Well, I must say that I was avoiding going through my pictures from this weekend because I thought I’d failed you all! But, it turns out there’s still plenty of images to blog! Brenna and Ryan are the CUTEST couple, ever. They’re young and in love and soo sweet! Their day was filled with friends and family [literally- packed to the rafters] and yet still it felt intimate and close. I loved every bit of it! But, here are some images to prove that!!
We worked with some GREAT vendors, including Chair Covers 4 Less for our linens and Just Chair Covers for our, well, chair covers! The room turned out perfectly!
The room was aglow with candles!
Personalized matchbooks!
Our cost-economic centerpieces turned out to be a perfect amount of chic on their day!
These cupcakes were made by Brenna along with friends and family. The main “scheme” of the day was black and white, but really, it was all colors. Just WAIT until you see her home-made bouquets. They’re so bright and cheery!!
See that cake cutting set in the corner? This was Brenna’s something borrowed. It is from her parent’s wedding, who just celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary earlier this year!
The head table:
Our ceremony set up was simple: black chairs and some petals.
[Workin' it]
My gorgeous, teary bride!
Love that dad is so WITH her in this moment!
“…and, cue music!”
Seeing her guests…
Seeing Ryan!
Married!!! [Sorry, no shots of the ceremony!!]
For “cocktail hour” at this dry event, we made the guests shirley temples as our signature drink! They were a HIT and we couldn’t even keep them on the table!! I wish I had a picture of them, but I don’t!! For dinner, we pulled out tubs of rootbeer, the groom’s favorite, and it looked tooo cute!
Their pastor with the bride and groom for some post-ceremony portraits:
My fave! Brenna, WORKING IT for me while Ryan tends to their daughter, Dakota! I wish that I’d gotten a thousand more photos of this little family… but until their photographer comes back with photos, this will have to do!
Grand Entrance:
Into their fun, silly, laid back first dance:
Even though there’s an arm in the way, I really LOVE that shot. Is that weird?
Speeches came next:
A tear-filled speech from Ryan’s brother, Anthony, had the whole room choked up and laughing simultaneously!
Not a dry eye, at this point…
Now, a few words from Dad!
Straight into dancin’ with Dad
Ryan and Mom
The girls, watching [loved this!]
Brenna put together an AWESOME slideshow:
Time to cut the cake! I had a terrible angle for this one, but you get the idea:
And then, their grand exit! Dad helping Bren with her big dress into the car:
Right before she tossed her bouquet out the window to one of the girls. Soo cute! I loved it!!
All in all, the day was filled with SO much love, support and family that cared for Brenna, Ryan and baby D! I was honored to be a part of such a family affair and to feel like part of it for a few days was so special to me! B & R- I hope that your day was everything you wanted it to be, and I hope that your life is more than everything you’ve dreamed it to be!!! I’ll hold you in my heart always!
Here’s two for the road that I took a quick moment to edit, old-fashioned style [which is my new fave for make a blurry pic salvage-able!]:
Love it!!!
