First up, comes a HUGE apology from me to you for the lack of continuity in my vow renewal recaps. I have a single goal this weekend: write. them. all. So, second up comes a promise from me to you – starting Monday you will have recaps. For those of you who have been emailing/twittering/etc, thank you! I promise I won’t let you down this time.
So, for those of you who are going to read along, or just want to refresh your memory, I am going to rehash a catching up post from a little while ago to get you up to speed. If you are new to EAD (hi! thanks for reading and welcome!), a little background: in honor of our 10th wedding anniversary, my husband and I renewed our vows in Atlanta on 12.31.08. Since our first wedding was just the two of us, the event was a celebration with our family and friends and our pup Charlie.
Let the catching-up begin:
To welcome our friends and family to Atlanta, we created out of town baskets full of bottled water, snacks, a DIY welcome/do not disturb sign, and a folder containing all of the information that they would need for the three days of events and my adorable Laura Hooper map.
{Jenna}
The girls all had some fun at a mani/pedi party before the hubby and I headed to Turner Field for a photo shoot with our three amazing photographers: Jessica, Michael, and Mark.
Fun was had by all at the Welcome Party, held in the 755 Club (part 1, part 2):
{Image via Feisty Tourist}
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{Image via Feisty Tourist}
The morning of our vow renewal, guests were treated to biscuits and apple butter from an Atlanta favorite, The Flying Biscuit.
{Image via Jenna}
**All of these posts were designed to take you through the event as if you were a guest, so the recaps will continue in that vein, hence me jumping to the venue before you see me getting ready!**
A big DIY project was to light the outside of our venue.
I had a great time getting ready with one of my best girls, Marcella, who made me look far prettier than I do normally:
Charlie got ready too!
Then it was portrait time:
At the ceremony, Charlie was truly the star:
You’ve also seen a clip our amazing ceremony musician, Ches Eaton, and read about our ceremony music choices and readings.
Next up is my favorite part of the event, the cocktail hour. You read about the decor, the fun and games, and the time capsule guest book!
{Jenna}
Some smaller projects were the DIY coat check tags…
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…the wine glass charms…
… and the bathroom baskets.
{Image via Jenna}
While the cocktail hour was going on, the ballroom was flipped – here’s a post about creating the floor plan for the event.
Last but not least you have gotten a sneek peek into the whole event by seeing our unbelievable same day edit video from our amazing videographers, Simply Cinematic.
Whew! So there we are – there are just a couple wrap-ups from things I missed in the earlier series from the cocktail hour, the ceremony, and getting ready that will come first and then…. reception and brunch! Thank you for being so wonderful and patient and I hope that you’ll enjoy the rest of the recaps!