Mollie asked today if I would post the excerpts we used for our two ceremony readings.  Here they are!

A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway

That night at the hotel, in our room with the long empty hall outside and our shoes outside the door, a thick carpet on the floor of the room, outside the windows the rain falling and in the …

During our cocktail hour, we not only had the time capsule room open, but we also brought in two blackjack tables and dealers from to entertain the guests.  If I had to pick one thing that our guests overwhelmingly loved, this would be it.

{Michael Norwood}

{Jessica Claire}

The parlor room in the Atlanta Woman’s Club lended itself perfectly to blackjack – the doors to …

You guys, I have been so excited to show you one of my favorite DIY projects from the whole vow renewal – our time capsule guest book.  When A. and I were brainstorming and this idea came up, it was like “yes, that’s perfect!”.  We were celebrating ten years together and many years of friendship with our guests, and what better …

During our cocktail hour, we honored Georgia by serving bellinis.  Because the drinks would look identical, the idea of glass charms sounded like an easy and fun DIY project.  And it was!

I ordered cabochons, a package of mirrors to fit the cabochons, and diamond glaze from , purchased some 20 gauge jewelry wire and 4mm jump rings from my local craft store, and grabbed my stash …

All in, I probably put more thought and time into the cocktail hour than I did any other aspect of our event.  While the ballroom downstairs was being flipped from ceremony to reception we moved into the main level of the Atlanta Woman’s Club, which is just stunning and fit perfectly into our vintage slightly-French theme.

First up, decor.  There are …

After we had finished up taking , everyone, including Charlie, got ready to walk down the aisle!  The Atlanta Woman’s Club had an upstairs room for dressing, which was very useful.  Charlie, our best man, our officiant, our honor attendant, the hubby and I all waited there while our guests arrived.  I’m very much in love with this photo of …

It was beautiful in Atlanta on New Years Eve – we really lucked out with the weather.  A bit chilly, for sure, but not unbearable for portraits!  Here are some of the portraits I’ve gotten so far – I cannot wait to get the full set of photos to see the rest.

First up, two of my favorites – I love …

Today’s post is all about getting pretty!  After spending the morning of the vow renewal at Vis-a-Vis Salon in Buckhead getting our hair done, it was back to the hotel to get ready.

I am so lucky that one of my best friends, Marcella, is an esthetician.  She always does an absolutely perfect job on my makeup!

{Jessica Claire}

{Jessica Claire}

{Jessica Claire}

OKAY! Starting Monday, I am going to be resuming the recaps of the vow renewal!  I’m SO excited to have some pictures to share with you now.  :)

But first thing’s first.  One new photo – you guys deserve it for being so patient!  I dare you to tell me I don’t have the cutest dog on the planet.  Check out …

My absolute favorite thing from Rebekah’s wedding was her ceremony.  When the chapel doors opened, and she appeared to live music, it was impossible not to cry.  So I knew the second I started planning that I wanted to find an acoustic guitarist in Atlanta for our ceremony.  The style of music was very important, as we definitely wanted non-traditional songs for our event.

Enter …

We purchased little suitcase boxes to serve as bathroom baskets. Those of you who are like me probably won’t want to hear this, but I don’t think our guests used much of anything in our baskets! That being said, it did make me feel better to know that if someone needed a bandaid or contact solution that it was there. …

One of our big projects was lighting the outside of our venue.  It was going to be prohibitively expensive to have the florist do this, so we decided to take it on ourselves.

{Mark Brooke}

The yard and stairs were lit with 100 votive holders (purchased from Candle 4 Less at $7.99 a dozen) and battery operated tealights purchased from Hobby Lobby (my mother …