A Storybook Wedding
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Last month I took a weekend excursion back to my OG stomping grounds in Ohio to participate in a friend’s wedding. The beginning of our friendship took place on the first day of Kindergarten. We were standing in line for whatever reason and he asked me a question, when I replied I got reprimanded for ‘talking’ and was sent to my desk to put my head down while the whole class was able to do something else. I can’t quite remember what I missed, but I’m sure it was an extraordinary activity like listening to a story, snacking on cookies or playing with a box full of puppies. Soon after, when I was released from my confinement Sean apologized. I accepted only to spend a lifetime designing my revenge. That’s how I remember it, I’m sure he tells a different tale.
Sean and Amy created the day of their nuptials to be an expression of themselves and their families. It began with a small personal exchange of vows and rings (handmade by each other) standing atop a carved tree stump found in Holden Arboretum.
After the ceremony the bride and groom bussed their guests to the Museum of Art in Cleveland to participate in their entry for the annual ‘Parade the Circle’. Their entry was ‘Just Married’ and involved costumes and props created by the couple showcasing the importance of books and reading. They spent months before making wearable 10′-15′ ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ characters using mainly recycled materials. They also created a rolling-float Storybook that characters could emerge from.
someone lost a flip-flop…(Sean, his niece and me mum)
Made with grocery store plastic bags…………………….and bubble wrap.
paper mache pirates
yarrrr…
…there he is.
storybook on wheels
this was the final image before my Canon ’sh*t the bed’. I heard a kler-chunk and when I removed the lens the mirror popped out. Back to Canon.
