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Danielle
Master June 2019

Non-pro Bam: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Danielle, on July 9, 2019 at 3:37 PM

Posted in Married Life 67

I'm backkkk, and I'm MARRIED!!! Let me start off by saying that I am so happy with the way my wedding turned out. For the most part, it was perfect and exactly what I'd hope'd for. As I am waiting for my professional photos, I figured I'd share "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" of how everything...

I'm backkkk, and I'm MARRIED!!! Let me start off by saying that I am so happy with the way my wedding turned out. For the most part, it was perfect and exactly what I'd hope'd for. As I am waiting for my professional photos, I figured I'd share "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" of how everything turned out.

The Good:

Everyone really seemed to enjoy themselves and have fun, which is what I wanted more than anything. All of our guests raved about the food, especially the crab dip. And everyone loved our beer canoe & moon shine. All of my vendors were great, IMO. My husband (HA, I almost typed FH Smiley xd ) had a few minor complaints about the DOC & DJ, but overall, I was very pleased with everyone we hired. Our friends and family helped us set up and clean up, which is awesome, because we couldn't of done it without them. Everyone loved my dress, and thought everything was beautiful and well put together. The grand entrance songs I picked for the reception were a big hit, and apparently our first dance had everyone tearing up. I made my husband swear not to smash cake in my face, and he oh so lovingly didn't..it was quite sweet, but I couldn't resist and grabbed the entire plate that held our cake slice and smashed it on the side of his face as we were lovingly feeding each other, bahahahaha. We stayed up till 1:00 am at the venue, even after most guests and the vendors all left (I had the venue for the entire weekend), with some close friends and family and just laughed and enjoyed each other's company. Anyways, everything was perfect and so special.

The Bad:

Although my cake was beautiful & tasty, I am quite annoyed that it wasn't what I paid for. I literally talked to the baker 2 days before the wedding about how excited she was about the cake, especially the fresh berries. She even asked me to pay an extra $100 because she mistakenly under charged me and costs were adding up. Well, guess what wasn't on our cake the day of the wedding!?! The freaking berries! Ugh, sorry, that one just rubs me the wrong way, lol. Anyways, beyond that there were minor little things that didn't happen according to plan, but no big deal overall. I think the DOC forgot to set the sand ceremony stuff out, but that was fixed by the time I walked down the aisle. The DJ stuttered when announcing us into the reception, lol. I didn't lose the 10 lbs I needed to, and couldn't secure the very top hook on my dress (oh well). My husband didn't quite finish all of the signs I asked for *insert eye roll*. The officiant told the guests there was assigned seating, but there wasn't (oops). Also, I didn't get a chance to say hi and talk to everyone, which I feel guilty about, but everyone was very understanding. And my MOH forgot how to do my bustle, so my dress kept falling apart in the back. BUT...like I said, all very minor things.

The Ugly:

It....was....HOT!!! So hot in fact, that I almost passed out and threw up from getting over heated. My advice to all summer brides is no matter how much you love your dress...please consider an outfit change, just in case. My dress was a big a line with a built in corset and many layers of fabric/poof. Mid reception, I started to feel so sick and couldn't breath. It got to the point where I had to go into the bridal room and have someone rescue me from my dress, while my mother went to my house to get me something to change into. Luckily my house is only 5-10 minutes from the venue. I was determined to wear my very expensive dress all night, but that didn't happen. My husband told me he was mad because he couldn't find me and didn't know why no one came and got him, lol. I told him it was probably because they wanted him to have fun and was concerned about me at the time and didn't think about it. But yeah, I swear I got married on the hottest day of the year, lol. It was still perfect though!Smiley shame

The new Mr. and Mrs. Daviscfb_1235583.jpg

Our wedding party...melting during pictures (SO HOT)cfb_1235585.jpg

Our First Dance cfb_1235591.jpg


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  • Lauren
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    Congrats on your wedding! You looked beautiful! So glad you lived close enough where you could get a change of clothes easily.

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  • Danielle
    Master June 2019
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    Thank you Smiley smile

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  • Danielle
    Master June 2019
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    Thank you, me too Smiley smile

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  • MrsD
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    I don't blame you! I'd be super mad, especially if you talked about it several times and paid more. Hopefully you get some money back, even if it isn't a lot she doesn't deserve the full payment.

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  • Danielle
    Master June 2019
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    I'm hoping so. I just hate having to be the person that has to make a complaint. Especially because she was very nice.

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  • Rachel
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    Congratulations Danielle! You looked amazing and your husband appeared to be quite smitten with you. Smiley heart Thank you for being real though about your wedding day and not just making it sound like we should expect rainbows and unicorns that create the most perfect day. I'm so sorry to hear that you became ill, that's terrible but what a blessing that you weren't far from home and you could get changed. That heat is not joke when you're out in it for hours on end.

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  • Danielle
    Master June 2019
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    Thank you Smiley smile

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  • Sinéad
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    Congratulations Danielle!! You looked amazing! I hope you had the most amazing day!

    I absolutely love the sunflowers in your bouquets!! 😍

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  • Danielle
    Master June 2019
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    Thank you so much Smiley smile

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  • Clíodhna
    WeddingWire Administrator January 2030
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    Congratulations Danielle Smiley ring

    Can't wait to see your Pro-BAM Smiley smile

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  • Cassi
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    Congrats! What a beautiful day. Your dress is beautiful. i have contemplated changing but luckily we will be in the smokies during fall so it will actually get pretty chilly I think. Fingers crossed. You look so happy though, congrats!

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  • Keri
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    Congrats. You look beautiful and in love. Love the sunflowers!!
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  • Danielle
    Master June 2019
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    Thank you Smiley smile, will hopefully have that next week!

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  • Danielle
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    Thank you Smiley smile. I wish we could of had a fall or spring wedding, but we had to do the summer time to accommodate family. Good luck, I definitely wouldn't of changed if the heat didn't force me to.

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  • Danielle
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    Thank you Smiley smile

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  • latasha
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    Congratulations!! Sounds like a pretty awesome day (minus the getting sick part but that the heavens you were able to recover from that). Thanks so much for sharing this!
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  • bethf
    Devoted August 2019
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    You can not tell any of you are hot in these pictures, I think that's a good thing! Also I would be pissed about the berries too! lol

    However, you looked amazing! Congratulations!

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  • Danielle
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    Thank you Smiley smile

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  • Fenja
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    Congrats! It sounds awesome! Sorry it was hot! How lucky that you live close by!
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  • Maria
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    Congratulations! Sounds like an awesome party and you looked beautiful!

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