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I just love this sunshiney, lovely wedding from the talented Lauren Wright Weddings! I love the wildflower centerpieces, the outdoor setting, the easy-breezy feeling of this sweet, simple wedding! This couple focused on only what was most important, and managed to have their big day for a very budget-savvy six thousand dollars! Hope you all enjoy this edition of the BSWOW! –xoxo, Jessica

Mark + Emily

April 2, 2011
Hampton, GA  :  Nash Farm Battle Field

What was your budget?

Around $6,000 total, here’s the breakdown:

$300- Carriage House at Nash Farm for 2 nights
$2500- Shane’s Rib Shack catering rehearsal dinner & reception
$816- dress, veil, shoes (David’s Bridal)
FREE- photography. Our photographers are friends of ours and offered to shoot our day for free
$350- flowers (Hobby Lobby)
$60 Hair style
$260 wedding party gifts
$400 both cakes (Publix)
FREE Tux rental when you rent the groomsmen’s tuxes (Men’s Warehouse)
$250 Rentals- punch bowl, candelabra, linens, extra chairs (Patrick Rentals)
$400 DJ & guitarist
$450 Wedding stuff 2 Ring bearer pillows, flower basket, champagne flutes, cake topper, vases, river rocks, toss garter, bird seed tulle (Hobby Lobby), flower petals, jordan almonds, favor boxes, invitations, bird seed (Walmart), Signature frame (David’s Bridal).
Total: $5386

How many guests did you have?

120 of our closest family and friends were in attendance.

What creative or personal aspects did you include in your wedding?

We had an I-SPY game at every table and provided disposable cameras at each table. You can find it on Martha Stuart’s wedding website. We also made a timeline of childhood photos around the room pinned to twine with mini clothespins.

What was the biggest thing you did to save money?

We chose a beautiful, yet sensible location We also opted to not have a photographer. However, my wonderful friend, Lauren Wright, was training a new wedding photographer, Megan Dougherty, and together they made the gracious offer to photograph our big day for free. We were overjoyed & cherish those photos so very much! We were also fortunate enough to have good friends that DJ events and sign locally. They were wonderful and gave us a great price

What’s the best advice you have for planning your wedding now that you’re on the other side?

Stick to your budget and spend wisely! Why spend 20k on a wedding when you could save 15k to put toward the down payment of a new home? It’s a memorable day, but it goes by in the blink of an eye. Make it special, but keep it sensible

What was your biggest splurge?

My dress. I bought it on the spot after I feel in love with it. I had admired it in David’s Bridal commercials for years and I knew it was “the one” as soon as it was zipped up.

What was your favorite detail?

Our wild flowers as the center pieces. They were from Hobby Lobby & I created them myself. They were green, white & yellow and they matched the whole theme

What is the most memorable moment of your day?

Our “First Look” before the wedding began. Lauren and Megan created the best first look where I walked up to Mark and he turned around to see me near a big oak tree. They did a great job of capturing every look and all of the smiles and laughter.

VENDORS

Photography: Lauren Wright Weddings  |  Venue: Nash Farm  |   Rentals: Patrick Rentals  |  Dress:  David’s Bridal  |  Tuxedos: Men’s Warehouse  |  DIY Materials: Hobby Lobby   |  Catering: Shane’s Rib Shack

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Today for the BSWOW we have a delightful beach wedding to help us forget about the temperatures that are dropping now as we head into the cold season! Erin and Eric kept their guest list small to save money, but had a beautiful day nonetheless! I just love the intimate feel of this wedding! The starfish on the pew markers are just adorable! Thanks to Maria Angela Photography for submitting this wedding via Two Bright Lights, and to Erin for sharing these details with us! Hope you enjoy!

What was your budget? Give a rough breakdown of what you spent if possible.

The dress was $1500, the Tuxes were $250. Flowers were $500, Photographer $900, Videographer $850, Backdrop and chair rental $400, Decor $100, Beach permit $100, cellist $200, Officiant $200 = $4900

We did dinner with everyone at Jacaranda. It cost $900. We decided to just do the intimate dinner since there was such a small amount of people celebrating with us. They had a bar there and so our best man set up for the band to sing us a song for our first dance. It was sweet! So in total, we spent around $6,000.

How many guests did you have?

We had 30 guests

What creative or personal aspects did you include in your wedding?

Eric proposed on Bowman’s beach which is why we chose this location. We both love the beach and couldn’t imagine a better place to tie the knot.

What was the biggest thing you did to save money?

The biggest thing we did to save money would be do everything ourselves, from picking up the rentals ourselves and not paying for delivery to finding our own vendors and not paying for a coordinator.

What’s the best advice you have for planning your wedding now that you’re on the other side?

The best advise I have is to know that everything will turn out perfect because in the end the only thing that matters is the person waiting at the end of the aisle for you.

What was your biggest splurge?

The Dress (Two by Rosa Clara)

What was your favorite detail?

The seashells and starfish

What is the most memorable moment of your day?

Getting to finally marry my best friend

VENDORS

Photography: Maria Angela Photography

Coordinator: Irberseder Production

Rentals: Taylor rental

Cello: Eugene Eicher

Officiant: Laura Walker

Venue: Garden District

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I just love Sebrina– she was a longtime reader and supporter of BSB so I am so excited to share her wedding with you! I really love the black, white and yellow color scheme- especially the way she totally rocked her black bolero and the black lacing on her gown. I’m a huge fan of the sunflowers as well- which the couple got on the cheap for their bouquets and centerpieces. She picked her favorite things to splurge on and still pulled off this fab wedding for under $6k! Way to go, Sebrina– thanks for sharing your special day with us!

What was your budget?

Originally we set our budget at $5000. At the end I think we spent $5806. I was a little bummed about going over but I am happy that we stuck to our plan of having zero debt after the wedding

Save the Dates: $25 w/ postage
Ceremony Officiant: $300 donation to cover travel expenses
Reception Location: $250
Wedding Invitations: $170 w/ postage
Rings: $125
Wedding Dress: $323
Veil: $13 for supplies
Bolero: $52 for supplies
Shoes: $28 for both ceremony and reception pairs
Hair: $32
Make-up: $20
Nails: $100
Flowers: $70
Food & Drinks: $1000
Dishes & Napkins: $240
DOC: $200
Photographer: $500
Rentals: $566
Gifts: $165
Cake: $800
Linens: $362
Decorations: $365
Misc. Expenses: $100
Everything else was free through freindors and skilled family members. For instance my dad was the dj

How many guests did you have?

We invited 450 and I think we figured around 250 came.

What creative or personal aspects did you include in your wedding?

Basically, everything about our wedding was personal and mostly handmade by myself, my mom, and our very amazing friends and family. We fell in love with the Old Pumphouse because it offered the picturesque butterfly garden that was perfect for my dream outdoor wedding and the fact that it’s a museum was great for Luke because he’s a mega history buff. I kept having to drag him away from the various plaques through the course of our reception

What was the biggest thing you did to save money?

We saved a lot of money by making and doing things ourselves. My mom was able to make all our linens and table toppers for less than $10 a table. We contacted local sunflower farmers who let us pick the huge sunflowers for our bouquets for free. The smaller ones were picked from wild fields so we only had to buy the filler flowers for our bouquets. This meant we got to have floral centerpieces that only cost $.24 a table. Originally we planned on having a local restaurant provide the food but that would have been way out of budget, so we contacted a friend who used to be a caterer. He provided all the fajitas and sausage for the cost of the meat. Another family friend made the rice for a very reasonable price and we had our DOC prepare the beans in roasters on site along with the salad. Some friends gifted the mexican wedding cookies and punch and we bought concentrated tea from a restaurant supplier. So we were able to provide unlimited drinks and dinner for everyone for under $5 a person.

What's the best advice you have for planning your wedding now that you're on the other side?

All the wedding blogs can get overwhelming so don’t feel like you have to catch up on every post from every single one but don’t rule them out either because I found life-saving inspiration from one barely 2 weeks before our wedding. Also account for about double the estimated time for diy projects and call in as many friends and family to help. There’s no way I would have been able to get through without my amazing support system. And don’t pick vendors hastily but give yourself enough time to do your research while booking early. We probably saved nearly a thousand dollars by booking our photographer and venue a year early.

What was your biggest splurge?

While planning we discovered that my mom and I are cake snobs. So we ended up spending nearly as much on the cake as the rest of the food. But it was so worth it because it both looked and tasted amazing. Unfortunately we ordered way too much and ended up with nearly 150 pieces to take home.

What was your favorite detail?

Looking back it’s really hard to pick one favorite detail because I absolutely love how everything came together. However, we both agreed that the Old Hidalgo Pumphouse is what really made the event. Luke loved the museum part of it and I couldn’t imagine finding a more beautiful venue.

What is the most memorable moment of your day?

Our first dance was very special to me because it was a surprise I planned for Luke. I took a song he had written for us called “Let’s Grow Old Together” and gave it to my dad to play for us. He took the original lyrics and matched it with a melody he had written 20-some years before for my mom. So it made the whole moment really sentimental and unique especially since we had to keep it a secret from Luke right up until my dad announced the song.
Please also include a list of all your vendors including any website links.
Venue: Old Hidalgo Pumphouse
Save the Dates: Vistaprint
Wedding Dress: David’s Bridal
Photographer: SixFourteen Photography
Rentals: All Party Rentals
Cake: Honey’s Cakes by Nancy Cortez

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I have been swooning over this wedding since it arrived in my Two Bright Lights submission queue. Of course I always love Dixie Pixel’s work, so that was no surprise! In fact the bride loved Tara’s work so much that she spent over HALF her budget on the photography! It just goes to show how much brides value good photos– at the end of the day your photos are all you’ll be left with. If photos are your priority or if you just want to make sure you have a great documentation of your day, please don’t let your ‘uncle Bob’ shoot your wedding. Find a professional- do some research- find an up and coming photographer to save money if your budget is super tight- you will regret it if you don’t get great photos from your day. *steps off soap box*

This wedding has some really precious details even though the budget was small. The bride’s gorgeous dress, fab hairpiece and accessories are so perfect! I think they pulled off the peacock theme so well and in such a classy way. I’m particularly loving the dreamy shots at the end of the bride and groom- such a great looking couple! Thanks so much to Brooklyn and Joshua for sharing your big day with us!!

What was your budget?

$ 5,500 (We went a bit over budget but received a donation for the wedding which put us under budget)

Photography: $ 3,000

Videographer: free, friend who is in art school agreed to video the wedding and add a few special touches in the editing process since she is a graphic designer
Caterer: Catering service – $750- a gift, only paid for cost of food (dessert reception, coffee bar, & heavy hors d”oeuvres)

Flowers: $50- bridal bouquet and corsages were fresh flowers and made by sister-in-law and friend as a wedding gift, boutonnieres and bridesmaid lanterns were made by the bride

Venue: free, mother-in-law”s church

Music and DJ: free, from talented people in our lives who play the Saxophone, guitar, and drums agreed to play at the wedding, the DJ for the reception was a friend who has experience with sound systems and had a great voice to announce all events at the reception

Linens and Chairs: free, complimentary from church

Centerpieces and decorations: $275 -collected candle holders, vases, etc. from friends and family, lanterns, candles, and tall vases from IKEA, peacock feathers and tulle bought online at Save-on-crafts.com

Wedding Dress: $900- (hair piece and jewelry were gifts) from Bride Beautiful in ATL, shoes bought online at Overstock.com

Suit for Groom: $200- Overstock.com and it fit perfectly, tie- Macy’s

nGroomsman: $100- matching ties, Macy’s

Gifts for Bridesmaids: $100- bought at a jewelry show in Gatlinburg, TN where items are sold at wholesale, travel bags with names monogrammed on them, and jewelry for every bridesmaid

Gifts for Groomsman: $80 lighters with special touches for each individual Groomsman

Officiate donation: $75, he is a friend and we gave him a gift but he didn’t charge us for his service

All other miscellaneous expenses:  $200

How many guests did you have?

275

What creative or personal aspects did you include in your wedding?

I didn”t want my Bridesmaids to carry a standard bouquet and since the wedding was meant to be outdoors in the evening I wanted them to carry candle lit lanterns that were decorated with peacock feathers. Also every centerpiece was different and had a story to go along with its origination. We also had a time of worship during our wedding ceremony to thank our Lord for creating the gift of marriage.

What was the biggest thing you did to save money?

We asked all of our friends and family to donate their talents as wedding gifts. For example, my mom’s friend is a caterer and gave her catering services as a wedding gift and only charged us for the cost of food. My friend is in a Praise and Worship band and she gave the gift of her voice along with the guys from the band who blessed us with their instrumental talents.

What’s the best advice you have for planning your wedding now that you’re on the other side?

Make it your own. Don’t let people overwhelm you with etiquette or details that you don’t like. Don’t sweat the little things. What matters most are you, your husband, and having pictures to remember your special day.

What was your biggest splurge?

Photography, Tara at Dixie Pixel shot our Engagement pictures and after seeing her work I had to have her for the wedding! I saved all my pennies and booked her for the wedding!

What was your favorite detail?

My favorite detail was the small, hand-made paper peacocks that my sweet family spent hours making to add to the wedding centerpieces. Also I loved the starry night we created inside because our outdoor wedding was moved indoors due to the biggest storm of the spring season.

What is the most memorable moment of your day?

I loved the moment when we recited our written vows to each other and the Lord showered us with his blessings. Literally during our vows it was raining so hard that some guests thought we were experiencing tornado activity.

VENDORS:

Photography: Dixie Pixel Photography

Gown: Bride Beautiful

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This sweet wedding has lots of handmade details and loads of personality! I love the incorporation of the groom’s love for comic books with the boutonnieres! So adorable! I love when couples forget the typical or expected ideas for a wedding and choose to infuse their own likes and interests into their big day. It makes it a true reflection of who they are instead of just what everyone comes to assume from a wedding. I hope you love this quirky submission, all photos by Ashley Whiteside, of Olive You Deerly.

What was your budget?

$6,000

Rough Breakdown:

Catering: $1,000

Photography: $500

Tables, Chairs, Linens: 1, 800

Church Gift: $250

Flowers: $180

Invitations and other paper: $150

Bridal Wardrobe: $200

Grooms Cake: $75

Wedding Cake: $300

Misc Fees, Decor, and help: $1,500

How many guests did you have?

150

What creative or personal aspects did you include in your wedding?

Marvel Comics combined with a vintage touch. My husband has always loved Marvel Comics so we decided to make that our wedding theme. The groomsmen wore marvel action figure boutonnieres and the groom’s cake was Wolverine’s claws. We combined that with vintage typefaces and decorative aspects to fuse the wedding together.

What was the biggest thing you did to save money?

We asked everyone we knew to help out and they were all so willing to offer a hand. We knew a caterer and photographer that gave us great rates. Not to mention our coordinator/ designer/ planner who put together all of our stationery, handmade details and the flower arrangements and taught me how to cut corners without losing the charm and elegance that I wanted.

What's the best advice you have for planning your wedding now that you're on the other side?

Be creative with your special day. Don’t forget that this day is about you and your husband and your day should reflect who you are. Don’t spend too much time trying to please everyone just let everything flow and it will be beautiful.

What was your biggest splurge?

The food. We had worked for a wedding caterer for a couple of years during college, and we knew that the food was going to be important. We wanted a southern style full buffet meal with charm and elegance.

What was your favorite detail?

The action figure boutonnieres. I made them myself from dye-cast metal figures that I bought on ebay. They turned out great and added so much fun to the wedding. Plus, the groomsmen and ring bearers loved wearing them.

What is the most memorable moment of your day?

Seeing my husband for the first time before walking down the aisle.

VENDORS:

Catering: Chef Penelope’s Catering

Photography: Tori Wharton Photography

Groom’s Cake: Cakes by Denette

Flowers, Additional Photography & Graphic Design: Ashley Whiteside, Olive You Deerly

Church: Blakemore Nazarene

Wedding Planner Ashley Whiteside, Olive You Deerly

Wedding Cake: Publix

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This sweet DIY wedding comes from Smithville, Tennessee and has a lovely spring color scheme. This couple saved by choosing a date in the ‘off season’ for their wedding and by working with new, up-and-coming vendors to keep their costs down! I love the aqua and pink color scheme and all the fun details at the reception! Jessica & Todd pulled off their wedding for just under 100 guests for $6,000! Well done! Thanks for sharing your lovely wedding with us!

What was your budget?

Everything total from stockings to catering less than $6,000

$400 wedding gown
$50 photography — a guy I found online that does them as a hobby with his wife, he gave me rights to all the photo files!
$600 site rental from 9 am-midnight
$1600 food including 3 appetizers, full dinner and dessert beer & wine with servers and cleaning crew
$170 three tiered polka dot wedding cake and Patriots helmet grooms cake
$269 for all bouquets and boutonnieres and orchards for center pieces
$550 DJ with 2 set ups one each for ceremony and reception plus dance floor lighting
$200 officiant
$2000 misc ceremony/reception décor… center pieces, linins, rentals, coordinator…

How many guests did you have?

96

What creative or personal aspects did you include in your wedding?

We did TONS of DIY.. polka dotted water bottles which cost $20 for 100, bubbles, napkins, and my favorite being votives with wraps I designed, printed and put together myself with all materials total = $45 for over 100 personalized

What was the biggest thing you did to save money?

LOCATION!!! First from morning to midnight the site was ours for only $600 since our date was the off seasons. Second Smithville is really far from where we live and most friends and co-workers live. That alone cut our guest list dramatically. With the site being so far away only true friends and family would want to make that drive and cut out all the people coming just for the food and alcohol! It’s a BIG SAVER if you can cut your guest count!

What's the best advice you have for planning your wedding now that you're on the other side?

For all the vendors that aren't as important on your list… look for graduate students. They have some experience and can show samples of friends and family they have worked for, but not enough experience to charge you outrageous prices. I got my cake and grooms cake $170 and they both turned out awesome!!!

What was your biggest splurge?

Decorations by far, still relatively low cost compared to other local weddings, but next to everything else I paid for the decorations and “little add ons” here and there really add up.

What was your favorite detail?

A tie between the votives I made for every table and the personalized water bottle wraps.. They're what made it “my” wedding.

What is the most memorable moment of your day?

Our first dance. Everyone was watching in awe and we were surrounded yet the moment seemed so personal and ours. It was perfect!

VENDORS:
Venue: Lake Side Resort
Planner: I Do Weddings TN
Catering: Wildberry Catering

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This budget savvy wedding comes to us from my hometown of Murfreesboro, Tennessee! I am loving the unique color scheme of green and gray and the use of peacock feathers in lieu of bridesmaids’ bouquets, so very budget-savvy! The couple pulled off their sweet budget wedding for $6,000- and the bride still got to wear her dream dress! You can tell how happy they are by the bride’s face- her smile definitely lights up a room! Thanks Rachel and Cody for sharing your wedding with us!

What was your budget?

Our original budget was $5000 but I ended up going over by about $1000 because of my dress, so we spent $6,000 total.

How many guests did you have?

We had right around 100 guests.

What creative or personal aspects did you include in your wedding?

Everything that I wanted for my wedding just happened to tie together perfectly. I wanted gray and green as my colors and it just so happened that Cody had always wanted to wear a gray tux. I wanted to do something more creative than just having the girls carry bouquets so I had them carry peacock feathers, which went beautifully with the colors I had picked. I wanted a subtle 40′s theme, and the ring we picked out (that I got after we started planning the wedding) was made in the 40′s. The whole wedding turned out more perfect than I could have imagined.

What was the biggest thing you did to save money?

I did/made everything myself. I made the ring bearer pillow, the flower girl basket, the centerpieces, the decorations at the end of the aisle, the favors, the boutineers…everything. I also used my connections. The photographer was a family friend who took pictures as a wedding present for us, same thing with the cake. My mom knew somebody that did catering, and she only charged us for the cost of the food, which was only $300 for heavy appetizers. We also limited the alcohol to beer and wine. We got 2 kegs and 54 bottles of wine it was plenty and it saved us SO much money.

What's the best advice you have for planning your wedding now that you're on the other side?

Don’t worry about the little things. There were so many little things that I stressed out about because I wanted everything to be perfect. I wanted to do programs, have ushers, and labels for the favors, but in the end we didnt have time. Nobody noticed any of those things at all. Also, you need a GREAT day of coordinater. I don’t know what I would have done without mine. She handled everything before I even had the chance to worry about it. Apparently when all the centerpieces got to the venue, the bottom fell out of the box and all the glasses shattered. She took care of it, bought new glasses, and fixed
everything. Nobody told me until halfway through the reception that anything had happened. Again, I don’t know what I would have done without her.

What was your biggest splurge?

My dress. It was $1000, but worth every penny. I could not have dreamed of a dress more perfect for me.

What was your favorite detail?

Probably the feathers. I love peacock feathers and I was very glad to find a unique way to tie them into our wedding.

What is the most memorable moment of your day?

The reception in general. Because not only did I just marry the love of my life, but I was celebrating with everybody that I loved. I had so much fun, and was so happy to have everybody I loved share our special day with us.

VENDORS

Photographer- Guy Garrett
Ceremony Venue- Stones River Baptist Church
DJ- Middle Tennessee DJ
Reception Venue- The Vine

{all photos by Guy Garrett}

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This sweet wedding comes to us from Alfred and Emma Salom in California. The photographers said this about the wedding: “Hugo and Jessica had a classic, intimate wedding. Just under 100 guests filled the Stanford Memorial Church. The bride wore a simple dress from David’s Bridal, a necklace gifted from her soon-to-be mother in law, ballet flats, and a simple bouquet of flowers assembled by her sister, and maid of honor. Most of Hugo’s family flew in from Chile, as you can imagine, it was a very touching and heart warming ceremony. They had a potluck reception at the Stanford Graduate Community Center. Each family brought a dish and filled out a little information sheet about their dish. For the portrait session, they took us back to their dorms where Jess used to live and recreated their first kiss under paper lanterns and sunny skies.”

What was your budget?

We are both graduate students and wanted to plan and pay for our wedding ourselves, with minimal effort on our part. Our budget was roughly $6000 = $2000 for the church + $1500 for the photographers + $550 for the dress and tailoring and hair day of + $200 for the invitations + $800 for the catering and cake + $600 for the rings + $350 miscellaneous + free tux + potluck lunch + free reception site + lots of help from grad student friends

How many guests did you have?

About 100

What creative or personal aspects did you include in your wedding?

It was really important to us to include our family heavily in the ceremony. To that end, we had our brothers and sisters as attendants rather than traditional attendants (i.e., my brother and sister stood on my side; his brother and sister stood on his side). Both sets of parents escorted both of us down the aisle during the processional.

What was the biggest thing you did to save money?

Our reception was dirt cheap. We partially catered the lunch with a few lasagnas from an on-campus caterer, and ordered a large (but beautiful!) sheet cake from a local bakery. We reserved an on-campus multi-purpose room for the reception that came with tables and chairs (and a sound system). We didn’t do any decorating (no flowers!), and had our friends set up the room the morning of the wedding. The remainder of the lunch was a potluck affair, which was phenomenal since our friends represent many regions of the world. Rather than registering for wedding gifts, we asked our friends and family to pitch in on the big day (or donate charitably to the earthquake relief in Chile, since the groom is Chilean) – and many complied. We would not have had such a beautiful and successful day without the help of our friends and family!

What's the best advice you have for planning your wedding now that you're on the other side?

Don’t be afraid to ask friends and family for help. Our friends were thrilled to be a part of our wedding, and planning and paying for our wedding was very low-stress.

What was your biggest splurge?

The church. We met at Stanford as graduate students, so it was special to be able to hold our ceremony at the enormous historic church on campus. Plus, the church is ornately decorated and the walls are covered in mosaics and stained-glass windows, so no decoration was necessary (not to mention the enormous pipe organ!). The two line items of our wedding that we were unwilling to compromise were this church, and the photographers. We were very frugal with everything else, so that we could guarantee a beautiful venue and remarkable photographers to capture the day!

What was your favorite detail?

My sister made my bouquet as well as hers and my sister-in-law’s. She and my mom went to a local grocery store the day before the wedding and bought a few flowers (I think they spent $30 total). Granted, my sister has an artistic eye, but she did a wonderful job and the bouquets were a nice touch.

What is the most memorable moment of your day?

When the doors at the back of the church opened and the pipe organ started belting out “here comes the bride,” we knew that this was for real.

VENDORS:

photographers: Alfred and Emma Salom
dress: David’s Bridal
tuxedos: Men’s Wearhouse
cake: La Baguette
caterer: Ray’s Pub
hair: Angela at Rouge

{all photos by Alfred and Emma Salom}

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