The reception pictures tuned out AWESOME! Black and White OMG! Thank you Mckensi! Let me know what you think about them.
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Wedding mementos, we all have them; corsages, boutonniere's, bouquets, invitations, etc... but what do we do with them? These items are special and deserve to be preserved so that you can look at them often to remember the details of the special day. My son's wedding was last year and I have thought about framing the mementos for awhile, but how? The cheap shadow box I had from Joann's wasn't deep enough. Last week I had the perfect thought! This was an old clock of my mother's. After she passed, I found it in my grandpa's house and took it home. The clock no longer worked so I took out the clock pieces, painted it white and hung it on my dinning wall to display odds and ends. The past few days I have turned it into a shadow box for Travin and Jaylee's wedding memorabilia and it turned out perfect! First, I played with the placement which to be honest, too awhile. Then I whipped out the old glue gun and began gluing the tie, corsage and boutonniere. I cut up a pizza box from the trash and glued about 10 small pieces together so that their announcement will pop out. Jaylee loves pearls, they are both her and Travin's birthstone. I purchased this little jar to display a few of the pearls left over from the wedding. What do you think of mom's old clock? Isn't she beautiful? Now I need to find something to frame Camrie's wedding memories in.
The first thing that may go through a parents mind when their son or daughter informs them that they are getting married is... How am I going to pay for this? or How much will this wedding cost? I am not going to lie, those thoughts ran through our minds from before the engagement until the wedding day! Lets face it, weddings are expensive and we all want our kids to have the best that we can give them without breaking the bank. Will you make budget mistakes when planning your wedding or your children's weddings? You bet! You will buy things you later will decided you didn't need, you will think of things to add after the budget is set and you will underestimate the cost of the whole shebang! Thankfully, this article from The Knot shares with us some tips on some mistakes to avoid such as: keeping track of how much you have spent, set your expectations according to your budget and deciding what is important. Take a look here to check out the pointers for yourself!
My mom bought me a white dress,
Not red or pink or blue. She said it was a special dress Like very other few. There has been just one before, A dress now put away, That I wore some time ago Upon my blessing day. As a little baby clothed In my first white dress, My dad held me in his arms, There to name and bless. So pure and clean was I just then, With time to grow and learn. About the Father's plan for me My glory I must earn. Now I've reached the age to judge The wrong road from the right, And I am here to be baptized In this dress of white. So once again I'm free from sin. The path is clear to me. I'll grasp the rod and hold on tight, I vow with certainty. Just as mud would stain my dress, Sin would stain my soul. The key is to repent or bleach, For whiteness is my goal. And if I try my very best, Then richly blessed I'll be Wearing inside God's holy house White dress number three So today I make this pledge; I'll strive to choose the right, Through this sacred baptism ordinance In my second dress of white Linda Gay Perry Nelson
About a month before the wedding I thought about adding 'My Three Dresses' to the decor. I have Camrie's dresses so I would technically be FREE. I struggled with the display and originally thought of getting a small dress form for her baptism dress (which I could not find) and didn't know how to hang up her blessing dress. After lots of browsing and thinking, I presented it to my mother-in-law. She reminded me of my Camrie doll. My great aunt made me this porcelain doll 18 years ago. I immediately tried the dress on the doll thinking it would be too small but it fit perfectly. Then the plan came into motion.
I really love the 'three dresses'. They are not displayed at weddings and the other dresses are just as important as the wedding dress that is so focused on at weddings. Wow, wedding cakes can be expensive! And what do you do with it? I mean you really don't want your family to eat the whole thing. So we did the next best thing, served it at the reception! Karen Kay has been a dear friend of mine from my old neighborhood for 20 years, I lost track of her after I moved because she moved also. I didn't know who I was going to get to make Camrie's cake until I went to another friend's wedding reception and guess who was there...... I was so happy to reconnect with Karen Kay and happy that she got to make Camrie's cake. She did a beautiful job! 4 double tiers, classic white for the bride and groom, raspberry lemonade, brownie and marble with about 40 fresh flowers and real ivy for decoration. It was so sad when I looked over during the reception and saw that it was being cut for serving but very happy that I didn't have to eat most of it myself! I actually had to request that they save some for Brett and I. My friends that were serving said they heard many people say that it was fun to eat the wedding cake (it isn't popular around here to serve it I guess) and that it was really good and moist. Some even came back for 2 or 3 peices! Karen Kay, you did a magnificent job! I didn't want to use a round table and a table cloth to display this gorgeous cake so another dear friend let us borrow this stunning table and another had the grand idea of using her white screen as the backdrop with photos and lights. What would we do without special friends to help out!
I do not know how this reception turned out so beautiful but IT DID! I truly owe it to friends and family (I cannot thank you enough) who sacrificed their time and talents to help decorate and put on the finishing touches. I could not have done it without them. I owe special thanks to my dear husband for filming this video, he was so thoughtful for thinking of doing it.
LDS Cultual Hall's are known for room dividing curtains and carpeted walls. Thankfully, this building didn't have the curtains do deal with which made the ceiling treatment and decorating simple and elegant and we put the carpeted walls to use which luckily, were close to her colors! Enjoy the short video and please leave your thoughts in the comments! #LDSculturalhallwedding |
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