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Mr. Starfish and I entered the reception to U2’s Beautiful Day. After the gorgeous day we had, it couldn’t have been more fitting. After our introduction, we went right into our first dance. The first dance didn’t end up as expected. Mr. Starfish was against dance lessons and planned to throw in his own moves. When we started to dance, we both realized it wouldn’t be as easy as we thought.
Our parents and wedding party entered the reception to the Rembrandt’s I’ll be There For You. You may remember it from a popular ’90s TV sensation called Friends. We went back and forth on what song to use. So, how did we end up with a ’90s sitcom theme song?
These are the people who have been there for us.
Our parents, who have been there through absolutely everything, from diapers to diamond engagement rings, they’ve been there and supported us every step of the way.
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After taking numerous photos, it was time to hang out with our guests. We had a “Catholic Gap” as our ceremony had to be at 2:00 and the reception started at 5:00. So, we had plenty of time to take photos and make it to our cocktail hour. I was ready to hang out with our guests, but as soon as Aunt J (my hairstylist) saw me, she told me we needed to do some touch ups. Starfish Mom, Aunt J, Sister Starfish, and I headed to the bathroom. It was about 5:10 and it suddenly hit me…I was starving! I hadn’t eaten since breakfast at about 7:00 or 8:00 AM. Tons of people warned me to eat on the wedding day and I was having so much fun, I forgot. But, I pretty much became ravenous.
As you’ve seen here and here, our bridesmaids loved being creative and coming up with fun shots. They totally surprised me and our photographer on the beach when they came up with the idea to walk in the water…in their heels. My thought was, “really? Are you sure you want to do this?” I don’t know why I questioned this—the photos came out awesome!
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As we arrived to the Atlantic beach club, cocktail hour was nearing and guests had already started to trickle in. As we stepped off the trolley, we were welcomed by familiar faces and headed down to the beach. We snuck in a few more photos of me and Mr. Starfish. Our photographer, Dave, was excited I had a long veil because they make for fun shots on windy days in Newport. Too bad my veil wasn’t cooperating.
I absolutely love our college campus. It’s one of my favorite spots in the world. Everyone who walks into our home knows this as we proudly display our “There’s no place like Salve” sign that we bought the day Mr. S proposed, which also made an appearance during our photo shoot and at the reception.
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We decided to go a bit formal for the family portraits and take them inside our school’s most well known mansion, Ochre Court. The outside of Ochre Court was actually used as the “Swiss” chateau in the opening of the movie True Lies, starring the Governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger. That’s a well known piece of trivia given to Salve students during orientation. I love trivia, so I thought I’d share. The site was perfect for our family photos. We took some formal shots with my mom and siblings.
So you saw Mr. Starfish and I in all of our glory taking photos on campus, but you may have been wondering what the Starfish Wedding Party was up to at this time… complete shenanigans. While we were shooting classic wedding photos and basking in newlywed bliss, our friends were coming up with all sorts of poses and hamming it up for the camera. Midway through our own photo session we looked over to see this:
My absolute favorite photos from the day were our college campus pictures. One of our wedding requirements was having photos taken at Salve. We chose to get married in Newport because of all of our history there. We really wanted to make the college photos happen. We paid $150 to reserve the site and it was well worth it.
After we said yes, we were beyond elated and ready to celebrate with all our friends and family.
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After the readings were read and the homily was said, it was time to say I do, or so we thought. During the rehearsal, I realized we never actually said “I do,” instead, we said “yes.” So, as the ceremony was about to start, the priest asked us how we were doing and if we were ready. I asked if we’d get to say, “I do.” No luck—we never actually said “I do.”
Once I floated back down to reality, it was time to start the ceremony. Our priest was absolutely adorable and he kept us on our toes. Since we did a super quick rehearsal and never really talked to him, we had no clue what to expect on the wedding day. He definitely made us laugh as our ceremony coordinator had warned us. He checked in with us at different parts of the ceremony to see if we were OK. He even asked if we still wanted to do this, or if we wanted to skip it and grab some food. Mr. Starfish really wanted to take him up on his offer to get some food—just not on our wedding day. As the ceremony went on, it was time for Starfish Aunt and Ant to read.
One DIY I just didn’t have time to share was our programs. I had debated the need for these, but Starfish Mom thought they were important and I realized I love following along with them at ceremonies, so we went ahead and made these the week before the wedding. Luckily Sister Starfish and Starfish Mom were around to help. We originally made the top design for the cover, with the embossed starfish to follow along with the other paper elements, but realized the embossing was bleeding through, since I used linen resume paper, instead of card stock or regular. So, we came up with the design below. This also made the project much easier, since all we had to do was print, punch holes and tie bows.
I’m interrupting our regularly scheduled—OK, randomly scheduled—recaps to talk about our registry. We are hitting the 6 month mark soon, which is totally crazy; time is flying by. Hitting the sixth month mark actually means something…it means registry completion discounts expire.
After six months, you have an idea of how you feel about your registry picks. You also start questioning whether you actually need all those leftover items you went six months without.
I’ve realized there are some items we received that I can’t live without, some items we received but could live with out, some we wish we had registered for, those we almost didn’t register for (but we’re glad we did), and those we haven’t used a lot, but are looking forward to testing out.
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When I had walked down the aisle with Starfish Dad during our rehearsal dinner, I pretty much ran down the aisle. I was so nervous. He warned me in the waiting area on the day of the wedding that “this is not a race.” He tried to help me relax as I waited. We talked; he and Sister Starfish were teasing me and were able to get me to smile, but I was still a big ball of nerves.
Then something unexpected happen. As I walked down, I turned the corner to the main aisle and saw Mr. Starfish waiting for me at the end. My nerves disappeared. Not only my nerves, but the entire room. This was the moment Mr. Starfish and I had our “first look.”
I saw his smile and we locked eyes. Mr. Starfish’s smile was contagious. As I saw his grin, my stress disappeared and a smile came across my face.
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