Congratulations Jay and Nicole!

  

 

 

   Jay and Nicole were married on July 4, 2008 and they had so much fun that they did it again on July 5, 2008 lol!

But seriously, Jay's family is from India, so on July 4th they honored his heritage with a Hindu ceremony and on July 5th they celebrated a traditional Catholic ceremony.

I had the pleasure of spending three days with Jay, Nicole and there wonderful families, starting with the rehearsal and dinner on Thursday. I don't normally go to the rehearsal but they were having a Mehndi Artist and I wasn't going to miss that! I even had it done myself. 

The Mehndi ceremony is a marriage custom celebrated by the brides family where a Mehndi artist paints intricate designs on the hands and feet of the bride and also the hands of her female friends and family.

The ritual signifies the power and strength of love in the marriage, so it is a good omen if the bride keeps it as long as possible.

Peacocks and paisleys are traditional bridal patterns because they are symbolic of passion. It is also believed that the deeper and darker the henna stains, the more the mother-in-law will love the daughter-in-law and the marriage will be a happy one.

I don't think Nicole will have to worry about that!

They served Indian food, I don't know what any of it was called, but it was very good!

 

Getting ready for the Hindu ceremony! These are some of my favorite images.

Nicole was dressed by her new Mother-in-Law and Sister-in-Law.

Jay and Nicole went to India recently and brought back these beautiful silk sari's for the ceremony. Even though there are no bridesmaids in the Hindu ceremony, they brought back sari's for the bridesmaids in the Catholic ceremony to ware at the Hindu ceremony.

The wedding bracelets are traditionally red.

 

 

The Ceremony!

 

 

Later that evening they had a small reception at                           The Football Hall of Fame, everyone dressed in their favorite team jersey. We had a few hours in between so I had time to make a slide show for them as a surprise. And to my surprise, the Football Hall of Fame let me put it up on the big screen!  It was so cool to see all the pictures bigger then life!

  

 

 

 

The next day was the Catholic ceremony

I took this picture the night of the rehearsal dinner, it was so beautiful, all lit up against the night sky.

 

 

 

I know these two pictures look set up but Nicole was just fixing her train.

Now this one was set up :)

We didn't really do to many posed pictures, we just walked around downtown Canton for a while before we went to the reception.

  

The reception was at the McKinley Grand Hotel so it seemed logical to use the Grand Piano in this not so traditional bridal party picture.

This is my most favorite picture of the day!

This one makes me want to hug my dad!

Later in the evening, Nicole and Jay changed into there Indian outfits to dance the night away. It was such a great wedding, well, they both were!

Playing Catch Up!

  

I have been so busy with so may wonderful weddings that I've let my blog sit on the back burner for a while. So its time to play catch up.

Congratulations Eric and Jessica!

    

My first wedding this year was with Eric and Jessica. They were married in Cleveland on March 15, 2008 at very simple ceremony. It was just the two of them with no bridal party at all.  They had a casino theme complete with blackjack tables and slot machines!  

I love this picture, it looks so 1940's!

All I have to say about this one is YUMMM!

 

 

Congratulations Robert and Sarah!

Robert and Sarah were married on May 17, 2008 surrounded by tons of family and friends in a beautiful church in Aurora. I had a lot of fun at this wedding, Robert and Sarah are really fun to work with! I did there engagement session last fall and they were so comfortable to be around, it was like hanging out with friends.

Here are some of my favorite pictures from Robert and Sarah's Wedding.

  

 

Congratulations Scott and Kristen!

Scott and Kristen were married to on June 14, 2008. The bride was beautiful, the flowers were beautiful, the church was beautiful, everything was beautiful!

These are just a few of my favorite pictures from Scott and Kristen's wedding.

 

  

This is my favorite!!

 

 

Congratulations Paul and Courtney!

Paul and Courtney were married on June 21, 2008!

There is just something about a military wedding! We had so much fun! The weather did not want to cooperate with us, we had big plans to go down to the riverfront in Cuyahoga falls and do some fun pictures and just when it was time to go the sky opened up and rained buckets! What can you do? LOL

  

 

What is it about a man in uniform?

Joe and Tiffany

  Joe and Tiffany were married on May 9, 2008

We started the day at the golf course with the guys, I love to drive the golf carts! They had to split into three different groups while they were on the course, so Ryan and I got to drive back and forth to the different groups, so fun! I don't know that much about golf but Joe and his groomsmen were having a great time.  

After the golf course, I went to Tiffany's house for the getting ready pictures. Tiffany's nieces and nephew where there getting ready, they are so cute! 

Tiffany is a beautiful woman, she has that classic movie star look to her, she was also one of the nicest people I've ever met, that just made her even more beautiful!

She even helped her bridesmaids get ready! I love this picture because its usually the other way around. 

The reception was very romantic, the whole room was lit with red lights, very pretty!

Ryan and Melissa's Engagement Pictures

  

Ryan and Melissa are getting married this August, I'm really looking forward to it, we had so much fun with the engagement pictures.

We went to Mullarkey's, the bar where Ryan works and also where he and Melissa met. It's a really cool Irish pub in downtown  Willoughby, the owner was nice enough to let us come in and take some pictures before the bar opened. We also walked around town a little, and even played on the swings for a while.