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IT APPROACHES

HOLY CRAP IT'S ALMOST HERE!! I'm both excited and TOTALLY FREAKING OUT. In a good way. Mostly. Yes. Here's the schedule for the big day: Where you need to be, when, and what you will need. 12:30 Decorating crew arrives at the venue We have asked some spouses, family, and friends to go to the venue early and get everything set up. You may or may not know people who are doing this. If you don't, don't stress it. 1:00 Getting ready pictures!  Bring your dresses/suits/makeup etc. and get ready with your bride! Jen's bridal party will be getting ready at the Mark Spencer Hotel (409 SW 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97205). (Jen and Maddie will be getting their hair done in the hotel room starting at 10:30 if you want to show up early and hang out, but nothing fun will be happening yet.) Amanda's party will be getting ready at the venue itself, Castaway Portland (1900 NW 18th Ave, Portland, OR 97209) I'll be leaving the hotel and getting to the venue about...
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Events the week of the wedding!

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The invites have officially been mailed out! You should be getting yours in the mail any day. Shit is getting REAL PEOPLE!!! As we get closer to the wedding, we wanted to give you an idea of some of the events we will be involved in around the date of our wedding. Some of the details (exact times and locations) are still a little up in the air, but we wanted to give you an idea of what's going to be happening. Let us know where you plan to stay, if you need help finding a place, and what kind of transportation you will have access to so we can arrange any ride-sharing that will need to happen. Public transportation, Uber, and Lyft are pretty great out here, too. I know some of you won't be able to make it to ALL THE THINGS, but come to what you can! Wedding and rehearsal are the two biggest things that we kind of really NEED you there for. Everything else we WANT you there to celebrate, but I understand if travel dates etc. mean you aren't able to make it. This is ...
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Bridal Party Outfits

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Hey, ya'll! (Channeling my inner Texan since I'm marrying one!) If you are here, it's probably because you have been invited to join our bridal party! Yay! We are so excited to share our wedding day with all of you. We are figuring out our own clothes still, but we know what we want you to wear! One thing checked off of our to do list. For the suit wearers: We'd like you to wear a gray suit and a white collared shirt. Awesome image from Google! Wear whatever grey suit you want in a color similar to this. You can purchase the ties online here . They will match the color of the dresses for the bridal party (plum purple). Please wear black dress shoes. For our dress wearers: You get a few more options (sorry, suits). We would like you to wear your dress knee to midi length. You would need to purchase one of the full length skirt options and get it shortened if you would like it to be midi length.  You can choose between seven different options for dresses...
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