#54 more sneak peeks

So we'll have the rest of our pics in a few weeks...until then...feast your eyes on this awesomeness from Michelle Huesgen (she's awesome too!) of Untamed Heart Photography...or you can check it out on her blog too (along with lots of other pretties!).

Look at our awesome couch!!! Bahaha!

 Look at that cutie ;)

Jess doing a jig in the background?

Our flowers were gorg! Les Bouquets did a great job!

Jess again being a goof! Love her! Love this shot!

My dad and I...we literally raced down the aisle...

I think he was nervous and I was about to trip on my dress!

(Props to Michelle for getting this shot! LOL)

  

That's my pretty cousin Ashley's arm holding our lovely programs.

(shh! I say they're lovely because I designed them; the flags too!...hehe)

Some of the details I agonized over...everything was just how I pictured it!

SMP here we come...please? I love you...will you love me back?

P.S.-Dino and I made all 180 little pies (our favors) lovingly

P.P.S.- um...okay...Dino made all 180 pies...I helped a little (what a guy!)

We had TWO Food Network/Discovery Channel featured caterers for the day...

Pappy's Smokehouse (featured on Man v. Food)- Dino and I looooooove their BBQ! We searched and searched for a caterer that would have good food for a decent price...let me tell you hard to find...and we really wanted something that wasn't just your typical wedding food...but REALLY GOOD food. So we said F*it, we love Pappy's, we want them!!! And so it was! LOL! The Brisket and Turkey was fab! Yummy!

And again...we wanted a variety of desserts that wasn't just your typical wedding cake (sense a theme here...lol). Well that happened to be The Blue Owl of Kimmswick, MO (featured on Paula Dean). Let me tell you...Michelle's quote from her blog..."well lets just say…I’ve never seen a dessert table depleted like that…" she wasn't kidding...if we wouldn't have run out of plates...I wouldn't have gotten any delish cake the next day! I'm a fatty...hehe...which you will see in the next pics below...harhar...okay I'm being hard on myself...to be fair, I was completely FULL of awesome BBQ and desserts!

 

A HUGE thanks to all involved! It was a wonderful day--one that I will re-live over and over!

Oh and btw...if any of you stopping by are in need of a stylist/designer/coordinater for your wedding/photoshoot/tea party/etc. let me know, I'm totally ready to start that planning business I've been talking about...stay tuned...I'll get that website up sometime soon!

#42 nyc love

So I have to say that I've been jealous of NY brides for pretty much as long as I've been into weddings...which is a lot longer than I've even been with Dino...I mean Whose Wedding is it Anyway? Come on everyone remembers that show! Right?

So anywho...like I said...totally jealous because...they have awesome vendors! In a city as fashionable as New York how could they not?!

One that needs no introduction is Saipua! I had, of course, seen them all around the wedding blogs, but had never really looked into their stuff because well...I guess I was busy with other elements of the wedding at the time. But now that I've turned my attention BACK to flowers, I have to say that I have fallen so hard for this amazing company and the ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS arrangements and bouquets they create! So after several hours of drooling over their website, I promptly sent over my fav pics to our florist!

Okay, there's alot...I just can't help it...I literally love them all!

images are all credited to Saipua

#17 playin around

After the last somber reflection, I feel like my blog needs something fluffy to get us all back in a happy mood. So I'll let you all in on what I've been working on...

So who needs real flowers when you've got mad craft skills...lol...I don't know how great these are yet, but with a little practice, I think they could look pretty cool!


1) They didn't take me long to make...2) They look like the garden roses from my inspiration board...3) I can have complete control of the color they get spray painted (and we all know how much I love being in control!)...4)They're a little artsy, which is a little me, maybe, definitely...AND...

5)THEY WOULD BE SOOOOOOO MUCH CHEAPER THAN REAL FLOWERS!!!!

Cons:

None...oh except my mom wants to whine about how I should have real flowers...because these, of course, don't fit into her perfect idea of what my wedding should look like...i.e.-think copious amounts of tulle, beading, flowers, hor d' oeuvres before a 5 course meal.

The only con I can think of as I'm racking my brain...paper+candles=fire...so either we 86 candles or...have them arranged in such a way as to avoid fire hazards...that means my cousin Ryan sits off in a corner by himself, possibly chained to a chair or some other permanent means of imprisoning him.

Opinions...Comments?

#14 pretty!

This my first legit style board, made by me! It's not laid out super nice, but believe me...it's a step up from the cluster fuck of pictures that the photoshop doc is! I defined my colors because people kept asking me what I was thinking of, and I don't think people really get when I say purpley-pink so here it is!

images are credited from theknot.com, soulardpreservationhall.com, stceciliaparish.com, wholeblossums.com

The 3 top-right photos are what I was thinking for bridesmaids bouquets, my bouquet, and reception flowers (only I'd probably add lemons instead of oranges for the reception flowers). Love, love, love the eucalyptus leaves for greenery; they're just the right shade of green (if I have to tighten up the budget somewhat, I might just have the girls carry a bunch of eucalyptus, instead of flowers). The burgundy ranunculas are interesting, and fit the color scheme, but that might just be color overload for the flowers (there's something so proportional about 3's...lol...omg I'm a dork!). I love the tulips so much that I have to have them as my bouquet (sorry Jess, but at least you'll get to hold them at the church)! Pretty!