Wedding Recap | Professional Album

Photography was the most important vendor to me and I am SO happy that I didn't skimp out. While I understand it's pricey it is the only thing you'll have once the day is over and I'm a firm believer in the saying "a picture is worth a thousand words." With that being said I cannot rave about our photographers (North Star Photography and Design) enough and the amazing work they did! Not only did they take beautiful pictures, provide a slideshow during the reception, and all images on a disc, they also made a beautiful wedding album that I know we'll cherish for the rest of our lives.

The pictures I took don't do the book justice, but I thought it'd be fun to post them anyway. Enjoy :)

Like I said not the best pictures of the book, but you get the idea :)

Wedding Recap | The Details

Today we're going to take a closer look at some of the small details that would have gone unremembered had our amazing photographers not captured them!

My wedding dress was from David's Bridal and cost a whopping $400! And I'm SO happy I didn't spend a fortune on it, because it ended up getting destroyed during the reception. One day I'm going to make a wedding shadowbox and I'm going to cut off the top part (under the beading) to use as the background. I just don't understand how women get so attached to their dress. And yes I wore pink TOM shoes :)

A better look at the personalized wedding hanger I ordered! One of my favorite things from the wedding :) I plan on adding it to the shadowbox as well.

My jewelry- the necklace was my great-grandma's and my grandparents bought the earrings as a shower gift.

I can't tell you how many hours I spent putting together the ceremony programs! They turned out beautifully, but I'm glad they're the only thing I really spent a lot of time on because half of the guests didn't even get one!

We decided to get a cake for the bridal party and cupcakes for the rest of the guests. Our take looked (and tasted!) amazing :) Of course T got a Star Wars groom cake that said May the Force be with You as well in Cherry Chip lol

Our invitations and toasting flutes! :)

A close up of my bouquet and our rings! My flowers weren't the best, but to be honest I didn't really care.

And there's a few small details that made our wedding even better :)

Wedding Recap | Reception

Here I am the week after our wedding anniversary and I'm STILL recapping our wedding. Thankfully I only have three more installments- reception, little details, and our professional photo album and I'm posting them all this week! Reception today, the little details tomorrow, and the album on Saturday :) So stay tuned!

 The wedding party walked into the reception to the Star Wars anthem LOL

 A Polish wedding tradition-

 Haha I think this picture is hilarious, because my shot was just water and I still choked on it!

 Cutting the cake

 The toast given by one of Thomas' best friends

 First Dance

We danced to You're Still the One by Shania Twain :)

 Grandfather-Granddaughter dance

We danced to Isn't she Lovely by Stevie Wonder

 Mother-Son dance

They danced to ...

 Garter removal

My husband is such a goof haha

 Bouquet toss

Erica, the girl on the far right in the red caught it :)

And of course there was a lot of dancing going on ;)

One Year!

Happy first wedding anniversary to T & I!

Thomas, I love you more than I did a year ago. I couldn't ask for a better partner or best friend and I can't wait to see what the future holds! You're the best :)

Wedding Wednesday | The Ceremony

I'm back this Wednesday with another chunk of wedding pictures! I can't believe that we're only 10 days away from our first wedding anniversary! This past year has definitely flown by and I don't see things slowing down anytime soon. I can't say I mind though- I enjoy being busy and having fun things to do. Now onto the ceremony pictures..

 The husband making his way down the aisle!

 The girls, Grandpa, and I waiting for our turn.

 Grandpa and I <3

 My cousin Leah read an excerpt from Richard Bach's Bridge Across Forever

"A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we're pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we're safe in our own paradise. Our soulmate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. When we're two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we've found the right person. Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life."

 It was SO HOT! You can see me squinting because the sun was in my eyes and if you look closely you can see sweat dripping down T's chin.

 Instead of a Unity Candle we did Unity Sand with our wedding colors. The vases are really nice quality and it looks good displayed in the house.

 "You may now kiss the bride!"

Mr & Mrs!

I am so thankful that we all got through the ceremony without anyone fainting! It was a record breaking weather day and anytime we see any guests from the wedding they mention how hot it was haha

Wedding Wednesday | Bridal Party

This weeks pictures are of our awesome bridal party! T and I were so lucky to have our closest friends stand up with us at the wedding and so thankful for all of their help. We even had a special guest- T's closest friend from the Army attended the wedding and we were so happy we could include him in a few pictures!

 The guys

 The ladies

 A huge bonus for getting married on a golf course- golf carts!!! We had so much fun in these and wish we had more time!

 The whole group

 One of my favorite pictures from the entire day! I can't wait to frame it and hang it up one day!

Of course I wasn't following the "rules" and looked at the camera.. everyone else was doing what they're supposed to.

I sort of feel like I'm "cheating" these recaps, because I'm not going into super detail, but it's the only way I can stay on top of posting these. And I really want to have them all posted by our anniversary which is in THREE weeks! Maybe one day I'll have time to come back and edit these entries to make them more in depth ;)

Wedding Wednesday | First Look

Early on in the wedding planning process it was evident that due to time constraints we needed to have a first look moment before the wedding ceremony and man oh man I am so glad we did! I can't tell you how much that moment calmed my nerves and set the tone for rest of the night. I am an extremely shy person when in large groups and around people I don't know very well. So let's just say the thought of 150+ peoples eyes being locked on me terrified me! Having this moment just to ourselves was so special and I can feel exactly how I did in that moment by just looking at these pictures.

Now I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking ;)

I didn't know what to do with my hands lol

One of my favorite pictures from the entire day & T says "it looks like I'm farting"

Ah, Fox Hills was such a beautiful location and our photographers (Northstar Photography) were so, so, so amazing!