My Version of A Perfect Wedding
Tara Posted on Friday, October 3, 2008 at 6:00AM Our wedding was perfect. Rolling your eyes? I get that people generally scoff when the words wedding and perfect are used in the same sentence. But it was completely a perfect wedding day for us. Why? Because at the end of the day we were married. That is it. We were so incredibly happy to be marrying each other and promising to spend our lives together as partners... and celebrating this new chapter with our families.
At one point during the reception it just hit me how amazing it felt... that Dan was now my husband... that everyone was there to celebrate with us... that they were have a great time. And the gorgeous weather, candlelight, good food, etc all did play its role.
I am not saying that everything went off without a hitch. There were things that did not go as planned... the bakery lost our cupcake order (they pulled it together but we lost setup time), the patisserie decided to close early before we picked up the macaroons (without calling us) so there were no macaroon, I forgot to have the birdcage cardholder decorated, my dress which fit like a glove at my final fitting was too big (the positive was that for the first time in my life I dropped a few pounds not even trying!), etc...
But honestly none of this mattered... my only agenda for the day was to exchange vows and rings with the man I love. And it was wonderful... perfect really.
At the beginning of our engagement we considered the option of eloping. I am so glad that we decided instead to have a small wedding where we were able to share so many tender and intimate moments not only with each other but with our family. And while at any point during wedding planning I may have been cursing all the DIY projects and all the decisions, I am also incredibly glad that we poured so much of ourselves into the day. It truly felt handcrafted and comfortable; exactly what we wanted.
Thank you all for following me along on this journey! Thank you for commenting with advice or words of encouragement and for sharing your ideas and inspiration on your own incredible blogs. I feel so fortunate to have found such an incredible community of supportive, creative, smart, and clever women.
Previous wedding day posts:
- A Stolen Moment During the Reception
- Eat Drink Be Merry
- The Garden Party Floral Decor
- The Garden Cocktail Reception
- The Ceremony
- The Time Before The Ceremony
- The Meeting
- Florals: The Personals
- Getting Ready: The Groom's Side of the Story
- Getting Ready: Dress and Accessories
- All About The Shoes
- Getting Ready: Hair & Makeup
- 300th Post A Wedding Photo
- Wedding Photos Are Arriving: Almost A Bride
Or all of the post on our wedding day can be found through the label My Wedding.
ITI: A Wedding, my wedding in Weddings
Reader Comments (10)
The black and whites with the city in the background are amazing. They really are some of the best pictures I have seen!
Ahhhh... gorgeous photographs! I'm jealous of the city skyline in the background. Your second dress looks fabulous.
I actually got goosebumps reading what you wrote. That truly is the essence of what a wedding should be about and it got me all gooey. It's a reminder to me not to get so worked up in the details of it all and remember why we're doing this!
That was beautifully written, I got goosebumps too! Thank you for sharing your photographs!
truly truly beautiful wedding and beautiful couple. yours is one of my favorites that I have followed. Thank you for sharing!
All your pictures were so lovely.. thanks for sharing with everyone and providing us all with inspiration!
I told my husband to look at your posts about your wedding and even he said he would have loved to have been there. Everything was gorgeous.
Blushing! Thank you all so much! You are too sweet.
love the one where you are kissing him!!! precious! what is next for iti?!
Absolutely stunning, Tara. What a beautiful day for you guys!