We love it when our couples send us their wedding invitations. It gives us one more opportunity to record an important piece of their special day – one that often goes over looked. 
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We’ve been very lucky this year to have some of the most wonderful couples, Danelle and Brandon are no exception. Willing to go with the flow of the day including (again) weather that didn’t cooperate. Changes to the ceremony site were made without any fuss and we went on as beautifully planned. Danelle has an eye for details and the reception room was stunning. Delicate pink blossoms and candle light graced every table giving the room a romantic glow. Everything was stunning – including the bride and her bridesmaids and while the groom and groomsmen were darn handsome, the ladies took the stage.
At the bottom of this post I’m including a post written by Danelle on her Facebook wall. Words of wisdom for all brides from someone who’s recently been there. We thought is was an excellently written piece. Danelle, thank you for letting us share this!
From Danelle:
I felt that I should post this to give my tips to anyone who is getting married, wants to get married and just anyone who wants some insight to this crazy day.
1. This is the fastest few hours of your life, don’t stress out that its not perfect, nothing in life is. Plus you’ll probably get pulled in so many different directions that you’ll be in such a whirlwind you just want everything to stop for a moment so you can enjoy it. Make sure that you do, cause its gone before you realize it.
2. HAVE FUN! The best way to get all the guests to have fun is to have fun yourself!
3. Invest in a good photographer! Your guests will remember the food, and the decor and when everyone jumped out on the dance floor to do Shout! but its not the same when you look back at the photos and you realize that you remember hearing about it, but you didn’t actually see it.
4. Don’t freak out when something goes wrong! This just stresses out you, your significant other, and most likely any other person in your wedding party! And for that matter don’t freak out on your vendors, it’s not always their fault when something doesn’t go your way, sometimes you haven’t been communicating as well as you should be.
5. Pick a great person to handle all of your day of stuff. That way if you’re 45 minutes late to getting things set up (believe me it happens) you have someone who knows your vision and will get things started for you. Quick side note it does help if you can have someone who isn’t part of the wedding party, who also has a great eye for aesthetics and won’t get stressed when every one is asking where you are. (Thank you Tate!)
6. If you are having an outdoor wedding make sure you have a back up plan!
7. Find vendors who you click with! If you just aren’t really feeling it when you meet a florist or a photographer, try looking at a few, if you guys kind of click, they’ll just get it when you explain something, and they’ll be easier to work with. (Thanks Amanda, Debi and Nicole!)
8. Make it unique! Sometimes people just want to go with the regular traditions. If you think its a dumb tradition then don’t do it! That usually makes your wedding stand out in other people’s minds!
9. If you are going to do a receiving line have all your attendants go in and get the cocktail hour started and just have the two of you, and each set of parents, it will make it go by so much quicker.
10. Remember the important thing is not the ceremony, it’s that you are marrying this person. If a tornado ripped through the ceremony and took every thing but you and the person you’re marrying away, would you still be standing there with that person wanting to get married?
Hope all you guys picked up something out of this note.
Note to add: Make sure someone…. even if it’s the photographers knows how to bustle your dress 
Debi
Vampire Weekend M79 – Corey and Rachel\’s Wedding Invitation
I also just bought the Vampire Weekend album and it’s very enjoyable. Kings of Leon, however, faked me out. Just because it’s $6 at the Target, doesn’t mean it’s the album you’re looking for! Proof that reading the track list is always a good idea.
Amanda
Back to Jessica’s beautiful terra cotta wall…..
What do you do if there’s so many photos you love that narrowing it down to 4 favorites is too difficult? Consider doing a wall of frames all the same size. You’ll still get the impact you’re looking for only your guests will have to get closer to check out your little cuties.
This arrangement is 10×10 photos with 2 inches in between the frames. If your photos are from different sessions you may want to think about making the photographs black and whites. This way different clothing colors won’t be fighting each other and your arrangement will have a timeless, classic feel to it. Granted… hanging frames so they hang level with each other is a pain, but the look is spectacular when you’re finished.
Our friend Jessica has an assortment of photos that we’ve done for her over the last 8 months. Now she’s at the hardest decision: which ones to hang and in what sized? They have a large beautiful terra cotta colored wall in their dining room where she’d like to show off her adorable family. But, it’s so hard to see sizes when it’s nothing but a big blank wall. So here’s a thought….
The two outside photos are 24×20 and the two middle photos are 10×8. The object of hanging your photos or any art work is to make an impact. Printing them slightly larger and hanging them at eye level will give you a more dramatic feeling. The mistake we often see is a great photo that’s small and hung too high. As the kids grow Jessica can trade out the photos for updated ones.
Jessica – these are just photos I grabbed really quickly to give you an idea of what you could put on your wall. I’ll post another layout up for you later but right now…my kids are STARVING! 