Wedding edition - Friday Fancies

Yippee its TGIF!! Thank you everyone who participated in my first series Thankful Thursday, I truly appreciate it! See you all next week and hope to have more people join.
Anyways it is Friday and thank goodness, it has been a good week overall having my husband back home is the best part. What are your Friday night plans? Going out in style or laying low? Hope you have a great time whatever you are doing. My Sean and I are having a date night, it is something I always look forward to and he suggested it when he was gone last week, it helps to have time to reconnect and hang out with my best friend and favorite man. 

I was giddy with glee when Allison announced what this week's Fridays Fancies would be because who doesn't love weddings, whether you are the bride, bridesmaid or a guest. No better reason to dress up and as the bride and the groom it is of course extra special for them! I am linking my look over to Friday Fancies
 over at Long Distance Loving.

I truly loved my dress from when I put it on about 11 months before our wedding, then 9 months later when my mom and mother-in-law came out to go dress shopping with me and then of course the day of! I was a typical bride at times questioning if I had purchased the right gown, was it me? was it going to fit? All those questions floated through my head and of course the day of, it was the THE gown for me!
I really wouldn't choose another look if I had to go back and redo the whole day, so this Friday Fancies was a casual backyard wedding look I selected. I loved the look of a wedding dress without a veil, I opted out of a veil. But this look I recreated features the top things I love about a bridal look, her dress, her hair, her shoes, her bouquet, her engagement and wedding rings. Then I have posted for you each of these categories that I had on my wedding day.

Here is my look for Friday Fancies.
wedding day attire


Now here is my look of my wedding day featuring the dress, the shoes,
the bouquet, the earrings, the hair and the rings!

The dress
The bouquet
The shoes


Side view of hair with the flower I wore

Back view of hair
Thank you for letting me share my recreated wedding look and what I actually wore.
 Hope you all have a terrific weekend and as the signature line is my email says just keep smiling!

42 comments:

CALLIE said...

OOO Love your dress!! and Love the one you picked for Friday Fancies :) Don't you just love weddings??

Krysta said...

Exquisite taste, my dear

Meggan said...

Meg you were such a beautiful bride!!! Love your real wedding dress as well as the one you picked for Friday's Fancies! The red shoes are perfect, I love fun shoes for weddings!! Have a great weekend girl :-)

Anonymous said...

wow meg, you are so pretty. and you have great taste :) look forward to participating in your link up next week. have a great weekend!

Stephanie said...

I love your FF picks but your real wedding ensemble is simply gorgeous. You look stunning Meg!!

Lauren said...

Love your outfits - your Friday Fancies pick AND your wedding look. You looked so gorgeous :)

Ashley Slater said...

our wedding rings look so much alike!

your dress was gorgeous and you look so pretty in it! love this post!

xo,
ashley

Laura said...

so pretty!!! looking back at your wedding day is the best! your dress, rings, hair, everything looked perfect- so gorg!!

Unknown said...

Such a fun post! You were a beautiful bride! Have a great weekend!

amy grace said...

Gorgeous pics! Loved your shoes! I love that pop of color under the dress!

Simply LKJ said...

Love both! What a beautiful bride you were. Love the shoes!!

Stephanie said...

Love how you did! You looked absolutely stunning on your wedding day!!! So beautiful! I'm headed over to like your outfit!

navy and orange said...

great post! so glad that you are still loving your big day. the bridesmaids' hair looks amazing!

xoxo navy & orange
navyandorange.blogspot.com

Catalina Aldridge said...

You looked GORGEOUS! I love your wedding dress.
I knew I wanted mine WAY before actually trying it on & now that I have it... it's the most perfect. Can't wait to share it with people... 2 more months!

Simply Camylla said...

How gorgeous!!! I'm loving your wedding pictures! You looked so beautiful!!

Marella said...

Amazing dress dear!

Leeann @ Join the Gossip said...

So beautiful! What a great wedding you must have had :)

Have a great weekend!

Bree said...

The ring you picked for FF is pretty much exactly what I want!
You looked beautiful on your day :)

Val Fox said...

LUCKY LUCKY! Your wedding dress is the one I wanted! I was out of town when I tried it on and they didn't have my size so we left without it. I still regret not ordering it!

Michelle (michabella) said...

You were a beautiful bride!!!

{The Perfect Palette} said...

Loving that ring :)

xo, chrissy
The Perfect Palette

Holly said...

Yay for date night! I hope you have a great time with him :)

I don't know if I would get a veil or not, it depends on the style dress and the style wedding. I love the look you picked out with the flower and everything. And YOUR wedding looks fabulous!! You are gorgeous and I love your dress and the shoes!!

Aubrey {All Things Bright and Beautiful} said...

Love both the dresses...what a gorgeous bride you were! Yeah, I think no matter how much you love what you did for your wedding, you would still like to do it over again! (c: Have a great weekend!

Ruthie Hart said...

you are so gorgeous!!! if only pinterest existed before my wedding. or maybe it is good it didnt! i would be addicted!

Unknown said...

You looked so beautiful on your wedding day! And the dress you picked out for today's Friday's Fancies is gorgeous as well. Thank you for sharing this pictures with us!

Hope you have a beautiful weekend my dear!

xoxoxo,
Joelle

Laura Elizabeth said...

Hope you have a great date night. Your picks (both in imaginary and real life) were so beautiful. Just the idea of picking out stuff for a wedding would be my kind of nightmare, it sounds so stressful!

Haley{PairsandPours} said...

love your dress! you looked beautiful

The Closet Shopper said...

You were a beautiful bride! We have very similar wedding rings.

xo,
Tracy

Jenna @ LaFemmeLaFanciful.com said...

Awww I LOVE your wedding pictures Meg! Thanks so much for sharing them. I loooove looking at wedding photos. You were such a pretty bride! :)

REBrown said...

Such pretty wedding hair!

Peggy said...

Ahh you're such a beautiful bride! Love the look you chose here too =)

Kendall said...

What a beautiful bride you were! I love the smile on your face and the joy that is so evident!

alexis @ bloomed in june said...

love love love your dress! VERY classic and elegant!

Marian said...

Oh my goodness!! You were gorgeous!! It is all so perfect!!

Poppies and Sunshine said...

You are so pretty! Love the red shoes you picked :)

Courtney said...

Your blog is so magical and positive. Thank you so much for your lovely comment on mine, and I would LOVE to participate in next week's thankful thursdays. One of the reasons I started my blog was to ground my positive thinking... what a better way to do that, hey!

We can follow each other if you'd like. I'm sure I'll check back on your blog regardless :)

Thank you so much!
Courtney

I Can Be Many Things

Becca {A Blonde's Logic} said...

Great pictures Meg!! I love how you had your hair done!! It's perfect!

Becca
http://blondeslogic.blogspot.com

Blue said...

Wow, your wedding dress is amazing! SO classy and beautiful!

Lindsay // Vineyard Loveknots said...

You looked gorgeous!!! Love your bouquet too.

Coley said...

You looked gorgeous! I'm in love with your hair!

Coley @
www.whatyoumakeit-coley.blogspot.com

BonBon Rose Girls Kristin said...

You were a gorgeous bride! Looooove your ring!

Elizabeth | The Blush Magnolia said...

Love your dress and shoes! You were a gorgeous bride! xoxo