Sunday Funday, #46

I love anemones and I adore the color combination of blush, ivory and black so this bouquet from Martha Stewart Weddings is pure heaven in my eyes!!

Baci Designs | Jami + Eric's Wedding {Defiance, Ohio}

October 8th, 2011 was the best day in my life.

I got to plan my own wedding with the help of my talented sister, Amanda. As most of you may know, Eric and I's wedding date was not only special to us, but to both of our parents as well. October 8th was Russ & Deb Jesse's and Tom & Jane Guilford's anniversary as well. When Eric and I got engaged, Eric called the K of C Hall in Defiance to see if October 8th was open..and IT WAS!!! We knew it was fate :) 

Eric and I wanted to incorporate the special date into our wedding, well little did I know Grandma Shirley put Amanda in charge of getting a custom rosary made for me (Leaping with Faith did an amazing job!) and on the back of my cross there was Eric and I's wedding date and our parents!! It was perfect!!!! I also wanted to incorporate my grandfathers into our wedding because they both meant a lot to me and are no longer with us. I found a gorgeous vintage locket and put a picture of them in it. The rosary and locket hung from my bouquet and was close to my heart!!

Our photographer, Montana of Montography fromWauseon, Ohio did a fabulous job capturing special moments on our big day. One thing Eric and I knew we wanted were pictures having to do with baseball. Eric lives for summer AND fall playing ball at the park and I live to watch my husband do something he loves!! Eric gathered up his grandpa's old glove and an old ball bat to take with us on our wedding day (only in Northwest Ohio would that happen, ha). However, the props made for awesome pictures!!

I can't forget about my wonderful bridesmaids and groomsmen!!! They were super easy to pick and absolutely wonderful people to be part of our wedding!!! 

Eric and I couldn't been any more pleased with how the day went, everything was perfect :) 

Happy Anniversary to Jami + Eric!!

Today marks the One Year Anniversary for Jami and Eric - we couldn't be happier for them and we certainly wish them many years of joy and happiness to come!  We'll be dedicating this entire week to their wedding so stayed tuned for an unbelievable amount of prettiness :o)  We can't wait to share!!

Sunday Funday, #36

{Image by Joy Moody Photography via Style Me Pretty}

I instantly fell in love with this gorgeous, unique bouquet when I laid eyes on it this week - be sure to check out the rest of the post for more swoon-worthy floral!!

Sunday Funday, #26

This image combines three of my favorites things - Style Me Pretty (where it's featured), Jose Villa (the always amazing photographer) and {MAG} rouge (my most recent Online Magazine Obsession) - enjoy!!  Check out the rest of the post for more gorgeousness :o)

Wedding Wednesday | Tangerine Tango, Aquamarine + Burnt Orange Inspiration

Hey everyone! Tangerine Tango is the 2012 Color of the Year from Pantone!  I've put together an Inspiration Board for you all to start getting some great ideas for colors for your upcoming wedding!

{Row 1}: via The Ray & The Ro, The Knot, Power to Personalize Your Wedding

{Row 2}: via The Garter Girl, Popular Grove, Ashallan, One Fine Day Events

{Row 3}: via New England Fine Living, rhondajewelry

{Row 4}: via Karen Tran Florals, One Fine Day Events

Sunday Funday, #15

Love, love, love the large single protea as the bouquet!  Check out the rest of this beautiful DIY Wedding by Danielle Gillett Photography on Love & Lavender!

Four Years!! {The Bride + Groom}

These photos by Brandy J Photography really need to introduction - just me and my incredibly handsome husband :o)

Yes, this house really is leaning the far to the right. . . it's actually no longer standing, so our photos will remain unique and memorable!  Incredibly memorable because we were screamed at shortly after taking them. . . that's a story for another time though ;o)

Since we were married Halloween weekend, the Halloween Parade was going on downtown.  We were lucky enough to get some really awesome shots in front of one of the vendors - they thought were clinically insane, but they are honestly some of my favorites!!

Four Years!! {The Bridal Party}

I'm going to keep the Amanda and Ilario Wedding Par-tay going for a little while longer :o)  Right now its some of my favorite photos of The Bridal Party then we'll finish it up tomorrow with some shots of just the two of us and The Reception!!

I love, love, love the photos of my sister and I - we have the middle one framed on our gallery wall in our home because I love it so much!

My hubby is so handsome and our fathers look just as dashing in the photo to the right.  We have the photo of the men walking down the street framed on our gallery wall as well - love it!

There was never any doubt that our photographer, Sticky, was going to be an amazing father after seeing these photos of him and our flower girl,  Hannah. . . also, no doubt Hannah is going to grow up to be a stunning beauty!

The corn field may have been a bit messy, but the results were well worth it!!  Love, love, love :o)

Four Years!! {The Ceremony}

Today I'm continuing Ilario and I's Four Year Wedding Anniversary by sharing some beautiful details from our Ceremony - enjoy!

I love how beautiful my mom looks in this photo below and I can't get over how little my baby brother is!! Four years later and he's a handsome and strong young man, towering over all of us :o)

Now to explain the blue tongue that I walked down the aisle with - lol!!  Minutes before, I took a dissolvable mouth strip and it was the culprit - I love that the moment was captured because I probably wouldn't have remembered such a funny, random occurrence :o)

I can't express in words how talented my family members are when it comes to singing - my Aunt Sherril, cousin Sophie, Uncle Frank and Aunt Deb sang so beautifully on my wedding day, it's one of my most cherished memories!

I love my daddy!!  These photos can make me smile even when I'm having a bad day :o)

When I cry, I laugh - so throughout our vows I was simultaneously bawling and giggling :o)

Ilario and Uh-mana-dah Cursaro (yes, our priest said my name wrong because he was concentrating so much on Ilario's) - lol!!!

All of the photos captured of the children involved in our wedding are amazing - below our flower girl, Hannah, looks so sweet with her aunt Sarah (who I grew up next to) and my gorgeous nephew, Grant, is having his tie straightened. I LOVE IT!

A little bit of Tradition---Continued

I recently did a post about traditions when it comes to weddings and I shared a few classic and family traditions that people may be familiar with. However, I promised I'd let you in on a few wedding traditions my family has started.

As most of you know already, my sister, Amanda, also the owner of baci designer stationery + events, got married what will be 4 years ago in October. As her own wedding planner, she had many great ideas. She also had many ideas that came from traditions on her and her husband's side. One tradition that was brought upon by her husband's side was a cookie bar--all the Aunts made different cookies and they were displayed at the wedding reception to eat (which is a type of Italian tradition). As my wedding planning began, my mother told me that the cookie bar is something she would like to keep going in our family now and I could not have agreed more! I simply loved this idea. Unfortunately our brother Andy has no choice when his time comes--which hopefully will not be until he turns 80 :)

Photo by Brandy J Photography of Amanda's Cookie Bar

Another tradition that was started with my sister is having a rosary in the bouquet. I believe that bouquets are beautiful by themselves, but even MORE beautiful with a rosary, it just adds a touch of something. Amanda used my Grandma's rosary. My cousin, Casey, also had a rosary in her bouquet. The one she carried was our Grandpa's. So I am excited to carry this tradition on. I have not decided whose or what rosary I would like to use, but I am sure our readers will find out eventually!!

Photo of Casey's Bridal Bouquet

I know this next one may not be much of a tradition to anyone else and it does not pertain to the wedding itself. However, a tradition the Guilford side of our Family has started is taking a picture of all the granddaughters (that are present) with Grandma at the reception (however, only girls have ever gotten married yet--so I'm not sure what will happen when one of the boys gets married, ha). This tradition started at my cousin, Kate's wedding and continued through Amanda and Casey's as well.

Hopefully everyone enjoyed finding out a few traditions I will be carrying on, feel free to let us in on some of your favorite traditions!!

Happy Valentine's Day

Wishing you a very Happy Valentine's Day from all of us at baci!

Image by Alice Hu Photography, Love Letter Bouquet by Amanda Heer of Fantasy Floral Designs