My DIY Wedding, Part 3

This photo - Credit: Alon David Photography


Today's Blog Positivity Week word is Creativity.

Other blogs inspire this non-crafty lady to try being crafty.  (You can read the story behind my blog name HERE.)  And my blog is my space to share those adventures -- even the crafty adventures that are an epic fail don't turn out the way I planned.

I'll bet you thought I completely forgot about the rest of my DIY wedding posts, didn't you?  Well, I didn't!  But life happened, and then I never felt like I had enough time to compose a worthy post.  But alas, here I am.  I'm back with more about my DIY wedding!

Oh!  
And before I forget to mention it, 
you have until 11:59pm CST today to enter my giveaway!

(I wish I could enter it, because I want one of those bags!)

Okay, enough about that.  More about my wedding!

Need to play catch-up?  See:

All The Ways Our Wedding "Went Wrong"

Part 1

Part 2 (via guest post)

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Gourmet Cupcakes

 This photo - Credit: Alon David Photography

My cousins make gourmet cupcakes that are to-die-for!  And look at that presentation!  They really pulled out all the stops for our cupcakes, and they were a hit (as always).  My personal favorite is their red velvet.  I can never eat one.  Never! Thank you, Sam & Sara!

Flowers

This photo - Credit: Alon David Photography

Another cousin of mine is a floral designer!  We spent one hour at Wholesale Flowers picking out flowers.  I had only two requests: I wanted a lot of baby's breath, and I wanted it to look very natural -- like a ran through a field with open arms and scooped up the flowers.   Mission accomplished!  She worked wonders!  Thank you, Yvonne!

Playlists & Hit It Music Productions

Mr. TBS worked in entertainment, and he treated our music like any other directorial endeavor.  He created playlists according to each phase of the day: "pre-show" (as we called it out of habit of working in theme park entertainment), ceremony, cocktail hour, and dinner.  Just like a show, the music had to set the mood.  Every song was hand-picked and placed in a certain order.  He burned them onto CDs, gave them to our friend and DJ, Dave, and we were covered.  We left the dance floor to Dave!

 
I met Dave of Hit It Music Productions when we worked on a show together at SeaWorld in 2006.  He is fun to work with and an awesome DJ.  He quickly became a favorite of the company and continues to DJ everyone's wedding, and mine was no exception!  I cannot sing his praises enough.  San Diegans, this is your guy!

Decor Shout-Out: Photo Line

This photo - Credit: Alon David Photography

The photos displayed on the reception tables were of Mr. TBS and I growing up -- life before falling in love with each other.  Then, we displayed photos of us over our 4.5-year relationship on a twine-and-clothes-pin photo line!  

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It's so fun reliving my wedding.  Thanks for joining my trip down memory lane!  

It's almost our first anniversary!

And before I am inundated with questions about it, I'll just ask the question for you:

Q: "When are you going to have a baby?"
A: "I don't know.  Do you?"

Q: "So... when are you going to have a baby?"
 A: "Sometime in the next ten years."  ;-)

Peer Pressure: "Oh, my gosh.   Your kids are going to be so beautiful!"

Response: "How kind of you to say that! (pause) That's not going to make the baby come sooner."