Wedding Recap Wednesday: Pre-Ceremony Formals.

Once we were all dressed, our awesome photog Lisa took us upstairs to the ball room to take formal pictures. I got a shot with each of my girls and even took a few bridals. I promise I won't bore you to death with sappy stories of how each one of these pictures has a special place in my heart. They do, but who wants to hear that crap? Before you get your wedding porn on though, I will leave you with this thought, before we started snapping pictures my underwear fell off. That's right. Off. And my maid of honor dutifully helped me step out of them in front of my grandmother and 4 year old cousin...not to mention all of my other bridesmaids and photographer that had witnessed me almost nude already that day. That's what happens when you try to put sweet little lacy blue panties over spanx. From then on, my official something blue would be my ceremony shoes and then my reception socks. Without further ado....

Next week on Wedding Recap Wednesday: The boys show their swagger. Prepare to giggle.
(Also, I know these pictures are totally out of order and are missing captions but blogger is totally sucking ass tonight. I just couldn't bring myself to go 3 weeks in a row without WRW though)

STD FTW

You might be wondering what kind of STD could be "for the win"...well Save The Dates of course! Over the course of our engagement we went from thinking STDs were totally unnecessary to omg we have to have them and the have to be perfect.

We tried Wedding Paper Divas as suggested by, well, everyone. There were several options for vintage inspired STDs but nothing that really struck us as being the "one." At least they weren't close enough to justify the price for 75 magnets. Here is one that we almost went with:

Source: Wedding Paper Divas

I was pretty adamant about our picture being either black and white or sepia toned. Unfortunately this was not an option on Wedding Paper Divas and I do not trust my photoshop skills for items that I plan on cherishing forever.

In an act that seemed like desperation at the time but now seems like the obvious answer, I reached out to the photographer who did our wedding. Lisa at Illuminate Photography is an exceptionally creative person and her style of photography and graphic design is right up my ally. She was elated to design our STDs. After presenting me with a couple of options we agreed on this amazeballs STD:

Source: Illuminate Photography

We were so excited to see one of our favorites from our engagement pictures in black and white. I just love the vintage style type and am a total sucker for scrollies. The lavender lettering really stands out but isn't all in yo face. We were thrilled to send these beauties to 75 of our closest friends and family members. I hope to keep the one we have left over on our fridge for decades to come. Even in the most stressful moments of wedding planning, when I wanted to say "screw it, let's elope," I could look at one of these lovelies and rekindle my excitement.