Our special day FINALLY came! After almost 6 years together and 10 months of wedding planning, October 25, 2020 arrived and it couldn’t have been any more perfect. I’ve been teasing everything about our wedding such as my dress and our incredible team of vendors for months and now I get to share it all with you! Keep reading to hear about our big day…
Sitting on 34 acres, our wedding venue was such a magical spot! At the venue itself, they have a few different location options for your ceremony and reception but as soon as we saw the greenhouse, the decision was made. It’s SO romantic and just what we were looking for – a dream! From the start, we were planning on a micro wedding with less than 25 guests so when COVID hit, we luckily didn’t have to make too many changes. That really ended up being the perfect amount of people for the space and we’re so happy that we kept it intimate!
On wedding day, the girls had a little cottage to get ready in and the boys had a separate space they called the “den”. It was awesome to have our own spaces right at the venue so we didn’t even have to worry about transportation! On our wedding day, it actually rained (poured at times!) so although we didn’t have a first look planned beforehand, we ended up doing one at the last minute because we had a little break in the rain before the ceremony. It was so special and helped us to be more in the moment during the ceremony!
For some detail, my dress was Willowby by Watters from BHLDN, Connor’s tie was from DAZI, my hair and makeup artist was Bona Fide Beauty Co., my florist was Blossom Bliss, and my photographer who all these incredible photos are by was Molly of xoxomollyjane.
The ceremony was short and sweet and exactly what we hoped for! Blossom Bliss absolutely knocked it out of the park with the florals and we had wonderful live violin and cello musicians from Vivace Live. The live music was the PERFECT touch for the dreamy setting! For the ceremony, we did rent a welcome mirror and a few extra wooden chairs from Price Rentals and Events and they were fabulous to work with! Our wedding day really wouldn’t have been the same without the superb team of vendors we had and we’re so grateful!
For dinner, we opted to have brunch! Even though our wedding was a bit later in the day, Connor and I LOVE brunch food so that’s what we wanted at our wedding. The caterer we went with was Simply from Scratch and they were marvelous! My plate was full of sugar raised waffles and hash brown potatoes while Connor’s was full of carved turkey and quiche and it couldn’t have been more delicious. To go along with the brunch food, our wedding cake was a cheesecake and we had banana cream pie and apple pie shooters along with mini cheesecakes for our guests.
Even though it rained, we still got to sneak outside at the end of the night and do our sparkler send-off which was so much fun! We truly had the wedding of our dreams and are incredibly thankful to our family and friends who were able to attend with everything going on.
Overall, my wedding planning advice is to have multiple backup plans for weather issues and to hire a day-of coordinator! There were so many little things to take care of on the wedding day that made it a pretty hectic morning which isn’t really what you imagine beforehand. But the problem is, once you realize you need a day-of coordinator, it’s too late. So please take my advice and hire one – your wedding day will run so smoothly and stress-free!
And that’s our wedding! We’re waiting until the summertime to take our honeymoon and we cannot wait. Fingers crossed COVID is just a memory by that point! If you have any questions about where something is from or anything specific about the day, leave a comment below. I’ll talk to you soon!
