Wedding week wrap-up-all the little details and more

The dress: Jacklyn by Alyne from the Spring 2001 colletion.

The shoes: Rampage, bought from DSW for $13!!!

The jewelry: This is vintage, borrowed from my mom.

The rings: His and hers.

The music: We had a guitar player for the ceremony and cocktail hour. We had a DJ for the reception. Our guitarist played "Oh my Love" by John Lennon while guests were being seated, "Storybook Love" from Princess Bride for the bridal party entrance and "Canon in D" of course for the bride's entrance.

The ceremony: And here's proof that we actually did it. I was crying the whole time so this is about the best pic I could do!

The dance: Not really our first dance, but my favorite picture.

The cake smashing: We had to do something cheesy and expected of course.

The cake: The colors aren't right, we didn't have blue...However, it tasted great and they are the nicest people to work with. They made sure the design was exactly what we wanted. It's from Frosted Art Bakery in Dallas.  

The food: The mashed potato martini bar was my favorite. It even came with a fun distraction of all the stacked martini glasses coming to a crashing end.

The cheesiest flutes I could find: David was kind of horrified. Hehehe. :-)

The goodbye!

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More wedding DIY and crafts-Part 2

Welcome to my final wedding DIY post! Soon, I will also have a recap of our big day with some photos you haven't yet seen.

Reception: At night, with deep and dark colors, more of a romantic feel.

Centerpieces-These are the reception centerpieces we created using the wedding centerpiece tutorial I shared with you earlier this week. This one has the little beaded strings and candle holder I was telling you about. 

Favor Candleholders-We designed these at home, using our theme of manzanita branches and printed them on Avery Clear Full-Sheet Labels. They stick right to the frosted candle holder. We also included a battery-operated tea-light for our guests to take home. If you decide to go this route, make sure use a ruler to flatten it onto the glass, so there are no bubbles. We chose these candle holders because they are not tapered and the paper can lay flat.

Placecards-We found some great illustrations online and printed them on the same stationary as our invites. The we took a sparkly paper from Michael's, cut it into 4 slices and glued it to the top. We found out the hard way you can't glue something on top of glitter paper!Bride and groom chair markers-These were very simple. I bought the hearts and letters at Michael's. I painted the hearts purple and laid a cut piece of textured purple paper on top, to give it some extra dimension. Then I glued the pre-painted letters on top. I stapled some satin ribbon i cut on the back to tie around the chairs. You can hide the staples by leaving a little extra ribbon after the staples, folding it on top of itself and gluing.

Our wedding venue-Hotel Zaza Dallas

There's a beautiful boutique hotel in Dallas called Hotel Zaza. It's very eclectic, but modern in its decor. This is where we chose to have our wedding. The people there are quite difficult and I wouldn't recommend giving them your business, but it sure is pretty to look at! Besides, our wedding turned out quite lovely, despite all their attempts to ruin it for us. David wants to go back and stay a night so we can actually enjoy the place. I think it might be nice.


We had our ceremony in their art gallery. Originally it was to be in their covered pool area called the Urban Oasis. But, they lied to us about it being closed. It was open and ready after all for use a couple of days before our wedding when we came by to visit. The reception was in the ballroom. The hotel is so gorgeous I just wish the people that worked there weren't a bunch of scumbags. :-) But, I think you'll find this kind of thing often when you're getting married. You just kind of have to let it go. I don't stew about it like I used to, but I do want to warn anyone who is thinking about having their wedding here.


One of the best things about out wedding was our photographer. She is so sweet and very talented. These are some of the shots her and her husband took of the location.

Photos by http://www.ee-photography.com