My Pi Day Wedding

My lovely wife and I got married this previous March 14th. I was a graduate student, and she was a substitute teacher, so we wanted to keep our expenses to a minimum. Here's a short slideshow of some of the things we did to make our wedding a little more personal. Read the image notes for more information!

Comments

[Sukiyama]

These pictures are fantastic! I am a graduate student, getting my masters in education after a bachelors in math, and have been looking for ways to plan a creative (and cheap) wedding to my mathematician guy. I love the Pi figures! I just wished I actually liked eating pie!

[tbcross]

I am thinking of using your leis in my wedding this fall, I was wondering how far ahead you made them? If it was more than a few hours how did you keep them fresh? Beautiful wedding by the way!!

[Mongpoovian]

Thank you!

The flowers/plants we bought were purchased two days before the wedding, from a wholesaler - we treated them like we were going to use them for bouquets, cutting the bottoms and storing them in a trash can half full of water overnight. The ladies made the leis the day before the wedding, and we stored them in the fridge, after wrapping each loosely in a damp paper towel, placing them in gallon ziplock bags. I hope yours turn out well!

[tbcross]

Thanks bunches for answering :) I'm going to give it a go and try the leis but with fall colored flowers and maybe some autumn leaves if I can figure that out. O.o? Appreciate so much you posting it, when I saw it I sent a link to my fiancee and said "ok this is how I want our wedding to look and feel" I don't want to copy it just to get that same outdoors and simple beauty feel. Thanks again!

[Mongpoovian]

I really like the idea of the fall leaves and flowers in the leis, that sounds lovely. I'd love to see a picture if they turn out well!

[tbcross]

You can bet on it...although I may take them even if they don't turn out well :) We are southern girls with no lei making experience, so I'm gonna be practicing first with some of the queen annes lace and ragweed that's growing in the ditches!

[cupritte]

Here is the website I used (in part) for making the leis. A rafia base works really well, you only need a few strands, and you can find it at any craft store.

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~smarita/tutorial.html

[tbcross]

thanks for the link! That helps quite a bit thanks !

[Kiteman]

That is excellent - I bet all the details last in the memory of you and your guests far longer than an off-the-shelf wedding that cost ten or twenty thousand dollars.

I especially like the ring-plaque idea and the sculpey bride and groom.

[Mongpoovian]

Thanks! It'll certainly be a day whose details remain fresh for quite some time.

[CandyLV]

Your is one of the most original and beautiful weddings I have had the pleasure to view, thanks so much for posting

[Mongpoovian]

Thank you!

[happyjo]

Wow. This is so much more lovely than a normal wedding. SO beautiful. I love it! What A lovely wedding it must have been!

[Mongpoovian]

Thank you very much! It was a great weekend all around. :)

[sunshiine]

What a sweet wedding! I loved the creative ideas! Congrats!

[Mongpoovian]

Thank you!

[jwystup]

The cake (pi?) toppers are adorable! Love it

[Mongpoovian]

Thanks! I'm trying to find a good picture of my wife's topper to add, too.

[zascecs]

What a great spot for a marriage