Let me introduce myself....
as Mrs. Francie Kell!!!!!!!!! How crazy is that? This whole marriage thing seems very surreal. Well, after months and hundreds of hours of planning and organizing, etc, it's all done! Everything went extremely well - we had GORGEOUS weather, I didn't faint or freak out (I did enough freaking out in the days before the wedding), no one else fainted, the flower girl and ring bearer made it down the aisle, and most importantly Steve and I enjoyed ourselves. The day really did fly by though. And I had some serious anxiety and stage fright on Friday at the rehearsal dinner, but I won't go into detail about all that nastiness.
Some things that didn't go quite as well were the cake, the place cards and the pictures. The cake looked quite different than what I had wanted, but at that point I didn't care. Our printer didn't like printing the place cards, and boy we wasted a lot of paper in the process. We finished printing them all out at about 11:45 pm the night before the wedding. Thanks to Jenna and Michelle and my mother for helping finish that! And half the cards were printed on ivory paper w/ a gold border, while the other half were printed on white paper w/ a silver border. Oh well!
The last thing that I'm not sure about is the pictures. There are some really good ones, but.....it wasn't as amazing as I was expecting. I think I have too high expectations b/c I feel like I'm disappointed a lot. I just didn't feel super impressed or excited about the proofs. The pictures get better as the day goes along - I don't like very many from before the ceremony. Why did we let him take pics in front of that dumb backdrop? They're the exact same poses as the ones outside and they look like church directory pictures! I wish he had taken more candid shots too. And zoomed in more. And just captured the moment better. Way too many posed ones, where we're looking right at the camera. I don't think those flatter me. I just love pictures, and I really wanted these to turn out well. I feel like we made a mistake in choosing the photographer.....sigh. Regret is a horrid thing. Steve says I need to stop dwelling on it, since there's obviously nothing we can do about it....but I'm having trouble doing that. I'm completely rambling out of control. And I thought I was going to stop being neurotic......
But to end on a positive note, Steve and I are having lots of fun living together! Independence is wonderful, even if I have no idea how to cook a regular meal! ;) I feel very lucky to have such a wonderful and sweet husband. Enough time wasted - time to get some work done (and also watch the ridiculous but entertaining Days of Our Lives)!
Some things that didn't go quite as well were the cake, the place cards and the pictures. The cake looked quite different than what I had wanted, but at that point I didn't care. Our printer didn't like printing the place cards, and boy we wasted a lot of paper in the process. We finished printing them all out at about 11:45 pm the night before the wedding. Thanks to Jenna and Michelle and my mother for helping finish that! And half the cards were printed on ivory paper w/ a gold border, while the other half were printed on white paper w/ a silver border. Oh well!
The last thing that I'm not sure about is the pictures. There are some really good ones, but.....it wasn't as amazing as I was expecting. I think I have too high expectations b/c I feel like I'm disappointed a lot. I just didn't feel super impressed or excited about the proofs. The pictures get better as the day goes along - I don't like very many from before the ceremony. Why did we let him take pics in front of that dumb backdrop? They're the exact same poses as the ones outside and they look like church directory pictures! I wish he had taken more candid shots too. And zoomed in more. And just captured the moment better. Way too many posed ones, where we're looking right at the camera. I don't think those flatter me. I just love pictures, and I really wanted these to turn out well. I feel like we made a mistake in choosing the photographer.....sigh. Regret is a horrid thing. Steve says I need to stop dwelling on it, since there's obviously nothing we can do about it....but I'm having trouble doing that. I'm completely rambling out of control. And I thought I was going to stop being neurotic......
But to end on a positive note, Steve and I are having lots of fun living together! Independence is wonderful, even if I have no idea how to cook a regular meal! ;) I feel very lucky to have such a wonderful and sweet husband. Enough time wasted - time to get some work done (and also watch the ridiculous but entertaining Days of Our Lives)!