Over the past year I attempted to collect the wedding photos of my aunts and uncles as well as Tommy's aunts and uncles. I even have pictures of both of my sets of grandparents, two sets of great grandparents, and one set of great great grandparents wedding pictures. You'd think this would be an easy task - not so! My mom happened to have wedding pictures of her four brothers and sisters, but my dad didn't have ANY of his five siblings! I didn't want to harass people for these items, so I would occasionally send emails and such but I honestly didn't have them all until the DAY of the wedding! Ha!
When it was all said and done, I had all the wedding pictures - quite a lovely collection. I won a contest that included a bunch of silver frames. Wouldn't you know that we had almost exactly enough silver frames to include the wedding pictures of each aunt and uncle that would attend our event? Plus frames from our grandparents and one set of great grandparents. It was meant to be.
So I printed out their names and displayed these beautiful wedding photos in the foyer between the ceremony site and the reception lodge. I loved how it turned out. All of these marriages are unique and strong...and the presence of these relatives at our wedding was a blessing.
Right before my dad and I walked down the aisle, this was the table that we stood in front of. Those were the smiling faces looking back at me in those final seconds before I became a wife...it was a reflective moment (no longer than a millisecond to be honest) but it was long enough to see the picture of my Grammie smiling back at me on the day she wed my Grandpa.
Such a beautiful reflection right before your walk down the aisle, so glad your grandmother was with you in spirit! And you got so many photos, they look great altogether and framed!
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice thing to see just before you walk down the aisle!
ReplyDeleteoh it worked out perfectly! I'm so so glad. I totally have warm fuzzies right now!
ReplyDeleteits so wonderful that your family had these photos...my parents married at the JP in korea...they didn't have any pics...makes me sad that they didn't have a celebration. My friend is doing this for her wedding and we just looked through the photos last night...i love the idea of celebrating family.
ReplyDeleteThis is so adorable and personal. I almost wish we had done something similar. Oh well. I don't think ours would have come out nearly as nice and lovely as yours!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a cute idea!...i would love to impliment something like this at my wedding, but my parents are divorced...do you think it would be bad taste to either put their wedding photo in the bunch anyway? or to leave them out?...
ReplyDeleteIt was truly a touching sight for your guest as well. It really set the mood for such a personal and unique wedding.
ReplyDeleteThat is such a lovely idea, so glad you were able to get them all too!
ReplyDeleteOMG girl, that made me totally cry. What wonderful fantabulously beautiful moment to have.
ReplyDeleteThroughout this journey, I love how you have kept yourself so grounded. The Love words on the weekend, the celebration of family and friends, and now this. You are a beautiful women Jes! Once again, thanks for sharing.
This is such a lovely idea! It was something i really wanted to do too, but one of those ideas that i just ran out of time to pull off! You pulled it off beautifully though! As with everything else for your big day - seriously, everything looked awesome!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! All of these creative touches totally made your day extra special.
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Beautiful idea! And I went back and read your post on your Grammie- so sweet! And wouldn't you know that I call my maternal grandmother Grammie too? They also had a very simple wedding but for different reasons. =]
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