Wedding update thread

[Jakesmum]

Congratulations! What beautiful pictures! It looks like you two had a very special day!

 

[Boxergirl]

I keep coming back and looking at your pictures. I'm working on my daughter's wedding preparations and if it turns out even remotely as nice as yours I'll be thrilled.

 

[Nik]

Thanks everyone!!! I will be posting more (hopefully soon). I hope you don't get sick of all the pics. :-DLooks like we have a rainy weekend ahead of us so I may actually have time to sort through the photos.

 

[Nik]

Me getting ready ^^

Hubby, his brothers (all groomsmen) and his dad ^^

Got cold near the end of the night and bundled up ^

One of his brothers and his wife looking very twenties ^^


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[BAMCB]

Keep them coming! They're fabulous!

 

[cinnamon roll]

I'm at a loss for words. Stunning.

 

[Nik]

Me and bridesmaids ^^

There is a story for this pic^^ and the two below ..
At the end of the night sean and i had just gone up to our room (at the house we had the wedding at) and the owner knocks on the door. She tells us she had found hidden under the floorboards of the house in a sack of wheat a bottle of bootleg whiskey from prohibition era and asked if we would like a taste as a night cap. Of course we said yes!!

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[Nik]

Congratulations! Beautiful!!! I love the theme, the newspapers, the prohibition posters... all of it! Perfect! ... and those pictures are awesome!

I will have to dig up some more pics of some of the "elements" I put together for this because there was a lot. My father and I actually went to a vintage paper festival in SF where we found some old postcards from prohibition days and some old posters from prohibition that we had framed. So somewhere in these pics there are some photos of some actual prohibition propaganda (antiques) that we used at the wedding. One of the signs had a big skull and crossbones and said something about alcohol being death on it. I also had found some prohibition era French nudey magazines that I had wanted to use in the "pool room" downstairs but I ran out of time and never did figure out how to use them in a way where they would still be safe and not get ruined. In addition to the actual antiques I used, we also draped (fake) pearls over all the chandeliers and had a ton of peacock feathers everywhere and some other 1920s elements throughout the house. Some non-20s things I included for fun were some "fortune tellers" that I designed (you know those things you made as a kid to find out which of your crushes you would marry) but we used trivia about ourselves and our wedding party in the fortune tellers... I had three designs. One that was trivia about Sean and me, just questions and answers. One that was trivia about my bridal party and was titled "who did it" and you had to guess who did each item. And one that was about the grooms party "Who Broke it" and was a list of all the vehicles they had destroyed and you had to guess which guy had crashed which vehicle.Oh and of course all the invitations and RSVP cards I also did all the writing for and they were very 1920s and very unique (I actually looked up all 1920s slang and used it liberally in our invites and in our newspaper "program"). But of all the work I did I think the thing I might be most proud of is our vows. Those were so special and so fun and touching. I also found some awesome readings (all secular and more casual and very us). Boxergirl - If you need any tips, another set of eyes or what not for your planning let me know. I feel sort of like a professional now. lol

 

[Nik]

I will have to dig up some more pics of some of the "elements" I put together for this because there was a lot.

My father and I actually went to a vintage paper festival in SF where we found some old postcards from prohibition days and some old posters from prohibition that we had framed. So somewhere in these pics there are some photos of some actual prohibition propaganda (antiques) that we used at the wedding. One of the signs had a big skull and crossbones and said something about alcohol being death on it.

I also had found some prohibition era French nudey magazines that I had wanted to use in the "pool room" downstairs but I ran out of time and never did figure out how to use them in a way where they would still be safe and not get ruined. In addition to the actual antiques I used, we also draped (fake) pearls over all the chandeliers and had a ton of peacock feathers everywhere and some other 1920s elements throughout the house.

Some non-20s things I included for fun were some "fortune tellers" that I designed (you know those things you made as a kid to find out which of your crushes you would marry) but we used trivia about ourselves and our wedding party in the fortune tellers... I had three designs.

One that was trivia about Sean and me, just questions and answers.

One that was trivia about my bridal party and was titled "who did it" and you had to guess who did each item.

And one that was about the grooms party "Who Broke it" and was a list of all the vehicles they had destroyed and you had to guess which guy had crashed which vehicle.

Oh and of course all the invitations and RSVP cards I also did all the writing for and they were very 1920s and very unique (I actually looked up all 1920s slang and used it liberally in our invites and in our newspaper "program").

But of all the work I did I think the thing I might be most proud of is our vows. Those were so special and so fun and touching. I also found some awesome readings (all secular and more casual and very us).

Boxergirl - If you need any tips, another set of eyes or what not for your planning let me know. I feel sort of like a professional now. lol

I forgot about the no paragraph break thing! Sorry guys!!!! That is going to be terrible to try to read... Let me see if adding the html to the quote above helps.

Oh and if anyone is interested I actually have a video. I could always send you the link if you want to see our wedding vid... just let me know or pm me or whatever.

 

[sjdavenport]

How amazing! Gorgeous photos! Would you like to come plan my wedding now?

 

[Nik]

How amazing! Gorgeous photos! Would you like to come plan my wedding now?

lol well if you need advice or a second set of eyes Im happy to help... But maybe not planning the whole thing. I still have a photographer to wrangle.


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[NYDDB]

I am beyond impressed--- this has got to be the coolest wedding ever...and I wasn't even there, LOL.

Just curious- who decided on the theme? You all pulled it off perfectly.

 

[Nik]

I am beyond impressed--- this has got to be the coolest wedding ever...and I wasn't even there, LOL.

Just curious- who decided on the theme? You all pulled it off perfectly.

It was actually a pretty natural choice for us. We have been listening to electro swing music for awhile now and he loves wearing 1920s style hats daily for years and when I started belly dancing as a hobby several years ago I became obsessed with a lot of 1920s fashion because we would always wear feathers in our hair and such... We even have a bunch of 1920s furniture in our home and one of those old record players you have to wind that plays only one song at a time (though it has been remodeled to play automatically with a switch we turn on but still only one song). Oh and we were obsessed with Boardwalk Empire for awhile. So I suppose it was a mutual decision but it was just one of those super obvious things for us "of course it will be twenties theme".


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[Nik]

One of the photos I was happy with from our photographer


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[Nik]

Some of the wedding details I mentioned earlier

The sign above Sean ^ is one we got at a vintage paper fair and is an actual poster from the prohibition era (pre-1920s).

That was the other actual prohibition era poster we got. Both are by the same artist ^^

These are the fortune tellers I made ^^ and also below v

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[Boxergirl]

Nik, you did a spectacular job! Looking at your pictures is getting me excited. Did you have your printing done locally for the cootie catchers (that's what we call them) or did you have an online source?

 

[Nik]

Nik, you did a spectacular job! Looking at your pictures is getting me excited. Did you have your printing done locally for the cootie catchers (that's what we call them) or did you have an online source?

I designed and printed them myself on my printer at home (technically on my mom's printer). If you want to make some I'm happy to help with that. I can either send you a .psd file and you can fill in the blanks yourself or if you want me to fill them in for you (if you don't have or use photoshop) then I'm more than happy to do that also. I could send you the finished .pdf file and then you can just print it at home. The only thing is you need a paper cutter afterwards to cut off all the excess paper and make it square so that you can then fold it.

I also used regular thin paper from office depot. You don't want it to be thick or it won't fold right.

 

[Nik]

Nik, you did a spectacular job! Looking at your pictures is getting me excited. Did you have your printing done locally for the cootie catchers (that's what we call them) or did you have an online source?

I actually call them cootie catchers also but everyone kept telling me I was wrong and that they are called fortune tellers so I thought that was what everyone else called them. lol

 

[Boxergirl]

You did an excellent job with them! I thought you sourced them out. Thank you so much for the generous offer. I have something a little different in mind for the favors. It's a nerd wedding, lol. So she's doing an elven dress with a circlet instead of a veil, and he's being the 10th Doctor. All guests in the costume of their choice. Invites are opening Tardis'. I carved artificial pumpkins painted Tardis blue for centerpieces - I think I posted pics of some of them. It's odd, I know, but she's wanted me to do it since she was little. Originally it was going to be an October wedding so the pumpkin thing was logical, but that doesn't work for her fiance's med school break. Their artist friends are doing prints of favorite quotes from books and movies. Harry Potter, Princess Bride, LOTR, etc. I'm going to be making oatmeal, milk, and honey soaps and packaging them as their favorite books. I haven't made soap in several years, so I'm looking forward to it. If you achieved that great look from a home printer, I have faith that I can pull something off. I think the "book" favors are going to look pretty cool. I still need to work up a template. I'm so swamped with wedding stuff right now. Just taking a break from working on the centerpiece surrounds. There's just not much she can do to help from three hours away. If you lived closer I'd have you here helping me come up with fun stuff for sure!

 

[Nik]

You did an excellent job with them! I thought you sourced them out. Thank you so much for the generous offer. I have something a little different in mind for the favors. It's a nerd wedding, lol. So she's doing an elven dress with a circlet instead of a veil, and he's being the 10th Doctor. All guests in the costume of their choice. Invites are opening Tardis'. I carved artificial pumpkins painted Tardis blue for centerpieces - I think I posted pics of some of them. It's odd, I know, but she's wanted me to do it since she was little. Originally it was going to be an October wedding so the pumpkin thing was logical, but that doesn't work for her fiance's med school break. Their artist friends are doing prints of favorite quotes from books and movies. Harry Potter, Princess Bride, LOTR, etc. I'm going to be making oatmeal, milk, and honey soaps and packaging them as their favorite books. I haven't made soap in several years, so I'm looking forward to it. If you achieved that great look from a home printer, I have faith that I can pull something off. I think the "book" favors are going to look pretty cool. I still need to work up a template. I'm so swamped with wedding stuff right now. Just taking a break from working on the centerpiece surrounds. There's just not much she can do to help from three hours away. If you lived closer I'd have you here helping me come up with fun stuff for sure!

That sounds like a super fun wedding! It's always more fun when you put something of yourself into it because it makes it more personal.

I love the home soap made to look like books idea. That is so neat! Our cootie catchers were more something to keep people occupied while we ran off to do our photos. That along with the newspaper. I did source out the newspaper but I wrote all the articles and provided all the photos etc and artwork myself as well. Not to say I did all the artwork. A lot of the artwork in the newspaper were genuine prohibition era stuff I found and some of it found online and snagged. I did create our "ads" though in the paper. We had an advertisement for dinner, one for dessert and one for cocktails which basically were my way of displaying the menus.

Our favors were personalized champagne glasses, drink stir sticks, and also little mini liquor bottles that said "prohibition ends at last" and on the label it had our names and date. Oh I also made door knob hangers (do not disturb hangers) that said "Do Not Disturb. Got Zozzled at the Juice Joint Last Night! Sean & Nikki's Wedding" and it had the date. We also had personalized pencils that said "Zozzled in Love. N&S".