we are almost done with the wedding wednesdays!
some of y’all are probably thrilled,
others hopefully enjoyed wedding madness as much as I did.
I’ll likely continue to wedding stalk on style me pretty and pinterest as much as I did before I was even engaged…. it never gets old
I have some reception highlights to share today!
I wanted passed Coca-Cola bottles as a nod to my Dad (his career was with Coke),
so everyone raised a bottle of Coke in his honor for the wedding toast.
ugly crying below…..
our cake was so pretty!
and at the cake tasting Kip randomly said “you’d bet you’d like the clovers on either side of the R.”
my mom and I gasped….. so proud…. I’ve rubbed off on him so much.
I surprised Kip with his Grooms Cake
I hate, hate, hate being on stage/speaking in public/ anything related to the sort.
So when I had to be on stage to dance (torture) I did my best Mary Katherine Gallagher to ease the anxiety.
you know I can’t do a post without adding in a gif of some kind…. sooooo
we had a photo booth set up with props for everyone to have fun with.
kip’s shirt was open the majority of the evening.
his studs “kept falling out” ….. which yes, they did, during the wedding photos we kept having to button them back up…. but really the groomsmen just seemed to de-robe the moment the party started
my favorite picture of one of my best friends below.
she is the life of the party from start to finish and this picture is perfection.
our band was incredible…. and luckily encouraged (or more likely didn’t discourage) our joining them and hoisting everyone in the air.
jump roping is always quite the hit at the o’shaughnessy weddings
my brother in law and his friends are always amazing with it
during the jump roping,
my moms friend dove in her dress across the dance floor on her stomach underneath the guys legs.
it was truly one of the greatest moments of the night of my life.
the monogrammed shrimp bar was one of my favorite things
(that I didn’t even see until almost the end of the night when my mom pointed it out — it was a surprise from her)
I was blind to everything…. you spend months picking things out and then never see a thing!
we had a sparkler departure that was so pretty!
which led to a golf cart for us to drive off in.
however, the golf cart was facing back towards everyone…. the way we just walked…. so we then had to drive back through everyone and wave goodbye…….again.
oops.
luckily we somehow didn’t run anyone over.
we ended the night with individual Krispy Kreme boxes that said
Sweet Dreams from Taylor and Kip
I want to do it all over again!
Especially those Krispy Kremes……
nothing is better than a fresh krispy kreme. or four.
Excellent reception. You can tell what an amazing time everyone had!
Looks like it was a blast of a reception!! I love the nod to your dad – so sweet and special!
Looks like a super fun reception! I love the shrimp bar and coke toast!
Perfection. Love all the details. Especially the crazy dancing and the krispy kremes! Definite sweet dreams!
Your wedding looks beautiful and fun! The best combo 🙂 Such great personal detail! I say, keep the wedding posts coming 🙂
SO STINKIN' FUN!!
Seriously this all needs to be in a magazine. You are both just so beautiful and I just love your Wedding Wednesday!
Beautiful photos! i love your dress and the coke bottles are too cute. xo jillian – cornflake dreams
#COLLEEN
Your wedding is the most beautiful I've ever seen. Seriously.
Your wedding reception looked amazing! Gorgeous details and it looked like loads of fun. Congratulations!
I have loved seeing pictures from your wedding weekend. Your reception was beautiful! We are getting married in September and using a really similar color scheme. Also, my fiances mom passed away this year so I have loved hearing the ways you honored your dad throughout the weekend.
We met their manager week before to plan everything out, and on the day of, everything was setup before I even got there.
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First of all, I love your blog! A friend just recently sent it to me and I've been scrolling through on a slow work day and laughing my head off. Also, I want to tell you that we have eerily similar taste. As in, we basically had the same wedding. Not really of course, but there were a lot of similar features. Yours was out of this world beautiful and you wore the hell out of that dress. I too got married at Cherokee and (great minds think alike) wore the same Lela Rose gown. In fact, I found your blog because a friend sent it to me right before my wedding (on August 9th) and was like, "woah, isn't that your dress!? so gorgeous"…and I was like, well crap. Now I have a complex. Honestly, that dress was made for you and you looked beyond amazing. We even have the same videographer! I had just had to reach out because there are too many odd similarities. Swear I'm not a creepy stalker, but I do wish I had found your blog while I was planning my wedding so we could have compared notes 🙂 It would have been super helpful to have someone else explain to me how I was supposed to get into said dress post hair and makeup since it has to go over your head…that was a fun challenge. Anyway, congrats to you!
Wow! What a fabulous reception! I'm loving all your wedding inspirations, especially that rad groom's cake and those delectable donuts as wedding favors. You guys really thought things through and it's evident by the fun everyone had at the venue. Thank you for sharing the beautiful pictures! Wishing you guys all the best!
Matt Fisher @ Nomad Events