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I think Valentine’s day is the best day for a wedding. My fiance and I both agreed on that day, we would get married. As soon as we had the church and reception locations taken care of, I went looking for the ‘fall in love favor,’ as it was called. I found the invitations I wanted in no time. What I liked the best about these invitations, was the two little hearts hooked together as a symbol of unity. I’m glad I listened to my mom and bought extra wedding invitations, because while writing them out I made a few mistakes.

Now that the invitations were on their way, it was time to do some major accessories shopping. My mom and I went shopping for my bridal dress and shoes, together. She was a big help, once she stopped crying at every gown I walked out in. I finally found the wedding gown I was meant to wear and it only took seven or eight shops and 25 or maybe, 30 dress styles to try on. In the meantime, my fiance picked out his tux and so did the groomsmen at the first shop they went to. I was praying that he wouldn’t give the appearance of a pall bearer standing at the altar, because he picked the first suit he tried on. But I was wrong, he did good, and he looked extremely handsome.

Once our wedding party was taken care of, I needed to concentrate on how I wanted to decorate for our ceremony. I had red roses arranged around the altar and throughout the room, with ribbon and red velvet bows hung on every pew. The altar was covered in candle light and I found the most beautiful themed unity candle for our ceremony. I was given permission for the flower girl to toss the red and pink flower petals on the aisle. You have to have permission from churches now to follow that tradition, because many of them would rather you not throw things like petals on the aisles, thankfully, that wasn’t the case with our church. Everything went off without a hitch and the decorations were as perfect as our wedding ceremony.

I thought there was a lot to buy for the ceremony, but there was a lot more to get for the reception. There was everything to buy from love themed reception decorations to love themed favors for our guests. I had beautiful red roses all around the room and hearts hanging from the ceiling. On the dance floor just in front of the band was a huge heart made of red and white balloons.

On our tables were little cupids sticking our of centerpieces of gorgeous flowers. Our little place card holders had beautiful little white pearls on them. I packaged the beautiful love favors in favor boxes that were very decorative. Our guests complimented us on our reception table décor and especially the little favor boxes. The bridal table was decorated pretty elaborately too. Along with our love themed cake serving set were beautiful crystal heart champagne flutes, perfect for the bride and grooms toasting. But the most beautiful thing on our table was our lovely three tiered wedding cake. For the crowning glory of our cake I chose a love birds cake topper. Our wedding table was exquisitely decorated, from the gorgeous crystal to our magnificent wedding cake.

Thanks to all the accessories and supplies I found online this wedding turned out to be absolutely perfect.

After my husband and I returned from our honeymoon, I got started on all the thank you notes for our guests. Many of the guests sent us thank you’s for the great time they had at the wedding and reception and for the love party favors gifts they received. I think that was very thoughtful.