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maid of honor, again.

 

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all ready to get married.
(and looking a bit creepy - hah)

 

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ceremony time!

this is the officiant (my uncle who got ordained to do the honors).
i wrote the ceremony myself, and it was a blend of christina and jewish traditions and readys.
therefore, i didnt want luis (my uncle) reading out of the bible or the torah. he needed something else. so, i got a childrens'' book that i liked the size of from the thrift store ($1) and covered in this paper which was used on our invitations and throughout the wedding stationary, and pasted the ceremony text inside.

 

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the handsome groom

 

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i''m upstairs, peeking out the window, watching the processional

 

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the chuppah holders.

two of my cousins and two of michael''s cousins held our chuppah throughout the ceremony.
to make the chuppah, we bought wood poles from home depot, painted them white and drilled a hole in each. i made the chuppah from two coordinating fabrics and ribbon to tie it onto the poles through the holes.

 

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my turn.
i came down the stairs alone, and then met both of my parents at the bottom to be escorted down the aisle.

 

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my parents.
you can see we did little bouquets for our moms rather than corsages.

 

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the ceremony from afar.

 

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i loved the bridesmaids bouquets!

 

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a better view of the chuppah.

taken while we were breaking the glass (which was in a pouch a made with the leftover fabric and ribbon from making the chuppah! -- although i dont think anyone noticed - heh)

 

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married!!!

 

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and off we go into the sunset...
or rather, to take a ton of pictures.

 

[akmiss]

What wonderful pictures! Congrats

 

[princesss]

And here we are to look at a ton of pictures! How convenient!

 

[merrymunky]

Wow.

These pictures are just gorgeous.

You looked SO beautiful.

Congratulations.

 

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and let the formal pictures begin...

this is everyone who participated int he ceremony - so this includes any
one in the processional (parents, grandparent, etc) and all of our readers (8 in all), and our wedding party

 

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and here is just the wedding party

 

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michael and the groomsmen
(the two on the right are my younger brothers)

 

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me and the girls.
the one of the far right is michael''s younger sister

 

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bridesmaids

 

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i''m going to apologize now for how many i''m posting of the two of us!!

 

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the whole reason i decided to go with the full length veil was to get pretty blowing-in-the-wind veil pictures. hah

 

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another veil picture

 

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in front of the fun banyan tree

 

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last one in front of the tree...

(i wish these were clearer, by the way. the got so grainy when i made them small enough to post! darn.)

 

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Michael with my bouquet

i wish it hadn''t had those asparagus looking things sticking out all over it! i didn''t really notice/think much about it the day of, but looking back at the pictures they bug me a lot

 

[mrscushion]

Wow, I am glad I came back to take a second look. Honestly, this is one of the most beautiful weddings I''ve ever seen and it sounds like you made a lot of stuff yourself, which is so special. You looked gorgeous.

 

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michael in the round, wood room.

 

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a better look at the wood room