Number 7

The last wedding of 2010 was a very special one, because Mr. Price's brother was the groom! Ryan and Katie were married on December 27th. It was unusually cold in south Georgia, and it even snowed a few hours before the rehearsal dinner. But that didn't dampen the festivities.

All the wedding events were full of personal details. We ate ribs at the rehearsal dinner to honor Ryan's no-carb, mostly meat diet. His groom's cake was even made to resemble a T-bone steak. In Katie's family its a tradition to make cinnamon ornaments during Christmas, so she kindly made them for her wedding favors.

Here are just a few pics I was able to snap during the day.

Number 6

We attended our sixth wedding of the year just a few weekends ago. Mr. Price's long time friend Adam, tied the knot with Erin on 12-11-10. He and Mr. Price were college roommates and spent one of their summers at the Waffle House every.single.night. We often meet up with Adam and Erin at the Waffle House when visiting Georgia to continue the tradition.

Erin did an excellent job creating a surprise groom's cake for Adam. She designed the cake to be an exact replica of Adam's Jeep Wrangler. I'm talking exact. Right down to the license plate and GSU Eagles sticker. Enjoy a few of the pictures I was able to snap during the evening.

Weddings 2010

During our September vacation I attended two weddings and Mr. Price one. These weddings made numbers three, four and five of this year! I am finally getting around to posting some pictures from these wonderful events. 2010 is coming to an end, but not without two more weddings to attend. Stay tuned for weddings six and seven!

Getting Hitched

In celebration of our one year wedding anniversary, I'm posting pictures of our wedding with a little added commentary.

I wish I could say that all the details of our wedding were original ideas, but unfortunately, they were not. I gathered lots of ideas from all the Martha Stewart Weddings magazines I had collected before meeting Mr. Price.

Here we go!

We mailed save the date cards to most of our family and out of town guests. I saw this "time-line" save the date in a wedding magazine, and seeing as though Mr. Price and I had to travel to Brazil just to meet each other, I thought it was appropriate.

One of my first goals was to find a dress. The dress I chose was nothing like what I had envisioned. I had such a hard time choosing a dress; I really wanted two! I loved the mermaid style, but in the end chose something that I thought was classic and timeless, an A-lined alencon lace dress. I happened to find the dress for half the original price by purchasing it from a wedding consignment website. That's right, my dress was gently worn by another bride whom I've never met!




I really wanted our wedding ceremony to be unique and spiritual. To me wedding ceremonies are just too short for the lifelong covenant you are entering. We asked a close friend and a family member to read scripture from Ephesians 5 and Philippians 2. A good friend of Mr. Price's sang Yearn by Shane and Shane. The string quartet played Surely the Presence. We also served communion and had the congregation take part in this sacrament with us.




Our wedding ceremony began at noon, and we had a seated lunch reception. I created a seating chart and used luggage tags as place cards. To add a personal touch, each table was named after a city that Mr. Price and I have traveled to. We printed the table tent cards with a description of when and why we visited each city.





My wedding cake came straight from the pages Martha Stewart Weddings. I ripped out the magazine page and took it to my cake baker. I found another baker two hours away from my hometown that created an airplane for the top of the grooms cake. It was quite fitting since Mr. Price proposed to me in an airplane that he was flying!




As favors, we brought back one of Mr. Price's family traditions. His great-grandfather owned a grocery store, and sold his own BBQ sauce. Then Mr. Price's grandparents also bottled and sold the sauce until 2006. Mr. Price hopes to bring it back one day as well. I thought it would be another great personal touch to give it to our wedding guests.



Guests waved yellow ribbon wands as we exited the reception and hopped into an old Model A car. And if you haven't figured out by now, my wedding color was yellow, which I am happy to see more brides using.




Then it was honeymoon time. And that, my friends, was fabulous! Come back tomorrow to see pictures of paradise!

(All pictures were taken by Jenny Evelyn Photography, who recently shot a wedding in New York that was featured on the popular blog Design Sponge.)

1 of 7

2010 is the year of weddings for Mr. Price and me. Seven great couples we know are tying the knot. Unfortunately because of time, a new job and the distance we were unable to attend the first wedding of 2010. But we'd like to send our very best wishes to Daniel and Andrea!

On May 22nd we attended Will and Sara's wedding in Augusta, Georgia at Saint Mary on the Hill Catholic Church.

It was a lovely wedding with lots of personal details. And of course those personal details are what make weddings memorable. Here a few things I loved about Will and Sara's wedding:

I was thrilled to see that the Bride chose bridesmaid dresses the attendants could actually wear again! J Crew's Juliet Dress



At the reception I couldn't take my eyes off the flower girls' dresses. Don't they look like little angels!



Will and Sara's reception was held at a restored fire station in downtown Augusta, now called the Mabry Center. They served a delicious grits bar! I guess it wouldn't be a southern wedding without grits! Our favorite was the creamy grits with jalapenos! (Evidently we are lovin' some jalapenos. See this post.)

The bride and groom gave two of their favorite things as favors - coffee and a bag of basil seeds to symbolize their love for gardening. Not only was this a unique favor, but it also gave guests a glimpse into their personal lives. What a great day to learn something new about the bride and groom.



Unfortunately we had to leave before the bride and groom's grand exit. The wedding program stated that Will and Sara would leave the reception in Polly's car. Polly is Will's late grandmother. We were so disappointed that we had to miss it.

Another great thing I love about this couple is that they registered for board games! Monopoly and Scrabble! When I saw these games on their registry list, I immediately thought, "Why didn't I think of that!" Mr. Price and I had to buy the games for them, and we included a little note that said "Don't forget to make time for fun!" But I'm betting they won't forget.

That wraps up the second wedding of 2010. Three, Four and Five are back-to-back in September/October. If you love weddings like I do, stay tuned for more! And here are two more pics from Will and Sara's wedding...

Weekly Wrap Up

I haven't had as much time this week to surf the web, but here are just a few wonderful finds from the Internet this week! Have a lovely weekend!

Pure awesomeness!

Can we buy less and still be happy? I think so! Read this.

Have you noticed that mustaches are all the rave!? See here.

Weddings

I love weddings. When I was a young child I would drape my mom's white slip, which was edged with lace, over my head and pretend I was a bride. I started collecting Martha Stewart Wedding magazines way before I met Mr. Right. And by the time I met Mr. Right, I already had 2 years worth of her inspiration-filled magazines.

I have two great friends getting married this Fall. I've packaged together some great bridal magazines to send to one, and now after flipping through the pages myself, I really want to have another wedding. It's crazy I know. I definitely see a renewing of the vows somewhere in the future.

I've added several wedding and entertaining links to my blog. I sure wish I had known about these when I was planning my wedding. At least I can pass them along now.

It's the details that make each wedding unique and special. Our wedding wasn't anything to be featured in Martha Stewart Weddings, but I did try to make it personal so that our guests could envision what our relationship was like. Here are a few shots of the 'details' of our wedding.
























Pictures taken by the talented Jenny Evelyn Prater, of Jenny Evelyn Photography LLC.