June 19 Wedding

Last night, J and I went to a fantastic wedding.  I know the groom from my work with an arena football team when I was in college and he and I have stayed in touch since then.  I came back to Texas after grad school and he invited me to come to a football game and told me that this girl would be there who recently started working with him, who had been on a couple of dates with, and who he really liked.  So I met her and loved her.  So, when I met J, it was my turn to tell my friend about this guy I met and how great he was and of course, he wanted to meet J.  Since then, J and I have seen them 3 or 4 times a year and we always have such a great time with them.  They live a few hours away and we've taken turns visiting and they have always invited us to a football game or two each year.

They are both super creative and talented peole and they used their creativity for SO many aspects of their wedding.  The colors were fantastic... inspired by a pair of shoes she loves, and affectionately called "circus colors", this was their pallet:

Dark Red / Royal Blue / Light Blue / Gold / Cream

I must admit that when my friend told me this, I wondered how much it would actually look like a circus, but the colors were very minimal, but knowing that was their pallet, I could see how they pulled those colors in and they were all used very tastefully.

I wish I had a facility that would lend to my colors because I would not have to find ways to incorporate my colors as much as I feel I do.  The room we are in is black and white... A LOT of white, so I need to find ways to push my colors because I don't have a space with character.

They had so much character in their space.  They got married at Hamilton Twelve which is totally in the middle of nowhere, but it was fantastic.  It has a Spanish influence to the architecture, a great outdoor space, and the food was phenomenal.  They also had a good band, and a super fun photo booth that they used ot create their guest book.  It's great what you can do with a small-ish guest list.

It was so much fun and it made me think a lot about stuff for our wedding... which I'll talk more about later.