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Cake: Irene's Signature
Desserts Dessert Trays: Minos Bakery
Rehearsal Dinner: Knife and Fork
Inn Limousine: Atlantic Limousine
Special Touch - Marriage Advice Cards
We had a table set up with large index cards for guests to leave their own
marriage advice for us. One guest wrote, "every morning ask
yourself what you can do today to improve the quality of your spouse's
life."
Strange Coincidences: For our
wedding, I wanted to include my sister who passed away in a car accident
many years ago. I had a framed picture of my sister to put on one of
our tables so she could be a part of our wedding, in spirit. A few days before
the wedding, I just happened to run into my sister's best friend on the
Boardwalk. I hadn't seen her in years - since the day of my sister's
funeral, in fact. It was such a wonderful coincidence, I ended up
inviting her to the wedding and felt like that was my sister's way of
acknowledging our wedding and such an important moment in my life!
Decorations/Things
we made ourselves: We put a lot of effort into making our own
decorations and had a lot of help from friends and relatives! We
made our invitations, our programs, the arbor for our ceremony, the
Monopoly placecards, table menus and a card box that looked like our cake
decorated with seashells. We also ordered a sign with our names and
wedding date and did all the packaging of our wedding favors. We
were lucky to have so many people who helped us. My husband's two
sisters, Megan and Noelle, helped with the arbor. Mayra, one of my bridesmaids helped
with the programs and placecards. I also had lots of help from my
matron of honor Susan and my friend Lori. We were lucky to have so many
people to help us... and a very special thank you to all our parents!
Best
Part: We were sitting at our sweetheart table on the porch,
just after the ceremony, and it was an amazing moment for both of us
watching our families and friends who came to share our wedding day!
Tip
for Brides-To-Be: Hire a person to come help out for a few hours on
the day of the wedding and give them a list of what you need them to do
that morning. For our wedding, there were a lot of things to get set
up the morning of the wedding. Because I was getting my hair done with the bridesmaids, Richie set up the gazebo, the Monopoly card place
settings and many of the other table decorations and special signage we had
made for the wedding. We couldn't set up the day before because of
wind, so Richie's morning was a little
hectic.
Honeymoon: We
plan to got to New England for a honeymoon sometime later this year.
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