...intro to our reception...

We've finally reached that point in our chronicle where we all happily pack up and move over to the reception!  Are you so excited??  I'm not going to lie, I am!  When it comes to the real hard work and creativity of our wedding, here is where the story really just begins.  We did crazy ambititious things that I totally would not recommend.  Ok, maybe I would.  The payoff was worth every minute spent slaving away.  I am hoping to do sort of a progression of each project from start to finish for you, so it will take a little work to get organized, but I think you'll appreciate seeing how we accomplished each task. 

In the meantime...this is one of my MOST FAVORITE aspects of our wedding.  Our good friend Luke over at Orange Thread Media, worked with us on a number of projects.  He designed and hosted our wedding website, put all the content together for the projectors at both our ceremony and reception, and produced this fantastic little video!!

I'll get to the aesthetics and set up of our little guest entrance to the reception next, but wanted to share this little tidbit first.  We wanted to find a way to help our guests transition from ceremony to reception.  While our ceremony was meant to be very meaningful and somewhat serious, our reception was designed to be really laid-back and lighthearted.  We needed a way to set the tone.  After DG and I did some brainstorming, we came up with this concept and Luke pulled it off FLAWLESSLY.  This video was looping in the guest entrance to welcome them into our reception.

Enjoy!!

A Fun Spin on a Wedding Video from Orange Thread Media on Vimeo.

P.S.  This is pretty much what everyday life is like in my house.  Jealous??