Love {My} Wedding

I usually never miss a challenge hosted by Neely & Amber, but this month was a little nutty for me. I, cannot, however miss the WEDDING topic!

I mean, here we are... almost one year after the BIG DAY! Our one year wedding anniversary is the 19th and things this past year have certainly been crazy. We had our wedding shown on reality TV {I can't decide if this was a good or bad decision, LOL!}, we moved, we have had family drama, we adopted a third dog, we both got new jobs....

It's been one hell of a year.

I just wanted to share some of my favorite wedding pictures and some of my extra touches that I still adore to this day. I don't know if I could ever tire of them. If you've followed me for a while, you're probably tired of these pictures... but allow to reminisce!


My fabulous brooch bouquet
{Finished literally one hour before the wedding}


With no time to finish brooch bouquets for my maids and no room in the budget for flowers, PINWHEELS it is!


We had a first look.


Our ceremony set up on the beach...


A steel drummer that played "I'm Yours" as I walked down the aisle...


aisle walking




The BIG kiss!


We all then walked to the water and threw some shells in while making a wish!


Had to take some "formals..."





Time for the RECEPTION! My favorite part! ;)


Burlap runners, milk glass, pinwheels, carnations and cootie catchers.
A whole lotta cheese! ;D


Our guestbook -- sign a postcard -- stick in mailbox!


CAKE


Cake topper :)


BBQ for dinner. YUM.


First dance to "I'm Yours" the Casanova Session version!


I changed. Party time.


Cake smash!


SHOTS every hour! It was so fun!


The favors -- shot glasses!


And, to end the night, my husband joined the band and sang to me!


And there was a photo booth. A serious must!


I can't believe it was a year ago but I still have such fond memories of the day!
My advice to anyone planning a wedding -- do what YOU want to do. I know that sounds "Bridezilla" of me, but it is true. The only one who really remembers all the details of your BIG DAY is.. well... you, the Bride! I am so glad that I had awesome friends and a husband who went with the flow. We had a great party and even greater photos!

Which brings me to my next piece of advice. Do not under any circumstances skimp on photography! Find room in the budget to make it work. Photography should be high on your list of priorities! I mean, why do you think I had catered BBQ instead of a sit down dinner? Because I spent my money on photography (and a wedding planner...lol) instead of fancy food. It worked out to my advantage because the BBQ was DELICIOUS! ;)



The Aftermath:
P.S. For those want to know, I have my brooch bouquet in a mason jar on my dresser. My cake topper was packed away and I'm actually trying to remember where we put it! The pinwheels clearly didn't last through the night but they looked good in pictures! ;) I gifted all the milk glass to my wedding planner because she was first of all a total saint who dealt with some reality TV assholes but also because she definitely went ABOVE and BEYOND her call of duty. And, what was I going to do with 50 or so pieces of milk glass? I barely have room to store my dishes! My wedding dress still hasn't been dry cleaned and is sort of just thrown in my closet on the top shelf. I should probably make that a priority. I'd love to one day be able to FIT into the dress. I definitely don't anymore! I know, it's sad, it was only ONE year since the big day but my curves have certainly filled out since we moved down to southwest Florida!!

All my wedding recaps and vendors can be found on my wedding page:
Krystal & Scott's Wedding