Today’s Cape Cod wedding is exactly the kind of wedding that guests love to attend…it’s laid back, it’s full of beautiful, personal touches and it’s all about family and friends. Wait until you hear how funny their day-of tale is…
all of the absolutely perfect photographs were shot by Orchard Cove Photography
From Sarah…
We thought that a ceremony on the beach, in front of Reid’s family’s cottages, followed by the reception under a tent in my parent’s front yard would be just ideal. And, it was, until Hurricane Hannah showed up!
Despite on-and-off rain showers throughout the day of our wedding, neither of us wanted to make the call to Plan B, which was the local town church for our ceremony… after all, we were all SO excited to be having a barefoot wedding! Literally, the decision was not made to head to the church until we pulled into the beach parking lot 15 minutes before the ceremony and it started to downpour! Off to the church it was, followed by the wedding guest caravan.
Once inside the church, the children in the ceremony and I decided that we would stick with the original plan and have the ceremony barefoot. My dad may be the only father to ever walk his daughter down the aisle of a church barefoot, but it made everything so much more special.
I had decided early on in the planning process that I did not want to have bridesmaids in the traditional sense. Most of my friends were either pregnant, photographing (!) or had many other bridesmaids duties this summer and I just didn’t want to ask these great ladies to all buy matching, expensive dresses. I wanted their individuality to shine and to let them sit and enjoy the ceremony with their significant others. So, instead, I asked my nearest and dearest to be my “bouquet girls;” I came down the aisle with my dad without a bouquet. Our minister offered a lovely welcome and expressed that everyone was here with us because they had been such an important part of our lives- both individually and together. To signify this, a few of my closest friends, came from their seats, one by one, with a single flower to give me with a hug, kiss, whisper for both Reid and I. These flowers formed by bouquet! My 94-year-old Grama tied them together with a ribbon.
My heart literally just skipped a beat! I really can’t say how much I love the way that this bride approached every element of her wedding…with a relaxed, totally involved, completely loving personality. It seems that her heart and soul were in every detail, every flourish. Love.
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