I cannot believe that I have been married for ONE WHOLE
month…seems like yesterday that my newly acquired husband and I were chatting
on MSN (every relationship starts somewhere right!?) until the wee hours of the
morning.
Being this my very first blog post, I thought I would share
with you some pictures from our wedding and the events leading up to it!
The whole process started with this beauty of a rock that my
husband (I still giggle when I say the word) gave to me – it’s from his family
so there is history to it and I am honoured to have received it; he had it
redesigned just for me…I think he did good!
Immediately we I started
making plans; venue was already decided – growing up country it was a no
brainer that we would be married on my parents farm…this was
non-negotiable…maybe this whole wedding planning thing wouldn’t be so hard after
all.
Having event management experience
I already knew that anything with the word “wedding” in it would also have a
very large price tag attached to it; but I was determined to not only satisfy
my very picky, glamorous taste but do it with a not so glamorous budget…good
thing I also love a challenge.
With location decided, I began
with the photographer; has anyone looked into wedding booking a photographer
lately, WOW I am in the wrong business! I
managed to locate Elisa from Images by Elisa; you can find her here – she was EXACTLY what I
was after and she fit my budget nicely!
I couldn't have asked for a better
photographer!
Keeping with the rustic country theme
we had our meal catered by Dominic at Gusto
Catering and it was served up family-style.
I spent the summer scoping out garage sales and Kijiji for a great deal
on serving platters and bowls that could be used for the meal, I was after
non-matching, country looking dinnerware.
Flowers, gardens and grass oh my!
I’ll mention now that I decided to
place our venue (the tent) in the middle of a corn field, yes, that’s right, the
middle. So in the spring my daddo,
brother and fantastic uncles had to be crafty when they were planting the corn
in order to leave a space large enough for the tent – they would eventually
plant the grass too!
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| Measure twice, plant once |
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| If you build it, they will come; grass being seeded |
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| Some serious TLC was needed midsummer |
My mom on the other hand spent
every free moment of her summer gardening.
I left her in charge of this, my green thumb is non-existent, hers on
the other hand…well, flowers were blooming in September that shouldn't have
been!
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| See all the wonderful hard work!? I would need about 15 more of these to capture all of it! |
The Big Day!
After some melt downs, and tears
(it rained the entire week before) we got married outside on my parent’s
lawn. I opted for a rustic feel, guests
sat on cushions and bales of hay, and candles replaced traditional
flowers. My inner five year old came out
during the planning process so I decided to make our guest book, welcome table
décor, candle holders to light the path, center pieces and table numbers to name a few; I won’t show
them all to you, I’ll follow up with a “Wedding DIY” post!
Here are few shots of the ceremony
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| The rustic ceremony setting |
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| My Daddo walking me down the aisle...it was just what I had always imagined it would be |
*sigh* ...I could just share pictures with you all day long.
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| We're hitched! |
THE dress was purchased at Taylor’s Bridal; totally
recommend; Linda will naturally become your fairy Godmother. I had a vision when I started looking, and no
one was deterring me from that, no one – Sean’s only request was that it was
strapless…easy enough since I never even considered anything but! Surprisingly it didn't take me long to ‘Say
Yes to the Dress”; although, I did have to envision what it would look like on me since the size I tried on was just a weeeee bit too big (12 sizes too big);
nonetheless I paid and walked out of there with the biggest smile, I was the
happiest girl in the world!
I wore wedges (perfect for walking
on lawn), some bling, a feather, and left my hair down to channel my inner
country music star!
I also talked Husband to be
<giggle> into writing our own vows…it was the perfect touch AND they were
absolutely wonderful; better than the traditional vows! I do suggest getting ahead start, writing
them the night before like we did is an unnecessary added stress :)
Reception
Keeping with the fall, rustic,
country theme, I slaved in the kitchen for 6 hours made (with the help
of some very wonderful ladies) our favours; caramel apples – YUM! They fit perfectly with the meal that Dominic
prepared – they based the meal on what’s was season and purchased everything
local; have I mentioned that I love Gusto and that the meal was delicious!?
Husband to be and I also made our wine;
fun fact: you should actually start making wine up to a year before. We didn’t even have a year to plan; it was
all happening in 8 months from when he popped the question.
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The amazing home-made wine: a red Bardolino; white: Pinot Grigio
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| Hustle and bustle of our guests |
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| Our tent all lit up! |
So there it is, an incredibly
short version of our wedding – I will expand on a couple of the DIY’s in a later
post (I can’t write about everything on the first day). I like to think that the wedding looked
rustic/country yet elegant and classy; I also like to think it looked like it
cost a million bucks! Wish I could plan
another one…any takers out there???
