So,,,back in January Mike and I eloped, in our own living room no less. Since then all we have heard from lots of people are questions as to why they were not invited. In a effort to appease the masses we decided to have a belated wedding reception and invite a lot of people. Invitations went out to about 80 people, close to 50 attended. God granted us a lovely day with no rain and acceptable temperatures.
We wanted flowers all over the place and used our antique Mason jars. A family at the farmers' market made all the arrangements for us. I made the bows.
We bought little bottles of bubbles and made labels with our names, wedding date and a saying on them.
I made chair signs.
Going with a rustic/redneck/country theme we used Mason jars for glasses. The sign on the rack reads:
Beer and wine are mighty fine.
Take a glass and say "its mine"
Write your name really neat
Then place the glass at your seat
My dear friend Nan came down from Sugar Mountain to spend a few days and helped me get things set up. Don't know what I would have done without her help.
The Tyler Millard Band showed up and worked on getting ready to play for us.
We hired our neighbor's daughter who is in school to be a pastry chef to bake our cupcakes for us. She did a great job. We had fun looking at paper baking cupcake liners together.
Here is a close up of one of her creations.
We hired Ricky Moore, chef and owner of Up North Caterings. This is one of the dishes he made for us. Cucumber rounds topped with smoked salmon & dill.
Mike made signs for the front fence. He did a great job.
After a beer the band got going. They were great!
Our neighbors, Shelton, Cheryl and their daughter Shannon.
Terry and Dana
Jordan and Megan. We get to attend their wedding this October.
Mike with James and Heidi
We had our "First Dance". It really was the first time we had danced together since we got married. The song the band played is Forever More and was written by Tyler Millard himself. Its a beautiful love song.
I quietly sang the chorus to Mike.
,,,and when I see your eyes,
its something that I can't ignore
'cause the heart never lies,
so its you and me in love forever more,,
He told me what I owed him for throwing such a wonderful party.
My former in-laws, Bunny and Joe came. Bunny enjoyed the bubbles.
The chef brought out a plate of food just for Mike and I to share.
Instead of a wedding cake we opted for cupcakes. We had promised not to mash the cupcake into each others face as is seen at some weddings. Here I daintily fed Mike a bite of our cupcake.
He fed me very gently.
Then we got to share a cupcake kiss, so sweet.
It was a wonderful day and we really enjoyed seeing everyone who was able to come and help us celebrate our marriage.
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