And finally…on to the RIDICULOUSLY gorgeous reception. It’s one of those, jump-for-joy, make you want to rethink your entire wedding style kind of receptions, so brace yourselves.
photographs by the ever talented April Smith
From Ashley…
My mom and I really tried to keep a shoestring budget for our wedding since Chris and I paid for everything ourselves. We handwired every votive (the votives of which we scoured Dollar Stores and Big Lots!), I made my own Save the Dates, Rehearsal Invitations, Favor tags, my mom sewed every table topper, made every centerpiece, hung every crystal (you have to love the $1 bins at Michaels!), made every arrangement for the ceremony. All the flowers were done by my mom and her two girlfriends (my mom went to the SF flower mart the day before). All the drapery was made and put up by my mom and her girlfriends, all votives were hung by them, all lumianaries were cut and set up by them, you get the idea.
More to come!