Love, Texas Style: Dinner is Served

Once we made our grand entrance, the wedding party, my new husband, and I took our seats at table number one.

I was thrilled to find the ballroom setup and loved the way it all came together in the end. The moss balls and lanterns were carefully hung and the cozy lounge furniture was arranged just right.

The tables were dressed and the candles were lit.

Each place setting included a homemade texas shaped cookie decorated with our monogram, courtesy of my MIL. She baked and packaged over a hundred of them!

We chose to have the main course served buffet style, however, opting to have the soup and salad courses plated.

Jenna Cole

This arrangement worked well for us as it kept our guests in their seats as the first course arrived, which was important since it was time for the toasts...

Unless otherwise noted, all photos courtesy Winfield Little Photography

Love, Texas Style: Floating On Cloud Nine

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As a slightly neurotic Type A bride I planned pretty much every minute of our wedding...except for our grand entrance into the reception. Whoops!

I have no idea how it worked out this way (I have a feeling Becky might have had something to do with it) but super awesome GM Seth, who happens to be a born public speaker and never met a microphone he didn't love, ended up taking the mic and introducing our wedding VIPs in style.

First up, the mister's lovely mother and her dapper boyfriend:

My adorable parents followed. Don't you LOVE my father's boots?!

Next up, BM Christina and GM Ryan M. Note the beverage in hand as this may be the start of a trend...

BM Lauren rocking it solo style since GM Seth was preoccupied:

Best man Ryan B. (yet another Ryan!) and my gorgeous little sister, Kelly, were last in the lineup. Love how she's representing with the DIY cocktail umbrella behind the ear:

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Finally, I sauntered in with my new husband on my arm (drinks in hand, natch).

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Did I say sauntered? I think floated in is more appropriate in this instance:

Jenna Cole

Jenna Cole

I truly felt like I glided into that room on a big fluffy cloud, one that I didn't come down off of until the next morning.

Next up, the bridal party makes a valiant attempt at getting this excited bride to eat and perhaps a toast or three!

Unless otherwise credited, all photos credit Winfield Little

Previously:
Thursday.
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Practice Makes Perfect
Our Very Own Fiesta
Feliz Cumpleanos, Mi Amor
Gifts of Gratitude
A Final Goodnight
Rise and Shine!
A Few Final Touches for the Boys
Girls Get Dressed
Three Sweet Visitors
The Processional
Here Comes the Bride
The Most Important Part
Post Ceremony Formalities
The Cocktail Hour
A Few More Deets

Love, Texas Style: A Few More Deets

Jenna Cole

Before we head over to the reception, I thought I'd take a moment to share a few of the ceremony and cocktail hour details that didn't make it into the previous recaps (or did, but I loved them so much I felt they deserved another go round. Like my amazing bouquet pictured above, Lovebug-style.)

As I mentioned earlier, we didn't set a "theme" for the wedding, but there were definitely some common elements that were repeated throughout, like the ivory rose petals and candles below. You'll be seeing a lot more of these babies in upcoming recaps. These particular ones were gracing the guest book table.
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Our rings! And yes, I have freakishly small fingers.

The mister's bout. Funny story -- I don't know how it happened, but my cousin AX who was one of our ushers somehow ended up wearing this bad boy for the entire ceremony. It wasn't until afterwards when we ran into Erin did we realize the mistake. She quickly swapped them out, no harm, no foul.

Erin of Eden's Echo

This was the more simple bout that the groomsmen and ushers wore (and as it turns out, my groom, at least for the ceremony!)

Erin of Eden's Echo

You never know how the weather in Texas is going to turn out. Thus, we wanted to make sure our guests would have some relief in case of oppressive heat with our multi-tasking program fans. These were a semi-DIY project aided by the Bride's line from Michael's, some Martha Stewart ribbon and pearl stickers, and my hateful color printer.

Y'all saw the signs pre-game, here they are in all their imperfect glory:

The sand and rose ceremony elements:

More crazy fruit!

Aah, the baby's breath. These centerpieces were a total afterthought. A few short weeks before the wedding I realized I hadn't accounted for cocktail hour decor outside of the tables and cloths. Luckily I had booked the best, most responsive and creative floral designer in San Antonio in Erin. I sent her a frantic email with a few random inspiration photos and begged her to just "make it work". I think we can all agree it totally did.

Jenna Cole

Jenna Cole

And last, but certainly not least, our escort cards (and even more petals! and candles!). These are the fourth incarnation of this project. I had originally had very lofty goals of moss covered trays holding beautiful calligraphed cards. Too bad time wasn't on my side and we ended up with generic Wal-Mart cards I ran through our black and white laser printer 20 minutes before my mother came to pick me up the Thursday before the wedding.

Jenna Cole

I seriously doubt anyone noticed (well, maybe the few engaged ladies in the house did...). Either way, everyone was able to identify their name and headed on in to the ballroom to get their party on...

Unless otherwise noted, all photos credit to Winfield Little Photography

Previously:

Thursday.
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Practice Makes Perfect
Our Very Own Fiesta
Feliz Cumpleanos, Mi Amor
Gifts of Gratitude
A Final Goodnight
Rise and Shine!
A Few Final Touches for the Boys
Girls Get Dressed
Three Sweet Visitors
The Processional
Here Comes the Bride
The Most Important Part
Post Ceremony Formalities

The Cocktail Hour