Wedding

Choosing the Wedding Colors

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Choosing colors for me was possibly the easiest part of this whole
thing. Both Chuck and I love the color green, in all of its various shades and
hues, besides as a red head it goes pretty perfectly with my hair. There. Done.

I chose to add silver silver mainly because I needed another color
other than white, and I figured all my jewelry is silver anyway.

Over time as I created pinterest boards and picked out things
I liked the color theme kind of morphed into a thing of its own and there is a
lot going on here.

Green is still the base, but I really want wild flowers instead of
uptight, florest-y looking things. Not that there is anything wrong with this,
it’s just never been my style. So basically whatever flowers happen to be in
season, and that people we know grow, are what we are going with. I’ve already done some scouting and I think they are going to look awesome! They are
going to be an array of colors and that’s just fine with me.

I started choosing favors, and decorations that centered around
earthy browns and greens and started to realize that I wasn’t really going to
have a color theme in the end. I’m cool with that, because that is the story of
my life, and a total reflection of how Chuck and I live our lives. What could
be wrong with that?

Our Engagement Photos

By Jessica

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This day was magic. I don’t know why it was the pictures
that made the whole thing real, but it finally hit me that I’m getting married!
Yes after well over a year of being engaged I finally had that gut retching
feeling of wow this is happening. And it’s awesome.

A super special thanks to our awesome photographer AndreaCho. She made the whole thing so painless and easy, and her work is
astonishing. If you are in the Burlington area you should check her out!

P.S. We did all of these photos at Shelburne Farms.

P.P.S. There are more pictures on my wedding page.

The Wedding Location

By Jessica

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Well ladies and gents it’s official; we chose a location for our wedding and it only took us 10ish months.

I knew planning a wedding would be tough, but I hope it gets easier from here on out. For us the big problem is that our families are centered about 1.5 hours apart, which is just far enough to make it really hard to pick a location. Do you choose something equidistant? 45 minutes is still a fairly long ride, especially for a DD. Do you choose one town and make the other family drive? But then how do you choose one side or the other? And you will upset a person with any of these options, that’s just a fact of the matter. I wish someone told me to be prepared for that one.

In the end money and hotel location made all the difference. The local Elk’s Club is perfect for our budget, and so close to downtown, hotels, and major highways. And added plus is that is it beautiful! I really wanted to avoid places that had fancy chandeliers and designed carpets, because I was afraid they would contrast with the feel of the wedding that I want (rustic). Besides I didn’t want my wedding to feel just like 10,000 other weddings that are held at those kinds of venues. This place is like a blank canvas, with super high, white ceilings that have pot lights and a basic carpet floor. Decorating is probably the part I am most excited about. I even created a whole Pinterest board for it already.Now that, that is out of the way I really hope the rest of the planning goes smoothly. There is still 13 more months to go so there’s plenty of time for a big catastrophe. I suppose we will have to wait and see.

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