Wedding Wednesday....

I can't believe in just a few weeks we will celebrate our first wedding anniversary! NUTS! I can't believe how fast time flies. 

It's crazy how I didn't post all of my favorite things from my wedding last April. Not shortly after our wedding life got a little crazy and all of these posts from our wedding sat in my draft folder. I'm so glad I'm able to finally share. Better late then never! 

I wanted to share with you all some of our wedding decor. I did just about everything myself with a little help from my mom and mother in law. I never felt so crafty. 

I used an old picnic basket that used to belong to Brian's grandparents. I love the fact that they took this very same picnic basket when they were dating. They have been happily married for over 50 years. I made the flower with jewels and silk flower petals to dress it up a bit. We now use the basket in our living room to store extra blankets and small pillows. 

Our centerpieces were by far one of my favorite parts of our wedding. Since Brian and I had our first date and got engaged in an apple orchard we really wanted to incorporate that into our spring wedding. Good thing we chose green as our main color. 

We purchased wildflowers from our local supermarket as an addition. 

Brian's mother is a potter and made the cake plates. The morning before the wedding my mom, mother in law and myself stood in the basement of the country club for over 2 hours building these. They were a huge success and everyone wanted one. Our guests who did take them home have made mention every time they have a nice cake or pie they think of us and our wedding.  Makes them even more special for us. 

The green fabric has now been turned into some bedroom pillows for us and couch pillows for my best friend. 

Like our table numbers? I printed them out for FREE thanks to The Wedding Chicks

Nothing fancy here. We skipped the usual favors and donated money to our local humane societies. We placed a little note on everyone's place setting. 

Our window pane seating chart. This was one of the very first things I saw when I began planning my wedding and it was the first thing I was positive I wanted to add. We were on the hunt for old windows. Brian's mom crossed over a busy road to pick these up. They did need about 10 washings before they were pretty enough to use but still looked rustic.

We had 13 tables with one pane left. I added "Our Love Story" to the very last one. Not everyone knows all the special days in our relationship and we loved sharing them. 

Have I mentioned our connection to the orchard? Yep, thought so! Well our "guest book" was another way for us to include it in our wedding day. 

We love it! Its a beautiful piece of art and it now hangs over our bed. 

If you'd like one you can find them here

My Bride and Groom chair hangs were finished on the morning of our wedding. I'm so glad I finished them although my bridesmaids giggled at me for doing them instead of relaxing. I sat on the floor of my living room hot glueing away. So many people commented that they loved seeing them through the large reception window as they mingled during cocktail hour on the boardwalk.  The picture above shows just what our guests saw. A small sneak peek into reception room

I hope to continue to share so much more from our wedding this month. 

What were some of your favorite wedding details?

Planning your wedding? What details would you like to see?

Bridal Party

I had no idea that it would be so difficult and overwhelming to go through wedding photos. We have over 900 to look over. It's much more time consuming than I originally expected. I guess that is why my wedding posts are so few and far between. I still want to post about my dress, the extras, DIY and most important the party!!!

I have to admit I am NOT a fan of posed wedding pictures so I am not the biggest fan of these. 

Also, I was FREEZING and so very nervous. I was worried about making time before the ceremony and the fact that people were going to be staring at me. I can see the stress on my face. 

The colors are amazing. Our photographer picked a small botanical garden attached to our venue. 

All photographs courtesy of Linda and Peter Bernadic. 

We

Our bridesmaids wore Alexis Bridal dresses in celedon. 

Can you tell there was a preggers dress and another dress completely reworked? 

Our guys wore simple black suits. We got their ties from the Tie Bar.

Inexpensive and so many to chose from! 

Healing Through Happiness

Yesterday was a tough one even though I got a good report from the doctor. I've been cleared to go back to work today and away on Sunday. He wants me to take it easy and work up my activity level. I'm looking forward to getting back to work to see the kids but I'm really not looking forward to the questions and the looks of pity on others. Lately, when people apologize I find myself in the throws of a breakdown. I'll just remind myself to take some deep breathes!

However, yesterday I got home and received this amazing gift basket from Stephanie and her husband Mathew. Thank god for this blog world and my blog friends. Being a part of it has really had a part in saving my sanity lately.

This basket of sunshine was beautiful and the card they picked out was so perfect. 

It was filled with bright yellows and oranges!

I lit that yummy candle and my house still smells awesome! 

I can't thank them enough or emphasize how loved I felt when I received it. 

Oh and something else;

We got our wedding disk. Looking at our professional shots brings me back to that wonderful day. 

Here are just a few favorites.

I hope everyone does something fun and happy this weekend!

 I'll miss you all when I'm away. 

Check back for some guest posts and some scheduled goodies. 

Enjoy. 

Happy Friday....

I don't know about you but this work week seemed to fly by. I have a feeling this is going to start happening. We have so man wonderful things coming next month. Before I get ahead of myself I should try to focus on all the fantastic things going on right now...


1.) We finally got a sneak peak of our wedding pictures. AHHH, it is going to seem like forever until we get them.

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2.) I feel like my bloggers block is getting better. Still not 100% but I'm not dreading making posts like I had been.




3.) I've been back to Zumba, lost 2 pounds and I'm excited about eating a lot better this week.


4.) Farmer's Markets are BACK! YES!!! My most favorite ways to spend my Sundays.

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5.) I got an email from my CEO thanking me for taking "Excellent initiative" and she was "Truly Impressed" WOW, what a fantastic thing to hear. I felt so fantastic when I read that.


6.) My husband has been extra awesome this week. He usually is but this week he has gone above and beyond. Making incredible dinners, cleaning up the house and just being sweet.


7.) My friends and I have planned my bachelorette party (PART 2) If you guys didn't know I got violently sick the night of my first one (some horrific stomach bug/food poisoning/infection). Cut the night short, they partied on and I spent it in the ER with my soon to be hubby and mom. Just terrible.


8.) This weekend I am on the hunt for Fifty Shades Darker. I MUST find it! I won't give up until I find it!

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9.) Friday dinners with mom.


10.) Honeymoon and trips are planned... More on that next week.


Changing the subject for a second....


COULD AWESOME PEOPLE STOP DYING!!!!!!!


WTF this sucks.


Rest peaceful Donna Summer. Remember dancing in the front seat of mom's Chevrolet Monte Carlo to this one...