I think this is the cutest idea. I def want to do this..to make a book about my wedding experience. ...
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11/20/2010
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Shoutout to BabyGirlNaeNae
My Girl Renee!!!! It's Her Day!!!!
Renee~
Your wedding day is here!! As you would say, OH EM GEEEEEEEE :D I am so beyond excited for you & Hobie!! I just know it is going to be everything you hoped, dreamed, & prayed for and more!! I still remember the first time you commented on my blog. You kept it real, like a sister would, and I've referred to you as my soul sister ever since!! I will be thinking about you all day today :) You truly have a heart of gold Renee and Hobie is a very lucky man that you have trusted him to keep it safe for the rest of your lives! (Ok, now I'm crying) Ladies, please join me in wishing the absolute BEST to such a spectacular person, inside & out, on the day she marries her best friend!! Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Hobart Manhart :) Love~ Sara P.S. I love your guts more!!!!! ;) |
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11/03/2010
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Engagement Photos
Better Late Than Never :)
So even though I am married now, we just got our engagement proofs back from our photographers! It's no fault of theirs...we didn't end up taking our engagement photos until 3 days before the wedding since we planned our wedding long distance.
We love them & cannot wait to get our wedding photos next :) Sorry this is pic heavy...it's hard to pick your faves when they sent us 282 pictures!! |
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11/02/2010
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Wedding Video
HCMHD's Wedding Highlight Video
What a great way to wake up & start your day...reliving your wedding day :D
I am thrilled with how our video turned out!! Our videographer really went above & beyond to make sure we were happy & he nailed it!! I hope you all enjoy the video as much as I do :D Love~Sara Here's the link if you want to view it larger: http://vimeo.com/16420235 |
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10/15/2010
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HCMHD's Wedding Recap
Our wedding day was practically flawless. We were so beyond blessed by amazing friends who gave of themselves to make sure our day was perfect & everything we wanted!!
My day started around 7 am at the hotel with the videographer getting footage of my dress & accessories. I joined the rest of my bridesmaids around 8 am for hair & make up. Everyone looked fabulous!! Our photographers arrived around 9 am...half an hour late, and then ran us consistently late the rest of the day. This is probably my only issue/worry to the day. I am not worried about the quality of the photos they have gotten, but I am worried about the quantity. There are many shots (shoe shot of all the girls, my feather girl-my 18 month old niece-just being herself before the ceremony since she wasn't at the hotel getting ready with us, just Chase & I, etc) that were not gotten. I am hoping they surprise me in the next few weeks when I get pictures back from them and that they captured more than I remember, but I am concerned... We had our first look around 2 pm and took some wedding party shots at the first location. The weather was perfect!! Sunshine, blue skies with a few scattered clouds, and the temps were in the low 80s :) As we were leaving our first location to go to our second location, Chase surprised me with his gift for me for the wedding day...a vintage Bentley!! We had talked about getting a vintage car, but decided we would rather have put that money towards something else in the budget so I was truly surprised when he pulled this one off :) We arrived at our venue about 1/2 an hour before the ceremony was set to begin. I'm pretty sure our videographer captured it, but I started jumping up & down & squealing in typical girl fashion because I was so stinkin' giddy from just how perfect our venue looked & how everyone had worked so hard for us to make my vision a reality!! Just before my dad & I walked down the aisle, he handed me a super sweet note from Chase telling me how excited he was for me to become his wife. The ceremony went perfectly...the rings were there, we didn't mess up our vows, etc :) The reception was A LOT of fun. Even with 30 people having no showed on us (quite a bit when you consider we were only expecting 75 guests) we still had the time of our lives!! Our slideshow of childhood phtotos our DJs created for us was amazing. Definitely had a lot of laughs & "awwww" moments with it :) Then during our first dance, our DJs gave us the most wonderful surprise...they had made us a compilation video of scenes from The Notebook!! They knew I had tried contacting over ten people who had made compilation videos to see if there was any way they could send me a high def copy. I wanted this played while Chase & I were dancing to help tie in our other Notebook touches even more. I had given up on it working out, but our DJs went the extra mile & spent over 4 hours putting together over 300 scenes from the movie to make sure our day was everything we wanted!!! I loved our wedding cake & Chase's groom's cake...a Tarheel shaped cake to honor his North Carolina heritage. Everyone loved the cake too...we hardly had any cake left over by the end of the night and we had twice as much cake as we needed!! The photobooth was a HUGE hit!!! Everyone had fun with it and it was rarely empty! I was able to get my grandpa to go in with me & Chase was able to get his Nanny to go in with him...even with props on :) I am so glad we purchased black cardstock, photo mounting squares, & silver sharpies so that our guests could make us a photo scrapbook/guestbook. It is definitely one of my favorite mementos of the day!! All in all, my day was everything I wanted & more :) Sorry I can only share photos friends took for now...I should have pro photos hopefully within the next 10 days or so. |
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10/11/2010
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I'm a MRS. :D :D :D
HCMHD's Sneak Peak
Hi Ladies!!!! I have been stalking Facebook all day waiting for someone to post pictures so that I could share them with you :)
Our day was PERFECT!!!!! We were so beyond blessed!!!!! I'll write another post with all the details when I have more time. Hope you enjoy the sneak peak for now :) Much Love!!!! ~The New Mrs. Chase Michael Hardison :D :D :D |
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10/05/2010
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Wedding Decoration
Our Initial Frames
I think this is my favorite DIY :) I love how large the frames are and the fact that they are damask like. I also love that I was able to incorporate our damask print by wrapping the backs of the frame with extra material we had. And the red initials really just pop!!
Very happy with how these turned out!!! Five days to go! |
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10/04/2010
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Wedding Hair Style
Had My Trial..What Do You Think??
FH wanted my hair down & curled. I know my hair doesn't like to hold a curl & would be finished 6-7 hours before our ceremony begins, so I wanted to find a style that would make FH happy, but not have me worrying about what my hair was doing/looking like all day.
I instantly clicked with my hairstylist. She is just as loud & outspoken as me :) She made me feel completely comfortable about asking her to change things around at my trial appointment. The way she first styled my hair, there was a LOT of volume around the sides of my head. I have very thick hair so I knew curling it would add a lot of volume, but it didn't look like me & I felt like I had a white girl fro' going on!!! So I asked her to smooth it out...twice. The first time she just pulled it as tight as she could & put more bobby pins to try to hold it in place, but I still didn't feel like me. So she took the two side ponies (yes, my hair is that thick she has to do two side ponies to make it work!) out, smoothed everything out with her fingers, & re-did the ponies. I LOVED it :) What do you Ladies think? You can be honest...if you like the added volume, I want to know :) |
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10/04/2010
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HOLY MOLY!!! 6 Days To Go
Lots of Updating to Do :)
Sorry I have been MIA for almost a month Ladies!!!! Even though it seems like we all try to get as much done so that we can "coast" through the final month before we get married, everyone else seems to wait until that month mark to add an infinite number of new things to be done to your list :)
I will try to make all of my posts separate so that they will post under the right "categories" to help out any other brides to be with their planning. Leaving on a plane in two days to fly out for the wedding!!! |
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09/07/2010
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Wedding Rings And Jewelry
PLEASE help me pick my band!!
With 32 days left before the wedding, FH & I just went out over the weekend to look for a wedding band for me. I am torn between two & cannot pick for the life since they both have their own pros & cons. So I am hoping you wonderful ladies will tell me which one you like best & help me decide!
Option 1-Contour Band: Pros-fits snugly to my engagement ring, will be made from scratch to fit my size 4 finger, engraving on band very similar to engraving on my engagement ring Cons-smaller total carat weight, $250 more expensive Option 2-Straight Band: Pros-more appealing price, larger total carat weight, still has vintage feel with milgrain to match my engagement ring Cons-will have to be sized down as it is a discontinued band & may not match the width of my engagement ring (the band would be wider across) I've posted the stock photos of each band as well as photos of me trying both bands on with my engagement ring. Thank you Ladies for your help with this :) |
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09/07/2010
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My "Notebook" Programs
I LOVE them :)
So this is what I was busy doing over the Labor Day Weekend. I am SO grateful we had friends come in town to visit & help us with them because I definitely underestimated how time consuming they would be!! I mean, who knew I would have to hand feed each individual sheet into the printer otherwise it wouldn't print straight, who knew we wouldn't be able to find small enough feathers & were going to have to cut each larger feather in half & then pluck the fringe at the bottom to re-create a stem, who knew Word was such a pain to get each page perfectly centered, who knew we would have to cut & remove every seam in the lace to get it to lie flat??
Even with them being so much more work than I had anticipated, I am so glad we did them!! I just love them & love how they tie "The Notebook" into our vintage themed wedding even more :) |
hecallsmehisdarlin
| 3 | years since wedding |
Sara
Chase
Oct 10, 2010
Kansas City,
Missouri,
United States
Ballroom
Ballroom
KKP
Black
We want to have a Vintage/Old Hollywood Glam feel to our wedding so we are going with black & white damask accented with deep red along with lots of feathers, lace, & rhinestones :D
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