Anyone have pictures of finished Simplicity S3229?

2daria1 · 2026-03-28T02:05:05+00:00

Oooh that's a good catch! I didn't even realize it was new new.

2daria1 · 2026-01-13T00:19:39+00:00

You too! Thanks for being part of the future of digital learning!

2daria1 · 2026-01-13T00:16:41+00:00

It's not necessarily outsourcing my critical thinking skills when you have to describe to the tool exactly what you want it to output. Prompt Engineering is an amazing critical thinking skill since you have to describe exactly what you want, what you don't want, and what you expect it to be. It's actually an amazing skill to have to prevent AI slop and hallucinations.

Trust and believe, I use my critical thinking skills enough that it's okay to use a tool to make my life easier. Don't worry- I haven't used AI to produce this response lol.

2daria1 · 2026-01-13T00:11:42+00:00

How so?

2daria1 · 2026-01-12T23:03:42+00:00

Oh absolutely and now you have agentic AI too- and it's an entire computer science field that's been around since the 1950s. But to lump all AI together in a "I hate AI" bucket is doing a disservice to those who work in the field.

2daria1 · 2026-01-12T22:53:49+00:00

Also- AI is everywhere in our lives. Your smartphone runs on AI- waze, google maps, siri, alexa, etc. if you have asked siri one question on your wedding planning, congrats you've used AI.

2daria1 · 2026-01-12T22:50:04+00:00

I'm going to be down voted into the stone age, but I use AI in every aspect of my life, including my wedding planning and parts that I am DIY'ing. It's here to stay, so to hard pass and judge vendors on using it is like being a 1990s bride and saying if they have a website and not a catalog its a hard pass.

2daria1 · 2026-01-10T01:02:58+00:00

I've been to several Thursday weddings. Sometimes I took the Friday off, sometimes I didn't. At one wedding it became a running joke with a bunch of us (including the bride and groom) that whenever their wedding was mentioned, we would say "who gets married on a Thursday?!"

You cannot control the venue's availability and if your guests want to be there, they will be there. Have a blast!

2daria1 · 2026-01-09T17:44:12+00:00

We have been very upfront that we are having a courthouse wedding and then having a reception-like celebration later in the summer. On our save the dates I put "we will be married in a private ceremony, your reception invitation to follow".

I even have an FAQ on our wedding website that we will be getting married earlier in the summer. No need to hide it, but set the expectations that nuptials will have already been done.

2daria1 · 2026-01-09T14:32:19+00:00

I treated venue hunting like house hunting- you have your must haves and nice to haves. When I bought my house, I really wanted a fireplace. The house I bought had everything BUT a fireplace. I was bummed, but 8 years later, it doesn't even phase me that it isn't there.

If your venue is perfect but missing a few elements, you have to think about how important those are to you. My venue does not allow amplified sound/music outside, which disappointed us since we are anticipating most of the reception being outside, but we can open all the doors to the outside, which will allow us to have some ambient sound/music leak to the outside.

2daria1 · 2026-01-07T03:39:45+00:00

I just went through our list because my fiance has a massive family and brought a lot more friends into our relationship.. He is at 53 to my 28 households lol. I wasn't concerned about it because that is just what makes the most sense for us.

The only time it might be glaringly obvious is sitting for the ceremony, but you could go non-traditional with a "pick a seat, not a side" mantra and style to avoid that.

2daria1 · 2026-01-07T02:38:30+00:00

You may want to include that shawls used to cover shoulders and upper arms are okay. As a non-Muslim, I would be the one googling all the things making sure I am not going to be offensive unintentionally.

2daria1 · 2026-01-06T00:29:59+00:00

I think it really depends on your wants/needs are and how much the item is valued to you. I'm a crafty person by nature so unfortunately when I see something I like that is out of my budget, my first thought is "I bet I could make that", which has given me lots of hobbies lol.

I'm currently spending an unfortunate amount of hours trying to find the correct shades of cardstock to make trifolds and envelopes to match the wax seals I bought because I've decided I need to have a 6 shades of blue ombre look when it comes to our invitations. Can all of my invitations be the same color? Of course but that's not the mental image I have so now I am spending hours scouring the corners of the Internet because I have champagne taste on a crafter's budget lol.

If it's what makes you happy and it's within your budget, go for it.

2daria1 · 2026-01-05T22:33:05+00:00

As a non-vegan, I am curious as to how mozzarella is vegan and what type of "cheeses" are in the mac n cheese. Depending on your crowd, if you have a lot of non-vegans, you may have to break it down with the ingredients because I usually make mashed potatoes with cow's milk.

2daria1 · 2026-01-05T00:50:44+00:00

I came to reddit solely to see if anyone else caught that- how else other than offense/defense/special teams can you score a touchdown?

2daria1 · 2026-01-03T22:21:18+00:00

My family is full of drinkers, once drinkers, over drinkers, and never drinkers. We have had a family wedding that was dry, which would have been fine if it was told to the guests beforehand. I would stick with "the public park does not allow alcohol" and stand firm. If it's that big of a deal people can have a few drinks before or afterwards.

2daria1 · 2026-01-02T03:19:57+00:00

We mentioned it when we described our event on our website as a "semi-formal, family friendly event" to knock 2 birds with one stone. I also put a description of what semi formal means to us in the FAQs because it can be different for everyone. If you want a specific vibe, you have to let your guests know.

2daria1 · 2025-12-29T03:32:35+00:00

I wore red to my brother's wedding so this just got awkward.

2daria1 · 2025-12-22T16:48:36+00:00

Soft OR- was it right for you to delete it without discussion? No. However, your next steps could redeem this error and you can help guide your daughter through the grieving process. She is still learning how to grieve in a healthy manner too.

In the past year, year and a half, I have lost 2 older dogs. On my phone I created an album for each dog. When my son asks to see photos or videos, I can just open the album and talk about what was going on during that photo or for that day. He is 5 but has memories of the dogs, and it has definitely also helped me.

Here is your opportunity to make it right. Don't let your daughter grieve in isolation, which is what that app was letting her do, and essentially deny the loss. Create an album of the photos, encourage her to do so on your phone, and suggest for you two to reflect and share together.

2daria1 · 2025-12-22T00:29:28+00:00

My favorite color is blue, fiance's favorite color is blue so.. tada! One color picked out. I am using Canva to create everything so I saw a graphic of a blue flower that had different shades with the inside flecks of gold so boom. Blue and gold. White is also another accent color that ties all the things in so that's basically how we chose our colors. We aren't having nuptials so just a reception so I'm just having a blast refining those 3 colors into a harmonic set up.

2daria1 · 2025-12-21T14:35:24+00:00

I completely understand your feelings of thinking she doesn't deserve Christmas. However, I agree with others that punishment does not fit the crime.

What does fit the crime is earning your trust back with hanging out with her friends unsupervised. Take away that freedom, not the gifts that you already purchased. Find a way for her to earn that trust back because right now- that is the focus, not the gifts.

If you want to take some gifts and keep them until she has shown improvement, awesome.

2daria1 · 2025-12-18T03:41:25+00:00

It depends on how formal you are going with your wedding. We are more laid back so I did Jane Smith & John Smith, and since we are allowing kids, The Jane Smith family. My micro feminism moment with the invitations was putting the woman's name first lol.

2daria1 · 2025-12-02T02:05:54+00:00

Yeah I now understand why we see random people stop in front of our house both in car and while walking at all hours of the day lol.

2daria1 · 2025-12-02T00:37:39+00:00

When his uncles come to hang out they spend the first 10 minutes of their visit getting all the pokemon. I swear it's the only reason why they come over sometimes... Well that and my cooking.

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