AW: Wedding Album! (blogged!)

Tiffany618

So,  this is my last wedding AW.  I'm kinda sad about it, actually! 

We got our wedding album finalized this week and are absolutely in LOVE with it.  I only picked a handful "must have pictures" and gave McGowan Images full reign over the photo selection and album design.  Mack did an amazing job!

We also received our 20x30 canvas wrap wedding portrait which looks amazing in our living room. 

I know most everyone has already seen a lot of our wedding photos... but Chelsea has blogged our full album design if anyone would like to see the design and more photos from our big day.  (There is also a photo of our canvas)

www.mcgowanimages.com/blog

sparklingdiamond

It looks great! :-)  I love that you used those circus animal cookies in your candy bar!

tc1016

I saw these early this morning! Gorgeous!

bobbileighb

I love it!  The album looks amazing.  What size album did you get?  I am just curious because you got a great selection of pictures in there.  That canvas wrap is to die for.  I always said I dont need anything bigger than an 8x10 but by the time its all over and with the pictures Chelsea and Mack take I may change my mind.

Tiffany618

Thanks ladies!


bobbileighb - If I remember correctly the album is 8x12 with 30 pages.  It will definitely be hard to resist getting a canvas.   We chose a black and white portrait per Chelsea's recommendation (since it will always go with any color palette in our home) and I seriously can't wait to get a colored accent wall to put it on.  I think it will look even more stunning.

bobbileighb

Thanks for the info, I upgraded to the 9x13 or 10x14 so I am pretty excited for all the pictures to go in it.  I just want to be married so I can have lots of pretty pictures haha.  I love the black and white it just looks so timeless.

angieandjames

Oh my gosh, that is fantastic!  Seriously, they did such a great job of capturing the wedding from start to finish, I feel like I was practically there.  And the canvas looks great as well!

bsn1752

Gorgeous photos!!!

NMac2010

I love it Tiffany!

mandaroo7

I can't wait to look tonight, it's blocked here at work!! 

BanannaP

That lucite cover is really cool!

Donnaaries

Looks awesome Tiffany!  And also thanks for the reminder, I have totally forgotten that I need to contact my photogs about the album

amberpro

It looks gorgeous!  the pics are so beautiful!  And I love that canvas.  Haven't even thought about that- now I want one

bridgetlb

that is REALLY nice!!!

lacy1603

So PRETTY!!!!!!

emimayor

Good for you for having such a beautiful album! And don't feel about AW your wedding...keep it up! You worked hard for your big day!

Tiffany618

Thanks Ladies!  I can't wait to see it in person. 

SoonToBeMrsHoz

Gorgeous pictures! I love your colors.
Was your wedding at the Prestonwood Country Club?

ChocolateDelight

Gorgeous pictures . . . beautiful wedding.

Tiffany618

The wedding was at El Dorado Country Club in McKinney.

serlace

Amazing - the photos are great. 

fallbride1109

Beautiful! Just beautiful!

Now where are your vendor reviews young lady?  (Or did I miss them while I was on vacation?)

Tiffany618

stephie- I did them when I came back from the honeymoon in May. 

fallbride1109

You did??  I must have totally missed them!  That's Ok, I shall find them. 

llc2011

Tiffany the album spreads look great and that canvas is beautiful!

Tiffany618

stephie- if i can find them I will add them to my bio.  Let me check it out.

Tiffany618

Actually, I found them.. let me just post here, what the heck:

Venue:  El Dorado Country Club, McKinney  A+ -  Cathy Taylor is the catering director there and she is AMAZING.  She is basically a day of coordinator and her and the staff took care of ALL of our setup, timing, etc.  We just dropped everything off before the rehearsal and she did the rest. They have a very large (and very nice!) locker room for getting ready the day of and we had access to it the whole day. The food was fantastic and everyone is still raving about it.  There are no room rental fees or coordination fees whatsoever as long as you meet the catering minimum (very reasonable!)  I highly recommend them!

 

Photographer:  McGowan Images – A+++ It’s no secret how much I’ve loved working with Chelsea and Mack so I will not go on and on here.  Booking them as our photographer was honestly the best decision we’ve made.  Our engagements and picnic sessions were a blast and the pictures are great.   Within 4-5 days of the wedding we had a preview blog with over 60 gorgeous photos.  I couldn’t ask for more!  Their work is superb and they are really fantastic to work with, we had a blast with them! 

 

Ceremony Music:  Naoko Stromberg, Harp – A+  I didn’t hear it all, of course, but everyone (even Mark!) can’t get over how beautiful the harp was for our ceremony.  It was very elegant. Naoko is very easy to work with.  We chose the traditional music for our ceremony, but she will even learn modern hits if you want to mix things up. 

 

Florist: The Blooming Bride – A  We didn’t have a LOT of flowers at our wedding, but the ones we did have were absolutely gorgeous and exactly as I had imagined.  Tami is super sweet and really saved the day for us.  I took her some gorgeous footed glass vases for my altar arrangements, and the feet cracked on the day of our wedding when she was preparing them.  This could have been a complete disaster, but she provided her rental vases to us for free and arrived early and calm on our special day.

 

Cake: The Cake Guys- A    We chose cakes from their sweet inspirations package, and they were both gorgeous and affordable.  We ordered a sample plate (since they don’t do official tastings with the value packages) and chose our flavors based on that.  When we booked, they discounted the package by the amount we paid for the samples.  They were super easy to work with and the cakes were just as delicious as our samples! J

 

DJ: Pat Homer – B  He was fun and very personable.  Great on communication.  A bit of a cheese, but our crowd had a great time so there are no complaints.  He forgot to announce one of our BM/GM couples into the reception, but it was an honest mistake.

 

Make Up Artist: AH Makeup Artistry (Amanda) – A++ Amanda arrived early and we all looked gorgeous!  She was fast and efficient and even went outside with us for touch-ups during photos.  I highly recommend her!

 

Dress Shop: Anonymously Yours – A – I got my Maggie Sottero gown here for $300.  It was a sample gown from a dress shop and still had the tags on it from the store it came from.  They have a very large selection of size 10 dresses (and a decent amount of 8 & 12’s).  We totally went there on a whim with no expectations and got lucky.

 

Tuxes:  Tuxedo Junction B – Very easy to work with, but almost everyone’s tux had some kind of an issue.  They were quick with alterations and re-order and all turned out fine in the end.  We kind of expected this from prior tux rental experiences.  Tuxes looked great though!

 

Linens/BM Dresses: A-1 Wedding and Party Rental – A   Nice, personable staff.  Linens were beautiful and BM dresses came in right on time.

 

Rehearsal Dinner: Texas Land and Cattle, Plano – A++++  This restaurant was a GREAT choice.  We got to create our own menu from their regular menu(and at regular menu prices!) and since our RD was on Thursday they extended their “Thirsty Thursday” promotion to our party and we got $2 Beers and Margaritas and ½ price appetizers.  The wait staff there was SUPERB and helped make our party.  He made announcements for us and everything.  I very, very highly recommend them.

 

Honeymoon: Sun Palace, Cancun – A+  This resort was everything we could have asked for and more.   Adults only, couples only, on the far end of the strip on a very quiet and serene beach.   It was all inclusive, including all tours for free, dinner on the beach, 2 free 25 minute massages and a $100 spa credit, liquor dispenser was actually in the room, just everything.  We even had padded beach chairs on the beach with our names on them so we never had to look for a chair.  I wish I was still there!! J

fallbride1109

Ok those sound familiar! 

JennaV26

Wow beautiful!!! And who did your cakes? The Cake Guys by chance??

Tiffany618

Yes, believe it or not they were actually from the Sweet Inspirations Packages from the Cake Guys.  They turned out gorgeous and were delicious too!

stupid&lucky

Gorgeous!