Some shots of me and Mr. Bluebell getting ready just before the ceremony!
All photos by the fabulous Jane Heller.
my veil:
When I was off getting my hair done, Jane was hanging my dress and veil up all over the place (mostly on the balcony!!) for all these great shots.
close-up of the lace on the veil (from the highly recommended Sposabella Lace in NYC)
My cousin is a professional masseur, so he gave Mr. Bluebell a little pre-ceremony massage while I was getting ready. Hehehe.
I had no idea she took this…
One of my bridesmaids did my makeup for me, and I was sooo happy with it!
another bridesmaid watching as she finishes up my makeup.
my hair!
The rings! Last year when my brother and sister-in-law got married, my sister-in-law requested we find something cool in the house to use for the rings. Someone (my mom?) found this cool little wooden thing, and put a little moss on top for the rings to rest on, so we decided to make it an official family tradition! (Unfortunately there was some kind of mixup though, and during the actual ceremony, the rings were handed to us in a ring box. Honestly, I didn’t even realize it until we got photos back though. 
But I’m still glad that Jane took a few pictures of the rings in here even if it wasn’t a part of the ceremony!)
I used my grandmother’s purse, from the 1950’s.
I forgot to paint my toenails until about 20 minutes before the ceremony…
A hug from my beautiful sister-in-law (and a sneak preview of bridesmaids opening their gifts)
My mom and maid of honor helping me into my dress
A better shot of my hair! Ohhh how I loved it!!
Mom, bridesmaids, and ceremony reader all looking once I got the dress on.
My mom putting my something borrowed & old on me - my great-great-grandmother’s necklace from the 1870’s.
A semi-decent shot of my train from the balcony of the bedroom where I got ready.
I didn’t get around to doing my nails until about 3 minutes before the ceremony was going to start, which sent everyone into a bit of a panic. There was a lot of yelling “It’s clear! Seriously! It’ll be okay!!!” But, in fact, I didn’t spill a drop, and it was dry by the time we were actually ready to start walking!
My mom and ceremony reader helping me with my veil.
I think this picture captures how I felt the best of any of these.
All ready to go!
Letting my nails dry just a liiiittle bit longer…
Wait, is it really time to go now?!?
And off we go!! With my maid of honor holding up my train and veil, we head down the hallway…
Absolutely LOVE your dress! The pictures are fantastic!!!
Beautiful pictures! I cannot wait to see more!
all I can say is WOW! 
your gown is BREATHTAKING. you looked beautiful!
gorgeous photos. I love how he did a wonderful job of capturing your femininity. just beautiful. -)
I looove your pictures! Why is it the shot with your hands in your lap makes ME nervous? What?? Anyway, Jane is amazing and love the dress shots!
Absolutely beautiful! - I love your pics! Congrats! =o)
Wow! Gorgeous pics? Where on earth did you get that amazing dress??
Your dress is beautiful!!!! Great pics! Congratulations!
gorgeous dress and i love how you used your grandmother’s purse!
Thank you everyone!!! 
My dress is Pronovias’s Jaguar, but that has a halter neck (sort of) that I had altered off (and then some of the lace from the neck bit edging the top of the strapless part.) I LOVED it soooo much - and, by pure lucky coincidence, it was the cheapest dress that I tried on that I liked at all!! The saleslady brought it to me and I fell in love and had to have before I asked the price, so I was scaaared but it was literally the cheapest one I tried on at that store! So yeah, Pronovias dresses are definitely gorgeous and great quality and WAY cheaper than a couture gown!!
Love the photos! Your dress is absolutely gorgeous! I also LOVE LOVE LOVE your grandmother’s purse!!! Beautiful!!!!
Miss Bluebell,
Beautiful wedding! It looks like you all had a lovely celebration! I love that you had your great-great grandmother’s necklace and your grandmother’s purse.
Also, did you post a picture of your engagement ring on pricescope? I was looking for info on engagement rings a while back and found this gorgeous cushion cut micro pave vera wang ring and just decided that’s my dream e-ring–which I think might have been something that you posted! Anyway, I had seen the pricescope page a while ago and then thought that you looked kind of familiar when I saw these wedding pics-Since my bf and I are shopping for e-rings, I check out pricescope pretty often…because I’m wedding planning too, I check out weddingbee. Anyway, if you are both posters, I wanted to compliment you on your beautiful e-ring and congratulate you on your lovely wedding!
I’m getting married in the Adirondacks in a Pronovias in less than two months (yikes!), and I hope I look as gorgeous as you do!
the lace was just gorgeous on your gown and veil! love the shots in the window!
Melissa - hahaha, that’s totally me!!! I’m virtually never on pricescope any more these days, but they are all very nice and helpful people over there so I hope you’re getting something out of it! And thanks; I love my ring too! I hope you love yours as much as I love mine!
Kara - that’s so cool; we can be Adirondack Pronovias 2007 buddies! Where in the Adirondacks?
And thanks one more time to all the other commenters too!!!
To reiterate what Karen already said…Beautiful pics! Beautiful dress! Beautiful Mrs. Bluebell! =D Your photographer was great, she did a great job capturing all the little moments so that you could tell such an adorable story! And I absolutely loooooove your grandmother’s purse.
What gorgeous pictures! And I absolutely love your grandmother’s purse and the even older necklace. They fit perfectly with your dress, too!
I love your gown and veil. I have the pronovias ideal dress and was wondering which veil did you get because it matched perfectly!
Thank youuuu new posters!!!
Fifi - 1) GO PRONOVIAS!! 2) I had my veil made at Sposabella Lace in NYC. They just have a zillion laces that you can look at and compare and hold up to your dress scrap (once you get it hemmed or whatever) to see what looks best with it. So I have no idea what exact lace this was, but I was so happy it went so well together too! And then they’ll make whatever kind of veil you want for you with the edging you choose, and you get a veil fitting to make sure you love it before they sew it all on!
great shots!!!
[...] A few photos by the phenomenal (I’m starting to run out of superlative adjectives to use for her!) Jane Heller of the ceremony site, and around the house, from right before the ceremony while I was getting ready. [...]
Holy cow, these are so amazing. Your dress is incredible. I really can’t believe I didn’t talk to you more about it before. Mr. Lily’s favorite pic is one of your profile shots — they are so gorgeous!! YAY!
Hi Mrs. Bluebell,
Just wanted to say that I LOVE the pictures and your entire wedding… such incredible thought went into everything… it’s so beautiful. I bought my Jaguar dress yesterday (in Ivory) and am sure that I’m going to come back to your site hundreds of times between now and my July wedding to see the pictures of you in yours. (Have you seen those awful ones online from Pronovias?!). I am doing a long veil too (but plain) and am having tool straps to cover my shoulders put on for the ceremony only. I would love to know if you have any pictures of the dress that you could email me?!
Thanks!
How much was the pronovias ideal dress?
Mrs. Bluebell, New York
Age and Occupation in 07: 26, Finance Manager
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Playing with the cat and/or Consulting
Engagement Date: December 25, 2005
Wedding Date: June 2007
Venue: Bride's family summer home in the Adirondacks
About Me: Trying to find the perfect balance between family tradition (marrying at the house everyone else in my family gets married at), making our's modern, interesting and different from everyone else in my family's, and incorporating some Chinese tradition for my Chinese fiance. I really have no idea what it's going to end up looking like!
Also, I picked Miss Bluebell for my name because I have blue eyes and I'm a loser like that.
Everything about your wedding is beautiful and I’m glad your nails dried in time! Lol.