So, by now you know we’ve decided to go with Ringbearer books, because it’s cute and damn near indestructible! Recently I raided my local Savers store (similar to Goodwill) and came up with a treasure trove of vintagey books to play with. The first ones that caught my eye were these beauties, clearly from the same person’s library.

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Originally I had planned on using these, but upon opening up An Intimate Guide for Women I just couldn’t part with this beauty…

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… and in the darkness bind them… well wed them at least! I swear I’m done with Tolkien! I may not have mentioned this buuuut we have not one but TWO ring bearers! That means these two handsome faces will be bringing our rings.

Ring Bearer #1
(Who looks exactly like Cherry Dude as a kid- and is trying on his Barf/Mawg costume wig)

Ring Bearer #2
The quandary is how do I find two awesome ways for them to bring the rings that isn’t all matchy-matchy and doesn’t involve a pillow. I’m quite certain that these two soon to be 8-year-olds will need something less destructible and more boy-appropriate. As usual this brought me to Etsy… but Etsy only brought more ideas than decisions.
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Many aspects of our first wedding are not what you would call traditional or even typical. Our wedding party has 1 more groomsman than we have bridesmaids and we will not be having any flower girls or any ring bearers.
Because there will be no children as part of our wedding party, many people have jokingly asked if I will have my dog Bella bring the rings down the aisle for us?

Bella with her blanket
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