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  • Getting ready on my wedding day was so fun. We had the big suite still, the one we were in from the day of the bachlorette on. So my mom, the girls and I spent the morning hanging out with the girls from Event Cosmetics getting all dolled up. They save the bride for last so I had time to be silly:
    Bubble_blowing

    Using the bubble blower Bj got me. It’s so fun!
    Kiss

    My mom giving me a kiss… on my lips! Moooooom! Don’t worry I’ll always love you mom!
    Candy_thong

    Ceara showing off my newly acquired candy thong. It’s so ridiculously big I think only Bj could fit in it, but we’re not going to test out that theory.
    Hiar

    Don’t judge the girls working on my too harshly by this picture, they were actually not painful at all, I was just a little concerned about the back-combing, but hey look how great it worked out:
    Hair

    I had hair jewelry made for me and my girls by another talented member of the Bridal Loft, Andrea of August Veils. I couldn’t find anything near like what I was dreaming of in my head and these turned out perfectly. I could seriously wear them in my hair everyday. Love them!
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    Another shout out to Event Cosmetics love them!
    Emilie

    Angela’s comment about my pictures is that every one for the first hundred Emilie is on her phone, so true. I think this girl could text through anything.
    Note

    And here I am writing Bj a note. Man I love this robe. When I saw these photos in black and white I was so happy with what I was wearing.
    Bj_gets_it

    Bj getting the note. I wrote it on the packaging for my hosiery. And circled where it said "one pair" because I’m cheesy like that. This is also the only picture of any of the six umbrellas we rented from Bella Umbrella. They were all wickedly cool and vintage with ruffles and jeweled handles. And it poured when we were dashing over to the church in cars, but after that, not a drop. I knew it would happen though, come on, if I had not had any cover prepared it would have been super rainy! Back to my room…
    Taro

    Taro stopped by to give me his passport in case I decided I wanted to stop him from leaving the country. Which I totally did want to do, but alas, he is home. 🙁
    Sci_working

    And Sciarrino working, always doing something. Despite the fact that she will get sicker and sicker as the day goes on she never stopped helping me. Now that’s a friend!
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    And I just really like this picture. My girls hanging out with me. I was packing my bag up for the honeymoon, and a bag with stuff to take over to the church. We were chill, it was so sweet the last little moments in there.

    Those a few of the snippets Eric caught of us getting ready. Enjoy!

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  • Okay so I’ve decided to go through things individually, like dancing, music, ceremony, getting ready, etc. And since I can’t do things chronologically I thought I’d start here, at one of my favorite things. My long dreamed of wedding day photo booth. I thought of this years ago. And then held my breath waiting for everyone to do it before me. I saw it once on a show or wedding magazine or something, but it didn’t take off with anyone I knew, so I didn’t have to throw my “but I thought of it first!” hissy fit. Which I totally would have done because I am five after all (well plus 21). These posts are all going to be picture heavy, sorry I just can’t help myself. So, the photo booth. I found plenty of modern digital photo booths, but it took me a while to find the classic style I wanted. But I eventually I did and they brought it down from Seattle.
    This is one photo I had to have. I had told Eric to get someone’s feet sticking out under the curtain (Angela are those yours?). I’m surprised he was even able because people were crowded around this all night. He got some other cool shots of people actually in the photo booth. He would just go up to it and randomly pull back the curtain!

    Bj’s parent’s, hehehe. His mom made that dress after she couldn’t find a green one she liked, sweet huh? On the right of the booth Emee set up the table with the books:
    Books
    The lights were something my mom and I got at Pottery Barn before Christmas. We had originally thought of putting them around the cake, but Emee came up with this and I loved it! So you do remember those books right?
    Books_1
    Oh my goodness they are so much fun to go through, so much fun! I got some cool surprises, like my photographer, boobs, and my wedding coordinator Emee!
    Emee
    Ah I love Emee. I miss calling her like every day. Random friends getting in the booth together was awesome too see, I was really hoping for good mingling:
    Or accidental almost kisses:
    Sciand_brent
    “An illusion” she says, right…. Oh Sciarrino is going to kill me I know. Here, Sciarrino here is a good one:

    Don’t they both look so classic? Love my girls!
    Writing
    And sometimes what really made the photos rock was what was written:
    Andrew
    Carmen’s husband Andrew has a wicked sense of humor. Trying to be the straight man here, and the best is the last picture where he starts to loose it. Carmen’s parent’s also came, they were so funny. Here they tried to cram into the booth together:
    Peters
    Hehehe. The best might have been Kristin and Kristen who brought fake mustaches, knowing I was going to have the booth. They were put to good use, and then left in the book for us.
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    Britt LOL she is in like half the photos in the book, I love it!
    Kandzach
    And a surprise when I got the photos:
    Mustach_man
    I never saw this on him! Eric really was everywhere. Hehehe.

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  • Fav
    This is my favorite wedding picture. I just said, "Hey look, it’s the future!" And this was the reaction I got from Brent and Sciarrino. I love the expression, the details, her hair, his face, the way Bj has his hand on my back, my laugh, the flowers, her pashmina (sp?), EVERYTHING. Yes, wedding pictures are in. I love them, every single one! I’ll be sorting through them a bit. I think I’ll put a bunch up, but I want to do it in batches so I can tell the story behind everything, that’s what I really don’t want to forget down the road. Seriously though, with everything Eric shot, I don’t think I will forget. He got ever detail. We love him!

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