Right before our June 20th elopement, our state governor opened up the occupancy of outdoor events to 250 which then allowed us to send out invites for our big wedding (renewal) celebration. Honestly, I still have some PTSD from this day. I had so much anxiety about being in front of a crowd that I spent the whole morning trying to control my nerves rather than worrying about myself. I never once looked in the mirror after getting hair and makeup done since my mind and heart was racing. It wasn’t until I got my photos back about a week later that I realized how awful I looked because my hair was terrible! My hair was down and curled but with the front pieces pulled back into my veil comb. Well the front pieces were pulled back so tight that my whole 7 head was showing in pretty much every freakin picture 😩 I just wish my mother or someone would have told me how bad I looked and to fix it lol but not ALL of my photos look completely awful so I still got some nice shots to remember the day.
My word of advice to future brides is that if you aren’t set on a big dreamy wedding day that typically happens, then don’t force it! I wish I would have stuck to my guns and said I want an elopement/micro wedding and saved all of the money and time associated with a wedding and focused more on getting married with ONLY the people that matter. And spend that WHOLE DAY focused on each other. Keep it simple, and remember why you’re exchanging vows to begin with ❤️
Here’s some photos front our elopement (lace dress) and our renewal celebration wedding day
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