I got to cross the first thing off my
list this weekend! Kevin and I drove to Seattle on Sunday, (which, honestly, was an adventure in itself) for the Lovesick Expo, an alternative wedding expo. Last year, about two weeks after we got engaged, we went to a traditional expo at the Great Wolf Lodge in Tenino, which, in my newly engaged state, was lovely/terrible/overwhelming. Kevin pretty much hated it the entire time. To make it up to him (and to get one more expo fix before my own wedding) I decided we had to go to this one.
Highlights:
They had a bar
I met Ariel Meadow Stallings, founder of the
Offbeat Bride Empire
We met Stephanie, owner of
With these Rings Handmade and who we'll be working with this month to weld our own wedding bands
It was smaller than I expected (and very crowded in the small downtown venue), but everyone seemed pretty laid back. Kevin and I already have all of our vendors so I went mostly for the drinks and the experience. I wanted to see how it was different than the other wedding expos. It catered to "alternative" lifestyles and tastes, was LGBT friendly, and had
vendors such as an adult toy store and boudoir photographers. There were burlesque and pole dancers, upcycled wedding gowns, funky Seattle bakeries and lots of photographers. Despite its size, it was still fun to look around, people-watch, and pretend for a few minutes that we are not painfully introverted people.
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| I adored this wall. |
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| Burlesque dancer |
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| Pole dancer |
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| Got your Something Blue? |
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| Kevin and I remembering how much we like our house. |
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Go to Lovesick Expo (January 26th 2014) 2. Go to a concert 3. Try a 30 Day Challenge 4. Face a fear 5. Take a class 6. Stress less 7. Learn a new skill 8. Buy less, sew more 9. Plant a garden 10. Eat less junk 11. Exercise more 12. Marry my best friend (July 26th, 2014) 13. Honeymoon in a yurt 14. Volunteer 15. Be more social 16. Watch less TV 17. Join a protest 18. Go camping 19. Run a 5K 20. Make plans for Halloween 21. Move to a new place 22. Find a new job 23. Recognize all there is to be thankful for 24. Take more days off 25. Nurture my creativity 26. Write more letters 27. Call my grandparents more often
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