Elements of an Awesome Wedding

5 years in the making

A Berliner told us that "No one gets married in Berlin but the Turkish". The more people we know, the more it seems it's true. Maybe that's why people are always surprised we are married (or because I am such a catch). But we are. It's even one of the reasons we returned home to Seattle. So....

This is how we did It

and it was awesome

• Proposal - Tower Bridge, London, UK
• Georgetown Ballroom - The Venue (and recent site of Top Chef Restaurant Wars)
• Georgetown, Seattle - The Hood
• Dudeism - the online service that offers free, quick Officiant status
• Smokin Pete's BBQ - The Caterer
• Trophy Cupcakes - Let them eat (cup)cakes!
• Helmet Head - The Hair
• Fremont Troll - Fremont Celebrity & Photo Co-star 
• Kerry Park - Best views in Seattle & Site of many a wedding photo
• "The Green Leaves of Summer" from Inglorious Basterds -  The Song I walked the aisle To
• Hotel Max - The Hotel (thanks mum & dad!)
• San Francisco - The Honeymoon

Enough thanks can never be given to our A-M-A-Z-I-N-G families & friends who offered straight up cash, support, and insight on every step of our journey. To everyone who participated, came and wished us well-

Thank You

Our Good Friend Travis was our officiant by authority of the Dude

Groom, Dudes, Space Needle

My Ladies & Fremont Troll

Georgetown Ballroom

Greg (Father-in-Law) made our wedding extraordinary with his handmade decorations and florist skills

Table deco. All our random pieces tickets, schedules & pics we used in "Ball" (my maiden name) jars with hops and coffee beans.

Not to be outdone, my dad took my simple request for "something to set the cupcakes on" & created a intricate model of the Tower Bridge, the site of our engagement. It was a beautiful surprise. It was decorated with Triple Chocolate, Carrot, & Red Velvet cupcakes and British, American, & German flags. UPDATE!

For a favor we served our hombrew, complete with self-designed labels.

MARRIED

I loved our Fall Wedding

Porters

Dean, Mendenhall, Ball, Brandt, and newly anointed Porter

Wonderful Friends

My speech killed. Prost.

So colorful, funky, and fun. We loved it.

More pics? But, of course. 

UPDATE:

What would you do for a 4 year anniversary? Linen isn't really our thing, so we burned down the glorious Tower Bridge cupcake tower my dad loving crafted for us. I swear it makes sense....kinda. 

Celebrating our Wedding Anniversary by Burning Down the Tower Bridge