First, here are our photographer's pictures from the day. (The password is laura).
http://continuumphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/5243955_YZ5TW#319962250_7Bw8rOur wedding was small (38 guests + our photographers came to our wedding), and the size worked really well for us, since we felt close to everyone there and were able to talk to everyone. We had it in a restaurant--in their private party area. While I would have loved to have done something outside, I was scared about having to come up with a Plan B if anything went wrong.
The Good:
--Almost everything!
--Almost everyone danced at least a little--and some people danced a lot!
--There were no technical malfunctions (which I was a little scared about, since we had our ipod, and no real back-up plan).
--It was so great seeing everyone
--I met my wonderful nieces, or rather, they became my nieces! They are so sweet and so smart.
--I had a really good time myself; I had time to eat, talk to people, dance, and everything else.
--I was happy with all of our vendors.
--We actually did Hava Nagila, and I was so happy! (My husband's family is Jewish, and some of my family is.)
--The fish-eye take your own picture camera.
--People became friends with each other at our wedding!
--Our after-party was so much fun!
--When our photographer took us outside for pictures (during the cocktail hour), people on the street applauded and cheered us--especially when I shouted, "We just got married!"
The Eh (there was no bad, though):
--One person forgot about our wedding and only came to the after-party, but I almost feel more bad about her feeling bad about it.
--The person who had done my makeup trial wasn't scheduled to come in, even though I had an appointment with her. This was resolved easily enough (another person did my makeup, and it looked just as good as it had for the trial, only a teensy bit different), but it made me unexpectedly cry. And then, I didn't cry at the wedding. All in all, I guess this is a neutral point.
--Lots of people were caught up in traffic jams, so some of our timing was off; the ceremony started about 15 minutes late (but no one complained).
--My husband's sister forgot her reading, so we used our photographer's iphone to copy it from the net. (Crisis averted and all that.)
--The sushi snacks and to-do set up list were accidentally left out (oops!)
--I wish I had spent a little more time with some of my relatives, including my parents.
--My dad accidentally said my sister's name instead of my name during his toast (no biggie, really).
--I tried, but I couldn't sleep well at all(!) the night before (wonder why....)
--The officiant was a little awkward during times of our ceremony, but he was more helpful than anything else, really.
I feel like everyone has probably heard most of the advice I could give, but I will say that I was so glad that I brought flats to wear later during the reception. Also, I'm glad that we left on our honeymoon two days after our wedding.
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