Mr. and Mrs. 7-12-14

Greetings from one happy and worn out bridesmaid!

This last weekend, one of my best friends from high school married the man of her dreams and the father of their beautiful son. And I was lucky enough to get to wear the pretty dress and painful shoes and stand up for them! Woot! (One of my favorite things in the world, if you haven’t figured that out yet.)

While I am impatiently waiting to see the dozens of formal and fun professional photos that I KNOW will be fantastic, I’ll share a few snap shots from my weekend. 🙂

Pre-wedding festivities on Friday night…

Just a few beauties after rehearsal and dinner! The bride is GORGEOUS!

Saturday afternoon ceremony….

Here comes the bride…

At the altar..

 

They did it! Mr. and Mrs.!

Waiting for our bridal party photo shoot…

Bridesmaids!

After picture fashion fixes…

MOH fixing the bride’s bustle in the parkin’ lot.

And a fabulous guest fixing my torn dress…

About that ^^^…apparently the little slit in the back of my dress didn’t withstand the galloping sideways  I did as we tried to blur ourselves by running in a circle and keep the newlyweds in focus during the bridal party photo session. It was either that, or when my groomsmen hopped on my back for our picture with the newlyweds. (I can’t wait to show you all the goofy pictures we took!)

I ripped my dress again later on the dance floor approximately 10 seconds after stating that I’d “better be careful or I’d rip my dress”. Oops!

Killing time between pictures and the Grand March…

Pretty ladies.

Dinner time…

Maid of Honor, me, and the bride’s little sister.

The first dance that started the party…

True love. -sigh-

The world’s greatest wedding date…

My handsome boyfriend.

That’s just a peek into what was an absolutely beautiful, love filled, and fun weekend. Congratulations to the new couple! ❤

Love,

Miss Leslie the Good Witch

Failed Ideas and Unplugged Weddings

Hey all!

So I’ve been pretty quiet lately. But it’s not for lack of ideas on what to blog about…but rather ideas that fell through.

Like the bachelorette party I was beyond stoked about…well, it fell a little flat. Long story short, none of the other ladies took my wise and seasoned advice not to drink too much while we were tubing on the river (I’d learned very well the week before). We got ready to go out for dinner and bar hopping for the night. I’d even bought a new dress that made me feel like Barbie! We had a delicious dinner at the local Mexican restaurant, and then tried their “Open Jukebox Night” at the suggestion of the waitress. Then we went to our first bar, where the bride and Maid-of-Honor ordered waters. The bride couldn’t even take her free shot! So I gladly took it for her. It wasn’t much later that they all decided to call it a night. At 9:30. Sweet.

Then I was going to blog about my long 4th of July weekend. But the majority of my weekend consisted of lake time, fireworks, and bars. Don’t get me wrong, the weekend was well spent and a blast. I just don’t want to bore you with the details.

Which is how I ended up here. This GREAT article someone shared on Facebook. With my next stint as a bridesmaid and wedding weekend beginning in only two days, this seemed fitting.

It’s an article titled Why You Might Want to Consider an Unplugged Wedding. It was written by a professional wedding photographer and is very eye-opening. Sometimes I’ve noticed a few photographs ruined by misplaced and well-meaning guests. But I’ve never fully considered the impact our “smart phone generation” has on our need for instant sharing and gratification. Sure, it’s tempting to snap an aisle pic to share instantly before the reception even begins…but I’d bet the consequences were never clear to you.

In an extreme circumstance, I’m actually quite thankful for all of the photographs taken by guests at the wedding I was MOH in last summer. There were cameras provided by the DJ on top of everyone’s personal cameras. And if it weren’t for all the aspiring photographers on the guest list…we’d have no pictures of the wedding. Though it’s not because of anything the photographer did…but rather because an extremely unfortunate twist of events…the marriage fell apart before the photos were even purchased. But I can bet that that sort of thing is a rare occurrence as I’d hope most couples budget to be able to afford the pictures (and  stay together longer than a few months).

I know that for my own wedding, I want an unplugged ceremony. To ask that of the reception would be silly…I’d LOVE the personal pictures captured by my guests. And as the author mentions in the article, sometimes there are moments the photographer misses. And by all means, if you feel it necessary, take your own pictures of all the big moments at the reception…but be artful and stay out of the shot. 🙂

Read the article and tell me…What do you think? How do you feel about what the photographer is saying? Do you have any wedding picture horror stories? Are you considering an “Unplugged Wedding” for your own future nuptials? Chime in and let me know!

Love,

Miss Leslie the Good Witch

 

Making My Blog My Own

So this is like a continuance of my first post.

As I think about this blogging venture more and more, it’s becoming easier to shape my blog to what I want it to be.

Like, sure I like Arts & Crafts, but that’s more of my older sister’s thing and she’s got the blog for that! Besides, let’s face it, most of the crafting I’ll be doing will more than likely be related to sorority things (like hopefully getting a Little next Fall!). So ta-ta “Arts & Crafts” category.

And sure, I’m a childcare teacher. But that doesn’t mean I have a whole ton of blogworthy things to tell you about. Besides, it’s a little iffy to keep confidentiality and anonymity like I’m required to as an employee. So I don’t know if I’ll risk it. Bye-bye “KiddoCare” category. (But look for occasional “Uncategorized” short stories, because really, children can be so freaking funny and cute.)

So enter NEW categories that are SO ME. My summer is filled with plenty of “mini-vacas” and lots of weddings. In the next year I’ll be doing a whole bunch of traveling for WEDDINGS! So hello “Where My Bubble Takes Me” category. It’ll feature lots of pictures and tales of my adventures. And since everyone who knows me well, or not well at all, is aware I have a wedding obsession…”27 Dresses” will be introduced! I’ll write about the weddings I’m a part of or a guest of. And about all the fun events that come with it (showers and bachelorette fun).

I’m so PUMPED to share what keeps me going and keeps me happy with all of you! So let’s do this!