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My grandparent's wedding picture - we had pictures of relatives all around our cake table.


A nice birds eye view of the backyard. It was beautiful!


I don't remember what we were looking at, but I love this picture.


The kids in our wedding party, including my new step-kids who served as bridesmaid and best man.


Our cake was so lovely. Made by my cousin and decorated with the cutest little toppers that I bought on Etsy.


The buffet line. I was adamant about having good food so we catered in my favorite Italian restaurant, Frugatti's.


We had eight different varieties of cupcakes with cute little signs to direct guests to the cupcake of their choice.


I found a template online for these cupcake flags. They were a nice addition to the cake table.


Another shot of our cake. Can I mention again how beautiful it was?


Our toasts were classic - I couldn't stop smiling!

Back.

It's been awhile, but in my defense, I did move to a different state, unpack an entire house, find a new job, finish planning a wedding, get married and become a step-mom. Not necessarily in that order.

Here are some of our beautiful, beautiful wedding pics courtesy of the fabulous Ellie Grover:

Brushing my teeth, with our lovely bouquets in the foreground.


My shoes! I was completely in love with my shoes and thankfully, my photographer was too...I have tons of shoe shots.


Lots of sibling shots. My sister was my maid of honor and my brothers were ushers.


Hubs' cuff links - another nod to our airplane theme.


Our photo mat guest book, which now hangs in our home. A really great keepsake.


Our centerpieces were fairly simple, which is what I was going for. Gerber daisies, books, table name card (all tables were named after airports we've flown into together) and some ivy thrown in for good measure.

Our fan programs. Pretty and practical ... and for a not-so-crafty girl like myself, fairly impressive looking!


My cousin and brother manning the escort card table. Our escort cards were hand-folded mini paper airplanes (of course!)


The party favors ... chews from Dewars, a hometown institution.


About three minutes before I walked down the aisle. I don't even know how to describe how I was feeling ... just completely filled with joy.

Today

Our day is today.

There are going to be people at my wedding that I have preferred not be there and a large handful that I don't even know.

And I didn't get all of the DIY projects completed that I wanted to.

And I didn't lose those last five pounds or tone up as much as I wanted.

But nothing matters today except for the fact that today is the first day of the rest of my life.

DIY: Table cards

Keeping with our airport/aviation theme, our tables will be named after airports that we've flown to together.

I've been working on our table cards and here's what I've come up with:

front: pretty simple, with the airport code (which is what will be written on the escort card) and airport location

back: a little more fun! I used pictures from our engagement shoot (which took place at the airport, although this picture isn't the best example) and letters that I found in the scrapbook aisle at our local crafts store.


Here they are with the holders and ribbon that I'm using:


My little brother helped me tie on the ribbon, btw, which I thought was really sweet:

I'm not very crafty, so it's nice to have the help!

DIY: Goody Bags!

Of all the DIY projects I've worked on since I've been home (I'm living with my parents for the few weeks leading up to the wedding), this is my fave: goody bags for the kids (everyone 8 and under) in attendance.

I bought small kraft bags at Target, along with party favors and fruit snacks to fill each bag with:


And then tied them up with a brightly colored ribbon:

They'll be placed at each table, ready and waiting for the kids. It was a super fun project and I think they'll get a kick out of it (and keep them entertained during the ceremony), which makes me happy.

Hot hot hot

I don't know whose bright idea it was to get married in Bakersfield in the middle of summer. Oh wait, that was me. But I'm already prepared that it is going to be HOT. Historically, June is much more mild than July or August, but still.

I got a little OCD (it's what I do best!) and looked up the historical weather for our wedding date on Weather Underground, FH's go-to source for weather information (and he's a pilot, so you know you can count on this site being accurate).

The average max temperature for our day is 93 (I can handle that) with the historical high being 113, in 1920 (ugh).

All that to say, tremendous heat + my fear/general hatred of flowers = parasols for my bridesmaids?

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What do you think? I like it because it's cute, different, and practical, all in one. I ran the idea past my Mom and sister/MOH this weekend and got weird looks. So now I'm paranoid that the only wedding ideas I come up with are totally stupid ones. But if Darcy Miller says its okay for an outdoor wedding, it must be okay, right??

Happy Friday: another Etsy find...

I just bought a pair of earrings for FH's daughter's birthday (technically she is almost my step-daughter, but I hate the term "step") from a fabulous store, Chrys Designs Jewelry on Etsy.

Along with the earrings I'd purchased, Chrys threw in a complimentary pair for me:


Aren't they amazing? Run over and check out her stuff for yourself - she has a big selection of beautiful, gorgeous jewelry. Perfect timing, too - I'm thinking my problem of where to find gifts for my bridesmaids (and other special wedding helpers) has been solved!

I've got mail!

The RSVPs are starting to trickle in - five yesterday alone! - and I'm not gonna lie, it's super exciting to see those little green envelopes in my mailbox. So far, it's mostly people that I already knew were coming (or not) but it's still exciting.

We had a designated space on the bottom of our RSVP card for people to add advice/thoughts/song requests. No advice so far, but some really great song requests, which is fun. I'm getting lots of good ideas for my reception playlist!