Anyways, now that I’ve been back in the States for over a week and caught up on most of my life, I figured it was about time to catch you all up on what has been happening. You may have noticed the countdown posts ended at “two days left” and that is because the day before and the day of were crazy! It was all worth it though- September 8 was the most perfect day imaginable. Since I am officially the wife of a photographer now, and his photographic ways are rubbing off on me, I figure that I’ll let the pictures do the talking. Now is also the time I should probably apologize for how picture heavy this post will be, although you can blame our AMAZING photographers, Lance Booth and Jonathan Miano, for that! They worked their asses off, and we honestly owe them big time for the incredible time, energy and enthusiasm they put into making our day one that will be easily remembered.
So, here goes!
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| Jonathan Miano © 2012 |
Ah, my dress. I am still completely in love with it, and am admittedly a bit bummed that I’ll never be able to wear it again! I didn’t even want to take it off at the end of the night, despite all of my married friend’s warnings that I’d want to tear it off as soon as the reception was over.
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| Jonathan Miano © 2012 |
My sister (a makeup artist/esthetician) did my makeup as my wedding gift. She did such an incredible job- I will never be able to thank her enough. She kept my natural look in mind, but still made me look amazing. Maybe someday I’ll be wealthy enough to hire her as my personal makeup artist!
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| Lance Booth ©2012 |
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| Jonathan Miano © 2012 |
The ceremony was beautiful, if I do say so myself. My boss, who officiated, did an absolutely wonderful job. It was so amazing to walk down the aisle toward Brian, even though I almost forgot to look up at him as I was walking!
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| Jonathan Miano © 2012 |
Here’s a prime example of how dedicated our photographers were. Lance was willing to do just about anything to get the best shot. But it paid off, because they got shots like this…
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| Jonathan Miano © 2012 |
And this…
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| Lance Booth © 2012 |
And this…
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| Lance Booth © 2012 |
I am especially in awe as these are just a small sample of what they will be eventually sending us. I can’t wait to see the rest, and I may have to do another post or two to share them with you!
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| Lance Booth © 2012 |
Our tent was another part of our wedding that could not have been more perfect. We don’t have any shots back yet that show the entire tent, but our first dance perfectly encapsulates the look. The Chinese lanterns and clear roof panel couldn’t have looked better.
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| Jonathan Miano © 2012 |
Speaking of looking good, Brian’s Nana could not have looked better that evening. I just couldn’t resist adding a shot of this especially beautiful moment 🙂
A few of you may know that Brian and I have been together since our freshman year of high school. Which means there are more than a few nerdy pictures of us floating around from through the years. Including some old homecoming photos which Lance happened to find. I had no idea what he was doing at the time, but his creativity turned into this. I’m sure our kids will love laughing at these someday!
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| Lance Booth © 2012 |
The photo on the left was taken at our sophomore year homecoming. Man, were we dorky.
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| Lance Booth © 2012 |
This one was from our Junior year homecoming. Note that Brian is looking a lot less like Harry Potter these days…
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| Jonathan Miano © 2012 |
My step dad collects barn wood, which we gratefully used to make custom wedding signs that fit into our vintage theme. We’ve turned most into firewood, but we’ll be keeping the one above.
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| Jonathan Miano © 2012 |
One of Brian’s favorite things to do when he photographs weddings is light paintings. Because I love seeing the results of his work, we made sure Lance and Jon got a few as well. They are a pain in the butt, but the results (like above) are pretty awesome.
It was seriously the most perfect day imaginable. I have so many more details to share with you all: more wedding photos once we get them, how we custom designed our stationery, our incredible honeymoon, and more. Hopefully you all don’t get sick of my rambling on about wedding details- I’ll make sure to add in a few other posts in as well so I don’t bore you to death!
I’ll leave you with just one more… it really did feel like a fairy tale:
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| Lance Booth © 2012 |
Beautiful
Wow, this really looks like the perfect wedding! The pictures ate absolutely amazing! How could you ever choose which one to put on your wall?? Don't apologize! I really enjoyed reading, just keep'm coming!!!!
Best post ever. Congratulations. As a 20 year veteran of marriage, let me assure you that it gets better and better.
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!
Stunning pictures J, thank you for sharing them, you looked beautiful and so happy on the day and I bet you are still on a high from such a memorable day. I know you put your life and more in to the preparation before. All those late nights and long days paid off.
Well done to you both and here is to a happy future for Mr and Mrs Powers!
Awwwww congratulations!!! It looks amazing!!! I dont think i can come up with many words, but just looks AMAZING! 🙂 Cannot wait to see more pictures 🙂 x
the wedding looks amazing, and you looked beautiful. Congratulations!
Thanks, Rori!
I know- the pictures are incredible! And this is just a tiny smidge of what we'll be receiving. There will be more to come!
Awe- thanks, Ray! And I'm sure you're right, my husband and I have been together almost 11 years, and it is better than ever!
Thanks, Romina!
Thank you, Steve! I'm definitely still on a high, and probably will be for a long time 🙂
Thanks, Imy! There will be more pictures soon!
Thank you, Kels!
Congratulations! Great photos. I especially loved the one where the photographer is laying on the ground. My daughter is a wedding photographer and I know it's true – they'll do just about anything for a great photo!
Congratulations! The first set (because I demand that you add more) of pictures are beautiful! Can't wait to hear more!
You should ABSOLUTELY wear your dress again. Just randomly, because it makes you feel beautiful. Or something. This whole "only wear once" thing is overrated! 😉
We did a "first look" type thing too – it was wonderful. We actually got a few moments completely alone, then a photographer came in and took pictures. 🙂
Your photographers were absolutely amazing.
I LOVE THE HIGH SCHOOL COPYCAT PICTURES. So much love. And he really DID look like Harry Potter!! I didn't know that the two of you had been together so long. That's so awesome. 🙂 I can't help thinking, though, in regards to the first one – I'm guessing those ten years between picture one and picture two have been a liiiittle bit harder than the fairy tales make it out to be!
Congratulations again… 🙂 And please, more photos! and wedding stories! and honeymoon stories! etc!
Thank you! And yes, photographers are a determined bunch!
Haha! Oh, there will be more- you'll be sick of them soon enough!
I love it! I should totally wear it to work, just to see what happens, lol!
And yeah, the high school ones are some of my favorites! Definitely not always a fairy tale, but we're happier than ever!
Congratulations on your wedding! All your photos look absolutely amazing!
Jamie
CONGRATULATIONS!!
What beautiful photos. And I agree with Ray that it just gets better & better. We've been together nearly 8 years, married just over 2 years & loving it 🙂
Thanks, Anita and Jamie!