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I purposefully did not post any wedding stuff to avoid being obnoxious, so I overtook love4lash as my electronic idea board for about 6 months. But now that everything is done, imma gonna indulge myself and review all the stuff we did to try to make our wedding special.

First up - save the dates! (not the disease)

Save the date! from Andrea Lo & Pete Rossi on Vimeo.

• Thumbnail photograph - Loberg (that's my sis and friend)
• Camera - trusty Canon Powershot
• Veggies - local grocery and Pete's garden
• Music - Pea by Rabbit!
• Cutting board - Bed Bath & Beyond (returned after the project heeeee!)
• Software - GraphicsConverter, iMovie

Making this stop motion video was like doing a lab experiment. My lab experiments required image capture and solid setup of subject, camera, and lighting. This was exactly that, but this was a ton of fun to make and didn't take 5 years to complete!

sneak peek at the wedding!

It's odd to come back from such a momentous event in your life and not have any pictures to show for it.

For the time being, my awesome photographer Todd Laffler posted a few teasers on his blog.

It was as wonderful and magical of a day as I could have ever imagined. I had resigned to having an indoor wedding given the rainy weather forecast, but hoped quietly that the skies would dry up for us in the evening. When Saturday started, it looked like that rain wasn't going to let up, but around 3pm, an hour before we had to make a final decision on whether the ceremony should be indoors or outdoors, the rain stopped. And what it left was a foggy, misty air in its wake. And it was mystical. I wouldn't have taken a sunny day over it.

What lay before me as I walked down the aisle was a fairyland containing all my friends and family looking happy, and my Pete waiting for me at the end. It's a picture that will stay with me forever.

The rest of the evening went smoothly. All the speeches were both funny and so so touching.

We had lots of little projects to make the evening interactive and personal, which I will document in upcoming posts! SO MANY CRAFTS deserves own post. :D Gotta gather pictures.

While I'm sad the weekend is over, I'm also happy to have no more stress. I knew I was pretty wound up, so P and I went to get massages yesterday. And since I was no longer trying to look good, I agreed to get one of those aggressive hard massages that are supposed to actually do more for you and your muscles. I got BEAT UP, man. BEAT UP. I was doing what I imagine lamaze breathing to be throughout the whole HOUR LONG session. I feel like my back has been through a trauma. It's supposed to feel better eventually, right? Right???

Engagement photos

P and I took engagement photos this week, and for us, that meant being the subjects of a photography mentoring session. I got a preview shot from the "student!"

All in all, it was really fun. We were given direction on what to do with our awkward limbs (eg, instead of just giving us 2 coffee mugs to hold in each of our hands :P ), who to look at, etc. We were basically not left to our own devices, which was a good thing. And since it was a mentoring session, we were given the inside track of what a photographer thinks when taking photographs. For instance, they have their go-to shot. Or if they really want you to laugh, they have a database of tried and true jokes to pull out, but only at the right times.

I hope to post more soon!