honestly, the days leading up to the wedding were so incredibly insane i'm not even sure where to start. i'll just dive in!
flowersi believe i've mentioned it before, but i did all of the flowers for the wedding myself. i ordered the flowers wholesale from pennock floral and worked with the super-nice angelo. the flowers had to be in a cold room, which meant turning on the window AC to 60 degrees and freezing. after reading a bunch of tutorials on making bouquets, i started to strip the flowers (this is when you use this little metal doo-hickey to rip all of the leaves and thorns off of the stems). here's what i came up with:
bridesmaidsi told the girls to just pick a light pink dress, gold or tan heels, and a hairstyle that wasn't super hairsprayed and curly. how gorgeous do they look?
they used the little vintage pearl clutches and necklaces i got them, too.
groomsmenthe boys wore whatever gray pants they had and a white shirt. we bought them calvin klien gray-on-gray ties and versace socks as presents.
programsi know i showed a picture of the programs before, but here they are again:
the silhouettes are actually bryan and i!
receptionwe hung lights back and forth above the tables. the doily runners were stretched out over long strips of burlap, and the flowers were placed on top. i thrifted about 125 small clear glass dishes and votive holders which held tealights. the table numbers were vintage frames that i turned the backs into chalkboards. you can see the napkins that took forever, too!
cupcakes and gelatothe cakestands were milk glass plates and candlestick holders that bryan glued together. the wood plaques have little stumps glued to the bottom to make the stand.
the cupcakes were amazing! the toppers are just little salt and pepper shakers that i found on ebay.
guestbookhere's that vintage typewriter that i was searching for - we just bought a new ribbon and cleaned it up, and it worked perfectly fine. the guests really seemed to like playing around on it and we got some pretty ridiculous messages as the night went on.
photobooththis was one of the most fun parts of the night. bryan and i painted huge pieces of plywood with pink and white stripes and added burlap curtains. we used some program that he found to have the images from the camera show up on the computer as soon as they were taken. the guests used a remote to take the photo. here's some of my favorites:
seating chart
ohhhh, the shutter screen. we needed to create a divider between the reception and cocktail space. we also needed a spot to put the seating cards. after much craigslist searching, we found someone selling tall antique shutters. bryan hinged them together and we clipped the cards on with mini-clothespins. the cards were actually little tags with skeleton keys attached.
unfortunately, my mom forgot to pick them up the day after the wedding and they got thrown out.
random bryan & i picturesjust in case you wanted to see a couple more...
dancing!
our good friend DJ-ed, and it was such a blast. my dad and his girlfriend were the first ones on the dance floor and the last ones to leave. pretty much everyone was dancing and drunk. it was awesome!
random guest and assorted reception pictures
i loved looking at pictures of friends and family having fun - these are some of my favorites.
hope that you like all of the pictures! let me know if you have any questions or want to see another picture of something. there's tons, and i'd love to help.
outfit posts will be back tomorrow morning. i've missed y'all!
