One of my favorite fall things....

Farmer's Markets!

The coffee house I work for participates in the local farmers market. Last Saturday I had to run a few things down to the market, and I took my time coming back, making sure to stop and smell and buy the fresh flowers.

So Pretty! 

{Details}

We had a lot of details in our wedding and our photographer did a great job of capturing them. I think she had way too much fun while we were getting ready taking photos of the little things. 

Our rings

My Jewelry

Bridesmaid Bouquet and our handmade invites (click here to see process).

My shoes and My Bouquet (done by andylou flowers)

My Hair and my hair flower (done by etsy owner ilzememories)

My veil (done by etsy owner abusymother)

I had this charm of my Grandpa on my bouquet. He passed away last February, but was still with me on my wedding day.

Our Cake. The topper was bought at theknot.com

Our Birdcage card holder. I made the sign in the same ribbon that was on the bouquets and the centerpieces and the paper is the same paper that we used for the invites.

Our centerpieces and favors. Our favors were so so so cute. They were all different, but still in pink and sangria. They all had an envelope on the front that had a packet of wildflower seeds in them and on the back there was a poem that I wrote. It said:

Thank you!

For you, enclosed, is some wild flower seed, 

When you arrive home, some love they will need.

Find a nice place for them to bloom,

Preferably outside in the dirt, not in a room.

We hope when you see the flowers grow,

You think of the vows we made and the love we show.

We thank you once again, for coming and sharing our day,

Please enjoy your time here-eat, dance and play!

With love, 

Ryan and Sarah K

It also had our new address and our irave photo sharing site (btw, awesome idea!!). 

Our head table.  It had our unity candle in the middle was a floating candle in a vase.

(These were taken by me)

Ringbear pillow my mother made and baskets

Our bubbles and snow. Go here for more information and photos!

 

Our Thank Yous

(Also taken by me)

My MIL did these along with the invites and favors-all in the same colors and with the same stamp!

Lots of Details! :)

Photos taken by Jenny Venema Photography

{Reception Part 3-Flower and Garter Toss}

We did the traditional garter and bouquet toss. It was actually really fun! 

I pretended to throw it. It was really funny!

This time I threw it for real. 

Jessica caught it! :)

Ryan...o dear.

Grabbed the garter...with his teeth. 

And my 7 year old cousin, Jason, caught it. O no!

We did the traditional throw, but we did not have the catcher of the garter put the garter on catcher of the bouquet's leg! That would've been really weird!

Bridesmaids

So, this is what I have so far for my bridesmaids:

Shoes

(They all match, and since the girls are all taller than me except one, we're doing flats.)

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The Dresses

The girls dresses are all different, which I love, but all in the same color (my sangria). They ended up coordinating PERFECTLY, so they have roughly the same style (short and strapless) and fabric (beautiful, light chiffon). We are going to have them shortened a little bit by the makers, so they will all hit just above the knee. I cannot wait to see them all together! :)

MOH:

My maid of honor is my best friend, Stassia. She is getting married in February. Yea! So it has been so much fun planning our weddings together! Her dress is this one:

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Maid #1: My next bridesmaid is my other best friend, Beth. She has been with me since second grade, and we have been through everything together. We have lived together, gone to the same college, and when we were 10, swam in the same neighborhood pool. She is wearing:

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Maid #2: My last girl is Ryan's little sister, but she's more than that to me. She's been my little sister the entire time Ry and I have been dating. I've never had a sister, and hanging out with Lindsay has been a truly rewarding experience. Lindsay will be wearing (sorry bad picture quality):

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Jewelry

I wanted to keep the jewelry simple, and all matching like the shoes. They will be wearing large CZ studs and CZ bracelets (they are very beautiful!).

(I will post photos of the jewelry soon, I have not taken photos yet! :)

Bouquets

Since the girls are all wearing different dresses, I wanted to continue the theme of different styles in their bouquets. My maids, my moms, and I will all be making our own flowers and decorations the tuesday before the wedding. I found an amazing little store here in Grand Rapids that rents out the studio time and the cooler room, and since I buy the flowers wholesale, doing it this way is cheaper than having a floral place do it for me (and way more fun!). Our main flowers are peonies, roses and carnations. Stassia will have a bouquet of mainly roses with some carnations.

(Side note, our bouquets are not going to look exactly like this, they will be closer to my final posted bouquet, pure flowers and ribbon hand tied).

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Bethany will be having peonies and some carnations

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And Lindsay will have all carnations

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My Bouquet will incorporate all three flowers, the girl's will be various shades of pinks, and mine will be all white. (Kinda like this, however with carnations...)

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However, all you lovely ladies out there have really changed my perception of the decorations and the flowers! Here I thought that I was being unusual with having different kinds of flowers, and you gals are making them out of totally different materials or even succulents!  I wish I would've started planning after I saw all your ideas! :) I still think that I'm going to do the real flowers, just because I've budgeted and paid for them...but if we ever re-new our vows... :)

We are still missing centerpieces, but I have several ideas...

ANNND, after Christmas, invitation tutorial...yea! :)