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Our Wedding Day: The After-Party

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After our afternoon wedding, we opted to host a casual after-party (with pizza!) at my mom's house. Read more about how we spent that evening on the blog!Previous wedding day posts: Hair & Makeup // My Wedding Dress // Our Wedding Ceremony // Our Wedding Pictures // DIY Wedding Decor // The Food & Cake

It’s time for the final wedding day recap! Today I’m talking about what we did after the wedding, as our reception ended at 4:30. Each of our families–E’s family, my mom’s side and my dad’s side–hosted their own family reunion dinner of sorts. However, we opted for a more casual after-party with our college friends. Originally, we were going to try to hit all three family gatherings, but that seemed like a crazy and not very relaxing evening.

(I’m including a few more casual wedding portraits in this post that we took as the reception was ending. As you know, I try not to share pictures of friends on here and we didn’t take many after-party photos anyway!)… Read More »

Our Wedding Day: The Food & Cake

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The details of our totally gluten-free wedding food--the buffet and cake! We worked with an organic caterer and local bakery to create an incredible menu.

Previous wedding day posts: Hair & Makeup // My Wedding Dress // Our Wedding Ceremony // Our Wedding Pictures // DIY Wedding Decor

Our wedding food was my favorite part of the reception for sure! (Okay, the people were the best part. But the food was a close second.) We hired a local, organic Twin Cities caterer who adapted their menu to make everything gluten-free for E. They were our biggest budget item, and I’m so glad that we prioritized good food. It reflected our healthy foodie-ness, and the food was fresh and beautiful and totally delicious!… Read More »

Our Wedding Day: DIY Wedding Decor

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Read all about our DIY English garden party-esque wedding reception! Including our welcome table, centerpieces, photobooth and much more.Previous wedding day posts: Hair & Makeup // My Wedding Dress // Our Wedding Ceremony // Our Wedding Pictures

Our wedding decor wasn’t a priority when it came to budgeting. But that doesn’t mean that it wasn’t meticulously planned and executed by yours truly 😛 Our reception venue was basically a “blank slate”–they provided tables and chairs and nothing else. So it was up to me to make the space look beautiful! My theme was an “English garden party-esque reception.”… Read More »

Our Wedding Pictures

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formal-wedding-portrait-titlePrevious wedding day posts: Hair & Makeup // My Wedding Dress // Our Wedding Ceremony

After chatting with family and friends for a few minutes at church, we headed down the road to Arneson Acres to take formal wedding pictures. Arneson Acres is a beautiful public gardens, maintained by the City of Edina and volunteers from the community. It’s a special place to me as I used to picnic there with my family, I had my senior pictures taken there, and we had our engagement pictures done there last year.… Read More »

Our Wedding Ceremony

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We were married at Christ Presbyterian Church in Edina, and I couldn't have asked for a better experience. Our wedding ceremony was perfect.Previous wedding day posts: Hair & Makeup // My Wedding Dress

Our wedding ceremony took place at Christ Presbyterian Church in Edina. It’s the church I grew up attending (well, sort of–you can read a bit more about that here if you’d like) and the pastor who married us is the one who baptized and confirmed me nine years ago. He’s retiring in January, so I’m extra glad that we could have him officiate. … Read More »

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