Wedding Recap: The First Look Part 2

         When we left off, James and I had finished getting ready and were ready to begin our pictures with Mark and Noelle. We decided on taking all our pictures beforehand because as a planner, I realize how important it is to not keep your guests waiting. Some of my more traditional family had a problem with this in the beginning, but looking back at our wedding day, I am very thankful that we did take all of our portraits beforehand. I must also add, brides: Make sure you have a shot list for your photographers before your wedding. This is one thing that I regret everyday because the pictures of my mom and I and my dad and I are limited. I blame myself for not being more proactive and doing this, but rather trusting myself that I would remember all of these on the wedding day.

Wedding Vendors:

Photography: McCoy Made

Flowers: Patricia Capes

Videography: 2Duce2 Videography

Rentals:Classic Party Rentals

Lighting: Nashville Audio Visual

Real Nashville Wedding: Jennifer and Drew- Mt. Juliet, TN

Yes!I am alive and kicking over here in Weddingland! I am so excited to FINALLY be able to be blogging some of our weddings from the fall!

First on the list in Jennifer and Drew's Gorgeous October 9 wedding at Cedar Creek Yacht Club in Mt. Juliet, TN. Jennifer is the Wedding Designer for Scott Graham Florals out of Lebanon, so you can bet there were LOTS of details!

Jennifer and Drew: It was an absolute joy to work with you on making your dream day run smoothly.

Vendors:

Month of Coordinator: Your Day of Fairy Tales
Photographer: Chris and Adrienne Scott
Flowers: Scott Graham Flowers
Dress: Faccio Bridal
Venue, Catering and Linens: Cedar Creek Yacht Club
Cake: Signature Cakes by Vicki
Paper: Designs in Paper

Jennifer and Drew worked on the road 9 months out of the year while they were planning and they were able to find this jewel of a guest book while out on the road.

Coming up next: Mia and Rafael's spiritual vow renewal!

Have a great week!

Fridays with Hillary

Sit back, grab yourself a cold Dr. Pepper, put your flip flops on and enjoy Friday's with Hillary! Starting this week, I am going to be video blogging every Friday and letting you know what is up with Your Day of Fairy Tales and Life in General. I will be presenting planning tips and other wedding related tips! Enjoy!

*Photos Courtesy of McCoy Made and Jennifer Herniak

It's Almost here! How to stay calm during this hectic last few days!

I really cannot believe that it's almost here!

  We have 10 Days until our wedding! 

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It seems like just yesterday that we got engaged, but in reality it's been 2 years! My family will start arriving Monday and to be honest, I am ready for it just to be over! The last few weeks have been extremely crazy and hectic and yes, I will admit, there was a point in which last week, I was ready to call it off! But the last week or so, people can't get over how calm, cool and collected I appear! 

Here is how I have stayed calm the last few weeks:

1. Breathing

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 Every time I start to get anxious or nervous, I close my eyes and start breathing big deep breaths! I probably look absolutely ridiculous doing it, but hey! It has helped me through some difficult ones the last week (ie, my mom's veil not matching my dress, my shoes not being ordered when I ordered them a month ago, etc)

2. AC DC

Ahhh.. My favorite band of all times! These guys can help ease the stress by rolling down the window's and blasting it as loud as your radio can take it!

3. And last...

Ice cream from Sonic with this guy! This is my 95lb lab Rudy! Isn't he the cutest! Best of all, he doesn't talk back about any of my ridiculous ideas and actually thinks they are great as long as he gets his Ice cream and you pet him! :)

Have a Great Week!! 

Real Wedding: Engagement Pictures

I would be lying to you if I said these last 3 months have been easy. In fact, they have been BUSY VERY busy! I have had several weddings, as well as focusing full steam on our wedding which is happening in 31 days! 31 DAYS! When we started this Journey 2 years ago, I had 500+ days to plan our dream wedding. I am down to 4 weeks, 1 month! Hard to believe that in just a short time, I will be someone's wife!

I wanted to take time and share a few of our engagement photos from the ever so talented Mark + Noelle McCoy of McCoy Made out of Franklin. We <3 these two and CAN'T wait to have them capture our wedding day!

So without further ado.. Our engagement pictures.

Like I said, We are really excited to have them be a part of our special day and if you are looking for a WONDERFUL photographer duo, Check out Mark + Noelle!

Hillary
Your Day of Fairy Tales
Nashville Wedding and Special Event Planner

Real Wedding Inspiration: Pink!

I don't know about every other woman or girl, but when I was a little girl, I LOVED Barbie dolls! In fact, I still get a new Holiday Barbie EVERY Christmas! But what I loved infact was the pinkness of the dolls! Everything was pink and all her accessories were pink.  Now what I love is a Bride who utilizes every shade of pink and pulls it off fantastically!

Photos by: Erin Thacker Photography

Flowers by: Flowers By Trish and your day of fairy tales

Look at the variety in these flowers!

The Bride wanted a beautiful floating gerbera daisy arch to be married under!

Beautiful Favor Table Display incorporating varying shades of pink

Beautiful Cocktail table arrangement. Notice the fushia uplighting provided by Nashville Audio Visual

Check us out next week for some more wedding inspiration!