The details…I tell you, this part of planning the wedding really flipped my switch, if you get what I mean. I thought I would hate this part, but I kind of loved talking about all the little stuff.
First, the candy bar. Instead of buying favors, we thought it would be cool to do a candy bar, plus it also worked as a pop of color. We had a huge martini glass that had yellow and green ribbons for tying up the bag. On the bag we put stickers that we had made of our monogram from our Save the Dates cards. But I am pretty sure no one left with any bags of candy, because people were really chowing down on the candy at the wedding.
Photo by Calypso Rae Photography
Photo by Calypso Rae Photography
Yes they do make orange licorice, who knew?!? I guess they tasted good, we never got to try!
Photo by Calypso Rae Photography
The wonderfully nostalgic tags were made by our wedding planner Kate from Lovewell Design. She also surprised us with these cute straws which she put at the bar.
Photo by Calypso Rae Photography
Another detail of the wedding was a DIY photo booth. The hotel had an old phone closet that has been turned into a toy closet. So Dave and I thought it would be fun to set up our MacBook so people can go in the closet and take pictures or videos. And to model it after our save the dates, we had a dry erase board so people could write us notes for the pic. Below is the sign we made to denote the photo booth and below the below is some amazing photos from our friends and family.
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Clearly these are our photogs from Calypso Rae Photography.
These are our Lesbians and our friend Chris…Sue, in the middle, is 9 months pregnant here, and looking fine!! For those of you who have read my blog posts from the start you will get the reference.
These are our friends Mike and Dawn. I grew up with them both, and they ended up marrying each other. I just love the naturalness of this pic. Plus their son was just on the Martha Stewart Show!
And these are our Asians (clearly we like to label our friends!) I may or may not have a crush on the boy in the pic…but don’t tell anyone, okay? She is pretty darn hot, too!
And here Dave is with his sister…if you notice, he is no longer wearing his shirt and tie…yes, he did decide to change into his PJs at the end of the night, but changed right back before I saw him!!
And then, our escort cards, hand printed by our friend Chris, pictured above with our lesbians…amazing, right?
Photo by Calypso Rae Photography
Photo by Calypso Rae Photography
As you may have deduced, our table markers were Gay Icons. This was Dave’s idea, and I just love it. What we found great was people chatting during cocktail hour about whose table they were at; many were mad that they were not at Betty White’s table…she is even popular in picture form!!
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Of course, our table was the Judy Garland table…I mean…there is no other choice! Our center pieces, and a 25 foot banister garland, was by Flowers Down Under. She was amazing, she kept it clean and stylish.
Photo by Calypso Rae Photography
Photo by Calypso Rae Photography
Photo by Calypso Rae Photography
Photo by Calypso Rae Photography
Photo by Calypso Rae Photography
So this is my penultimate blog post! I can’t believe it. The next blog post will be a retrospective of this whole process, plus some honeymoon pics!
Love all your pictures! Great wedding,congratulations! I am all in the details and flowers too!Thank you for sharing!
Thanks…it was more fun than I thought!
This is an awesome set of photographs!
Thanks…the subjects are pretty awesome too…:-)
You guys wanna get married again? Maybe a one-year diva-dress-up party, martini bar and red carpet treatment? Just sayin’…
Maybe…but only if you plan it!!
That photo booth concept is great.
The Calligraphy in these escort cards looks gorgeous.
Charming table layouts.
Thanks! We loved how the escort cards came out
Orange licorice??? I’m drooling already.
Yes! Wish I could tell you how it tastes…lol
Great set of photographs.
Nicely designed escort cards.
Penultimate one? Don’t tell me you are finishing your blog.
These pictures look really amazing! Great photography. Thanks for sharing.
A really nice collection of photographs. We’d like to see more.
@WeddingInvitationsAustralia, yes my next post will be my last, but will provide my other blog in this week’s post, if you care to follow my other ramblings.
Great photography congrats to both of you !
Thanks!
What a fun wedding! Love the Judy Garland table.
the judy photo table was a must!
I have just stumbled over your blog now and spent a few hours killing time this afternoon! Looks like you had a great day. Huge congrats. Love the idea of putting a message board in the photo booth and the orange licorice looks delicious :-) xx
Really beautiful photos…congratulations!!
congratulations to you bouth the pictures look fabulous!
Love the photo booth pics! So heartfelt, happy and fun!