This is a repost from the archives for all my readers who will be spring or summer brides! Originally posted in September of 2016. Here’s something that I was told when I was engaged that changed the way I thought about wedding planning: your wedding is just a moment in time. Those eight hours in [Continue Reading…]
How To Simplify Wedding Planning | EP17 Simplify Everything
Wedding planning has become a huge, overwhelming undertaking in today’s world, but it truly doesn’t have to be. My husband and I had an enjoyable seven month engagement and easily planned our dream wedding during that time! Today I’m sharing seven quick tips to help you simplify wedding planning. Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe Subscribe [Continue Reading…]
How We Incorporated Foot Washing Into Our Wedding Ceremony (With Video)
When planning our wedding (which you can read all about here), the most important thing to me was making sure that it felt like us. I wanted our venue, our clothing, our food, our ceremony, our invitations, our signage, our décor, our music–all of it, everything–to feel like us. I was not interested in a “cookie [Continue Reading…]
Our Wedding Film Is Here!
We received this yesterday from our incredible videographer, Robert Oberg, and we have had it on repeat ever since. I’ve gone through countless boxes of tissues. You can click on the linked image above (it is not a player), or click here to view our film. If you’d like to know more about our wedding, check out this page–it [Continue Reading…]
Let’s Celebrate!: Our Reception
Our goal for our reception was that it would be comfortable and fun! We didn’t want it to be too uptight and formal (that’s just not us) while also maintaining the specialness (is that a word?!) of our wedding day. Today, I’ll share details about each piece of our reception. For the order of events [Continue Reading…]
The Best Hour of My Life: Our Wedding Ceremony
I was more excited for our wedding ceremony than any other part of our wedding day. I just couldn’t wait to actually get married! We decided to write our own ceremony from start to finish, borrowing inspiration from here and there as we did. It took me weeks to get it just right, but it [Continue Reading…]
Detailed Wedding Day Timeline
Our wedding day flew by just as I suspected it would. Thankfully, we had a highly detailed timeline for our day so that we could squeeze as much out of our big day as we could! Today, I’m going to outline our wedding day timeline! 7:00am–Wake Up I wake up at 7am every day of [Continue Reading…]
Hiring a Great Photographer and Videographer
Without a doubt, I spent more time researching our photographer and videographer than any other aspect of our wedding day. It was hugely important to me to have gorgeous photos and a beautifully-crafted video to remember our day for a couple of reasons, 1) because I really care about good photography and videography, and 2) [Continue Reading…]
Wedding Venue Décor and Details
Our venue, The Milestone Denton, was such a huge part of making my wedding dreams come true. (I wrote all about it and shared a photo tour here!) It allowed me to have the preppy, classic, East-coast-esqe wedding of my dreams in the heart of Texas! (More on not wanting a “Texan” wedding in Texas here!) [Continue Reading…]
My Bridal Look and Riley’s Groom(al?) Look
Today it’s all about me and Riley! *diva dancing emoji* Let’s talk bride and groom wedding day looks! It took me over five hours to compile all of these photos and write about each detail, but it is something that I’m so glad to document! I’m sure it will be fun to look back on this [Continue Reading…]
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