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How convenient that Valentine’s Day is on a Monday this year, the day of the week when we traditionally post inspiration boards! I decided to mix the customary deep V-Day red with a summer green. And isn’t that heart cake amazing?!

The Details

First row, left to right: arrangement by Flowerwild; salt water taffy jar photo by Limelight Photography via Style Me Pretty; cafe chairs

Second row: heart cake by I Am Baker; love-letter inspired stationery suite by Ruby & Willow via Oh So Beautiful Paper

Third row: favor bags via flickr; red lips photo by Jose Villa by Once Wed

First, contrary to last week’s post, I realized that I do have a few photos from our first few days on-Island!

So, here’s some of our stuff on the ferry ride:

Here we are loading things into the truck (John is looking mighty intense):

Here my Dad and I are working on signs (Dad modeling his working shoes, grandma doing the heavy looking-on):

Feel more in the loop now? :)

On Sunday morning, Kim, Kate, and Cormac arrived. Yay! The gang was finally all together! The next few days were mostly just spent enjoying each others’ company — playing tennis, taking walks, eating on the deck, jumping off the dock, picking berries, playing cards, going out in the boats. Pretty much perfect. We did, however, tackle a few wedding-related tasks in between leisure activities.

On Sunday, we decided on the perfect spot for the ceremony:

Caption: Should we have the vows in this stunning waterfront location, or this one?

On Tuesday, we took the boat into town for Kate’s hair trial:

Cormac’s family also arrived on Tuesday, so we all had dinner together at our cottage:

On Wednesday, we assembled welcome bags for guests:

We included a map hand-drawn by my best friend, granola bars, water bottles, pretzels, salt water taffy, driving directions, and an itinerary for the weekend. Kim was our official bow-snipper.

Wednesday night we headed to Five Islands for lobster:

And returned in the early evening.

That’s all for today! Up next: we raise the tent, and hang lots of bunting!

All photos are personal, except for the two middle welcome bag photos, which were taken by Meredith and Jenna.

Previously…
It begins

I like bows of all shapes and sizes on cars, don’t you? They’re the perfect little tip-off that it’s Wedding Day.

Photo by Caught the Light via Once Wed

Have you ever seen anything so lovely?? I’ve never seen anything like this before. Soft layers of tulle over the tables… gorgeous. Beautiful photos by Michele M. Waite and design by Steven Moore. See more on Style Me Pretty!

But before you go, one more magical image from the day for good measure…

Stunning!