My Wedding ABCs
A - Attendance: We invited right at 100. I would say we ended up with 80 guests total.
B - Bridesmaids: For budgetary reasons and in an effort to keep things as simple as possible, we decided to have only a Best Man and a Maid of Honor. So, Christine was on her own – but she did an amazing job...
C - Catering: I have known my friend, Laura and her mom, Vana since I was 17. Vana runs a catering business on the side, but she offered to do my reception for minimal costs as a gift to me. What a gift it was! She outdid herself catering reception and I can’t imagine my wedding day without her.
D - Dress: Simple, but elegant. Looking back, I maybe wish I would have gone with a more sparkly dress, but I had to work with what worked with my body.
E - Engagement: We got engaged Dec. 2010 and married June 2012. So we were engaged for right at 18 months. Sounds like a really long time, but it flew by!
F - Flowers: I knew flowers were costly so I opted to keep them at a minimum. And we had artificial, mostly for the keepsake value. If I could have budgeted for real flowers though, I think it would paired well with our outdoor ceremony.
G - "Getting Ready": I sipped on mimosas as I was getting my hair and makeup done for the day. I was holding up fine and keeping the nerves at bay... at least until my MOH mentioned it was almost time to go to the venue and get dressed. All at once, in the midst of satin hands, I was overwhelmed with emotion, which lasted until I finally saw my groom during our "First Look".
H - Honeymoon: We did not have one. We’d hoped to receive enough money as wedding gifts to be able to take at least a small weekend trip, but that did not happen.
I - Invitations: I paid a bit more than I wanted to, but our invitations were lovely. They were chocolate brown with gold/champagne font and swirls. I thought they looked very classy.
J - Justice of the Peace: Our preacher and his wife officiated the ceremony.
K - Keepsakes: We tossed around the idea of making CDs of the special songs from our wedding day to use as a guest favor. I guess we figured we’d end up with more of the CDs than people would take so it never really panned out.
L – Ladies Night: We had co-ed night instead. With all of the stress of planning and such, I really just wanted to enjoy a night out with my husband and our closest friends. It was perfect.
M - Music: My friend Laura (earlier mentioned) worked the outside equipment so we could have music for the ceremony. And then our reception DJ, who is a friend of mine, did an awesome job mixing sweet R&B love songs with old school jams to get the crowd moving!
N - Newlyweds: I love being newlyweds, although I can’t say it feels much different than pre-married life. I do love being able to call him my husband though…
O - Old, New, Borrowed, Blue: My dress was new, as were the hoop earrings my husband bought for me. My good friend, Janet, who was playing MOB loaned me a hanky which served as old, borrowed and blue.
P - Photography: My classmate was just starting her photography business when we met. After getting to know her and seeing some of her work, I asked if she would do our engagement and wedding photos. She was much less expensive than other wedding photographers and overall, she did a great job.
Q - Question Popping: Christmas Eve, the last present, simple proposal.
R - Reception: Our reception was inside a community center hall. It was affordable but still turned out simple and classy the way I envisioned. The food was great, the cake was sweet, all the dancing hurt my feet, but it was such a blessing to be surrounded with so much love.
S - Shoes: White sparkly flip flops.
T - Trash the Dress: No thank you.
U - Unique: We did a lot of unique things. Our ceremony flow. God’s Knot. Our vows. Our guest book calendar. It was definitely “us”.
V - Vows: We wrote our own vows together. There was a small portion custom to other person and then the ending section that was exactly the same.
W - Wedding Woes: We had wedding crashers. A family of 3 and a lady and her son. All were “friends of the family” but they were not invited and neither of us knew they were coming. Not to mention, they were the most annoying of anyone there.
X - X-Rated: I’m not sharing that stuff!
Y - Young Kids: No flower girl or ring bearer. Come to think of it, there weren’t even that many kids at our wedding. Less disruptions that way.
Z - Zzzzz: It was an exhausting day. We hardly slept that night. But after going to breakfast the next morning @ 7am, we went home and crashed for a super long nap!
A - Attendance: We invited right at 100. I would say we ended up with 80 guests total.
B - Bridesmaids: For budgetary reasons and in an effort to keep things as simple as possible, we decided to have only a Best Man and a Maid of Honor. So, Christine was on her own – but she did an amazing job...
C - Catering: I have known my friend, Laura and her mom, Vana since I was 17. Vana runs a catering business on the side, but she offered to do my reception for minimal costs as a gift to me. What a gift it was! She outdid herself catering reception and I can’t imagine my wedding day without her.
D - Dress: Simple, but elegant. Looking back, I maybe wish I would have gone with a more sparkly dress, but I had to work with what worked with my body.
E - Engagement: We got engaged Dec. 2010 and married June 2012. So we were engaged for right at 18 months. Sounds like a really long time, but it flew by!
F - Flowers: I knew flowers were costly so I opted to keep them at a minimum. And we had artificial, mostly for the keepsake value. If I could have budgeted for real flowers though, I think it would paired well with our outdoor ceremony.
G - "Getting Ready": I sipped on mimosas as I was getting my hair and makeup done for the day. I was holding up fine and keeping the nerves at bay... at least until my MOH mentioned it was almost time to go to the venue and get dressed. All at once, in the midst of satin hands, I was overwhelmed with emotion, which lasted until I finally saw my groom during our "First Look".
H - Honeymoon: We did not have one. We’d hoped to receive enough money as wedding gifts to be able to take at least a small weekend trip, but that did not happen.
I - Invitations: I paid a bit more than I wanted to, but our invitations were lovely. They were chocolate brown with gold/champagne font and swirls. I thought they looked very classy.
J - Justice of the Peace: Our preacher and his wife officiated the ceremony.
K - Keepsakes: We tossed around the idea of making CDs of the special songs from our wedding day to use as a guest favor. I guess we figured we’d end up with more of the CDs than people would take so it never really panned out.
L – Ladies Night: We had co-ed night instead. With all of the stress of planning and such, I really just wanted to enjoy a night out with my husband and our closest friends. It was perfect.
M - Music: My friend Laura (earlier mentioned) worked the outside equipment so we could have music for the ceremony. And then our reception DJ, who is a friend of mine, did an awesome job mixing sweet R&B love songs with old school jams to get the crowd moving!
N - Newlyweds: I love being newlyweds, although I can’t say it feels much different than pre-married life. I do love being able to call him my husband though…
O - Old, New, Borrowed, Blue: My dress was new, as were the hoop earrings my husband bought for me. My good friend, Janet, who was playing MOB loaned me a hanky which served as old, borrowed and blue.
P - Photography: My classmate was just starting her photography business when we met. After getting to know her and seeing some of her work, I asked if she would do our engagement and wedding photos. She was much less expensive than other wedding photographers and overall, she did a great job.
Q - Question Popping: Christmas Eve, the last present, simple proposal.
R - Reception: Our reception was inside a community center hall. It was affordable but still turned out simple and classy the way I envisioned. The food was great, the cake was sweet, all the dancing hurt my feet, but it was such a blessing to be surrounded with so much love.
S - Shoes: White sparkly flip flops.
T - Trash the Dress: No thank you.
U - Unique: We did a lot of unique things. Our ceremony flow. God’s Knot. Our vows. Our guest book calendar. It was definitely “us”.
V - Vows: We wrote our own vows together. There was a small portion custom to other person and then the ending section that was exactly the same.
W - Wedding Woes: We had wedding crashers. A family of 3 and a lady and her son. All were “friends of the family” but they were not invited and neither of us knew they were coming. Not to mention, they were the most annoying of anyone there.
X - X-Rated: I’m not sharing that stuff!
Y - Young Kids: No flower girl or ring bearer. Come to think of it, there weren’t even that many kids at our wedding. Less disruptions that way.
Z - Zzzzz: It was an exhausting day. We hardly slept that night. But after going to breakfast the next morning @ 7am, we went home and crashed for a super long nap!
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