Red and White

After much searching and casting about over various color combinations, we've made a decision: Red and white!

The Canadian flag, classic Chuck Taylors, Detroit Red Wings, our Mini Cooper... seems like it's a winner for us.

And here's a little inspiration mosaic from other people's Flickr photos to get us all in the red and white mood:

1. Red powaaaaa 2. Captain Canada 3. Doll quilt
4. Peppermint sticks 5. Cherry tomatoes 6. My trusted buddies
7. History in Hockeytown 8. Love bites 9. Feeling patriotic?
10. Stand up 11. Rosso cherry 12. Extra red chili
(Mosaic created with fd's Flickr Toys.)

Bring on the red velvet cupcakes! Mmmm...

Oh, is that all?

Our friend Hollie recommended Martha Stewart's website as good source for a wedding checklist as we figure out all of the things we need to do in preparation for our nuptials.

So we went to the site and signed up and here's the screen that greeted us (this is a bit tiny and hard to read, so keep scrolling and it will be better explained...):


Although it's written in the smallest blue font on the page, this is the information that really jumped out at us:


Only 115, eh? Oh, is that all?

Wheeee!

Hockey Hall of Fame, here we come!

A few days after we got engaged, we had this brief conversation:

Kelly: So, where do you want to get married?
Bill: I dunno. The Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto?

And that, folks, is pretty much all it took to get the ball rolling. We went to their site and found out they do rent the place out. Also, that it is awesome and amazing and beautiful and fun. Sah-weet!

It took them awhile to get back to us, but they finally did and now we're ready to party! We're going there to check it out next month and seal the deal.

In the meantime, here's an fun little exercise:

Compare and contrast how Americans feel about Hockey vs. how Canadians feel about hockey, based in these images:

First one: Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
Second one: US Hockey Hall of Fame in Minnesota.

Hrrrrm.