Not all the pictures fit into one post, so I dividing them into my wedding day and my reception. I put some pictures into a collage from my wedding day post, the outfits, getting married and the decorations. I could not have asked for a better day, all we needed was each other and looking good didn't hurt either. Lately I haven't really been dressing up, just work and uniforms, so it felt nice to finally get really dressed up, even if it was only for 2 hours. I had planned a nice reception outfit to wear, both new items as well, which was saved for this post.

As I had mentioned, a little recap here with the pictures from the previous post. I actually really liked how my DIY decorations turned out with the burlap, lace, hydrangeas, wood and blue accents.

For the AM reception, which was right after the court, it was only my mom, my new husband and his parents. We had bought some appetizers and some food to serve, which was very much enjoyed, especially the mini quiches.

Again as I had mentioned in my previous post, I had discovered this blue sparkling wine on instagram and needed to have that as my toasting "champagne". My husband popped open that bottle and served. I had only bought two champagne flutes for us, luckily I bought some plastic wine cups last minute for everyone else.

We took two "cheers" pictures, one here with my mother taking the picture and the one below this one with my mother in law taking the picture. It was actually pretty good wine, we don't really drink, so it was actually a success.

I had changed into a peplum lace top that was tucked in my high waisted striped a line skirt from Rainbow, small was the only size available and I had to squeeze into it. I kept the same jewelry and shoes on. Pearl necklace was a gift from my mother in law, earrings from Valsan, double strand bracelet from Miss A, freshwater pearl bracelet from a local jewelry shop and shoes from Amazon.

It was around 8pm and we were all already relaxing and watching a movie when my cousin had asked if it was ok for her to come over, since I had invited her earlier that morning to come over. She was getting out of work and on her way when she asks if her mom can come as well, I said sure. Just a few minutes later, a longtime family friend asks tells me she is on her way over, since she had also worked until late that day. We were all here celebrating when my cousin tells me her dad got off work and he was also on his way over. Long story short, we ended up having two receptions that day, would've been nice if I knew, since a coworker would've liked to come over.

Luckily we still had lots of food leftover, we fed everyone and we still had the second bottle of blue wine to pop open with them, so it all worked out. It was a great day my husband and I will always remember.

It was May 2nd 2017, our wedding day finally, but just before that I had a lot to prepare and when I say a lot, I mean a lot. I had to work that day at the hospital, my usual was until 5pm, but I had asked to get out at 4pm since I needed to prep. I stayed up late with my mother's help with the decorations that went on the wall, the tablescape, outdoor decor and making my three tier cake. I had a little bit of a fit when I arrived from work because I felt overwhelmed with everything I needed to do and felt I had no help from my fiance, but my mother calmed me down, oh those pre-wedding jitters. The idea I had in my head was with the table up against the main wall, so my fiance helped with moving of the couch and table, which were on the opposite from the picture below.

I love blue, so that would be my pop of color amongst the wood, burlap and lace. I put a powder blue table cover from Big Lots with a burlap and lace table runner from Amazon. I had some mason jars as flower vases with hydrangeas from Amazon as well and the burlap ribbon, the jute I got from the dollar store. Most of my decor was from Amazon.

Just before heading to the courthouse I wanted a picture on the wooden background and my Mr. and Mrs. burlap banner also from Amazon. I had my hair done at home early that morning, since we had to be at the courthouse by 10am. I used Glam Squad for my hair, which is a service that allows you to set up an at home appointment for hair, nails or make up, I chose to just get my hair done and do my own make up, I had spent enough on this wedding.

We arrived just before 10am and we were called in to start just two minutes after our appointment of 10am. We did the exchange of rings in a very tacky decorated courtroom, but the most important thing was that we were happy exchanging vows.

Then came the first kiss as man and wife.

We had our officiant take a picture of all of us after it was official, his parents and my mom next to me, it was a very happy moment.

Just outside the courthouse after getting hitched, I wore my Oleg Cassini tea length lace dress from David's Bridal, sparkly flats from Amazon as well as the rhinestone sash around my waist and hair accessory.

We arrived home to have a few more pictures taken by my mother, she had to be my photographer. As you can tell it was a very content day and for someone that didn't believe in love or marriage, guess I just needed to meet that special someone to change how I think and feel.

We took a few pics with the tablescape before we changed, my mother had suggested I place my hand on his for this shot. I happily obliged.

I had worked hard on the little details for this day, the three photo picture frame was already on our wall, so I used the paper fans around to frame it. I had these silver chargers with rhinestones around the edges since 2012 when I worked at Michael's and had never used them, since I had gone to pick up my stuff from where I used to live, I had found them just in time. I bought some glass and ceramic plates from the dollar store that worked perfectly and didn't break the bank at all. The candle votives were also from the dollar store, which I tied with jute to complete the look.

My now husband and I had gone to BJ's to get some quick food to cook up on the barbecue and bought me some tulips as it was springtime and I fell in love with them, looked great as a backdrop for my cake. My three tier vanilla cake with maple frosting didn't exactly come out as I wanted it to, but making it in the middle of the night just a few hours before the wedding, it didn't come out too bad. It was a naked cake for the rustic look, dusted with powdered sugar, the idea was with either flowers or fruit on it too, but did not have any at the time. Plated on a thick wooden stand and burlap Mr. and Mrs. toppers, both from Amazon

We finally were able to open the infamous blue wine I wanted for this day and it was actually pretty good, everyone seemed to enjoy it. It's Blanc de Bleu and I was able to find it at Publix.

I hadn't really taken any pictures with just my mother, so I took a selfie with her to send back to Nicaragua. She was very happy to be here with me for this day, a day she never thought would happen so soon, knowing how I am. There were too many pictures taken this day to all be put in one post, so the next post will have the others, the outfit change.

Not everything from my planning was going to fit in one post, so I divided it into two and this is part 2. I now had my wedding dress from David's Bridal, which was $800, a lot more than I had planned to spend on a dress I would wear once. I would continue with the rest of the planning for my rustic themed wedding.

I had a necklace in mind of what I wanted, which was a three strand pearl necklace. Unknown to my future mother in law, she actually gave me the necklace I was looking for.

My husband had sent me to get him a cross necklace near where I was grocery shopping and I stumbled upon this bracelet, which was perfect for that day.

On a day off I had gone to the mall and looked over at the Piercing Pagoda kiosk, I sent pics to my fiancé to see what he liked for his wedding band and found the one. Mine was picked out at the same kiosk at another mall, I just never took a picture of it.

I had seen on Instagram this sparkling blue wine and had fallen in love with it as I do love anything blue. On it's website, they would give you the locations of where they are sold, I headed to one of them and turns out it was a strange green color, no luck there. Oddly enough...again, one of the very early morning shifts at Publix, I discovered they were sold there. Out of all the places and turns out it was just a clock in away. My fiancé was working that day as well, so it was exciting to find this together.

I had gone to Walmart and bought a few things for the wedding crafts, a few of them were stencils and paint, so I created this Mr. And Mrs. sign on a cardboard from a food package.

I continued my crafts with candle vases wrapped with jute in natural color and blue. Mason jars wrapped with lace burlap and blue jute as they would be my flower vases.

I started getting more pieces to my wedding look like the pearls, the rhinestone belt and the headpiece and just wanted a dry run at how they would all look together, and I have to say it was looking great.