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Jen
Jen

Thunder Bay, Ontario · From October 2016

Nurse, Mommy to 1 crazy girl, in love with an Engineer

Happily married 🎉

June 9, 2018

2872days 15hrs

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Wedding party gifts!?
Jen of Plan a wedding, On April 25, 2017 at 11:14

Hey everyone! I'm just wondering what you've decided to give to your wedding party as gifts the day of the wedding? I have been looking but can't decide on a single thing. I had purchased necklaces...

Vinod, tuesday 30-Jan-18 16 187
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diy Invitations
Jen of Plan a wedding, On January 24, 2018 at 13:53

For those of you looking for cheaper alternatives to invitations, look on Etsy for downloadable invitations! We ordered our invite, RSVP, and details card for $11.29 off Etsy. We updated all of...

Vinod, friday 26-Jan-18 6 130
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diy Table numbers
Jen of Wedding reception, On January 24, 2018 at 13:44

This is the first official item I made that I found from pinterest that wasn't a total disaster when we made them! We bought all of the supplies from Michael's. I can't recall what we paid for them...

Sydney, friday 26-Jan-18 11 126
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Floral Garland
Jen of Wedding reception, On January 17, 2018 at 12:58

Hey peeps! I'm looking to purchase a floral garland for our head table but can't seem to find one that isn't insanely over priced. I've looked on Etsy but everything I find is $200+. Have you...

Vinod, thursday 18-Jan-18 7 137
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Are you using a hashtag?
Jen of Plan a wedding, On January 8, 2018 at 16:18

I've read sooooo many things about keeping your hashtag short if you're going to use one for the day of the wedding but we absolutely had to have this one as! We are also going to make a custom...

Sashanette, thursday 11-Jan-18 43 331
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Charger plates
Jen of Wedding reception, On March 21, 2017 at 00:19

Do any of you guys know where you can get charger plates for cheap? I don't want anything super expensive. I'd be fine with plastic gold ones. Any idea where to find them?

Jen, thursday 11-Jan-18 9 674
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Bar question
Jen of Wedding reception, On May 13, 2017 at 20:48

Hey everyone. We need your help. We are trying to save money and are currently talking about the bar during the reception. Is it tacky to have cocktail hour and dinner open bar and then make it cash...

Vinod, wednesday 10-Jan-18 11 352
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Here is an example of the anniversary dance from the post i just did
Jen of Wedding reception, On June 28, 2017 at 15:24

Wedding - Anniversary Dance

Vinod, wednesday 10-Jan-18 3 71
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Opinions!
Jen of Plan a wedding, On January 4, 2018 at 04:35

Hey everyone! I have a question for you ladies and gents. We are trying to narrow down what colour decor we would like for our head table as we are meeting with our decorator in a few weeks to talk...

Erin, monday 8-Jan-18 12 131
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Second dress doesn't fit :(
Jen of Wedding fashion, On December 22, 2017 at 15:57

So, the dress that I purchased from David's bridal doesn't fit and they don't have a larger size that I can exchange it for. So, instead I went back to the salon I bought my other dress from and tried...

Stephanie, saturday 6-Jan-18 25 282
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Grooms suit is in!
Jen of Wedding fashion, On December 24, 2017 at 11:31

If any of your guys are looking for a place to get a great suit made in a very quick turn over tell them to check out Moore's! We didn't have high expectations as we haven't heard great things and...

Erin, thursday 4-Jan-18 7 120
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Changing vendors?
Jen of Before the wedding, On August 10, 2017 at 11:06

Have you ever had to "fire" a vendor? We came across another florist in town and fell in love with her work INSTANTLY. We met with her to compare prices and see what she was capable of doing for our...

Jen, tuesday 2-Jan-18 14 142
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Vista print save the dates
Jen of Before the wedding, On August 21, 2017 at 15:22

Hey everyone! We ordered our save the dates through vista print and just got them in. We ordered 60 with a glossy finish to the front and paid $54 with shipping and everything including plain...

Jen, tuesday 2-Jan-18 20 254
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Easy peasy invitations!
Jen of Plan a wedding, On August 3, 2017 at 12:11

I just printed out our invites! It has been the easiest thing so far to plan! We ordered a template from etsy, purchased envelopes from paper garden and have printed everything from home. The paper we...

Vinod, monday 1-Jan-18 13 150
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Am i being ridiculous?
Jen of Plan a wedding, On November 15, 2017 at 05:27

Ok, please tell me if I'm being ridiculous. I've posted previously about the issues that I've had with my MOH but I'll give a quick blurb about what happened before... she lied to me about the reason...

Vinod, wednesday 20-Dec-17 11 298
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i bought another dress...
Jen of Wedding fashion, On December 13, 2017 at 09:50

So for the passed few months I have been contemplating purchasing another dress to slip into at the end of the night to be more comfortable. My first dress is a fit and flare and I knew it would...

Jen, monday 18-Dec-17 14 128
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The wedding nightmares are realllllll....
Jen of Plan a wedding, On November 24, 2017 at 04:44

We are under 200 days and my wedding nightmares are in full swing... almost nightly. We've been doing a lot of planning but have had a few set backs this passed week which is likely the cause of these...

Victoria, friday 15-Dec-17 17 207
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Our engagement photos (pic heavy)
Jen of Before the wedding, On December 13, 2017 at 10:53

I just realized that I didn't share our engagement photos that were this summer!!! I've shared a few of the sneak peek but that's it lol here are more of the photos! It's not all of them (as we were...

Jen, wednesday 13-Dec-17 15 150
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Where did you buy your outfits for your honeymoon?
Jen of Honeymoon, On November 30, 2017 at 11:12

Hey ladies, Where did you shop for attire for your honeymoon to a warm destination? What exactly did you pack? We are going to Costa Rica at the beginning of July and this is my very first warm trip....

Erin, monday 4-Dec-17 12 324
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Honeymoon is booked!
Jen of Honeymoon, On November 21, 2017 at 01:47

We decided on Secrets Papagayo in Costa Rica! We leave June 30th and can't frigging wait to be here! This is my very first tropical trip. I can't wait to see the ocean and be in paradise for a week...

Ashley, tuesday 28-Nov-17 23 181
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Rehearsal dinner
Jen of Before the wedding, On October 30, 2017 at 16:05

We finally decided on our space for our rehearsal dinner! We are in the middle of contacting somebody to set it all up (hopefully it's not booked yet). We decided that since we both aren't originally...

Jen, sunday 12-Nov-17 15 218
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It's Official!
Jen of Honeymoon, On November 7, 2017 at 10:18

My time off for the wedding has been booked AND APPROVED! Normally it takes months to find out whether or not you'll get the time off you've requested, especially if it's longer than a few days, but...

Jen, wednesday 8-Nov-17 9 112
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Bridesmaid dresses
Jen of Wedding fashion, On November 7, 2017 at 10:58

We finally narrowed down our dress selections for the girls! We are ordering through azazie.com. They all chose different dresses as all of their body types are so different. I was totally okay with...

Jen, wednesday 8-Nov-17 20 198
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Absolutely love him!
Jen of Wedding reception, On September 20, 2017 at 09:49

Sam Smith "How Will I Know" Whitney Houston Cover Live @ SiriusXM // Hits 1

Trudy, friday 29-Sep-17 3 87
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Planning a wedding while suffering with depression/anxiety
Jen of Before the wedding, On September 15, 2017 at 14:42

How do you cope everyday with the constant battles you're fighting in your head? There are some days where I don't even feel like talking about wedding if it's brought up because I'm so emotionally...

Maureen, friday 29-Sep-17 11 406
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Rough day already...
Jen of Before the wedding, On September 13, 2017 at 11:37

And it's only 1030 in the morning here. Everything is hitting me now about the blow out with my MOH. I feel lost and I hate that we got to this. A part of me wants to talk to her and try and fix...

Jen, friday 15-Sep-17 8 131
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Jjshouse.com
Jen of Wedding fashion, On September 12, 2017 at 09:46

Ok ladies (and gents)! We just recently purchased my daughters flower girl dress through jjshouse.com and I have to say we are THOROUGHLY impressed! The quality is fantastic and looks EXACTLY like the...

Ashley, wednesday 13-Sep-17 10 264
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Moh drama
Jen of Plan a wedding, On September 2, 2017 at 04:39

Well, this past week has been quite stressful. Our stag and doe was last weekend (which went amazing btw!) and while I was there (it was held in Sault Ste. Marie, 8 hours from where we live) I had to...

Jen, wednesday 6-Sep-17 22 343 1
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My stag & doe is this weekend!
Jen of Before the wedding, On August 22, 2017 at 02:05

EEEEKKKK! Yep, I'm somewhat panicking about this. I haven't been able to have any hands on with the planning process as our Stag & Doe is being held 7.5 hours from where we live as his parents...

Sonja, tuesday 22-Aug-17 7 103
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What were you doing ten months before the big day?
Jen of Before the wedding, On July 31, 2017 at 12:34

Right now I'm feeling like we are at a stand still with planning. I honestly thought there would be much more to do at this stage but there doesn't seem to be. The guys have picked out what they want...

Sonja, wednesday 2-Aug-17 9 116
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Our sneak peek from our e-session
Jen of Before the wedding, On July 31, 2017 at 13:02

We've been given 4 photos so far from our e-Session last weekend. I've posted them on a previous post but thought I'd make an actual post about it! We went to Trowbridge falls, a campground/park where...

Jen, wednesday 2-Aug-17 16 118
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Engagement photos are tomorrow!
Jen of Before the wedding, On July 20, 2017 at 23:14

Totally freaking out. I hate being in front of the camera... ack! I'm a super awkward person when the camera is pointed at me. What did you do to make your photos less awkward?

Jen, tuesday 25-Jul-17 27 214

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