All the Single Ladies! And Men!

Beyonce's "Single Ladies" track was the perfect anthem for the bouquet toss.

Ready, girls?

I tried to arrange it so that my sister would catch the bouquet, but it actually just landed on the floor.

Until bridesmaid Tuff snatched it up! Lots of cheers and giggles.

Hope you get married soon so that you can pop out some beautiful babies!

Time for the most dreaded part of the night: the garter toss. I bought this Martha Stewart garter from Big Lots for $2.00.

I added some patriotic ribbon that fit into my "something blue" criteria.

How can it not be awkward when your new husband digs under your dress in front of both families?

I warned him not to lift my dress up too high because I was wearing some ugly black Spanx under my gown.

It was a successful operation that deserved a high five.

Brandon showing off the goods to the antsy boys.

They definitely look ready. Except Henry should probably put his champagne glass down.

Wait, that's not what I meant, Henry!

You have to fight for it, boys!

Bridesman Tony is our victor!

Photography by Hannah Suh

Party Down

Music + Booze +Love = A Roomful of Dancing Fiends

(Photo by Pop)

Photography by Hannah Suh

Sugar Kisses

I put in an immense amount of work into our cupcake table. We went to four different bakeries in order to find the perfect chocolate cupcakes with vanilla frosting. I handmade all the little cupcake flags.

I DIYed our cupcake stands. Topped withand painted cake toppers done by a friend, it all came together perfectly.

Who needs a traditional knife to cut your cake if you have a sharp saber?

Quite possibly the best picture out of the entire bunch.

I was extremely nervous cutting our small 6-inch cake because I questioned the sturdiness of our cake stands made from glass plates and candle holders.

Success! Although Brandon still looks nervous.

We decided to feed each other cupcakes instead of our actual cake.

Brandon promised that he would not damage my makeup with frosting.

He's so mischievous.

Liar.

I warned him that he would be next, but I couldn't bring myself to mess up his handsome face.

But he took care of that himself by digging in.

Then we gave each other sweet sugary kisses.

And wiped each other off

One last kiss before we start dancing again!

Photography by Hannah Suh

Reception Details

I got a little ahead of myself and forgot to blog about all the reception details. I can't describe how amazing it was to see all of my hard work come together in one room. I had trouble focusing on Brandon during our first dance instead of looking around the ball room.

Guests were asked to find their little bird escort cards in order to find their seats.

The table was decorated with extra bird houses, kusudama paper flowers, candles and a large framed picture of us from our engagement session with Daniel Yu.

The birds were placed in alphabetical order and separated by rose petals.

Instead of a guest book, we asked everyone to leave us their wishes on separate cards.

Cards were then placed in a glass apothecary jar. We got some great wishes, some sweet and some funny. I wanted to post some on here, but I had completely forgotten to scan them before I pasted them into my scrapbooks.

Crossword puzzles were available to distract guests with before the reception began. However, I think most guests decided to munch on the yummy bread instead.

Cards were collected in a bird cage.

Our centerpieces were absolutely gorgeous in the East Room, which explains why I have so many pictures of them on this post.

Here is a picture of our table numbers at work.

Place cards were printed on extra stationary leftover from the invitations.

Menus were placed on each table setting.

Candles hung from the manzanita tree branches.

The gorgeous chandeliers really completed the classy atmosphere of our reception room.

Yup! Gorgeous. (Picture taken by Bridesman Tony)

Photography by Hannah Suh unless otherwise noted.