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We highly recommend every one of our vendors. We had an amazing day.
Ceremony/Reception Location: Westbury Manor
Photographer: Lina Jang
Videographer: Bliss
Band / DJ: MMIDJ's - Raphael Gordon
Ceremony Music: MMIDJ's - Raphael Gordon
Florist: Flower Michele
Gown By: Maggie Sottero - Capri
Officiant: Rev. James Bowens
Hair: Sanctuary Salon - Tiffanie
Honeymoon: French Polynesian Islands
Coordinator: DOC - Michelle Nocella - Defining Moments
This is possibly the happiest moment of the day - assuming I had to pick just one.
This is a close second
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It was just after we were married but before we walked up the aisle as husband and wife
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I think it was just after I took off my veil – yep, it was off before we even walked up the aisle
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I loved it but the crystal pins came out when my dad hugged me by the head
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and then even more so when DH pulled it back to kiss me. I pulled it out the rest of the way just before we jumped the broom and I never had it put back in place.
A cousin took these photos. I thought my daddy was not gonna let me go
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We had 6 funerals in the 3 months leading up to the wedding (2 in the last 2 weeks before the wedding) and another funeral the week after we came back from the honeymoon
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. It was bittersweet to keep taking names off of the guest list
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Attending all those funerals while planning our wedding put so many things into perspective. With so many friends losing loved ones (spouses and parents) it just made us realize that no matter all the planning, anything could happen.
DH and I kept a tabbed wedding planner so everything is here. He was with me every step of the way and at nearly every single vendor appointment – to make sure I did not make HIS wedding “cheesy”.
***************Advice for future brides***************Now that we are an old married couple
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and can give advice on weddings here goes. For those of you still in the midst of the planning, some of this will be lost on you but it will click in the weeks before your wedding…..or maybe on your wedding day or in the weeks after the wedding
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For some reason an engagement ring drives normal women to the brink of insanity while planning a wedding. It’s an emotional roller coaster and I am really not sure why many brides and grooms go into hyper-emotional mode or any wedding detail
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I am guilty of obsessing over small wedding details that in the end meant very little.
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The last few minutes of our wedding reception which sums up all of the planning
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Our Thank You card photo
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Honeymoon photos
5 1/2 years later
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