carnivale - our wedding was featured in a magazine!

not too long ago matthew and i got a copy of the nebraska wedding magazine in the mail...and there it was page 224...a 2 page spread of our big day.  i was beyond excited to hear that our wedding had been nominated for a space in the magazine, but then when i found out we had actually won i was speechless (and hello...we all know that does not happen very often)!  they only print the magazine once a year so that means our faces will be in there all year long....i don't think these brides to be could get any luckier :)

so finally i had some time to scan the pages and i thought i would share them with you today.


page 1

the first picture on the top left shows an overhead view of the courtyard where we had our ceremony and reception...everything was outside.

the photo on the right was taken inside the state capitol...this was taken moments after matthew and i saw each other for the first time.

the bottom left is a picture of matthew and i during our first dance.  we started with the song stand by me and 40 seconds in surprised everyone with our own version of the evolution of dance.  our song choices were...billy jean, thriller, the twist, ymca, what is love, ice ice baby, can't touch this, big butts, cotton eyed joe, love shack, apache...then we ended with adam sandler's i want to grow old with you :)It was 6 full minutes of laughs...one of my favorite moments!

page 2

the top left picture was taken of me inside the hotel room just before matthew and i saw each other

the top middle picture is of the butterfly release.  during our ceremony matthew and i released one butterfly for each loved one that we had lost.  our harpist played wind beneath my wings as each butterfly was released. by far this is my fondest memory of our wedding.

top right picture is of matthew and i in downtown lincoln

middle image of all the guys during our reception - the other four tiny images are random pictures taken during our reception.  that book you see was the ring bearer "pillow" the rings were hidden inside a little compartment inside.  the blue mason jars were filled with unpopped popcorn and pinwheels made by myself with pretty paper.  and the last is a picture of our wedding cake made to look like a carousel (red velvet...our favorite)!

the two bottom left pictures are photos taken downtown with our wedding party...the old car was the perfect touch.  and don't you love the girls parasols?  They carried these vintage beauties instead of flowers :)

and that last picture in the middle is of the homemade apple pie (ice cream not pictured!) that each table got to enjoy after the carnival food dinner.

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i figure that is about all the details of our wedding you can take for one day.  soon we will receive the copyrights to our wedding images and hopefully we will get the video of our dance soon.  once those come to us i will share more :)

hope you are all having a wonderful day friends!  xoxo - lindsay