Alli_esq''s Pro Pics

[alli_esq]

Hi, everyone!

I know my favorite part of this forum is seeing everyone''s pictures after all their hard work has paid off, so I wanted to post mine too...

As some of you may remember, I did have a bit of a pro photog snafu the day of my wedding (long story short, the husband and wife team I booked a year in advance of my wedding had a baby the morning of my wedding!)--but the replacement photographer was lovely and did a great job (photographer who ended up shooting my wedding)...

All in all, I am very pleased with the results. I wish I didn''t have the bags under my eyes that are very apparent in a lot of the photographs of me, but that couldn''t be helped--there was just too much to do and not enough time to sleep the last weeks leading up to my 11/20/09 wedding!

Because I do not feel comfortable posting my face, and because I do not want to destroy the lovely pro photos, I was able to find quite a few detail shots that might give you an idea as to how everything looked, but that don''t show anyone''s faces...

So he were go! First, the shoes I decided on (even though they weren''t my original first love, gold, they were very comfortable until the very end of the night!)

 

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Obligatory "dress hanging in the dressing room" shot! Good news: it DID end up fitting--perfectly!

 

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Rings...

 

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More rings...

 

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Brooch on the bow of my dress...I really loved how it looked, but it kept slipping off toward the end of the night--no worries, though, since it showed up in all the photos

Love that I got it on QVC, haha!

 

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My friends helping me put on my garter...it was a several-person job, haha!

 

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My mom let me wear her tennis bracelet

 

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Taking all the paper out of my shoes...

 

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Meee...

 

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DH and I met before the ceremony and took a LOT of photos outside--which I never expected to get at the end of November, so that was great!!! I highly recommend meeting before the ceremony to take photographs...I hardly had to miss a moment of my wedding! We were out at the cocktail hour about 5-10 minutes in, and the only reason we were even that late was because our friends were signing the marriage certificate and were bustling me!

There are quite a few photos from that session that are awesome, but they have our faces, so this one will have to suffice...

 

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We had a table in front of the reception room with a sign in plate that I received from a dear friend at my bridal shower...the venue arranged for the flower petals you see here, and we had a lot of photographs of each of us growing up (in lieu of a slideshow)...I liked how it turned out! People ended up writing adorable notes on here--it is so lovely to have!

 

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Flowers at the ceremony (which I didn''t even notice during the actual event--I was in a different world! it seemed so surreal!)

 

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The room during the ceremony...

 

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My beautiful bridesmaids...same dresses as PilsnPinkysMom had!!! The only thing I would have changed, if I knew in advance, was to make their bouquets larger. I doubt it would have been that much more expensive, and I think the size of them looked rather silly...though I loved the composition and the color.

 

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I liked it so I had to put a ring on it...hehehe...

 

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My coordinator at the venue told us to escape after the ceremony to the bridal room upstairs, so that people didn''t attack us as soon as we left the ceremony--I was VERY happy we did that...it gave us a few minutes to ourselves for the first (and only) time that day, and then our bridal party came crowding in...it was so sweet!

 

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JFF--one of our bridesmaids was one of DH''s closest friends from childhood who has an incredible tattoo...normally I''m not a fan of them, but this one is very meaningful to her, and it suits her so well...not very traditional (which gave my mom a mild coronary) but I thought it was special that the dress showed off her individuality!

 

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Cake...

 

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First centerpiece shot...

 

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Second centerpiece shot--this one more captures the warm feeling of the room...

 

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The whole reception room setup...it looked so lovely when the lights were turned down...

 

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First dance (bling!)

 

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First dance (his bling!)

 

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Cake cutting...there are a couple of really funny pictures of this, actually--I made a face and pointed at him (which I don''t remember at all) signaling for him NOT TO PUT CAKE IN MY FACE...luckily (for our marriage) he didn''t, haha!

 

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Last one...exterior shot...

Thank all of you SO much for all your amazing ideas and support while I was planning this event...you have all been so awesome! I am definitely sticking around PS, though I have been a much better lurker than poster...but you are all wonderful!

 

[treefrog]

Well, despite the photographer issue (substitute did a wonderful job!!!), everything looks beautiful. Love the "Meeeee" picture.

Congratulations and thanks for sharing the pictures!

Treefrog

 

[tlh]

love your use of color! very beautiful!

 

[AmberGretchen]

Everything looks gorgeous - your dress was amazing!! Congratulations

 

[vc10um]

Congratulations!!! Everything looked wonderful, and I''m so glad that your photographers had a wonderful backup plan in place for you!

The details were all quite lovely, and your dress was just stunning on you!

 

[sunnyd]

Alli your venue is stunning!!

As were you, my dear. Just gorgeous!