Monday, June 27, 2011

One Shell Of A Wedding! : Our Last Stolen Moments

After the band had stopped playing, after the guests waved their sparkly wands and sent us on our way, after we made the long drive back to downtown Providence, we found time for just a few more photos.


We felt like we were on a Hollywood movie set as we strolled the quiet streets of Providence. Occasionally passersby would yell, "Awwww!" or "Congratulations!" from somewhere off in the distance.



Mr. Seashell took me for one more spin of the night.


...and then we kissed under the twinkly lights.


We made our way to a Providence landmark, Haven Brothers. The menu says they serve a few things, but you go for the hot dogs. This was one part photo op, and one (larger) part a late night snack.


Yes, honey, I am that hungry.

We stopped for a moment on the steps of city hall, where we'd picked up our license to wed just a few days prior. (Would Oprah call that a full-circle moment?)


Then we walked to the WaterFires. If you're ever in Providence in the summer you must check it out what has become a really fantastic tradition.



Mr. Seashell and I leaned in close, knowing we were enjoying some of the last moments of our wedding day. We did it. We were married.



{All photos from the fabulous Blink of an Eye Photography}

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Thursday, June 23, 2011

One Shell Of A Wedding! : We'll Be Dancin' The Night Away


After the world's most sentimental father daughter dance, it was time to officially get the party started! We kicked off the evening with Earth, Wind, and Fire's "September". (It seemed appropriate given our September 25 wedding, wouldn't you say?) The crowd took a little while to get moving, but soon enough the dance party in full force. This was the first time in the evening I felt like letting out a deep exhale and saying, "This is it! We did it!" There was nothing left to plan, coordinate, organize, or execute. All that was left on the agenda was to LET LOOSE. It was awesome.


September! from Seashell on Vimeo.




The band was fantastic. They wowed the crowd with a fantastic combination of oldies, motown, r&b, big band, and pop. We slow danced, moonwalked, boogied down, and shook our booties.



Since we'd cut the cake a few minutes prior, we also opened up the dessert bar.





One of the things I loved most about our venue was that everyone could do as they pleased. If you were hungry, the dessert bar was open. The dance floor was roaring at all times, but the grounds were lit and inviting if you wanted to grab a drink and catch up with friends.







As the hours disappeared, the band rounded up the crowd for a final song. We danced our hearts out for what we knew were the last few minutes of the wedding and then our sparkly wands were passed to each of our guests.


 (We call this photo, "Uncle Kenny's depressed that the party is over")




I wish I could say it was bittersweet, but it was just amazing. I was so happy, so filled with love and joy. I simply could not have asked for more.


{All photos from the fabulous Blink of an Eye Photography}


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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

One Shell Of A Wedding! : Time After Time


I've held off on writing this post because I've thought a lot about capturing this part of our wedding day perfectly. Then I realized that it's already all here - in photos and video - and that my words are superfluous. But that's not entirely true. There's a reason we write words with recaps, after all.

Two days before our wedding I wrote a post titled "Time After Time". It was about what the song Time After Time meant to me and my Dad. It was something I had felt all my life, but never put into words. When the post went live on Weddingbee I e-mailed it to him (I was retrieving bridesmaids from the airport) and by the time I made it home I found my Dad and my Mom crying by their computer screens.

Then, in December Weddingbee ran a "Best of the Bee" series of Bees' favorite posts. I chose "Time After Time" and mentioned that there was an additional story that I'd share during my recaps. So...


After Mr. Seashell and I wowed the crowd with our choreographed first dance, I noticed that my Dad was waiting by the front of the ballroom with the microphone. I figured he was going to say a few words about this being a special moment, and perhaps talk a bit about being my Dad. Instead he started by saying, "As some as you know, Amanda has been blogging for the last 8 or 9 months on Weddingbee... and three days ago a post was published that pertains to this particular moment..." and then he read the entire post to the crowd.



The part that makes it extraordinarily sentimental was that, in those moments, everyone in the room knew the exact emotion my Dad and I were feeling. It was more than the emotion of a father daughter dance, it was the meaning and vivid detail tied to our relationship. The memories of being four years old, driving down Blackstone Boulevard in the fall, leaving for college, it was all there. It was all in that song.



To say the whole room got a little teary might be an understatement.


Mr. Seashell later teased me that the only person who didn't cry was the limo driver, and that was because he was still 30 miles away.




It was sweet. It was beautiful. Those moments with my Dad on the dance floor are some of the most powerful and most treasured of my wedding day.




Time After Time from Seashell on Vimeo.


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