Wednesday, September 7

Our Wedding: We rehearse.

In retrospect, I wish I had delegated someone to take pictures of our wedding rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. I didn't, so all I have are some shots from my friend S's camera phone.

Friday afternoon was a bouquet- and centerpiece-making party at my house. BM Philly and I got started pretty early, and were joined by BM Breeze and Coordinator C around lunchtime (and Breeze brought some yummy Bojangles sweet tea and sandwich fixins!). I was very thankful that I'd recruited help with the flowers, because we were working right up until time to go rehearse.  I took the lead on most of the bouquets. I'd start with a "base," maybe one hydrangea and three roses, twist the stems and have someone hold them while I wrapped them with floral tape, and keep adding that way until the bouquets looked full and pretty.  The girls were kind of nervous to get going on the centerpieces - maybe they thought I'd go Bridezilla on them if they weren't perfect? I finally made some "prototypes" for them, let them know I really trusted their judgment, and let them go to work putting roses, leather leaf, baby's breath, and lisianthus into milk glass. We had a little time to get into our dresses and throw on a little makeup, pack our cars with vintage books, centerpiees, and other various wedding decor, and then it was time to go!

While we'd been doing all that, the boys had been busy as well- buying booze!  They made a run to Kroger for wine and beer for the reception and stocked the big fridge in our venue's kitchen. There was another couple getting married on Sunday the 10th, so they had to rehearse on Friday as well. While they rehearsed at 5:00, the bridal party helped Mr. Spin and I set up whatever we could in the reception space and lobby of the War Memorial. Our venue director told us to put the centerpieces with hydrangeas in them in the fridge with the wine because they made her nervous, but she said the ones with just roses could stay out because the air conditioner would be on all night.  At 6:00 it was our turn to practice getting married.

It took a while just to get everyone situated.  I was thankful our venue director suggested having someone stand in the very back of the room to make sure everyone was spaced out correctly.  We asked the other people on hand (mostly family members and significant others of wedding party members) to space out in the ballroom so we could tell how loud we needed to be.





During the rehearsal, we learned some things about how the wedding would have to run.  Usher Sam would have to open the door for my mom and I during the processional, so there was no one to escort Mr. Spin's mom.  Breeze's boyfriend was quickly drafted into the wedding party.  We also got a preview of how temperamental our flower girl could be, and Mr. Spin and I let her mom (one of my best friends) know that it wouldn't be the end of the world if she didn't make it down the aisle.


See Breeze holding the awesome rehearsal bouquet she made from the bows and silk flowers from my bridal shower?

After rehearsing a few times, we headed to Teaberry's Cafe for the rehearsal dinner.  Teaberry's was our wedding caterer and we thought it would be easiest to have our rehearsal dinner in the same place.  Dinner was nice, and it was a wonderful preview of what the wedding would be like to be surrounded by our very favorite people in the world for the night.

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