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Posterity

I got married a bit over two months ago. My husband A. and I put together the entire wedding * ourselves (with some incredible generosity on the parts of his mom M. and my maid-of-honor Josie); * in a little over three months (I'm not pregnant - we're just the sorts of folks who, once they've decided to do something, do it); * on a shoestring budget (no, really - we spent about one-eighth of the national average, and that's including my strange and beautiful 1930's-ish platinum and sapphire engagement ring, the same-era weird platinum wedding band, and A.'s neo-50's white gold & diamond blingtastic ring). More than anything, we wanted it to reflect the little things that we like to think might represent us. I'm a would-be textiles junkie, and A. has a long history in paper printing, so we put these skills to work making beautiful (and time consuming, oh my lord, how many days they took!) fabric-and-paper invitations, complete wit