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Previous wedding day posts: Hair & Makeup // My Wedding Dress
Our wedding ceremony took place at Christ Presbyterian Church in Edina. It’s the church I grew up attending (well, sort of–you can read a bit more about that here if you’d like) and the pastor who married us is the one who baptized and confirmed me nine years ago. He’s retiring in January, so I’m extra glad that we could have him officiate. … Read More »
Last week I wrote about doing hair & makeup on our wedding morning, so this week it’s time for everybody’s favorite topic: the dress! I wrote about wedding dress shopping with my mom and sister last fall but didn’t drop many hints as to what it looked like. So, I think it’s only fair that I share some pictures now :)… Read More »
Now that I have our wedding pictures back, I can share more of the day with you! I’ll start at the beginning, with getting with my bridesmaids and me getting our hair and makeup done. (I don’t share many photos of my friends and family on the blog for privacy reasons. However, you can imagine that they were all there enjoying the day with me from start to finish!)… Read More »
I’m not embarrassed to admit that ours was a budget wedding. And it was perfect. I wouldn’t have changed a thing, even if we’d had ten times the amount to spend. All of our parents generously picked different things to cover, and we paid for a few parts ourselves.
One of those things was gifts for our parents and for our wedding party. I know gifts aren’t a necessity, but they were something that I wanted to do. Much of our wedding party flew in from out of town, and we’re all pretty young and on tight budgets, so I especially appreciate the sacrifices that they made to be there.… Read More »
Hey… I’m married! So that’s pretty exciting. The whole week and weekend went by so fast, from people getting into town on Wednesday all the way through saying goodbye to Eric’s parents last night. I’m going to wait to share all of the details until I get our photos back. But in the meantime, I thought I’d record some reflections just to tuck away for the future.… Read More »