wedding part 1

 I was never a girl who dreamt about my wedding.  To be completely honest, the idea of marriage was something I hardly even thought about before I met Andreas, and it was something we talked about after only months of knowing each other.  And it made (makes) sense with him.  Spending the rest of my days by his side is a thought that still makes me giddy.

When we got engaged last year we both knew we wanted a laid-back, intimate celebration where our friends and family could get to know one another over a long weekend in Cape Cod.  The location was perfect for a lot of reasons.  One, it is almost half way between our two homes.  Two, it is where we got engaged and one of my favorite places in the whole world.  And lastly, because my family has a long history in Cape Cod- the land we own there was purchased in British Pounds and has stayed in our family for generations.  We wanted our friends and family to make a vacation out of the wedding and have a chance to enjoy all the things we love about cape cod, and we wanted to find a place where we could house all of the guests and have the wedding celebration.  Amazingly, the venue we chose for the wedding neighbors my family's property, and is a small grouping of lake side cottages where most of our guests also stayed, and is actually not a wedding venue at all.  It was perfect.

We decided to break with tradition and start the wedding off with a cocktail hour because I liked the idea of our guests being able to relax and mingle before the ceremony.  Having the cocktail hour first also gave us the chance to go out for a post ceremony boat ride at sunset, which was a crazy wedding dream I had, which turned out picture perfect (photos I will share soon).

I walked "down the aisle" with my parents by my side to our favorite song, "Heartbeats" by Jose Gonzalez, performed by an amazingly talented local jazz musician.  My uncle Richard officiated the ceremony and created an actual "tying of the knot" for the ceremony- where each guest wrote their name on a piece of rope and they were tied together to create a circle of knots, symbolizing the fact that our family and friends are now tied together and we are all connected by our love.   The ceremony itself was very short (just how we wanted it) and had a few bursts of laughter tucked in, one when I mistakenly thought Andreas called me his husband in German.  oops.  I would say we accomplished our goal of not having a boring ceremony :)

We celebrated our first few moments being husband and wife with a champagne toast and afterwards were engulfed in hugs and kisses from all of our friends and family, which was one of my favorite moments of the day.  The feeling of being literally surrounded by love.

party photos to come soon!

photos by our incredibly talented photographers Davina + Daniel

Venue: Gibson's on the Pond

Caterer: Sumptuous Catering

Photographers: Davina and Daniel

Wedding Dress:  Monique Lhuillier & Cocktail Dress:  Antik Batik

My Shoes:  Badgley Mischka  
The Louboutins I had purchased would have be ruined from the rain :( 
These back-up shoes arrived on Friday morning... Thank you Zappos!

Flowers:  Flowers by Mary

Andreas's Suit:  J.Crew

Andreas's Shoes:  H by Hudson
Hair:  tj hazzard

Rings:  Kevin Main Jewelry

Wedding Pies:  Cottage Street Bakery & Marion's Pie Shop

Ceremony Musician:  Fred Fried

view part 2 of our wedding photos here