The week of was a nightmare! It seemed like almost everything that could go wrong did, including one of my servers canceling on me at 10pm the night before (my other server came through and found someone last minute, after many frantic phone calls). The whole planning process was pretty smooth and stress-free, but I severely underestimated the time and work it would take to actually set everything up since we did everything ourselves. So, in short, thank GOD it's over! 
The day of the wedding, Brian and I were both setting up until the last minute. I was doing a walkthrough with my head server/coordinator up to 2:30 pm and the ceremony was supposed to start at 3pm! And guests were arriving.. I had my hair and makeup done but was still in sweats and a t shirt.. I think our guests were very confused, haha. SO not ideal. But after all that, we left everything up to everyone else, and it went great! Everyone noticed and kept commenting on all our DIY touches, the old fashioned soda bar and photobooth was a HUGE hit, and the cake was AWESOME.
We got back from our honeymoon in Greece yesterday, so we're pretty jet lagged still but it was amazing. Glad to be home, and happy that we live in America, though
Here are non-pro pics that my brother took:
Flower girl and ringbearer - the other RB got shy right before so he didn't end up walking down the aisle
The wedding party and Brian. Look at the arch Brian and I built!
My dad walking me down, my mom is the one sitting on the left
Looong train!
Close up of my dad and I
Cutting the cake
This wasn't planned at all and everyone was egging us on so we did the cake smash. Luckily my makeup was airbrush so cleanup was really easy.
I asked our photographer to send us a few shots to use for TY cards and he sent these last night - I looove them but still have 3-4 weeks to wait for the rest 
Sorry this was sooo long!! And I posted this on Oct 10 board too, so sorry if this is a repeat for some of you.
By the way, Eeva and Breanne, I was away when you posted yours but wanted to say that I LOVED reading about your weddings and seeing your pictures! You both looked absolutely amazing. And Eeva, I was so excited to see all your wonderful DIY's come together! Your lace shrug/jacket was awesome - I can't believe you made that!!
I can't wait to get pro pics back - I asked my photog to take LOTS of detail shots since we had so many DIY and vintage elements. I'll def. post again when I get those!
Laura & Brian | October 23, 2010 |
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