Couples getting married on November 25, 2016

Congrats on 3 years! I just started my married life on October 5th of this year.

Sooo -- to answer your questions!

- The first look and going to the zoo to get pictures. Also, everyone's expression when we played Gloria with the Goal Horns (we're from STL, go Blues) after we were announced Mr & Mrs. Lol.

- I loved how my fiance had set up the venue. He got there at like 10am to put up lights and the archway, it turned out amazingly! I didn't even see anything until ceremony.

- Plan out everything with the photographer, it made everything so smooth. If you wanna go places for pictures before the wedding/after the wedding, have a route and a plan.

- COMFY SHOES. Holy heck my feet were bleeding and bruised by the nights end. Also, I probably would have just told my MoH to give up on busseling my dress instead of letting her convince me she could do it, she couldn't do it right anyway and it took an hour away from my wedding reception. I could never get that hour back. I'm still kinda frustrated about it, because I could have made it work walking around with the length of the dress -- it just would've been a bit of a hassle (but still was cause it wasn't even busseled up correctly)

- Went to Disney 10/07/19-10/13/19 and Universal 10/13/19-10/18/19. Wish I wouldn't have invited MoH (she made it about her and it really bummed us), but we had invited a groomsmen that came from Sweden and he was a delight to have on our HM.

Honestly, I was a bit bummed that a lot of people left around 8:30pm (I had like 115-ish guests). I had a 5:45 ceremony, 6:30 dinner and then my reception wasn't over until 11pm. I'd say 65% of my people had left by 9pm and my MoH had me cornered to get busseled for an hour and it was rather frustrating. So, when I came back, the whole place seemed super empty. I think that was the biggest let down feeling because there were still 2 hours that we paid for and most people didn't have kids and it was a Saturday w/ open bar -- so we were pretty confused at the early leavers.

It wasn't completely what I expected but it was a lovely day, nonetheless. A lot could have gone wrong and it didn't... and whatever did go wrong was small enough that it wasn't something that put a damper on the day as much as annoyed us later on.

Omg! I love everything about your wedding. The venue, the decor (especially the head table and nod to military), your bridal look! I’m not a fan of tiaras. Or necklaces. But your whole look is like royalty. You totally rock it. 👸 ❤️

Hey Tara!

Your wedding looked beautiful! You were a stunning bride

Are you and your DH panning anything nice for your three year anniversary?

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I'd love to see photos if you have any, especially of the ceremony space!! Bustles can be so tricky and I'm so sorry it took so long and you MOH insisted. I don't think mine was done quite right, but it certainly didn't take long to put up. I think no matter what, guests would have left early. I personally don't understand it either because I'm one to stay until the very end! Thank you open bar and a good time, haha. Glad you had a good day aside form the bustle. And your honeymoon sounds so fun!! It's sweet that you invited people but i can see how that would be frustrating. Did you and your husband have any alone time or dinner just the two of you or anything? Congratulations!

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Girl thank you so much!!! It's all about personality and if it fits yours. Honestly I didn't love my dress, it's not the one I really wanted. But I let my mother-in-law's opinion cloud my mind. This one was pretty it just didn't fit me right (was too loose in the bust area). But thank youuuu!!!! You wedding sounds so creative (I checked out your profile, I was so intrigued with the name). Do you have any photos?!

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Thank you so much Cliodhna! We aren't planning anything special as of yet. But I'm sure we'll do something. I'm already thinking of gifts (I like to stick with tradition each year- this year is the year for leather). I think maybe massages and dinner would be a nice way to celebrate! The place we got married is under new ownership as of a few months after we got married. Now every year they do a drive through light show!!! They have all kinds of different lights set up throughout the golf course and there's a path to drive through it. We like to go to that just to be back at the place where we got married.

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Massages and dinner sounds fab

I think that's such a sweet idea to visit your venue too!

What are you thinking of gift wise?

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I'm thinking a leather bound journal. Or I found a nice manicure set in a leather case that I may get!!

leather journalmanicure set

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They're great gift ideas!

You could buy him the journal and tell him it's for writing you love letters

Thanks for sharing such beautiful memories of your day Tara! It looked beautiful!!

Enjoy your anniversary celebrations! 🎉

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Thank you so much!!

Your wedding was so beautiful! I love your tiara and the monogram on the cake

View Quoted Comment Thank you Cher! I always knew I wanted to wear a tiara so when I saw this one I just had to have it!!

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Really?! It's spectacular on you!!! You look like royalty--from the dress to jewelry, hair and makeup. That bridal bouquet is amazing too. Love your look. So much.

lol. We had a DW with a pirate reception in a wine cave, then a local reception back home with a swanky 50/60's vibe. I'm a brand marketer and my hubby is a show producer so both of us wanted fun themed events. Would love to show some pics:

pirate wedding

1950 / 1960 local reception

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OMG I love it!!! Your attention to detail is incredible!! that wine cave... I absolutely love how unique and fun your wedding was!!!! Loving these photos, everything looks great.

View Quoted Comment Aw, thank you so much! We still get giddy when we look at our photos. We loved creating wedding events that were totally us. I’ve never even seen a wine cave until we started venue shopping (neither had our guests) and it added so much to our pirate theme. 🏴‍☠️