at a small intimate gathering. The music was just a simple acoustic guitar at the front of the church. Our reading, A Lovely Love Story by Edward Monkton, was done by a dear friend. It was something that Scott and I really enjoyed it brought a lighthearted feeling to the ceremony.

We had a ring warming as part of the ceremony. Each of us had someone at the back of the church hold the rings and a ribbon running from the front of the pews to the back. Our best man and maid of honor held one end of each ribbon and the rings were passed along the ribbon, along with their blessing by everyone sitting the the church. Another part of the ceremony that was truly special was the announcement of our marriage by everyone in the church. Each program had a small section for all of our friends and family to say after we were married. and then we were married.. and the fun began.

November 21, 2009

wedding part 1

The girls and I got ready at my parents house in my sister’s bathroom. Try cramming 5 girls into one small bathroom with one sink and 1 giant mirror and you are sure to have lots of laughter.

I made these charms for all the girls bouquets. Each one was a picture of a close relative who was not able to be here. I used the tile pendant kit from on Etsy. Warning : if you are using this kit for bouquet charms be sure to coat the back with a varnish or even clear nail polish. The water from the stems on the bouquets will cause the tile to fall apart and almost melt off of the glass charm.

My ride to and from the ceremony! My dream car since I was 12.

We had 4 different centerpieces for the tables at the reception. One with the candles and paper flowers…

One with small arrangements of flowers and potted herbs for our guests to take home and another with larger arrangements

Our favor was a photo booth for the guests to use as many times as they wanted. the only requirement was that it also served as our guest book. I would definitely recommend FREEZEFRAME to anyone wanting the same kind of thing for their event. Someone sat with out guests and helped them make the guest book during the reception. It was a the highlight of the night and we still enjoy looking at it.

and we had a candy bar filled with our favorites from when we were kids… moon pies, twizzlers, peanuts, crackerjacks and caramels

We also had a little basket of goodies for the kids at the wedding.

November 17, 2009

Wedding pictures have arrived….

Over the next couple of days I will be putting some of our wedding pictures up for everyone…. here is just is little taste.

November 3, 2009

shower recipe # 3

ok so this is sort of a shower recipe. We were given an ice cream maker for the shower and I thought we could make some ice cream to test out some thanksgiving flavors.

First up was a chocolate truffle ice cream…

It starts out simple enough sugar and egg yolks creamed together and milk heated to a simmer then combine the too and heat back up to a simmer to make the custard. Then comes the super chocolate…

6 ounces of bittersweet chocolate and 1 1/2 cups of simmering cream. Stir until smooth and combine with the custard then put into the fridge until it is chilled.

Next up was maple ice cream. this one starts out with just maple syrup, egg yolks and a little bit of flour. Cream the egg yolks, maple syrup and flour and heat the milk to a simmer, combine and reheat to a simmer to create the custard. Let the custard cool a little then stir in the cream and put it in the fridge until it is chilled.

The next morning I started up the ice cream machine and got things going. In the end we have 2 quarts of homemade ice cream. The chocolate truffle ice cream is like dark chocolate overload, it is really dense and delicious. The maple is good too, it definitely tastes like maple ice cream I think the next time we make it I will add something in with it.