On June 14, I attended a high school friend’s wedding in Tallahassee, Fla. Nikki and James Morgan joined each other in holy matrimony after twelve years of love. Nikki discussed marriage with James throughout high school frequently. After raising two kids and living together for five years they decided to get married. I decided to attend this event because I’ve known the two since I was in early grade school. I know how much they love and care for one another so I wouldn’t have wanted to miss it. Also, Nikki had been planning the wedding for four years so I was interested in seeing the outcome.
Pulling up at a big church on the Westside of Tallahassee, ours cars were valeted in a large parking lot. Before you could reach the inside of the church there were greeters at the door to escort you to your seats. Everyone had a program lamented in metallic paper that was placed in our seats. The decorations consisted of white chairs, shiny chandeliers, glass dove sculptures white flowers and much more. The wedding planner and greeters were all dressed in knee length white gowns with pearl earrings with nametags. The wedding party walked down the aisle on one accord and they left the same.
It was about 250 people in attendance. Two months before the wedding Nikki started to tweet about it, sent messages on facebook, she started up a photo gallery site and sent out invitations. About one week before the wedding I received a wedding reminder in the mail, it resembled a postcard. It was shiny, colorful and the letters were bold. That material was effective because it came a week before, it was colorful so I didn’t lose it and I looked at it often because of the bold print . For my event I’m going to use that idea because I think it played a large part in having a great turnout.
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ReplyDeleteI absolutely love weddings, so I really enjoyed reading this blog. This seems like such a happy couple and that's awesome that you were able to attend this event. I really admire couples who met in high school, because I know a lot of people have doubts that those type of relationships work. My grandparents have been married for over 40 years now, and they met when they were only in middle school. I guess the saying is true, "when you know it's right, you just know." I think an event where two people commit their lives to one another is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThe church wedding is such a classic, and I think it's great that this couple got married in a holy atmosphere. I also wanted to let you know that I love the pink background you use for your blog and the cursive writing. It adds a nice touch to the topic of a wedding. I think you are a great writer and I look forward to reading more of your posts.