The Details, Part 3

When I think of the details at our wedding, I always hear someone telling me how much they loved all the little touches of us that we had.  Honestly, that was one of my favorite things too.  I loved making this wedding ours. 

(we still have a stack of these from paper stories.)

we made sure our guests got both Chicago Cubs & Detroit Tigers cookies.

Just a note here...see those menus tucked in between the napkin?  Yeah, we totally didn't know that we were going to have those through the hotel until we saw them ourselves at our sweetheart table.  Good things I decided to not order some myself!

 and the Hard Rock provided us with some pretty cool decor too!

we'll discuss the floral centerpieces some other time. I'm proud of the HP book though!

I feel lucky that we were able to find such amazing people to help us pull all of this off.  It really was just a dream come true kind of day.  Including the music & dancing, which we'll talk about next time! :)

xoxo 

Cake for one YEAR!

Since our one YEAR anniversary is coming up in just a matter of DAYS, I thought that deserved some cake.  

How awesome is that cake topper that my husband designed & built?  It's made after the gazebo he built for his Eagle Scout project back in his hometown.  We visit it every chance we get.

Also, that is totally an owl on top.  A nod to Hedwig, of course.

We didn't get a bite of our cake beyond just cutting it but we will get our fill on our anniversary, I'm sure.  We didn't save the top but our baker is going to make us a new one.  He even offered to put words on it again if we wanted.  Lucky kids, don't you think?  In more ways than one.


Happy one year, maz!  It's been a fun, trying, memorable, stressful, wonderful, full of love year and I can't wait to see what lies ahead for us. <3

xoxo

The Details, Part 2

I know it's easy to get way too swept up in the details, especially ones that are "in" for the moment.  I think the trick is to find ones that work for your wedding and not go overboard.  People will tell you that no one notices everything, and that's so true.  Not everyone sees every single detail.  I don't know if most of our guests noticed much other than the books and signs at each of the tables.  That's just my little piece of advice...on with the prettiness! 

Just a few things to tie it together, you know?  We had pictures of us growing up scattered throughout the 2 rooms.  That amazing drink sign was made by the amazing baumbirdy.  We saw them at Indie Wed literally a few weeks before our wedding and they made these up for us.  As for those totally hip napkins, those were found in Walt Disney World in December 2010.  My friend Laura got us a package when she went in April 2011 so they might still be available!  I just thought it was an adorable tie to our love of Disney without being overboard.  After all, you did invite your friends & family to be your guests! :)

And as this is the last post before Christmas...  I hope your holiday is wonderful and full of happy memories, no matter what you celebrate! 

xoxo

The Details, Part 1

Before we get into the ceremony, I decided to show a little love to the details that were shot in the beginning of the day.  We all love the little details, right?  Good, me too. (It also means I get to show some of the pictures that I absolutely loved to no end but didn't fit anywhere in our wedding album. Boo!)

Oh my gosh, our photographer Jake took outside pictures before he even came up & still arrived on time.  That's dedication.  

you had to take this special elevator to get to me on the 34th floor! :) 

I'm still in awe of this ring.

thank you Marc Jacobs for making the best wedding perfume. Don't discontinue it!

 

A girl needs her shoes! :)  I'd also like to point out here that I didn't have the whole something borrowed, blue, old & new.  Obviously I had the blue shoes and a new dress (amongst a whole slew of new things) but nothing old or borrowed.  I'm a little sad that I didn't but worse things could have happened.  Besides, I'm not really superstitious to begin with.  We're doing fine so far! :)

And a few details of my best friend that started it all...

Do you remember when Carrie Bradshaw referred to NY as her boyfriend?  "If you can only have one great love, then the city just may be mine. And I don't want nobody talkin' shit about my boyfriend."  That's how I feel about Chicago.  

Ceremony recap up next! Get excited because it's one of the best Catholic ceremonies I've ever been to and it was ours! :)  

xoxo!