It is indeed true, my wedding day was magical. I wish they I could relive November 5th over and over and over again. It truly is such a treasure to have all the photos and fabulous wedding day video, so perfectly documented by Dan and Anne Almasy, of Atlanta.
I found my dress in New York City last summer. My mom and sister came up, and we hit the town with a mission. Lucky us, scored a winner with the second dress I tried on.
This picture is kind of contradictory of our wedding theme, as it is “Christmasy” looking, and our wedding was completely fall inspired. But when your Dad owns a greenhouse operation, and there are acres of poinsettias it just seems fitting to recreate your three year old Christmas card with your soon to be husband!
We took lots of pictures, so I will just highlight a few special details. My bouquet was super special to me. If you look close, you will see a gold locket. It was my precious, beautiful, lovely, perfect Grandma who passed away just over a year ago from cancer. She was a rockstar grandma, and I would of given anything to of really had her there, but instead she got to be the closest to me – and was of course in my heart!
All my girls…enough said, they were AWESOME!
And my favorite part. The fountain at the museum, where our reception was help. The pond was surrounded by tea lights and get this, TWELVE-HUNDRED white cyclamen!!! It really was a fairy-tale…
The cake. And Mom and I had a fun idea of how to incorporate “fall” into a wedding in November without it really screaming “fall”. So we went with 12 boxes of little, white pumpkins filling the clear glass vases. Simple and elegant.
The band. They were fabulous, and we cannot thank them enough for giving life to a wonderful reception celebration. If you want an awesome band, check out Andrew Thielen and The Band, they won’t disappoint.
Happy Wedding Day! Hard to believe that tomorrow marks out 3 month anniversary. We have a long life together ahead of us, and I cannot wait to see what God has in store for us. While on the topic, shout out to my parents, their 27 year anniversary is almost here – also the same date that Stan and I met five years ago. xoxo readers!
Wish I could invite all of you to join in on our fun, family Thanksgiving. Instead I will leave you with a little tease as to what you’re missing out on.
I am chomping at the bit to fly home next week. That cab ride to LaGuardia just cannot come quit enough! Although I am a little bummed that I will yet again be watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV, when I could be there! Instead I will wake up Thanksgiving morning to a Turkey Trot 5k which I am running with my sister, and then a long morning in front of the TV watching the parade festivities unfold.
What are your Thanksgiving Day plans? Do you have any special traditions? We always have a post lunch/dinner football matchup! Cannot wait to recap for you next week! XO!
Do not freak out yet, I promise I did not completely skip over Thanksgiving. After all, Thanksgiving might be one of my favorite holidays. Though let me enlighten you on something “southern”: football is a real big deal. That means a free weekend isn’t common; and weddings, parties, showers are not really TOPS on anyones priority list. Not to mention, come the late fall, people have super busy schedules. Nevertheless, there is always reason to celebrate, even when the theme is somewhat premature! On that note, let’s throw a party. Now I do not know about you, but the chance to create an invitation really gets my blood flowing! If it seemed at all practical I would be the one to design a card and send out something saying “Happy St. Patrick’s Day” or “Happy Summer”. I mean just think, the hand addressed envelopes that show up in your mailbox are those pieces of mail that you are really excited to open!! Not bills or junk mail that are not attractive in any way form or fashion. So this past week we sent some “surprise” mail to friends in celebration of sweet Auburn girls’ engagement. What better than a “Deck the Halls” Bridal Christmas Shower!
I designed the invites in IllustratorCS4, printed them on glossy paper, mounted them on a sage green card stock, hand addressed the matching envelopes, slapped on a stamp, and out they went! With the invites out, a clean house and decorations in the works. We hung a green wreath over the dining room buffet, with a little added touch of yellow spiraea.
Then the stockings were hung in honor of the soon to be married couple!
The punch cups were cleaned,
and the food was prepared! I must note that I did not make these “cake bites”, they are a Birmingham party staple. I ordered 5 dozen and drove them all the way (2 hours) to the party WITHOUT even sneaking in the box to snitch one of these babies, and they smelled delicious!
A healthy touch accompanied this yummy sweetness on the table. Mom created a homemade asparagus christmas tree as the centerpiece. It was a lot of work, and she might not opt to do this again, but it turned out really pretty. The asparagus is attached to an oasis foam cone center with floral wire. The top is adorned with red berries from the local wholesale florist, and yellow spiraea and berries anchor the bottom.
The party was fun, and all “people” pictures I will have to gather from the other hostesses. Oops…I must of been preoccupied, and my camera was not strapped around my neck as usual. A Canon camera really isn’t the most attractive necklace with a fancy dress anyway. The wedding party was lots of fun, thanks to everyone that joined us for a special reason to celebrate!
