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We are stuck and can’t decide-so I am stealing this idea from Mrs. Jasmine… help us choose a photo from our wedding to print and frame!

all photos copyright Sam of Samantha Warren Weddings

Choice A: We admire the view. Pretty Maine coastline on display.

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Mr. Tiramisu and I attended our seventh- and last(!) wedding of 2008 this past weekend. We headed up to Philadelphia to celebrate the wedding of Mr. T’s cousin. After a beautiful ceremony at St. Timothy’s, the celebration moved downtown to the gorgeous Curtis Center. And let me just say, wow! What a beautiful venue. After an extravagant cocktail hour we moved into the Atrium for the reception. The bride and groom had their first dance and we were all seated for dinner.

Right after the salads were served, there was an announcement of a special dedication. We listened to the announcer, (who happened to be the voice of the Philadelphia Flyers!) and were shocked when he started describing a wedding that had taken place on July 19th of this year.
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All photos, except where noted, by the well-loved Sam of Samantha Warren Weddings.

I left you hanging a little bit there after my last post with those crazy gaping-mouth pictures- sorry! But a lot of you figured out that the photos were those of a surprised bride receiving an awesome gift on her wedding night- electricity! That’s right, after nearly three hours of power-free celebrating, it was time to finally really get the party going.

non-pro photo by BH

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What is Mrs. Tiramisu up to now that she’s not consumed by wedding planning?

She’s back to her old ways of pretending her dog is a small child:

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Back to the recap after a little hiatus! All images by the amazing Sam of Samantha Warren Weddings.

As was the unintended theme of our wedding, yet another unplanned event was added to the list of my favorite moments of the day. I really don’t remember how it happened, but one minute I was standing on the lawn talking to my dad, and the next minute my family was serenading us with “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling”. Not exactly the song we had imagined, but there you have it, another electricity-free but memory-filled moment!

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Just how inspired were we by Snippet and Ink’s inspiration board for our wedding? I thought it might be fun to find out.

Exhibit A- the board Snippet and Ink created just for us:

Exhibit B- the Tiramisu interpretation:
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All photos—unless otherwise noted—by the lovely Sam of Samantha Warren Weddings.

As we headed up from the beach after our on the rocks photo session, I had the faintest hope that maybe our power would be miraculously back on. It wasn’t. But there was nothing else to do but join our now electricity-free wedding reception. Hey- at least we were being green!

(non-pro photo by CM)

I was told that because of the lack of a microphone, our guests would be told to hold off on clapping as our bridal party was introduced… and to save all applause for the bride and groom. In my most demanding instance of the whole day, I put my foot down on that one. Our bridal party was downright awesome, and there was no way they were going to be announced to… silence. How depressing. So it took a few minutes longer than it should have, but I made sure there was cheering for all involved.
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Before I go on I just want to say that you all are way too sweet with your comments. And since a few of you mentioned it, I also have to assure you that I am no "hero" for smiling through the storm that happened on our wedding day. Sure I could have been a little upset, but in the midst of all that love it would have been awfully ungrateful of me. And besides, when the sun came out it was so beautiful that it was almost worth the rain.

When we heard there was a rainbow, Mr. Tiramisu and I rushed down to the water to see it. The time we spent down there on the rocks felt like the calmest of the whole day. It was just the two of us—with a few onlookers. The rain had stopped, and we were married!

All photos by the talented Samantha of Samantha Warren Weddings.

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We left off with the sky darkening, the guests running for cover in the house and in the tent, and two newlyweds beginning to wonder if their reception was going to be ruined. Here’s what happened next…

A little proof that if it’s true that rain on your wedding day is good luck, then clearly we are due for a whole lot of it:

The rain was one thing, but it was the wind that really did us in. It turns out that having a big guest list is a good thing when you end up needing them all to hold your tent up:

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So you’re probably thinking, Mrs. Tiramisu, you sure talked a big talk about a storm on your wedding day. What gives? Hang in there, it’s about to get more interesting!

When we first arrived at the reception site (after a windy return trip on the trolley), it was all blue skies and sun, and we were optimistic that it would stay that way.

(non-pro pic by NC)

As our guests enjoyed the cocktail hour, we headed off to a pretty spot on the lawn overlooking the Nubble Lighthouse for a few formal pictures. Our photographer did a great job getting us through the long list of shots that we wanted to have quickly—which turned out to be especially important in our case…
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I’ve said before that after the fact, I found that paying attention to all the little details was totally worth it. Even with the craziness of our day (you’d think a table number sign might get overlooked in a hailstorm), our guests made sure to mention to that they loved the favors, or the martinis, or the centerpieces, or even the wine glasses. It meant the world to me.

Here are a few more shots of the details for you—as usual, by the well-loved (by us!) Samantha Warren.

Buckets of flip flops, and evidence that yes, your male guests will sport them too:

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Here come the details!

All photos (unless noted) are by Samantha Warren Weddings. Sam deserves HUGE praise for capturing all of these shots. She’s been a loyal reader of my blog (even before I became a bee!) and so she knew how important all of the little things were to me. Thanks, Sam!

Are you starting to get tired of all the planning nonsense? Do you want to throw in the towel on your pain-in-the-butt projects? Don’t! You have this feeling to look forward to when you see all of your hard work in action—it’s worth it!

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So there we were after all of that preparing. Pulling up in front of the church. Getting out of the trolley. Taking my dad’s arm. And all of a sudden, I was the girl at the top of the aisle in the white dress.

Photos once again (unless noted) by the terrific Samantha Warren of Samantha Warren Weddings.

Mr. Tiramisu’s cousin served as our ring bearer, which was especially fitting as Mr. Tiramisu played the same role at his parents’ wedding. Look at this handsome kiddo waiting on the church steps as we pulled up in the trolley:
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Last week I decided to follow in the long tradition of bees and brides everywhere, and so like Mrs. Toucan, Mrs. Lemon, Mrs. Snow Pea, Mrs. Petunia and Mrs. Radish before me, I give you the newlywed chop:

Seven inches of carefully grown out bride hair on the cutting floor. Yay! I’d been waiting to do this for months!

Anyone else have a big post-wedding chop planned?

Sorry for the delay, hive! These recaps take a long time to put together, because I get caught up in all of our pictures when trying to choose the few to use to tell the story of our wedding day. Did I mention that our fabulous photographer gave us over 1200 edited images? It’s overwhelming, and every time I look through them, I find new favorites.

Once again, all photos (except where noted) are by the wonderful Samantha Warren of Samantha Warren Weddings.

When we left off, I was dressed and decked out in my new jewelry—courtesy of my soon-to-be new husband. I was a little tear stained from the note he had written me, and we were ready to go…

I had totally forgotten that there would be flowers! I was blown away when I saw my bouquet:
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