OFFICIALLY MARRIED!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's over! I'm hitched! It's pretty nuts, but it's all over. 6 months of planning, all leading up to last Saturday where Steve and I finally got married :)

 

It was pretty sweet, I won't lie... All in all it was an amazing day, things ran very smoothly, and we had the perfect weather. Slightly overcast and didn't rain until all the shenanigans were over!

We got married in a picnic shelter in West St Paul, MN then took a party bus over to our reception spot.

 

I had my bridesmaids all pick an Edward Sung dress in Garnet, giving them the option to choose the style they liked best, while still staying cohesive. I was lucky enough to have a good friend do their hair as well as my own, and she made us all look AMAZING! LOVE YOU AMANDA!!! I ended up doing my own makeup, as well as my sisters. I made all the flowers out of paper, as seen in my last post. I made a video tutorial showing how to make the bouquets, centerpieces and boutonnieres.

 

 

Not a bad group of lovely ladies, if I do say so myself! My oldest sister was actually our photographer, so I was glad a friend got this picture that included her :) This one's getting framed for sure!

 

My buddy was also nice enough to take a picture of my hand made centerpieces in action!! They held up extremely well. They were a boat load of work, but I liked that they added a lot of creativity and uniqueness to my reception.

 

My mom actually made these super cute chair bouquets for the ceremony! She did them all herself!

 

This was our program/guestbook/tissue/bubble table. I got a bunch of super cute champagne bottle bubbles for the guests and designed the programs myself.

 

 

WOOO!!! My boss bouquet in action! I'm rather proud...

 

My whole wedding party! (minus my oldest sister, taking the picture!) I love how the dresses/flowers/suits worked out. EXACTLY what I wanted! I couldn't be happier! Everyone looked amazing.

 

And that's a wrap! I married the man of my dreams and had an amazing night. I'm so grateful to all my friends and family for supporting us and making the day perfect.

 

Now, back to real life! I have time to myself again and will be filming ASAP! I'm getting over a cold, so haven't started just yet, but have a few ideas of videos I want to shoot soon.

 

XOXOXO

DIY Paper Flowers - 3 Different Kinds of Paper Roses

Eep - I know I'm a week late, but absence makes the heart grow fonder... or something...

 

Any'who, I decided to make a tutorial showing how I made my DIY flowers or my upcoming wedding (2 weeks away!!)

 

I used 3 different types, fancy roses, swirly roses and fancy swirly roses :)

 

I'll post the link to the blog I got the template for the stencils of the fancy roses, otherwise I just learned by youtubing/pinteresting.

 

Going with paper flowers was a very affordable, but time consuming decision. I decided on them about 2 weeks in to our engagement, and finished everything I needed about 4 weeks before the wedding... So about a solid 5 months of off and on work. The centerpieces were by far the worst, and the bouquets took me about 3-4 hours a piece. It was worth it though, because I paid about $150 for all the materials used instead of $600-$800 minimum of what it would have cost to go with a florist for everything. WIN!

 

I hope this DIY is helpful!

 

 

 

XOXOXO