Weddingbee Blog

I caught my first glimpse of the Great Room as we walked in for our first dance. When we sat down after our dance I took a few seconds to soak everything in. Tiffany (our DOC), my wonderful Aunt Janelle, my mom (because I knew she wouldn’t be able to resist helping), and Donna (the hotel coordinator) set things up even better than I could have directed, and I didn’t have to lift a finger to do any of it.

I love the bright splash of color that the punch adds. This is where not having a color scheme comes in handy.

Our little sweetheart table was just what we needed. We were very gushy throughout the entire meal, staring into each other’s eyes and repeating over and over, “We’re married. Can you believe it?”
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My first dance post only has 5 photos, a paltry amount for me.

Why?

Because writing it makes me want to cry.

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Has anyone else seen these?

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Usually when things become popular I tend to run in the opposite direction. I either want to be way ahead (doesn’t everyone?) or so far behind that what I’m doing is considered “vintage”, not trendy.

The photobooth became the exception to that rule. With a photographer willing to supply the manpower, and Mamacado in possession of the equipment, I just couldn’t pass it up. It was free after all.

I collected wigs, gloves, hats, feather boas, and other accessories for people to dress up in. I started to wish our wedding was on November 11 instead of on October 11, because we would have been able to get all kinds of great Halloween stuff for really cheap! Most of the supplies actually came from the dress-up box of an 8-year-old family friend.

Jamie Smith

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Seriously, this is the last time you will ever see this image again, I swear.

Just one last reminder that Mrs. Hydrangea and I will be meeting up this Saturday the 24th, at 12:00 PM at the Starbucks in Northpark mall, and then heading to the 12:30 PM showing of Bride Wars.

Please won’t you come join us? I’ll bring treats and stuff them in my purse, I promise! Maybe even something extra special and homemade ’cause I love you ladies. XOXO See you soon!

This post by Becker has me thinking, “Will my wedding day look stand the test of time?”

All of these brides are ridiculously beautiful but you can definitely tell some of them are brides of the 90s by looking at their photos.

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We exited through the sliding glass doors right into the library area thinking we were going to have to stand around and greet all of our guests receiving line-style, as has been the case for every single LDS wedding I have ever attended. We were lucky and that didn’t happen! Over the course of the weekend we gave our guests several opportunities to spend time with us so there was no need. Phew!

That didn’t stop my recently married best friend from charting a course in my direction to give me the Pre-Wedding Night Chat. “Are you nervous?” she asked me. “Don’t lie to me, just tell me how you are doing.” As a culture of virgins, this talk runs rampant throughout the celebration.

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I’ve recently been crying over the cost of gallery wrap canvas prints. I want to fill my house with them and create my own version of the oft-cited Martha gallery wrap layout.

Unfortunately ordering them through the company my Mom uses for her own professional printing would run me $75 for an 8″x10″ print (that’s wholesale people!).
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Our officiant stepped forward and everyone quieted down. He welcomed our guests, thanked them for coming, and introduced himself. We call him President Christensen because he is a member of the area priesthood in my hometown. He was also a close friend of my dad’s in high school (and sources report he even dated my mom a little bit!). It was important to have someone that knew one of us well officiating, as well as someone with authority in the Church.

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While the boys were golfing and us girls were gallivanting around taking photos, our DOC Tiffany, Hotel 1000 coordinator Donna, Aunt, and a few cousins were putting the finishing touches on all of the setup.

Jamie Smith

I felt really bad about asking my aunt to hang the chandelier for me, because I felt like I was asking her to work on a day of celebration. She’d already driven all the way out to Seattle for the weekend, taken time off of work, and now I wanted her to climb up on a ladder and hang things up.
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Finally we had arrived at the photo shoot I was most looking forward to that day! My bridesmaids were looking hot in their non-matching dresses and mini veils, with their cocktail rings and black and gold shoes. The weather was cooperating and we only had to walk one block down to find a nice deserted street with all kinds of nooks and crannies with wonderful lighting.

You would think that my Roman bridal shoot would have prepared me for photos with a crowd of people gathered around, but I did feel oddly self conscious.
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Mrs. Hydrangea and I are meeting up in Dallas to watch Bride Wars together this weekend and we would like to invite you to join us!

When: 10:45 AM, Saturday, January 17 (We are going to attend the 11:25 AM showing)
Where: Northpark Center, Dallas. We’re meeting at the Starbucks near the theater inside the mall to load up on some treats before we head inside.
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When we pulled up to Hotel 1000 the valet station was crazy! Many of our guests were all arriving at the same time and since the hotel is located right in the middle of downtown Seattle they don’t have the capacity to handle more than 3 or 4 cars pulling up at once. The valet started to wave us forward, as if to say, “circle around the block and try again in a few minutes,” but this bride knew what she was paying for so I hopped out right in the middle of traffic. As soon as they recognized me (for the past three days they had all been calling me by name, but the big ivory dress helped as well) they ran over and helped us both out of the car. Don’t mess with the bride, boys.

My bridesmaids came over with my emergency bridal backpack and started to spray me down. My hair was getting rather snarly by this point because every time I gave someone a hug they put their arm around my neck and tugged on my veil.

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Getting shots of the groomsmen should be easy, right? There’s no, “Does my hair look flat?”, “Which pose will make me look the skinniest?”, or “Wait, I need more lip gloss!” (I may or may not be guilty of that last one).

And looking through the first few photos of the groomsmen shots, I believed that to be the case. They look great! (And unless you look really close you can’t even tell that their suits don’t match, their ties don’t match, and one of them is wearing a rented tux because he didn’t listen to the three very nice emails I sent him that plainly detailed what groomsmen were supposed to wear.)

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After all of those hugs we walked over to the lawn for the group shots. What is it about walking photos that makes brides love them so much? This shot even has some random car in the background and it is still one of my favorite wedding shots.

Kelli Nicole

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