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AW: Wedding Recap (LONG)
Thank you to everybody for all of the well-wishes, advice, letting me vent, etc. on our big day this past Saturday. Everything was absolutely perfect. The weather was amazing and truly nothing really went wrong. Everything came together exactly as I had pictured it, only a million times better. My family was amazing, working tirelessly all day to pull together my vision and all the projects they'd been helping with for months to make an absolutely amazing, beautiful, fabulous affair. And now I'm married to my best friend and settling into wifedom and living with another person for the first time in 5 years (and first man in about 18). I had to come back to work today, which sucks, but I get to go home to my husband!
It was also a truly Nest-tastic day. I hired Libby for the photos, plus a second shooter, who just so happened to be the infamous MC! I told her I felt like I was meeting a Nest celebrity. I've only seen one pic so far, but I could tell that that they are going to be amazing.
MonieJoy, being the awesome friend that she is, acted as the day-of coordinator and did the most fabulous job. The timing of various things was a big deal and she ran it so smoothly. I don't know what would have happened without her there.
LonghornBabe (Kim) did the cakes. They were (still are, I had some for lunch) SO delicious and moist. Red velvet and Italian cream for the bridal cake and dark chocolate mint with ganache for the groom's cake. The bridal cake is exactly what I pictured, down to the tiniest detail and she surprised me by doing a sculpted piano for the groom's cake, since we thought it was just going to have keys on it. It was spot on. The cakes were one of the least of my concerns at the start and they totally ended up being one of my absolute favorite parts and made me cry when I saw them.
CollieJade, also being an amazing friend did makeup. I felt amazing and she did a beautiful job, but it was what she did for my mom that was really the best. Its really not fair how gorgeous she looked on "my day!" I know she has struggled with feeling attractive as she feels she's aged a lot in the past few years and I know that she felt as beautiful as she looked, which was just priceless.
Here are a few non-pro pics from the day. I tried to make the links clickable, hope it works.
One of my adorable flower girls: http://tinyurl.com/y2chlj7" target="_blank" title="http://tinyurl.com/y2chlj7">http://tinyurl.com/y2chlj7
Ring bearer: http://tinyurl.com/y3xvaao
My dad giving me away and the backs of my mom (light blue) and step-mom (green): http://tinyurl.com/y6ve3xo
Me and my mom, with my niece/flower girl dancing in front: http://tinyurl.com/y278gdx
My dad and cousin having an impromptu clogging dance-off to the remix of cotton-eyed joe: http://tinyurl.com/y43cjw8
Little did they know that my sister's boyfriend is a trained Irish dancer: http://tinyurl.com/y37gouu
Removing the garter and me looking evil: http://tinyurl.com/y3acj9p
My sister caught the bouquet and her boyfriend got the garter (which I made of maribou, sequins and tulle): http://tinyurl.com/y62zj8p
Flowergirl waiting to "go on": http://tinyurl.com/y6jvzu6
My cousins/ushers, you can see the centerpieces and hot sauce favors with the labels I designed: http://tinyurl.com/y85xk76
Table with pictures of parents/grandparents/great-grandparents/siblings from their weddings (I had the same style banners on the cake and gift tables, saying "love is sweet" and "love is a gift," respectively): http://tinyurl.com/y6gy34g
Kim's AMAZING cakes! The topper on the table was from my dad and step-mom's cake at their wedding: http://tinyurl.com/y3g8bdr
Bridesmaids and guests enjoying the enchilada dinner and sangria: http://tinyurl.com/y2zq9nw
My FIL giving a beautiful toast: http://tinyurl.com/y5colfy
A cool picture Monie took on her iphone during the ceremony: http://tinyurl.com/y3vcq6w
DH (hehehe) thanking our guests: http://tinyurl.com/yytmcmo
Thanks for looking!
P.S. The 7 (5 of whom were uninvited) guests who I was complaining about last week...not a one of them showed up. But no big deal. We had the perfect number of people and everybody was lovely.
Re: AW: Wedding Recap (LONG)
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Congrats! You looked beautiful, so did your mom! And that cake looked really beautiful! I did see on FB, but didn't know it was yours!
I am so happy that your day went exactly as you have planned.
Thank you so much for the sweet compliments. I am honored that you asked me to be a part of your special day!!! (by the way...I had some of the italian cream for lunch also......there was extra batter left so I made it into cupcakes!)
You were such a beautiful and calm bride! I am so happy for you!
the italian creme cake was to die for! DH and i shared a piece because it looked like they were running out of cake...only to find out later that there was a sheet cake in the kitchen! darnit! i knew i shouldn't have shared with him!
you were such a beautiful bride and all your hard work came out perfectly. i loved seeing all the nesties in action doing what they do best!
can't wait to see more pictures!
p.s. - your dad was very entertaining on the dance floor!
it really was a beautiful day and you were a gorrrrrrgeous bride.
the nesti-ness of it made me laugh. everywhere you turned, there was a nestie!
oh- and i am STILL obsessing over the bridesmaids' gowns. :::love:::
you looked stunning.
aren't weddings awesome? you just got me all smiley and happy thinking about weddings, remembering how awesome my own wedding was. I'm sure you made incredible memories of your own to last a lifetime.
congrats.
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Everything looks fabulous, congratulations again. You can tell from just those few photos how happy, enjoyable, and beautiful everything was.
I would have loved to see the clog-off, inc the Irish dancer!
HEY! I gave you what was left of my piece... lol
E, I'm SO happy for you! It was an absolute pleasure making you beautiful, and as rushed as it was, I'm SERIOUS about naming that look after you. It was one of a kind.
Congratulations!!! You looked amazing ... and so did everything else!
I felt the same way about cakes, no big deal. Then when they arrived, I was just amazed! Who knew cakes could be so important? And Kim did a GREAT job on yours!
I love that you giggle when you type "DH" ... can you do that every day? Hehe