Mrs. Radish, Chicago/Syracuse
Age and Occupation: 27, Executive Assistant/Journalism Student/Musician
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Anthropologist/Musician
Engagement Date: December 20, 2005
Wedding Date: August 18, 2007
Blogging Since: June 26, 2007
Venue: The Wellington House in Fayetteville, NY
About Me: Mr. Radish and I are both from upstate New York, so we are planning a wedding in Syracuse from about 700 miles away. When I’m not obsessing about our wedding I play the cello in my band (which Mr. Radish is in too), read as much as I can, sleep even more, travel whenever possible, and try to find time to have fun with my friends. I’m also working on finishing up my journalism degree with a concentration in environmental reporting and I’m the VP of my campus Amnesty International chapter… so I’m a pretty busy bee.
X: Say Cheese!
February 25th, 2008 @ 4:06 pm by Mrs. Radish
Previously on The Radishes Get Hitched…
Part I: Here Comes the Groom
Part II: My Ladies in Waiting
Part III: Here Comes the Bride
Part IV: Meanwhile, Back at the Church
Part V: The Procession
Part VI: My LAST Unmarried Moments!
Part VII: Ceremony Highlights
Part VIII: Making in Official!
Part IX: Well Received
*** All images by Tim Forbes of Forbes Creative Photography ***
After the receiving line, it was time to take care of those obligatory posed photos with family and the wedding party.
First, we did a few pictures inside the church since that seemed like the normal thing to do.
Here we are - the wedding party! It looks a little like a sausage party with so many dudes! I guess that’s because we had 5 little guys in the wedding but only 2 flower girls… plus one of our bridesmaids didn’t make it to the wedding because of illness 
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IX: Well Received
February 21st, 2008 @ 4:49 pm by Mrs. Radish
Part I: Here Comes the Groom
Part II: My Ladies in Waiting
Part III: Here Comes the Bride
Part IV: Meanwhile, Back at the Church
Part V: The Procession
Part VI: My LAST Unmarried Moments!
Part VII: Ceremony Highlights
Part VIII: Making in Official!
*** All images by Tim Forbes of Forbes Creative Photography ***
We couldn’t have asked for better weather on our wedding day. It was late August, which is usually incredibly muggy, hot and gross, but the wedding-weather gods granted us reprieve from the dog days of summer! It was a gorgeous 72 degrees and sunny. Since it was so nice out, we decided to have our receiving line outside in front of the church.
Our photographer, Tim Forbes, got some awesome shots of the post-nuptial action. I am so happy with his work! He really captured the emotions and excitement of the day and got so many unexpected shots.
Part VIII: Making It Official
February 18th, 2008 @ 6:36 pm by Mrs. Radish
Part I: Here Comes the Groom
Part II: My Ladies in Waiting
Part III: Here Comes the Bride
Part IV: Meanwhile, Back at the Church
Part V: The Procession
Part VI: My LAST Unmarried Moments!
Part VII: Ceremony Highlights
*** All images by Tim Forbes of Forbes Creative Photography***
Getting ready to exchange vows - the big moment!
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Part VII: Ceremony Highlights
February 15th, 2008 @ 4:07 pm by Mrs. Radish
Part I: Here Comes the Groom
Part II: My Ladies in Waiting
Part III: Here Comes the Bride
Part IV: Meanwhile, Back at the Church
Part V: The Procession
Part VI: My LAST Unmarried Moments!
*All images by Tim Forbes of Forbes Creative Photography*
Part IV: My LAST Unmarried Moments!
February 14th, 2008 @ 9:26 am by Mrs. Radish
Part I: Here Comes the Groom
Part II: My Ladies in Waiting
Part III: Here Comes the Bride
Part IV: Meanwhile, Back at the Church
Part V: The Procession
** All pictures by my fabulous wedding photographer, Tim Forbes**
Just like the sign says - here I come … (you can see me in the background near the door)
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Flashback To Veil Shopping
February 9th, 2008 @ 12:52 pm by Mrs. Radish
A few readers have inquired about my veil from my pro-picture posts, so I’m going to interject some time traveling between my wedding picture posts and flashback to picking out my veil … hope you don’t mind.
I waited to pick out a veil until about couple months before the wedding, ’cause I’m a mad procrastinator like that, and being the indecisive little Radish that I am, I had no idea what I wanted. I went to my dress shop and tried on about three veils before I found “the one.” And of course, it just so happened to be the most expensive veil in the store. Go figure! My mom always said that I had champagne tastes on a beer budget. But, true to the temporary financial insanity that was my wedding attire spending spree, I said screw it and bought the darn thing.
Anyway… here it is! The lace trim is very beautiful in person and looked lovely with the lace accents around the bottom edge of my dress.
Part V: The Procession
February 8th, 2008 @ 9:57 am by Mrs. Radish
Part I: Here Comes the Groom
Part II: My Ladies in Waiting
Part III: Here Comes the Bride
Part IV: Meanwhile, Back at the Church
** all images by Tim Forbes of Forbes Creative Photography **
Here they come… it’s GO time!
DIY Here Comes The Bride Banner
February 6th, 2008 @ 3:30 pm by Mrs. Radish
I wanted to have a “Here Comes the Bride” banner for my baby brother and my nephew to carry so that I could include them in the wedding somehow. They were a little too old to be ring bearers, plus we wanted to include Mr. Radish’s nephews as ring bearers, so we needed to find another “job” for my boys. I originally planned to get a banner from Here Comes Your Bride, but they stopped taking new orders in July. I heard that they have since closed up shop but I’m not sure if that’s true or not.
Anyway, I realized that it’d be easy and cheaper to just make one myself. Naturally, I waited until the week before the wedding to actually do it, though. It wouldn’t be fun if it wasn’t stressful, right? Luckily, my mom and my aunt decided to take over this project since I was so busy with other stuff.
(note my WeddingBee shirt… represent!)
Part IV: Meanwhile, Back At The Church
February 4th, 2008 @ 12:14 pm by Mrs. Radish
Part I: Here Comes the Groom
Part II: My Ladies in Waiting
Part III: Here Comes the Bride
While I was getting ready and heading to the church our second photographer, Scott McQuarrie, got some excellent shots at the church.
Here is my adorable 11-year-old brother through the church door.
More Last Minute DIY: Flower Girl Baskets
January 31st, 2008 @ 4:18 pm by Mrs. Radish
I’ll get back to posting my wedding pictures soon, but first I’m going to tell you about my flower girl baskets. Just like with deciding on ring pillows, I had an equally hard time picking out baskets and I waited until the last possible minute to come up with something. At least after making my DIY ring pillows it was easier to figure out what to do since I just made them in the same style.
I found some baskets on clearance at the craft store that looked similar to the grapevine wreaths used in the ring pillows. I already had left over fabric, reindeer moss and ribbon, and that’s pretty much all I needed. We took the fabric and lined the basket with it, holding it in place with some tacs and hot glue.
