The Wedding Day: Part One

The morning of my sister's wedding was spectacular. I arose not too ill, which was wonderful since at that point in time, Baby Brother was still having me wretch several times a day.

Hhmmm....the word wretch in a wedding post...not so classy

This is the hair team. My good Friend Julie and one of her twin daughters.

It takes a lot to get a bride ready.

And while my sister sat under the dryer, this is what I was doing.

I want to take a moment to veer off track here.

For those of you who check in here often, I want to say, I really think about blogging more, but I blame Facebook. It is so easy to load pictures on there and it seems like I go there, throw a few pictures up and forget about my blog. If you are a FB friend, then you have already seen wedding pictures, since I put them up just days after the ceremony. But if you only come here you are likely thinking, "Where are the pictures and details of the wedding we heard so much about?"

Blame Facebook. That's what I do.

But back to Kimmy.

Her wedding colors were white, black, silver and red. Gorgeous candy apple, cherry, scarlet red.

The red was the show stealer. These are her sparkly red hair combs going in after lots of curling and spraying.

Next came the veil:

Ah, perfection.

I was supposed to hand bead this thing. I did about 5 inches and threw in the towel.

I gave it to my Mom, and she beaded the entire hem with tiny, sparkly seed beads.

But I didn't get an up close shot of it...oops!

But my brothers soon to be wife is wearing it in October for their wedding.

It will be her "borrowed" perhaps I'll shoot it then.

All done!!

Remember how I said that her wedding morning was great?

It really, truly was. When I arrived to get her from my parents house there was a deer in the back yard. It was peaceful, serene and lovely. It was a good omen.

We then went to grab a coffee on our way to Julie's house, and had a great time while getting our hair done.

We went back to the house, had a light lunch and sat around looking at old pictures and visiting.

Then we went up to do our make up. Kimmy wanted a vintage, Marilyn Monroe inspired look.

It all went off without a hitch. Which in make up, my friends, is quite something.

Here she is!!

So, she also had her lips in the vibrant red that was the scene stealer, but I didn't get a picture of that. Shortly after this shot, all heck broke loose and we were suddenly running late.




And this was the last picture I took of my sister as a single lady.