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Our Wedding Pictures

September 10, 2018 by Claire Leave a Comment

Previous wedding day posts: Hair & Makeup // My Wedding Dress // Our Wedding Ceremony

After chatting with family and friends for a few minutes at church, we headed down the road to Arneson Acres to take formal wedding pictures. Arneson Acres is a beautiful public gardens, maintained by the City of Edina and volunteers from the community. It’s a special place to me as I used to picnic there with my family, I had my senior pictures taken there, and we had our engagement pictures done there last year.… Read More »

Our Wedding Ceremony

September 3, 2018 by Claire Leave a Comment

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 »

Our Wedding Day: My Wedding Dress

August 29, 2018 by Claire Leave a Comment

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 »

Our Wedding Day: Hair & Makeup

August 23, 2018 by Claire Leave a Comment

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 »

How to Make DIY Bridesmaid Pamper Bags (on a Budget)

August 1, 2018 by Claire Leave a Comment

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 »