A Vintage Wedding

Eric and I have finally gotten over the hump of multiple weddings a year. It's kind of nice. What's even cooler is the fact that the weddings we do go to tend to be more unique and memorable than ones of our younger years. Maybe that's just the way of weddings now... or maybe it's just because we're older. Either way, it seems like we've been to some good wedding the past few years... not to say weddings early on in our lives weren't good. The realm of possibilities has just expanded so much. Ten years ago, if you would told me you were invited to a wedding on a farm, I would've through it was some sort of redneck wedding. But no... nowadays, that's the setting of a vintage wedding.

Today's wedding was just that. With the couple getting married, Tim and Josie, it did not surprise me. This is the same couple we like to go to the Symphony Happy Hours with. So this theme fit them well, I thought. It wasn't so vintage that is was weird... just enough to add that something special. You know... simple decor, mason jar glasses, the bride had a net veil, and the groomsmen wore suspenders with no jacket. Sweet and Simple.

So unfortunately, right as all the guest were arriving, it started raining. Like, pouring! But no one was really complaining, because we haven't ha rain in a month! But it put a damper on actually having the ceremony outside. But that didn't even really cause a glitch in anything, so if you didn't know any better, you would've never known! And in the big scheme of thing, I'm glad the rain came to cool things off, because it was dreadfully hot earlier in the day, and even still as the rain started to fall. And we were in a barn. Which means no A/C.

They had some really fun things throughout their wedding and just set up around the barn. Like, the unity candle involved everyone there... the dads lit their candles, then each family there had a candle, which lit off of each other, and the last candles lit on each side went and lit the mother's candles... a unique twist on the tradition. They had a quilt to have people sign... individual squares were cut for people to sign or draw a picture on... very cute idea. And there was even a kids table with coloring books pages and smores.

All in all, it was beautiful wedding. And fun, of course. It was a great way to kick off the long Labor Day weekend. For which I now need to go to bed... today was just the beginning of quite a busy weekend!! (Consider this a prelude of a blog to come)