When people ask if the wedding was wonderful, I hear myself say, “Yes!” followed by, “mostly.” Mostly it was wonderful. Really wonderful.
The day was overcast and so we simply turned out all the lights and had the ceremony by candlelight. It was gorgeous. I walked down the aisle to Sinead O’Connor’s “In This Heart” and it sounded like a hymn (we recessed to Dean Martin’s “That’s Amore!” followed by Doris Day’s “Que Sera Sera,” in honor of my beloved Sarah Brown, who could not be with us).
We bought the flowers the night before from Whole Foods and made all the bouquets from fresh, bright hydrangea. Also gorgeous. The cake was a plain 8″ round from Society Bakery that I put a leftover bloom on at the last minute. I can’t imagine doing any differently. Central market made the fruit tray, Jimmy’s made the anitpasto. Both, perfection. My brother made the hot food and crustless sandwiches and they were exceptional.
Also exceptional was Neil’s officiating. The ceremony was short and so very touching. So personal. A benefit of having known each other since we were 15, I suppose. The Dork Lord’s mother provided the groom’s cookies (a surprise to my new husband who loves nothing more than his mother’s ridiculous chocolate chip cookies). They are crack. Sweet, sweet crack. That we forgot a cake knife and resorted to cutting the wedding cake with my brother’s switchblade (he’s a cop – that’s how he rolls. Also, with a gun in his crotch, but we didn’t require that) was undeniably awesome.
I’m about to launch a post – password protected – about the not-so-awesome parts of throwing a wedding, and should you feel inclined, drop me an email (sorry guys – I cannot get email addresses out of comments. You’ll have to send me an email – click on the envelope icon up there) and I’ll send you the password. I figure, if I want to moderate the kind of response I get from unabashed public whining, I should simply moderate how public it is. You see.
Here, at last, as some photos, a la Mercedes Morgan. I will apologize in advance that the slideshow is in Flash. I meant to take time to learn some new technology to code something more iPhone/iPad friendly, but I ran out of time and steam. I hope you enjoy – as you can see by the photos (which are heavy on the candid, light on the posed), we certainly did!
Ta da!
(Aside 1: In retrospect, I should have whittled these down a bit more, but whatever – you’re bored at work! I know you are! Aside 2: My brother’s little girl – so effing cute. Aside 3: My maid of honor/sister is maybe the most beautiful person in any room)
So many, many thanks to everyone who made it wonderful and for all the well-wishing.
I am interested to hear your “not so awesome” parts and promise I’m not a troll. I actually tend to annoy people by finding the positive side in most things. Does my email address on this comment work, or should I send a seperate email?
Simplicity definitely leads to elegance. I see so many overpriced, over-done weddings that look like a bedazzler exploded and they look cheap. You’ve been pretty open about not spending an arm and a leg on your wedding, but it is elegant and beautiful and tasteful. It looks more chic than most weddings I’ve seen with all the crap the wedding world wants everyone to buy. Bravo!
P.S. Wear are your cream heels and your maid of honor’s black heels from? I love them!
The sale rack at DSW! Here you go.
Oops… where, not wear!
P.P.S. Your husband is a cutie!
The pictures are beautiful. Your wedding looks so elegant, and everyone looks so happy. And, I agree, your husband is a cutie!
~Angie
PS I would love to hear about the not so great moments, too.
I find myself curious as to the not so wonderful aspects of your wedding. My wedding was also mostly wonderful, with the main not so great part was that my father would not allow me to have wine in the bride’s room. (I REALLY needed a glass of wine too!!!!)
Your wedding looks like it was wonderful! I too did a small wedding and had a very tight budget to work with. I would love to hear if we had any similar negative experiences along the way. I know I had a few. But the switchblade as a cake knife – AWESOME!
Long-time reader but first-time commenter. I also would like to hear the not-as-wonderful parts of throwing a wedding. I got married last weekend in a very small, simple wedding and ceremony (think 25 people and a cookout in a park). I’d like to compare my notes with yours. Thanks!
OMG, BEAUTIFUL!!! This is my kind of wedding, if I had one! My husband and I eloped, YYIPPEEEEE!!!
And congrats again!
The pictures are absolutely stunning – it looks like it was a wonderful celebration. I also had a small wedding and loved it. Wouldn’t have done it any other way. LOVE your dress and the flowers are stunning. I’m also curious to hear the bad parts – wondering if we experienced similar problems along the way. The best of wishes to you – now tell us more about the honeymoon! I’d like to vacation vicariously through you!
So, so happy for you, Fish. And everything looks as beautiful as you described it. (I’ll be sending you an email re that other part)…..Wishing you and the DL every possible happiness!
What a terrific wedding! Intimate and home-made and just right for the occasion. Perfect. You both look completely happy. And cookies and wine! Congratulations. (Incidentally, I would be happy to meet your sister for drinks in the world to come.)
Gorgeous photos. It looks wonderful. And I really love that you took a photo of you and your sisters shoes. I did the same with my baby sis at her wedding, and it’s one of my favorite photos of the two of us!
I would also be interested in hearing about the other parts. Not sure if my email transmits with the comment, so I’ll send you an email as well.
What a beautiful wedding! looks like you had a lot of fun. I’m still recovering from being a MOH in my best friend’s wedding a few weeks ago, so i admit I want to hear about some of the non-good bits too.
Congratulations!
These pictures are so beautiful. It looked like a great time. I loved how intimate your wedding was. I wish the both of you all the happiness in the world.
Loved hearing more about your wedding (the candlelight looks perfect!). The bouquets are amazing! I would love to read the post if you’re willing—-getting married in 5 months so could certainly use all the insight I can get.
Perfection. And what a great photog you had! I’d love to hear about the not-so-good bits, as well. Couldn’t find your email address. We got married in a storage room at the elections department. Wouldn’t have it any other way.
Thanks!!
Lovely. I’m planning my wedding on a strict budget and love what you did. So beautiful. The best weddings I’ve been to were small budget. There seems to be so much more joy apparent than if everything is super scheduled with a million people. I would love to hear the down sides too. Knowledge is power, right?
Am interested in all the parts of your wedding as my own is just about a month away.
Yeaaaah!!! Congrats! The pictures and details came out beautiful!
I’d like to hear the not so good bits too…
Wow– while watching the photos slide by I am so touched by how happy everyone looks. Such big smiles, tender touches with you…. looks like a happy, happy day. My niece is getting married in less than three weeks and I think it’s going to be the same way, She’s pretty casual about some things, nothing is too fancy, and I know it will be wonderful.
I’ve followed your blog for many years, and have shared a love for Eliot Stabler with you! I wouldn’t mind reading the not so great wedding memories– I think sometimes we forget that there are those, as well!
I would also love to hear the not-so-wonderful parts. I’m a long-time reader, rare commenter, but I have followed the wedding story closely. Congratulations!!
Looks beautiful! Congratulations
Am planning a wedding soon as well, and would be interested in hearing more about your experience…
Thank you for taking the time to post so many great photos! I didn’t know you were at x10! That’s a mile from my house! And, one of the partners of x10 used to own my house, and I’m told he kept bottles of wine in the crawl space. Don’t think that thought doesn’t make me happy…
Love your ring. Love.
Was there a brooch theme? So many lovely ones! My mom collects costume jewelry and a few years ago I hosted a bridal shower for her and brought a huge pile of brooches and we all chose one (or two!) and wore them. It was great fun.
I love that you kept the wedding and reception planning simple and that it all looks so elegant. And everyone looks so happy! What a perfect day. Congrats and best wishes again.
Er, I didn’t host a bridal shower for my mom! LOL Typo!
Great photos! Beautiful wedding!
I would love to read your wedding post please!
So, AGAIN, congrats to you. Your wedding WAS very simple and elegant. Personally, I believe in always being prepaired, so share your woes so that when it is my time to do this, and I can feel the beginning ofthat coming soon, I’ll be “in the know”. Thank you for sharing by the way.
STILL very much loving the blog and so excited to FINALLY see the pics!
Everything looks beautiful, and more importantly, everyone looks happy. Congratulations. I would like to read about the not-so-great parts too—I solemnly swear not to be a troll about it.
Would love to hear the other side, but girl…this looks great. Congrats!
Our wedding was also small budget, and also mostly wonderful. Sadly the non-wonderful part was the photographer who was fantastic until she got our money, and then became an absolute nightmare. So I’m always hesitant to see other people’s wedding pictures because as much as I love them, part of me still thinks about how sad I am that we gave our hardearned money to someone who was on the verge of leaving the business so seemingly worry too much about her own professional integrity… We actually came across photos from our wedding that we’ve never seen before on another photographers website. I’m still unclear as to how she was unable to get them to us, but some other person who was NOT the bride or groom gets them? Still working on getting our hands on those photos…(yes – I AM bitter much)
But your photos were lovely – exactly what we’d thought we were going to be getting. Thanks for sharing them. And since misery loves company, I would be very interested in hearing about the not-so-wonderful part of your wedding. =^)
Gorgeous photos, gorgeous people (bride!), gorgeous shoes, gorgeous tutti. Thank you so much for sharing with us!
I would like to read about the not-so-fun parts, because I have a feeling I will have a few of those too, when that day comes…
So lovely; I’m a little bit teary. Between Midge & your wedding, your blog just keeps on giving lately! I will send email for password.
Is that baby drinking wine?
Beautiful photos. Thanks for sharing with us!
Ha! Organic sparkling lemonade, I think, actually
I just looked through every single picture and I’m just tickled at how beautiful you looked and how wonderful the wedding looked! I’m so glad you got a photographer! Thanks for sharing
I’ve ready every post so far so I can’t miss the not-so-wonderful one!!
P.S. Happy our birthday next week!
Beautiful and heart-warming. I love the cookies part.
Heather, as a long-time reader, to follow your writing and to finally see how lovely your wedding day was is a good feeling! I have watched a few friends get married, and unfortunately more get divorced. I’m not on the doorstep of marriage, but hope to put together enough lessons learned from my friends, family and fellow bloggers to avoid some of the major bumps in the road. If you’d be so kind as to allow me to read about the not-so-fun parts, I promise no judgment and absolutely no trolling!
congratulations!!!! I’ve been reading your blog forever but have maybe commented a handful of times. I’m getting married in October and could definitely use a heads up on the less fun aspects.
Oh, and I LOVE what you’ve done with your house…looks amazing. That’s probably another area I need to look into…love how you made it look so fresh.
It’s like looking away from an accident… I just can’t avoid the temptation. Password please.
Stunning. Down to the last detail….just beautiful.
As someone else planning a wedding I’m also interested in all of the parts of your wedding. Love the photos! It’s hard to believe anything was less than perfect.
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Congratulations! Very curious about your not-so-good. I just celebrated my fifth anniversary, and still remember the good and the not so good. Looking forward to hearing more of your stories.
I want the scoop! The pics are beautiful too, and I think the candids are perfect!
Also a long-time reader, first-time commenter. I’m in the early stages of planning my wedding and would love to hear about the not-so-lovely parts. Of course, everything seems lovely right now!
Loved the pictures! And yes, please do send me your ‘whining’ post…I love all that venting–it’s therapuetic. And would never detract from the love and glorious fun of the wedding and marriage!
Beautiful. I am a long, long time reader, and your moments of joy, as well as the moments of not so much joy, have always touched me. I would love to read the additional post.
I love the pictures! You both look so happy and lovey! Oooh I was so pumped to see the dress details. I know that was an extra stressful part, but it turned out to be just breathtaking!
Wow you just look amazing and a huge “Yay” for simple amazing weddings. I too have things in my wedding that were not so great – to the point I have yet to really enjoy looking at my wedding photos, but in the end it doesn’t matter. I got what I really wanted – married. Please send me your password and I promise to commiserate (sp) with you.
I think your pictures are fabulous. You looked beautiful and everything looked so elegant. Congrats again.
PS: I would love to know the Not So Awesome parts too.
i love the red shoes at the end
and the venue is a great find! simple, small and classy. everyone certainly looks happy and comfortable.
i’m curious to see more details on the dress, since you had it made specially and the fabric was so unique! it looks lovely.
I love that you have been so open about the wedding and planning process. I am only just over a month newly married as well and didn’t have such a great venting strategy about the difficult parts about planning and hosting a wedding. And boy oh boy there were definitely some difficulties. I had naively supposed that the hardest, most stressful bits of wedding planning would be in the logistics. Turns out I was very wrong and the difficulties were mostly steeped in family dysfunction and well intended but ultimately unhelpful suggestions and participation. To compare notes, I, too, am interested in reading about what you found to be the not as wonderful bits of the wedding
Beautiful pictures. Looks like an amazing day, can’t imagine the mishaps, but would like to read about them. I’ve been following you for years (rarely comment) because our lives seemed very parallel. So happy for you guys.
Love, love, love your wedding photos! I’m interested to hear about the not so glamorous parts of wedding planning, as I am just beginning to plan one myself! This process certainly can’t be all roses, but if I end up with one half as beautiful as yours was, then I’ll be a happy camper
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How funny that your sister looks so much like Pippa! Nevertheless, I think you were the most beautiful person in the room
Congrats!
And I’m with you on the not-so-awesome parts of throwing a wedding, one of the MANY reasons I think people should stop spending so much money on weddings! Kudos to you for doing it beautifully on a budget.
I would like the password too, please. I was actually caught off guard by the not-perfect parts of my wedding, which I had planned and planned and planned. Then I felt a little guilty for feeling that way. Curious to hear your thoughts on the topic.
Congrats on the wedding and best wishes for a long, happy marriage! I’d like to read the not-so-good if only because it all (for every bride I see!) seems so easy, so effortless, so perfect, that I only get *more* nervous because I simply cannot imagine anything like a wedding going that seamlessly for me. I feel like no one would be happy and they’d notice all the small details that weren’t “picture perfect.” Do you have my email address thru this comment?
Lovely, simple, and elegant…Just the kind of wedding I’d love to have some day. I’d also love to read about the not so wonderful parts, which I hope were nothing compared to the wonderful. Congratulations again.
Hydrangeas, candlelight, love and laughter. Perfection.
Nothing is perfect, I suppose. But if it were it would be boring anyway.
Password me. Please
Yep, I was totally bored at work. You know me.
Lovely photos! I heart your dress so much. Your wedding appears to be what I strive for if I get married. Intimate, fun, and some dang good-looking chocolate chip cookies. Ha ha
Congrats!
Lovely photos. You made a beautiful bride!
I would be very interested in hearing about the not-so-nice parts of wedding planning. I recently surprised to experience the good and the bad of weddings as a bride, and would love to know I’m not alone.
I’ve been reading your blog since before you met TDL, yet embarrassingly enough this is my first comment. I recently got married to my very own dork love and would love to see if our not so wonderful moments match up in any way.
I have a feeling, from my own & close friends’ weddings, that mostly really wonderful is about the best you can ask for with a wedding. Hopefully the truly wonderful parts far outweigh the rest, and you & the Dork Lord remember the best moments for a very long time.
Fish,
I’ve been a loyal fan all along. I would like the password. Thanks!
Finally photos! I looked through every. single. photo. And it looked like such a happy, joyful, fun! time. You make a beautiful bride.
But I’m dying to know the rest of the story. Hit me up with that password.
Also I want to hear more about this fabulous Italian honeymoon of yours!
me too, please!
I’d love to know the details, too. I read through Google Reader, but I’ve been reading your blog as far back as you being in NYC. (I’m just a very infrequent commenter.)
PS. I forgot to mention how beautiful your dress is. I know you went through a whole lot of hassle with the fabric, but the end result is, well, stunning.
Longtime reader here as well and I would love to read the rest of the story. The photos look amazing.
Adore those pictures. Looks like it was a beautifully personal ceremony and reception.
I love that you included so many photos of your day. Congrats again! It was lovely.
Congratulations! I would love to read the not so good parts as well. I might be missing it, but how do we e-mail you if the comment doesn’t suffice?
To email The Fish and get the password, click on the little green letter shaped icon underneath the blog title.
I have been reading your blog since 2007 and read every single post so far. Delurking so as not to miss one; can I please have the password?
Your sister may be beautiful (and she is) but you look simply stunning. And so unbelievably happy. You’re married! Whee… Does it feel unreal?
Loving hearing any details about the wedding, not having had my own yet, living vicariously through yours at my bored UK desk! Please may i have the password? I hope its ok to do it this way in the comments as i don’t have your email address. Congrats again, the photos are beautiful. x
Heather, I’ve been a loyal reader since the very, very beginning. I am so happy for you and your new husband, and wish you all the absolute best. Peace, Erin
(and I would love the password to your “Less Than Wonderful” entry when you have a chance…)
Fish, I saw I made a mistake in the address before, I’m sorry. Please use this email.
I’d love to hear the other side of the story too. Great pictures – I love the candids.
beautiful bride! and what a lovely post- i loved all of the pictures. i am going to email you for the password
I love your pictures! Thanks for sharing with us.
Boo! I can’t look at your pictures.
Double Boo! I can’t seem to get my brain working therefore I can’t find your email.
But lovely lovely stories. I especially love the cake knife!
password request please.
send an email please
The pictures and wedding are beautiful and I got a little teary looking through them. The happiness between you guys just shines through. And I have to say that I don’t believe anyone that says they were 100% happy with their wedding and wouldn’t change something or uninvite someone. So I will definitely read what you have to say about the other side of it.
Loved this post. Am organising my brothers wedding, and would love to know what not-so-good-bits to expect! Looking forward to reading your secret post!
Congratulations! Your wedding looks like it was gorgeous. You look genuinely happy in your photos. As a long time reader, and a bride who was surprised at how much not fun stuff went into getting married, I’m definitely curious to hear your take on the “less than wonderful” aspects.
I would like to read the “less than wonderful” info…
I am also a long time reader – congrats on your marriage!
I have heard, and found it to be true at my wedding, that at least three things have to go wrong. I hope your annoyances were at small as mine. They make great stories later on. I would love to hear about the not so good side of things. Thanks for sharing the pics, I’m jealous of the candid shots!
I would like to read the “less than wonderful” as well. I’ve been a long time reader since you were in NYC. I’m so happy for you and your new husband. Congratulations. I wish you the best.
Congrats! Ceremony looks beautiful. And with a professional eye (one of my many part time jobs is working for a florist, and I’m also a photographer who shoots the occasional wedding), I must agree with the earlier commenter- you really don’t need to spend an arm and a leg to have a beautiful event. We did a wedding a few weeks ago that was all. pink. flowers. wrapped in pink tulle. Oof. And boy was it expensive. But your bouquets are lovely and elegant, as is everything else. Nice work.
Beautiful wedding! Congratulations and best wishes! My daughter is planning her wedding for next year and we’re also DingIY. You’ve given us many awesome ideas! I’ve been a long-time lurker and I really enjoy your blog.
May I have the password for your password-protected post?
Thanks!
I would love to know about your less-than-ideal wedding moments, but I can’t see your email address. My computer will only let me open an email using Outlook and I can’t see your address…
Please help! I’m planning my own wedding (yeah!) and I would love any advice or lessons learned knowledge.
Would love to hear the sordid details! We’re going through the same thing right now with our wedding this weekend.
MAGNIFICENT pictures! Looks like all your dreams came true.