Weddingbee

Okay, be honest. Do you notice the little details when you attend a wedding as a guest? Did you before you were engaged and planning your own wedding? I know I didn’t notice pre-engagement. However, that didn’t stop me from putting thought and energy into the little things that made our wedding day special. So, without further ado, bring on the details.

Mr. Onion’s beautiful tie and belt were gifts from his best friend/GM. The tie was purchased in London and the custom belt was purchased in Spain. The lengths he went to make sure Mr. Onion looked his best on his wedding day! We realized Mr. Onion didn’t own cufflinks so we asked my father to borrow a pair — can you believe he just happened to have purple cufflinks that went so well??

I had my grandmother’s pin converted to a hair comb for the wedding. I miss her every day and I was so happy to have her with me this way.

Mr. Onion had a custom suit and shirt made from Alan David Custom in NYC. His initials appear on the bottom of his shirt and on the inside of his jacket.

This is a photo of our wedding rings (on the right of the image — look closely). Mr. Onion and I both had our rings custom made by a jeweler in Connecticut. In this photo you can see that the inside of Mr. Onion’s ring is yellow gold while the outside is platinum. Another hidden detail.

Every bride searches for the perfect shoes. In my case, as my dress was tea length, it was even more important to me that my shoes be perfect as everyone would see them.

My dress didn’t have working buttons — the top of my dress had a zipper and had decorative buttons. Because I wanted to be sure no one could see the zipper I had Mark Ingram’s seamstress remove all the buttons and put them back on the other side of the zipper so the weight of the buttons didn’t weigh the fabric down and make the zipper visible. Talk about details!

Throughout the planning process I had an amazing experience with my florist. How beautiful is my bouquet? I know all brides must think their bouquet is the loveliest, but this really was perfect for me.

Photos like this make you realize how important a quality manicure is for your wedding day! I had my nails done at Dish Beauty Lounge & Spa on the Church Street Marketplace the day before the wedding.

I was really pleased with how my DIY paper projects came out. Here is our ceremeony program which I laid out in Publisher. The page didn’t fold flush allowing the pattern that appeared on our invitations to peek out.

Back to our flowers for a moment. Not that this was an original idea (I was inspired by a Martha Stewart Weddings issue), but I really like how the pew decorations came out. Best part? They were repurposed as cocktail hour table decorations.

And here the pew decorations are in action along with our wish bowl, wish bowl directions card, BM bouquets etc.

MMmmm cake! Our cake was not only beautiful to look at, but it was sooo yummy. My mother’s biggest regret is that she didn’t get to taste both flavors. I even had marzipan (Mr. Onion’s favorite) shaped like pears flown in from Italy via www.marzipanworld.com.

Our favor boxes were sealed with sage green ribbon and monogram stickers from Creative Montage.

We used two different monograms to keep things interesting, and why not?!

We used another monogram at the top of our wedding menus. Pictured is a menu and a lavender bundle which acted as a place card.

On the lavender bundles were tied mini moo cards with a series of engagement photos on one side and the guest’s name on the other.

To continue with the lavender we had dried lavender sprinkled around candles on each table.

Like many couples, we decided to display wedding photos of our grandparents.

My mother had pearl shoe clips made to go with her green pearl necklace. I thought it was a really nice touch and brought the outfit together.

Immediately after our first dance Moscato was passed for a toast. This was the wine we were drinking the night Mr. Onion and I first kissed.

Inside our favor boxes were three, melt in your mouth, delicious, hand made maple sugar candies.

Our florist had three vases with water waiting when we arrived at the reception for each bridesmaid to place her bouquet. It kept them fresh and it was more re-purposing making our flowers major bang for the buck!

Up next…the reception continues — cake cutting and a trip to Ben & Jerry’s!

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