Weddingbee

Okay, here we go! I’ve shown y’all some details, and you’ve seen some non-pro pics, but it’s now that time to really start posting our professional wedding pictures by the fabulous 35 Atlanta.So here we go - pictures of me and my girls getting ready!

We didn’t actually start getting ready until about 1:30 or 2:00 in the afternoon. Since our ceremony was scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m., we actually had other things going on that day. I ran a 5K that morning, and my mother-in-law’s best friend threw us a perfectly lovely bridesmaids luncheon at the perfectly-Atlanta Swan Coach House. We were a little rushed leaving lunch, and we headed back to my house to begin getting ready as quickly as we could.

Things were pretty hectic - at one point, we had one bride, six bridesmaids, three beauty professionals, two friends, one mom, one cousin, and two photographers in our little 1200 sq. ft. house, but I wouldn’t have changed our setup for the world. I was kind of frazzled, rarely sitting down and constantly coming up with “one more thing” that needed to be done, but someone was always one step behind me, taking the dustpan out of my hand, cleaning up the wine glasses from the coffee table, and steaming the bridesmaids dresses and sashes.

Cortney, the wife of one of Mr. Magnolia’s cousins has a side business doing wedding and prom hair, so she came by to do updos for me and my MOH. While she was busy curling MOH’s hair…

…she had me put my hair up in rollers so that the curling iron process would take less time:

A little wine was a must-have to calm the nerves - note that I’m already wearing my e-ring on my right hand!

My mom’s stylist, Misty (who also did my hair in high school and college), provided blowouts to all of the girls except my MOH. Here she is with Mr. Magnolia’s sister:

And some of the girls groomed each other!

Meanwhile, my fabulous cousin Chad from Three Custom Color was hard at work on makeup for the girls:

At the last minute, I found a hair inspiration that was significantly different than the one I used for my hair trial. And this was what we decided to go with:

Cortney figuring out where to place the silk flower in my hair:

And attaching my cathedral-length veil:

Chad hard at work on my mom:

And finally, Chad begins the makeup process on me:

Hold that thought, Chad! I have to make one more phone call to see how Mr. Mags is holding up…

(To be continued…)

Photography: 35Atlanta
Hair: Misty King and Cortney Nelms
Makeup: Chad Hayduk, Three Custom Color
Accessories: Silk flower purchased at LaRaine’s Boutique, Veil ordered from obridal.com