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November 21, 2011

Rachel + Alex | St. Albans Wedding

Rachel and Alex’s wedding day was one of the most love filled weddings I have ever experienced. These two have been together since middle school!!! The bond they share is powerful and strong and was such a special thing to get to photograph. My favorite part of the day was seeing the beautiful way they looked into each other’s eyes during their ceremony. So much love… They simply adore each other. Their day was unique and made all the more special because it took place at the groom’s parents home in St. Albans, MO. Such a gorgeous and intimate backdrop!!! I don’t think this incredible day could have been any more picturesque. Definitely be sure to check out the wedding day slideshow to see the full story. I think I have watched it about 10 times now!!!

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The Details… Rachel & Alex’s Wedding Day, as told by Rachel….

WHERE: Parents of the grooms house in St. Albans, after searching for so long for an outdoor wedding we decided to land on his parents home because of the view and the ability to do anything we wanted.

THEME/STYLE: We based the wedding’s style off of the architecture from the house. The house is a french inspired villa. We went with a lot of fall colors, wrought iron lanterns, ivory’s, candlelit lighting, and natural materials.

GROOMSMEN’S SHOES: Custom Converse Shoes. We bought all the groomsmen converse with the date of the wedding printed on the back of them.

FOOD + DRINK: We used Pairings A Catering Company. This was the best catering business in the NATION to us because Alex’s Aunt and Uncle own the company and they have amazing food. We would recommend their company not only because its our family but because of their professionalism and presentation.

WEDDING FAVORS: We did a donation to the Human Society of Missouri in honor of our dog, Roxy. This is where we adopted our adorable pup when she was 3 years old and now, three years later, she is the happiest dog on the block, as long as we don’t leave the house.

INVITATIONS + STATIONARY: Up Up Creative; Etsy.com. We really loved how her invitations had modern simplicity and clever wording.

PROGRAMS: Alchemy Hour Designs; Etsy.com. We chose to do cootie catchers since we were dating when these were popular. This brought back some of our childhood into our wedding.

MEMORABLE MOMENT: It really touched our hearts to have our photographer’s assistant, Cassie, come up to us during the reception telling us how she never had to stop in the middle of taking a photo because she was crying. We are blessed to have the relationship between the two of us lasting for so long considering we started dating in middle school.

BRIDE’S MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: Alex dropping the candle during the lighting the unity candle.so cute.

GROOM’S MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: Rachel coming down the isle about to cry so she stuck her tounge out at me. Classic.

THE HONEYMOON: Soon to come… We are traveling to Curacao after Christmas, so that Alex could finish up his degree. We are so honored to be able to go because of Alex’s uncle and his wife allowing us to use their time share house as our wedding gift.