Thank you to my amazing friend, and brilliant photographer Andy Delva, who came up here and took pictures when this low budget mess was going down. He gave me amazing shots even when I told him we didn’t want to stop and pose for anything. Without Andy, I would have had no pictures of this day at all. Thank you also to my amazing, creative, and hard working friends & family who enabled us to throw the whole shebang for under $2000.00 (dress and suit included). Especially my sister, who made my bouquet when I told her no flowers, iced my cupcakes, sewed yards of bunting, made my garter, crafted the bridesmaids headbands and even made Josh’s Boutonniere and countless other things. Finally, thank you to my husband Josh for taking my “make something out of pallets for the stage” statement and turned it into a piece of art that was perfect for our wedding.
The night before our wedding I get a text from Josh asking “Will this work?” I still think it looks like magic.
When he first saw me down the aisle…he said he was just nervous
Wearing my mom’s pearl pendant necklace
The men praying over Josh
putting on my dress
Groom
garter
sunlight
My two brothers together
my niece had plenty of dress to hide in
down the aisle with pop
Pastor Tom does a good wedding
we’re cute
locking it down
we do
my dad giving Josh the gift I made for my future husband when I was 12…so embarrassing
after the ceremony our first moment alone
our little table
I found these cake toppers from 1988 at goodwill the week after I got engaged. They were $1 and I loved them.
my sister is the reason almost anything looked good at the wedding
cupcakes that my amazing friends baked in mass, and then my talented sister iced and decorated in record time after they were in place
war
toasted
she’s cute
the toasts were often…detailed
my new brother in law
they’re brothers now
The first boys I ever loved
First Dance
lovely facial expression, about to toss that thing
gettin’ it
toss
fake. she’s not shy.
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reception dancing [don’t tell the church]
I got too low…and fell down
cha cha slide like bosses party hard like bosses
reception dancing [don’t tell the church]
i could have danced all night…after I took off my shoes
adios babies!
And now, if any of you haven’t seen it before…once again, here is the video Josh put together of our day.
Her Dress: David’s Bridal [but purchased on Craigslist]
His Suit: Express
Everything else: MillionAyres
Feel free to ask about anything you see!
xoxo,
Adora