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Wedding Recap: Reception Part II

 You wouldn't believe how hard it is to post recaps. I loved my wedding and now I want to move on to life things! And, other peoples' weddings. It's really fun to party vicariously through someone else's vision.  I'm always suggesting blogs to my clients! If it wouldn't require more time than I was physically capable of, I'd love to be a photographer and a wedding planner. And a curiosity shop owner.

 All that aside, I'm looking forward to these final few recap posts, and hopefully by the end of 2010 putting together a wedding album for us. It's a way more challenging process as the bride, and I'll be so glad when I have an actual book to flip through!

 But for now, let the party continue!

Garrett's little cousin Warren is one of my faves. I asked him recently when he was going to go to big school and he replied "when I get big." So cute and so sassy.

We've known each other since first grade. Our blonde hair and blue eyes brought us together even when our height difference threatened to tear us apart. Just kidding, but I'm 5'2" and Stacy's 5'11", so we're height opposites for sure.

Pretty sure this was "to the window to the wall" (Get low). Classic wedding song. I love it.

And this one was either "Shout" which Garrett requested to be played the whole night or 500 miles, which everyone apparently loves to dance to.

Photos by Kristen Stewart Photography and Je Vois Photography, editing by Spindle Photography.

Our Wedding: Dinner

I know my wedding feels uber-neglected, I apologize. I've been so excited about new things & planning for them that the wedding feels like old news. It was the best day ever, but now I get to be married instead of planning for it! This is a far better stage for me. Plus, now I can focus attention to friends that are getting married (3 in 2010 so far!)



My mom, Linden (one of my bridesmaids), and I prepped all of the centerpieces on the day before the wedding. I'd originally planned on all ranunculus, but truth be told it would've taken at least 600 stems and I ordered 300, so the rest were button mums. I had some white teapots that I used the ranunculus in, and filled all the blue with the mums. They weren't particularly hard to make and not all that time consuming either. We used that green foam stuff to stick the stems in (we cut it into pieces small enough to fit in the teapots and used a pen to create holes so we wouldn't damage the stems by cramming them in). We used Davis Wholesale Florist in Birmingham for the mums and the prep space (they were super helpful and offer delivery for cheap! I highly recommend them for DIY brides) and fiftyflowers.com for the ranunculus (I was also impressed with their customer service).



I loooove food. We had mini blts, strawberry field salad, shrimp & grits, bacon wrapped scallops (though, they gave us huge scallops at the tasting and miniature ones at the wedding. we had words), fruit, roast beef tenderloin with horseradish, and pork loin with rolls. Garrett and I ate privately before so we didn't even see the food set-up. I'm really glad we have pictures. Plus, we never got our to-go plates. Note to brides, assign someone to bring your car around (we walked to our car in a very anticlimactic shuffle) and assign someone to take your food to said car.





You've heard about the cakes by now. I may stick to making pies for the next few years to avoid reminding myself of the stress that was the cakes.





The private dinner was nice, even though we didn't have the typical wedding day. The sign in the background flashed "Congratulations Kelly & Garrett!" some of the time which was fun. If you get the chance to eat separately it's well worth it!



Photography by Kristen Stewart Photography and Je Vois Photography, edited by Spindle Photography. Head over to Spindle Photography for bigger pictures!