To Do's and I Do's

Make your wedding your signature style...

I was totally guilty of it. I would look in bridal magazines and blogs, and think...maybe we should do that or that or that or that. In the end, our wedding was totally...us. My husband and his guys all wore Vans shoes, our recessional was an acoustic rock version of the wedding march, we served arnold palmers as our signature cocktail, our rehearsal dinner was at a local all-american restaurant which comfort style food, my husbands dad read a Dr. Suess poem and my mom read an Irish blessing durning our ceremony, we did a one of a kind fantastic first dance (it totally set the tone for the party and I can't wait to see the video), we had modern tissue paper flower displays at our ceremony, we served fine wine and delectible food with fun cupcakes for dessert, we had a mix of flowers - not just one signature.

We ended up splurging on big things (like our reception and photographers) and saved money on the little things. There were "touches" of us everywhere -- and most of the ideas I have to say came from this website. You would not believe how many compliments we got on our bathroom baskets!

So all in all...I'll leave you with the advise my boss gave me before the big day, "make sure you take a moment and take a visual picture every once in awhile during the big day. It will all go by so quickly, and those mental pictures will last a lifetime."