Our Wedding: Girls Getting Ready

The weekend of the wedding I was a bucket full of nerves. I was anxious, excited, and stressed.. everything you could imagine. I had so many visions of how our wedding day would go... I thought I would be a calm, stress-free bride and just enjoy every moment. I think there was so much going on, so many people getting ready in the room with me, and sadly, there were a lot of outside stressors (some family and whatnot) that really affected my mood that day.

While I still had a wonderful time with my girls and my mom, I wish I could have been that bride that just relaxed and didn't let the small things get to me that day. I do have to say though, as soon as I saw my Groom waiting for me at the end of the altar... all of that went away! I was so blissfully happy in that moment and truly enjoyed the rest of the day!

Here are some pictures of us girls getting ready the morning/afternoon of our wedding day!

I loved our wedding weekend suite at the Hilton! I toured this room months before we decided to stay here and knew it would be perfect to get ready in the day of our wedding. We were on the highest floor, with such a beautiful view of the ocean and a side view of the pool.

One of my bridesmaids, Kelly stayed the night with me the night of the rehearsal. She helped me finish up my vows, unpack and get things ready, we laughed, and shared some good times! It was so nice having her there to ease my nerves and help with any last minute things!

Before the photographer arrived I wore this monogrammed spa wrap. It was nice to put on after I showered and cleaned up the room a little. It needed to be shifted a little so it's a tad lopsided in this picture! haha

My "B" slippers that I adore! I won these in a giveaway and wear them all the time!

I designed some water bottle labels with our monogram on them for us girls to enjoy while we were getting ready. I also included some of these in our Out of Town Guest bags!

My fav.! Loving the dress shots! Jr. Bridesmaids dresses wouldn't fit! haha

Our pretty dresses with their tags so we can tell whose dress is whose! Mine said "Bride"!

Detail shot of one of the dress tags!

Details of my dress, the beading and rouching...

Flower girl dress details...

My pregnant bridesmaid, Tiffany looking down at her husband and some of our groomsmen hanging out by the pool...

Everyone getting ready...

My extensions! I added three rows to the bottom of my hair to add some length. My hairdresser was able to order these at wholesale cost for me and the color matched my hair perfectly!

My niece (flower girl) Madison getting ready!

Helping some of the bridesmaids get zipped up!

My turn! Here's my mom helping me with my dress.

Love this picture of my niece looking on! So sweet!

I know my niece will look at this photo years from now and adore it just as much as I do! :)

My niece admiring my veil! :)

Kelly took a pic of me riding the shuttle bus to our venue!

Reading a card from Daniel!

A pic from my bridesmaid, Kelly

A pic of my sister's (jr. bridesmaids) my bridesmaid Kelly took

Matron of honor Ashley looking out at the Ceremony as people are filling in!

There were a handful of pictures I was hoping to get that our photographer missed or just didn't have time for such as us girls saying a prayer before the Ceremony, "foot shot" of our feet wearing the flip flips I made the girls as part of their gifts, bridal shots of just me in front of a window, more of my older sister and I, etc. Although, I have to add that I was very pleased with our getting ready pictures! I especially love the pictures of me and my mom, with her helping zip up my dress. We aren't very close so I cherish these pictures very much!

Girls Attire:

Brides dress was from Nordstroms which I bought online, on clearance! It was made out of chiffon, had the most beautiful rouching, and just a little amount of beading under the bust. I loved my dress and it was exactly what I envisioned wearing on our wedding day!

Brides jewlery and veil were from Etsy, garter was a Julianne Smith garter won in a giveaway, shoes were Nina Culver shoes in ivory bought new on Ebay, hair clips ordered online (can't remember where!), perfume bought new on Ebay, spa wrap ordered from Sew Girlie.

Bridesmaids wore Alfred Angelo dresses in Robins Egg Blue, and shoes were from a local shoe store. They wore their own medium pearl sized earrings, and I gifted them some sterling silver necklaces with a starfish charm, blue color bead, and small pearl which dangled from it. *I'll share the bridal party gifts in another post

Mom wore a dress from Nordstroms

Bouquet tags and door sign custom designed through this etsy shop!

Next up... The Ceremony!

*All pictures via Grise Photography (unless noted)