DIY Life

In last week's edition of Wedstravaganza, I covered the very beginning of my recent 'race' to prepare and execute the perfect wedding in just five weeks. My wife and I ended up pulling everything off, much to the delight of our guests and ourselves. Our honeymoon included some much-needed relaxation time for seven days, but before we get ahead of ourselves, there are more -- much more -- basics to be covered. Well, basics may be a misnomer of sorts, as hardly anything in the preparation of a wedding could be described as 'basic.'

Starting off where I left off last week, our invitations went off within three days of ordering them, which ended up being perfectly timed. Alas, we gave our guests about four weeks notice of our wedding, which seemed an appropriate amount of time. Nobody -- at the time -- knew that we'd just began preparations for the wedding a few days earlier, but we weren't about to spill the beans just yet.

The next step in planning our wedding was squaring away the tuxedo rentals. With eight men to get measured and lined up, we headed to Tuxedo Junction at a location near our area. The tuxes were reserved on the day we ordered our invitations, so now was the time to notify all seven guys that they would have to drag, push and pull themselves to the tuxedo rental location to have measurements and show sizes taken.

If you're into comprehensive and once-in-a-lifetime stories about marriage proposals, you'll love this. When you combine art, computer-assisted design, an elaborate ruse and some background music by Sigur Ros into the picture to show the world your handiwork, nothing seems impossible.

What would you think if your significant other invited you to an exclusive art opening featuring a collage of shapes representing an art masterpiece? If you're the artsy kind, you might have stared at the piece for a long time, trying to determine what the artist was trying to communicate.

Little would you have known that an incredibly complex and special moment was about to commence. Talk about a very unique marriage proposal. I won't spoil the fun just yet, though. Use the YouTube video below to witness what I consider one of the neater proposals I've seen in a very long time. Handy with 3D computer modeling and foam sculpting? Get your ideas below.