Jstar''s wedding thread!

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I''ve been back from the honeymoon for a week now, so I really have no excuse! Here are a bunch of non-pro pics from our wedding on 5/10/09.

First, a few pics of the venue/surroundings...

 

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Gazebo...didn''t get married in front of it, but it was pretty!

 

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Ceremony spot in front of the river. The things that look like little white flags were garden stakes with white bows to delineate the aisle.

 

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With a lot of coaxing, the groom agreed to meet me in private before the ceremony...well, in private plus photographers. It was a really beautiful moment that I''m really glad he finally agreed to do.

 

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More pre-ceremony...ETA: this is actually post-ceremony as you can see my train is bustled. This was from when our photographer grabbed us during the dancing and took some pics in the great late-afternoon lighting.

 

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Bridal party

 

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Groomie''s angels!

 

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Yes, they are all that geeky.

 

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Poor guys...

 

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Both parents escorted me down the aisle.

 

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More ceremony...I love how you can see the fruits of my arm workout labor in this one!

 

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Ceremony...

 

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Close-up of us with the officiant, a friend of mine from college.

 

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Kissy kissy.

 

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From another angle

 

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Recessional (husband didn't want any close-ups of his face, so it's blurred out).

 

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Now for some reception pics...the cake

 

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Decorations including the origami I did!

 

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Entering the reception (we entered to Erasure's "A Little Respect," which is a bit of an inside joke for us).

 

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First dance...in sepia, which is pretty cool.

 

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More dancing...our first dance song was "Open Arms" by Journey. He's a big Journey fan.

 

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Dancing with good view of my bustle

 

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Cool shadowy shot

 

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Bride/father and groom/mother combined dance (to "You Raise Me Up" by Josh Groban)

 

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Some bootylicious dancing to "Baby Got Back" later in the reception

 

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Getting ready for the bouquet toss

 

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And actually tossing it

 

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I ended up being a 2-dress and 3-shoe bride. Along with 2 of my girls, I changed into more comfortable shoes for the dancing...these are my wedding Crocs!

 

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This was my 2nd dress - I just changed into it for the last song. I changed into an awesome pair of silver D''orsay heels that you can''t see too well...I bought them the day before the wedding for $30!

 

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Best pic I could find of the table decorations. We had pillar candles surrounded by stones in hurricane glass, green round placemats, favors arranged around them (little jar candles and wine bottle corks), and the table descriptions were on the little white easels. Each table was both numbered and named after a classical composer. There was a picture and description of the composer on a card on each easel.