meet douglas. he's a groundhog. douglas sleeps on my bed every night between snappy and myself. he was a wedding present from my parents and was our favorite present. literally!
today is not just groundhog's day, but my first wedding anniversary to one of the funniest guys i know and he happens to be my best friend too. we had a fantastic wedding - very unique and quite our style.
i wore red! it was a great dress - i handpicked the zipper with little iridescent beads (you can sort of see it in the above picture) and embroidered dragonflies on the sashing and one on the front hem. the dress is from a 1950's pattern and i have a red crinoline on too. red is my favorite color. i made red ties for my groom and bridal escort (my then 5-yr old son) out of similar red silk. making a tiny tie for a preschooler is not an easy feat - took me 2 tries! i made each of the bridesmaids red silk and white satin shawls with their initial embroidered on it.
the sun was shining on a cold day and warmed it up enough that we didn't require jackets. the groom had no idea i was wearing red, so it was a fantastic reaction from him and most of our guests. less than a half dozen people knew the color of my dress until that morning.
the entire bridal party and our guests were wearing any combination of white and black. the inside was decorated the same way too, with touches of red on the tables and the cake. i loved it!!
so here we are.... our first wedding anniversary. funny thing - this morning as he opened up part of his anniversary gift, he told me he has to exchange some of mine. we both got each other the movie groundhog day. i'm surprised no one did that for our wedding gift.