A few additional special details from our wedding:

As a wedding gift, I surprised my husband with a vintage Alfa Romeo for him and his groomsmen to drive around and take pictures in on the day of the wedding.

I did two 'first looks'; one with my bridesmaids and one with my dad. I'll never forget their sweet reactions to seeing me in my wedding dress. That was the moment that it really hit me that I was a bride.

Right before our ceremony, my husband and I did a 'no look first look' where we stood back-to-back, read letters to each other, and exchanged gifts. Because we'd waited so long for our wedding, we wanted the first time we saw each other to be when I walked down the aisle. Getting to hear David's voice one last time as my fiancé, overlooking our favorite place, was the perfect way to close our chapter of being engaged. It was so special to get to speak with each other before the ceremony and it made seeing each other at the end of the aisle that much sweeter.

I designed most of the items for the wedding myself, including our save the dates, change the dates, invitation suite, welcome bag playing cards, koozies, limoncello tags, bar menus, wedding signage, dinner menus, reception shoes, and I print-pressed each welcome bag by hand.