Wedding Day!

Flowers

 Dorothy and her Mom ordered the flowers from  a local farmers market to be picked up the day of the wedding.  They were absolutely gorgeous, but a little big.  The boutonnieres were bigger than my hand so I took out most of the greenery focusing on the single thistle and a few leaves and tied the stems up in sapphire ribbon.

The bride and bridesmaids bouquets were a little on the large side as well so me and a few of the bridesmaids took them all apart and redid them in smaller groupings.  It was fun the get in there and arrange the flowers ourselves plus we had a bunch of left over flowers for table arrangements!

We finished the bouquets by tying pretty ribbon around the stems.

(these are before photos of both the boutonnieres and the bouquets - I wish I had gotten better after photos - because we really had to fix these a bit - but you can see the final results in some of the wedding day photos below) 

Set Up

big box - o - pom poms!

 Hanging hundreds of tissue paper pom poms by fishing string... great idea in theory... not such an easy task.  Thank goodness for helpers!

We used outdoor "cafe" lights inside to add to the "sparkly" ambience. 

So pretty.

Tom has monkey arms.

Starting to look almost ready...

Tables were lined with tiny ferns, floating candles, and wood scraps (aka "Folly Wood") acquired from the re-roofing project of Tom and Dorothy's newly purchased, but very old house.

The ugly unremovable paintings in the venue were covered in left over tissue paper and snapshots enlarged at Costco of Tom and Dorothy (including a staged photo of the hasmat suited proposal) adorned the walls.

The moss covered T and D foam letters found a spot over the dessert table.

Hundreds of ferns were brought in by Dorothy and her Mom as wedding favors.  We hand wrapped each fern in burlap and attached a tiny tag with the date.

The paper pinwheels up on the wall in the background look awesome!

All Done!  And we're ready for the party!

Pre-Wedding Photos

Tom and the girls of our family.

Mom and I with BJ looking dapper in the background.

The bride and her bridesmaids.  I love the shoes! (Tom's shoes - our bridesmaid gifts)

Reception

 from left to right:  Dan Smith (groomsman), Steve (brother/groomsman), Me (bridesmaid), BJ Smith (best man)

Not a very good picture, but the cake and dessert stands were made from tree limbs and flat wooden plaques bought from a craft store.

 Tom and BJ with BJ's mom, Donna.  Such handsome men!

Tom and Steve, my little brothers.  So cute!

and the party begins...

 best - wedding - ever...