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I haven’t been able to get my arms around what to say about our reception. All I can really say is that in the middle of eating my lunch, I put down my knife and fork and looked around at these long tables full of people happily chattering, thought for a minute and said with a note of wonder in my voice, “This is a really fun wedding.” There was a pause. And then everyone cracked up.
Other than that I can tell you about doing the electric slide with 10 girls to Dolly Parton’s 9-5 (if I don’t get to do the Electric Slide, it’s not a damn party),
or how I enlisted help to redecorate our wedding cake in the middle of the reception.
It had arrived with orange Dahlias on it (look at my face), and I think you’ll agree it looked much better when we were done.
And here we are cutting it with my Grandfathers Marine Corp Saber. Which was bad ass, but mostly it was actually really sentimental. In a good way, in a it-felt-like-he-came-to-the-party way, not in a weepy way. Because I don’t think he would have wanted me to get weepy on our wedding day.
But mostly, I don’t know what to say other than it was a damn good party. 
Our amazing friends gave us one of the best gifts of the wedding… the Polaroid pictures they took. And no, this is not some b*llshit styled ass wedding-as-photoshoot picture. Our friends are just fantastic, and this was where they had the Polaroids spread out. I never saw it, but I love the picture. If you ask nicely maybe I’ll tell you about them one day. But until then, I give you Gabi, queen of the expired Polaroid, and party-er extraordinaire:
And then we danced and danced and danced.
Photos, or really art, by One Love Photo and yes, we are deliriously grateful for our photographs. But also a reminder… our wedding may look pretty, but it didn’t feel pretty. It felt like transcendent joy. It felt like a rocking good party. It felt like being more of myself than I’ve ever been. And what I love about the photos is seeing how happy everyone else was. That’s what breaks my heart open.
PS a special thanks to all my friends who, achem, allowed or “allowed” me to share them at their party-best here for the interwebs.
Joy is the word that comes to mind. Glad you had a rocking party Meg! We thought that about ours too – dancing is key!
October 9, 2009 2:28 am
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ooo that dress. swoon!
October 9, 2009 5:52 am
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Have I mentioned yet that I LOVE your dress? And what a great party – looks like everyone had so much fun.
October 9, 2009 6:25 am
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Great pictures and that cake is fabulous. Anybody notice the cake?
October 9, 2009 6:46 am
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It does look like a damn fun party. Which is really all that there is to say.
(That, and I'm impressed by how long your heels stayed on for!)
October 9, 2009 6:48 am
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great pictures!!! love the dress…
October 9, 2009 6:53 am
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I love weddings where everyone looks so happy!!! great wedding !
October 9, 2009 6:55 am
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Yes, that dress has a lot of twirl and swirl going on. ;-)
October 9, 2009 7:00 am
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I was wondering what your parents thought of the wedding? I'm sure they loved it, but would be nice to hear from them.
October 9, 2009 7:04 am
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Anon-
The cake wasn't as pretty in real life as it is in the pictures. I think it was mostly noticed because A) It was (very) tasty, B) it was funny when we redecorated it, and C) We cut it with a giant sword.
But mostly it was just tasty. There was too much going on to notice the stuff, honestly.
October 9, 2009 7:27 am
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That photo of you dancing with David, sassing it up in your dress… YES!
October 9, 2009 8:29 am
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The photos of others that we have (we don't have many photos and that's the way I wanted it) are the most precious. Stolen moments from the one time we'll have that particular group in one room. It still makes me leaky.
The party looks fantastic, as do you and David.
October 9, 2009 9:06 am
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Aww gee, you burst my bubble about the cake. See, I thought it was one the those newer cakes that tries to look edible and delicious with big swirls of REAL frosting. Kind of like a dressed up homemade cake.
A Mountain Bride blogged about those types of cakes.
October 9, 2009 10:00 am
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It was that kind of cake. But if people really notice the cake at your reception (for anything other than the tast) that means your party was not rocking. Good parties are never about the details.
October 9, 2009 10:06 am
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Au Contraire, Meggie. I will never not notice CAKE!!!
Cake = Party.
Especially the ones that look edible. I'd have been scoping it out throughout the whole meal.
LOL
October 9, 2009 10:13 am
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That party looks ROCKIN.
Also can I vote for more hora pictures if you have them? Hora pictures are always some of my favorite wedding pictures. :)
October 9, 2009 10:26 am
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It looks like such a great dance party! And it's not a party if there's not dancing. :)
I was wondering, though, are you going to give us some info on how you DIYed (or DITed) your hair flower? I was hoping you would during DIT week, but now I'm nervous I'll never get to find out!
October 9, 2009 10:52 am
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I love everything about this! And I love the pictures of you and your little red-headed friend!
October 9, 2009 11:07 am
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Great Pictures…looks like you had a fun party!
October 9, 2009 12:27 pm
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I had to laugh that you bleeped out the "u" in bull, but "shit" remains uncensored. That just gave me a giggle.
October 9, 2009 1:20 pm
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no one would ever guess from the photos that this was a *morning* wedding.
<3
October 9, 2009 3:17 pm
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Wow, the dress, the sword, the dancing. Now, that's a kick ass wedding.
October 9, 2009 3:27 pm
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@ESB Really? F*ck yeah.
October 9, 2009 4:01 pm
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I would have to say that it looks like one fun wedding! You look amazing and I love the photo of you dancing with the cute little red haired boy. BTW did you purchase the polaroid film? Im thinking of doing a polaroid guest book. Thanks!
October 10, 2009 11:30 am
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Actually, Emily of Emily Style gave me her leftover film from her wedding. We did buy a camera, and then a friend who is a photo enthusiast brought her camera and expired film (some of the coolest shots of the day).
We thought of a guest book, but honestly just having friends take candids turned out to be much much cooler. It's all these action shots from their perspective, instead of just stills of people… That's my two cents.
October 10, 2009 11:39 am
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As a guest, I'm not fond of guest books. I wonder if that makes me a curmudeon? ;-)
October 10, 2009 2:47 pm
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This is my first time posting on your blog but your reception looks joyful. It is evident that you are both surrounded by an amazing group of loved ones and that is one thing that all the planning and purchasing can't buy for a wedding. Cheers
October 10, 2009 9:57 pm
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Beautiful pictures, your wedding is wonderful. I use your blog to keep me sane, its good to know that you had a practical and beautiful wedding!
October 11, 2009 11:54 am
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SURE! I’d LOVE to feature your wedding! so glad you asked ;););)
for reals though…omg so wonderful! :)
July 8, 2010 2:51 pm
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