Bubbling With Joy: Bouquets and Bouts

Before we move on to the ceremony, I want to show y'all some of my favorite details of the day!  First, the bouquets and boutonnieres.  I LOVED our bouquets.  They were absolutely gorgeous, and exactly what I had hoped for.  Posey really knocked it out of the park.

 

My bouquet included beautiful garden roses, ranunculus, dahlias, antique hydrangea, tea roses, scabiosa pods, dusty miller, and lots of other pretty stuff.  It also smelled AMAZING.  I had asked for something with light and creamy tones, with the antique hydrangeas worked in, and this fit the bill exactly.  My favorite flower, alstroemeria, was also used in all the bouquets and flower arrangements as an accent.  In the photo on the right, you can see the heirloom jewelry that the Posey girls tied to my bouquet stems for me.  (And my manicure wound up being "Mimosas for the Mr. & Mrs."  In case anyone loves nail polish as much as I do and cares about that info.)

And look what else was tucked into my flowers...

My bees, happily nestled amongst the blooms.  The two little bees I carried in my bouquet have gone from Mrs. Meerkat (the brain child of the bee charms) to Mrs. Jaguar, then to Mrs. Biscuit, Mrs. Bacon, Mrs. Cannon, Mrs. Funnel Cake, Mrs. Sunhat, Mrs. Petit Four, Mrs. Elk, Mrs. Castle, Mrs. Wizard, and Mrs. Unicorn...and finally made their way to me.  Such a fun tradition!

The girls' bouquets also included the antique hydrangeas to link them with my bouquet, but I had asked that the rest of their flowers be in darker/richer tones to play off their dresses.  Their bouquets included a lot of ranunculus, garden roses, tea roses, alstroemeria, lisanthus, dahlias, and dusty miller.   I think they turned out really lush and beautiful.

The boys wore ranunculus boutonnieres with a little dusty miller - cream for Mr. C and darker tones for the groomsmen and fathers.  The darker ones were meant to be a deep fuschia but turned out to be more orange - they looked good anyway!

I kept carrying my bouquet around for a while after the ceremony.  I just didn't want to put it down!  It held up pretty well overnight, and I carried it home with me on the plane back to NYC.  It still smelled delicious, and the lady at the baggage check counter for United totally wanted to steal it from me.  

Did you love your wedding bouquet as much as I did? 

***All photos by Lindsey & Beto Photography.***

Missed a Cauldron wedding day recap?  So far, we've had: 

Cauldrons Get Hitched!
Wedding Day Morning
Arriving at Pecan Grove
Donning the Dress
More Bridal Attire
Our First Look
The Happy Couple
Bridal Party Pics
Family Fun

Bubbling With Joy: Family Fun

Next, our parents and siblings came out to join us for group shots.  As the casts were changing, there were a couple more fun candids:

Chicago J snapped this one with her phone.  (Personal Photo)

Mr. C's mom giving me a big hug.

Best man S helping my dad fix his tie.

Then we were off again, starting with my parents:

Miss C and Mom

Miss C and Dad

The Cs with Miss C's parents

Then Mr. C's parents:

Mr. C and Mom

The Cs with Mr. C's mom and her husband, along with Mr. C's brother and his wife.

Mr. C and Dad

The Cs with Mr. C's dad and his wife, Mr. C's brother and his wife, and Mr. C's stepsister and her husband.

And finally, my half-sister (one of my dad's daughters from a previous marriage) and her family:

The Cs with Miss C's half-sister, her husband, and their three kids.

And with that, our family photos were a wrap!  Time to go hide ourselves away before all the guests started arriving for the ceremony!

***All photos by Lindsey & Beto Photography unless otherwise noted.***

Missed a Cauldron wedding day recap?  So far, we've had: 

Cauldrons Get Hitched!
Wedding Day Morning
Arriving at Pecan Grove
Donning the Dress
More Bridal Attire
Our First Look
The Happy Couple
Bridal Party Pics

Bubbling With Joy: Bridal Party Pics

The weather kept holding up for us (woohoo!), so we decided to keep on going with bridal party and family photos outside.   First, though, there is this funny candid shot of all of us as we were getting assembled for the group shots.  Clearly Mr. C was happy to have a beverage back in his hand.

Haha!  Totally cracks me up.

First up, Mr. C and his groomsmen:

Best Man S, Mr. C, and Mr. C's brother P

Best buds

Best bros!

Then it was the girls' turn:

Chicago J, Miss C, and NYC J

This one isn't as "formal" but I like it!

Miss C and NYC J

A butterfly flew over and perched on my bouquet when Chicago J and I took our photo - check it out!

Miss C and Chicago J

And the whole group:

Everyone looks so happy!

A great full length shot, too. 

One thing I remember about the group photos is how quickly they went!  Our photographers were fantastic - they took one or two pics of each grouping, and that was it.  They clearly knew they got some great shots and didn't need to keep on snapping away.  It was awesome, as it meant that we sailed through the photos and no one had time to get hot (although the rain had cooled things down, thankfully!) or antsy or tired.  Which meant the smiles kept on coming!

Family joins us in the next recap...

***All photos by Lindsey & Beto Photography.***

Missed a Cauldron wedding day recap?  So far, we've had: 

Cauldrons Get Hitched!
Wedding Day Morning
Arriving at Pecan Grove
Donning the Dress
More Bridal Attire
Our First Look
The Happy Couple

Bubbling With Joy: The Happy Couple

After sharing a few quiet moments together during our first look, we started off our portraits under the outdoor ceremony arch.  

Personal photo

As Lindsey and Beto snapped away, the sun decided to emerge from behind the clouds in just the spot that made us both squint.  Both of us looked a little stiff in these pictures, anyway - we were just getting warmed up.  So, we took a few more shots but decided to move on to a location that worked better for everyone. 

We moved to a large area of flagstone under an amazingly huge pecan tree.  What a breathtaking arch it created! 

Now we're getting somewhere!  Mr. C is starting to enjoy himself, and the sun is in the perfect place.  Let's pretend like we actually like each other.

One of our favorite shots of the day (below) also happened to be the sneak peek our photographers sent us that night.  They cropped the sneak peek into a square photo, though, so we didn't see the full frame until we got the files...now I remember why we were both grinning like crazy. 

Sneaky Mr. C.

 He's a handsy one.  But it made us laugh.

 We had the requisite "shoe" shot, too - too bad Mr. C didn't show off his fun socks!

Then we went for a (short) walk, which brought us two of my other favorite shots of the day:

And then it was time to goof around a little.  I love the ones where we are clearly laughing out loud.

You can't say we don't have fun!

On to our individual shots.  Here are my favorite two of Mr. C, looking oh so dapper.  (He didn't take very many portraits, but these two turned out great.)

Then it was my turn.  I love so many of my portraits, it's too hard to choose just a couple of favorites!  So I hope you'll indulge me as I share a rather large handful...

I love how our portraits both together and apart capture exactly how we were feeling that day - pretty much giddy with happiness.  I feel like we just glow with excitement in all of them. 

***All photos by Lindsey & Beto Photography unless otherwise noted.***

Missed a Cauldron wedding day recap?  So far, we've had: 

Cauldrons Get Hitched!
Wedding Day Morning
Arriving at Pecan Grove
Donning the Dress
More Bridal Attire
Our First Look