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FutureStephD
Super March 2019

Crystals, and wood, and marble - oh my! (bam - pic heavy)

FutureStephD, on May 14, 2019 at 2:10 PM

Posted in Married Life 45

We’ve been married for almost two months and I’ve been procrastinating posting – I think b/c I loved being engaged, loved planning, and loved our wedding and don’t want it to be over! (And yes, I love being married too). Everyone says that your wedding day goes by so fast. I don’t think it went by...

We’ve been married for almost two months and I’ve been procrastinating posting – I think b/c I loved being engaged, loved planning, and loved our wedding and don’t want it to be over! (And yes, I love being married too).

Everyone says that your wedding day goes by so fast. I don’t think it went by fast - there just wasn’t enough time, even 24 hours wouldn’t have been long enough to see everyone and celebrate the occasion!

They also say that something will go wrong on your wedding day. I was wondering what it would be and I figured it would be the photographer not showing up since he basically ghosted us before the wedding. Well, he showed up, and what actually went wrong was that my seamstress didn’t sew in half of my bra for my plunge front, strapless, low back dress. I ended up cutting out the one cup she did sew in, and wearing a strapless backless stick on bra I wore to the rehearsal dinner the night before. (Which was a miracle it worked b/c I tried on ten bras, including that one, at my fittings and it didn't.) Crisis averted, but I think it cut into picture time b/c we are missing some must have shots. Either that or our photographer is lazy. Probably a little of both.

That said, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND a DOC if you can budget for it. We were lucky enough to find someone starting her own business, who was less than the others, and she was WONDERFUL. She took care of small to big things including: telling guests where to go, keeping things on time, coordinating vendors, handling a parent that wanted to change everything the day of, an Aunt who wanted to rearrange seats and make my mother sit with her back to the head table and dance floor (who does that?!), handling people that RSVPd no and showed up, as well as empty chairs for people that RSVPd yes and no showed, moved things from ceremony to reception, made sure the overall look was what we had envisioned, AND MORE.

Pics below, and I’ll post our budget too!

TY WW for helping with any questions we had along the way!

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45 Comments

  • Katherine
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    Beautiful!

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  • Ingrid
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    Absolutely beautiful, I love the differences in the bridesmaids dresses.
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  • #RMC2019
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    Those intimate shots were beautiful. Thank you for sharing! Congrats!
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  • Kim
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    Congratulations! Your wedding looked beautiful!

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  • FutureStephD
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    Thanks! I let my ladies pick any navy blue long dress from Katie May so that they could have some level of say/ comfort. It worked out wonderfully IMO. And some even found dresses for as low as $40 on poshmark!

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  • R
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    Beautiful!!!
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  • Clíodhna
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    Everything looked so beautiful Smiley love

    Thank you for sharing!!

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  • Sinéad
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    Your wedding was so beautiful Stephanie! Your shoes are to die for!!Smiley love Did you last in them for your whole day?Smiley love

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  • FutureStephD
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    I did! I wear heels every. single. day. so I'm used to them.

    I keep trying to find a reason to re-wear them too b/c they were actually quite comfortable to me.

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  • Sinéad
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    You will definitely be able to wear them again! And they are such a great color!Smiley love

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  • JEANIE
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    Absolutely beautiful! Congrats!
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  • bethf
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    Stunning!! Congratulations!

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  • MIWM
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    Everything looks stunning! Congrats!

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  • Christine
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    Congratulations!!! Thanks for sharing!
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  • ARIEL
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    OMG!!! I am totally drawing inspiration from your wedding! How did you do your DIY seating charts and menus? I love them both!

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  • Madeline
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    Congratulations! Everything looked beautiful!😍
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  • FutureStephD
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    Thanks!

    DIY seating chart "directions" can be found here: https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-forums/acrylic-seating-chart-diy-wedding-photos-of-finished-product/aaf6cf30127beadb.html

    I hope it helps!

    For the menus I just bought "vellum" paper from amazon (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y24GZPG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) and printed them. No real trick, just downloaded a free font and used multiple columns in Word. I printed two per sheet and then used an industrial paper cutter to cut across the middle. Took a few tries but they worked out!

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  • Fmv
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    Omg these photos are soo beautiful!! May i ask where you purchased the sign of the drawing with you and your husband and dog? I love it
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  • FutureStephD
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    Thanks! I THINK they liked the ability to choose the dress style!

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  • FutureStephD
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    Thanks!

    I purchased a custom PDF from etsy here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/400019349/custom-wedding-portrait-drawing?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1

    and then I printed it at vistaprint.com on a 22x28" foam board.

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