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A journal of the wedding arts

Nuptials

Volume one · the journal

Stories of a
beautiful wedding

Considered writing on dress, ritual, table, and the quiet architecture of a day worth remembering.

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Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, and What Each One Quietly Carries Down the Aisle

There are ten quiet minutes before every aisle that I have learned to protect. The dress is on, the photographer has stepped out, and someone you love leans in. A grandmother presses a folded handkerchief into your palm. A friend fastens her earrings in your ears. Your mother checks the hem one last time, and you both know there is a little blue thread stitched inside it that nobody else will ever see.

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Further reading

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Sweetheart Table or Head Table, and What Each One Quietly Does to the Room

There is a moment I watch for at every reception. The portraits are done, [cocktail hour](https://nuptials.blog/post/how-long-should-cocktail-hour-be) has wound down, you have been introduced, and you finally sit down for the first time all day. Who is beside you in that chair decides what the next hour feels like: twenty quiet minutes together, or a dinner party in full voice.