My husband and I were married 10 months ago today. The wedding was perfect and the ONLY thing I would have done different was hired a videographer. With a lot of help from my mom, dad, and in laws we were able to do a lot of personal touches. So here is an overview of the wedding!
The Location
Millstone at Adams Pond in Columbia SC. I would recommend this place to anyone who is getting married close to Columbia. It's like a hidden gem in the city of Columbia. Not only is it beautiful and it was reasonably priced compared to other places in Columbia..the best part about it was the wedding planner that came with the venue, Kristy Polk. I could not say enough good things about her, she just took all the stress out of the whole process! So here are a few pictures of the venue and yes we did have an outdoor wedding in August in Columbia South Carolina, but it was still AMAZING!
The vendors
The DJ was the only request that my husband had for the whole wedding. His name is Sam Bigby. Here is the link to his website
http://www.djsambigby.com/. He was great and kept the party going all night. Even people who wouldn't normally dance (like grandmas) were dancing! And his is also reasonably priced. Here is a picture to just show how much fun everyone had with him as the DJ.
Our florist was also amazing. We priced a lot of florist because everyone was so expensive! The best price we found in columbia was lexington florist, here is their link
http://www.lexingtonfloristsc.com/ . I knew what I wanted when it came to flowers and they were pretty simple. That's why I couldn't understand why everyone was charging so much money! We looked into ordering the flowers at Sams and doing them ourselves but my dad talked us out of that. And I am so glad he did! I would not recommend anyone do that, it would have been so stressful. Lexington Florist did a great job and they even brought some extra flowers with them in case we wanted them.My husband and I made wooden boxes to put the flowers in for the centerpieces. My mother in law and grandmother in law made the boutonnieres. My husbands family grows cotton so we made boutonnieres out of cotton bolls. Here are some pictures of the flowers.
The wedding dress. I bought it an Evelyn's bridal in lugoff SC. They were great and made you feel like you were their only costumer. They have a great selection of dresses. We also used them for our bridesmaids dresses. Here is their link
http://www.evelynsbridalonline.com/ . For the groomsman we wanted seersucker suits. We found that it was actually cheaper for the guys to buy their suits from Jos. A. Banks when they had a sale than it was for everyone to rent them. Here are pictures of the guys suits, girls dresses and my dress.
Now for all of the special touches. I am going to just post pictures for this part and put a few captions because I am tried of typing!
Basket for the bridesmaids while getting ready. This is a must for weddings because you never know what you might need or if someone will forget something!
Our wedding favors. We used shelled pecans from the farm and put them in burlap bags. I made business cards at vistaprint and we attached these to the bags as labels. I also used my cricut and cut out the R that we glued on the front of the bags.
Who knew you could print on burlap. Thank you pinterest!
Bridesmaids gifts. Monogrammed bath robes and personalized hangers that I made with the cricut.
One of my favorite things from the wedding. Our flower girl rode a tricycle down the aisle with a sign made by my dad on the back.
Chicken and waffles!
Groomsman's gifts. Personalized beer mugs made on the cricut with bow ties for the wedding!
The relief station. It was HOT for our outdoor wedding. This was made by my husbands step-mom. Bug spray, cold water, and frozen washcloths in ziplock bags.
I made these tears of joy packets from stickers that I made at vistaprint. We used vistaprint a lot for our wedding. We used groupons for vistaprint and ended up getting really good deals.
The programs/fans. My dad put A LOT of work into making these and they turned out great! Aren't Dads amazing?! This was one of the many projects that he did.
The wedding guest book. This is not the best picture but we put a photo book together using pur engagement pictures and everyone signed it! We still have it on our coffee table!
Clothes line with our engagement pictures strung across the mantel and pictures of our family member's weddings.
So there it is. An overview of our wedding day. Thank you to everyone who made our day so special. Especially our family and friends who put so much time into helping us. We love each of you!
