Beau and Bunny Get Married: Simplicity

Well kids...there's officially 78 days left until we get married. WTF? When did that happen? I feel like I have a gazillion things to do (we don't even have an officiant yet....GAH), and I've officially gone into simplicity mode. I skim over most the pretty and uber unique things in the blogs and on Pinterest. I just can't care about naming the tables other than "1", "2", etc. I am still crazy enough to try and DIY our programs since I can't seem to find anything similar to the picture in my brain on Etsy. And if it's not on Etsy it doesn't exist, just FYI. Not from over here, anyways. It's looking like I'm going to have to simplify the transportation (just getting a limo vs. something unique and photogenic...sigh) and I've already thrown out my guest book idea. I was going to try and compile a scrapbook of sorts, and have a Polaroid out and have people bring in fun scraps...but then I read a couple of accounts about how people just don't seem to sign guest books. Regardless of how creative it is or if they had the DJ announce it...nothing seems to work. Our planner verified this too. So, in lieu of the guest book, I'll have some wish tags out.

via Etsy seller luvs2create2

This way, if someone wants to write something specific or didn't bring a card, they can write something on here. Part of our decorations include some manzanita branches, so maybe the tags that do get filled out can be hung from them, something like this:

from herecomestheblog.com

This incorporates another Japanese tradition, from the Tanabata festival. The story of Tanabata is beautiful (from Wiki):
Orihime (織姫 Weaving Princess), daughter of the Tentei (天帝 Sky King, or the universe itself), wove beautiful clothes by the bank of the Amanogawa (天の川 Milky Way, lit. "heavenly river"). Her father loved the cloth that she wove and so she worked very hard every day to weave it. However, Orihime was sad that because of her hard work she could never meet and fall in love with anyone. Concerned about his daughter, Tentei arranged for her to meet Hikoboshi (彦星 Cow Herder Star)(also referred to as Kengyuu (牽牛)) who lived and worked on the other side of the Amanogawa. When the two met, they fell instantly in love with each other and married shortly thereafter. However, once married, Orihime no longer would weave cloth for Tentei and Hikoboshi allowed his cows to stray all over Heaven. In anger, Tentei separated the two lovers across the Amanogawa and forbade them to meet. Orihime became despondent at the loss of her husband and asked her father to let them meet again. Tentei was moved by his daughter’s tears and allowed the two to meet on the 7th day of the 7th month if she worked hard and finished her weaving. The first time they tried to meet, however, they found that they could not cross the river because there was no bridge. Orihime cried so much that a flock of magpies came and promised to make a bridge with their wings so that she could cross the river. It is said that if it rains on Tanabata, the magpies cannot come and the two lovers must wait until another year to meet.
In present-day Japan, people generally celebrate this day by writing wishes, sometimes in the form of poetry, on tanzaku (短冊 tanzaku), small pieces of paper, and hanging them on bamboo, sometimes with other decorations.

Then, so I have a post-wedding project that won't frustrate me, I'm going to make a book out of all the tags & cards, similar to this: