~Location: Fairfield, Iowa (my {the bride's} hometown)
~Venue: Fairfield Arts and Civic Center (we got married on the theatre's stage, because I have been acting since I was bout 11 years old and am a musician in a band with my two sisters, and had the reception in the nearby pavilion - sooo convenient for our guests and fun too!)
~Size: We each had 5 attendants. I had my two younger sisters, Michaela and Whitney as my matron and maid of honor, respectively; and my three best girlfriends from college stood up with me too. Sean had his sister (and only sibling), Crissy, stand up with him as his "best maid"; it was so sweet and meant a lot to both of them, since they're very close. His other groomsmen were friends he's literally had since about kindergarten! So cool that they could all be there!
~There were 350 guests in attendance. We were very blessed to be able to have so many of our friends and family with us to celebrate our marriage!
~Colors, etc.: I let Sean pick our colors since I was doing most everything else - ha! He, of course, chose his favorite color red and added in black - pretty typical, I know. I requested that all other accents be off-white instead of the usual stark-white used in most weddings; because my dress was cream (I'm an Irish dual-citizen - we are PALE people! So, white isn't the most flattering - haha!).
~Our flowers were done by my cousin Patti Balderson of Simplicity Flowers in Fairfield (no website); she is a genius! Otherwise, everything else (and I mean EVERYTHING) was done by my mother, Kerry, Sean, and myself.
~Details: We had long, king's tables for the reception rather than rounds. Each table was named for a classic Hollywood film (ours was our favorite old movie, "Casablanca"). We sat in a special, "lover's cabana" - very romantic! :-) A trail of red and black stars with classic, Hollywood actors and actresses lead the way from the theatre to the pavilion for the reception.
~Instead of cake, we had three flavors of gourmet cupcakes (including a giant cupcake for ourselves to cut with a bejeweled "C" on top that I made) - red velvet with cream cheese frosting, champagne with buttercream frosting, and spice cake with vanilla buttercream frosting. They were so good, and were conveniently made by our caterers John and Sonya of Village Cup and Cake in Keosaqua, Iowa (no website).
~My girls wrote sweet sayings on the soles of my shoes; and Sean's sister wore the same outfit as my girls, but in all black instead of all red like my bridesmaids.
~Photographer: Our photographer was our good friend, Kyle Lane of Transcend Photography in Springfield, Missouri (we live in Branson, MO); but unfortunately, he does not do weddings anymore, and hardly even photographs anymore. We were grateful to have had his talent capture our wedding, but we are sad that nobody else gets to see his work anymore.
Mandie
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The Beautifully Broken
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