Gina's Treasures: OH HAPPY DAY....A look at Tatum & Clayton's Wedding

This was one incredible day....October 6, 2012

Tatum married Clayton the man of her dreams.

It was very cold and clouds were in the sky and rain drops were coming down slightly but nothing could have made this day any more beautiful than this couple right here.

The wedding was so elegant with a violinist playing while our guests entered the church and also during the wedding itself. To be quite honest I remember some but not all of what she was playing because my nerves were going crazy! ( and I'm just the mother of the bride) Tatum was cool as a cucumber but maybe those last few shots of Hypnotic was what settled her nerves...sigh. She told me that she was going to think of Zombies, Brown Recluses and something else dreadful during the ceremony so she wouldn't cry. That girl is crazy! ha ha

Larkin was at the church for pictures before the wedding and then we took her home so she was not at the actual ceremony. Tate took a few pictures with her and then the rest of my kids were in a group shot as well. It was such a hectic time right before the wedding and we had to give ourselves enough time to get her home so that we could be back at the church for the wedding. It all worked out....whew!

The morning of the wedding a friend of mine did my hair and makeup. It was wonderful!! I told her that Tatum likes my makeup DARK!!! but that I didn't want to look like I was in a drama production....lol But by 4:00pm I guess I needed a touch up. Tatum was reapplying my mascara and eyeliner.

Getting a little love from L.P. aka Bud...my daddy!

Aren't these the most handsome boys you have EVER seen?! Skylar and Stratton were ushers.

So I didn't get a picture of Colton but rest assured there are PLENTY of them that the photogs took. He was bouncing around from room to room at the church before the wedding and then at the reception he was "getting down" on the dance floor. Tatum told her friends that weddings to Colton are like "crack cocaine"! LMAO But it is SO very true!

Bud and Grammy

This was a door that Summer and I found at a place in Old Town called Architectural Salvage. I ended up buying a few things that we used at the reception for signage. Summer put the graphics on the door in the picture above and it was outside greeting guests as they arrived at the reception.

An old screen with a knob that we put in the "Cookie Room" at the reception. We had 3 small rooms along one side of the room that we had a photo booth in and also the bar. It was perfect!

Again Summer from Sugar Britches Custom Designs did the graphics and flower on the screen

This picture does not do this room justice. It was so gorgeous in there with all of the cookies neatly stacked in the boxes that I made. I wrapped burlap ribbon around each box and put a tulle puff on top. We had five different types of cookies....Snickerdoodle, Funfetti, Chocolate Espresso, Peanut Butter Nutella and Ginger. My wonderful friend Ashley Hall came over two full days and we made Snickerdoodles, the Chocolate Espresso and the dough for the Peanut Butter Nutella cookies. Then Ashely made the Ginger ones on her own and I made the Funfetti's. I'm not even kidding when I say it took over 40 hours to bake all these little sweeties...1200 of them!! I even have a freezer full of leftovers now:) I also bought a wooden tray and put three pedestal candle holders and small burlap bags with parchment paper inside so guests could take a bag full of cookies home. The paper lanterns were super cheap and thank goodness for Hobby Lobby that they started putting their Christmas stuff out in August! I got the pearl garland hanging from the ceiling there.

The head table was gorgeous!! Lots of candles and small flower arrangements adorned the table. The theme of the wedding was "Oh Happy Day". The darling banner was made by Summer as well.

Amber Burton (Tate's sister in law) was her matron of honor. Fun fact....Amber and Clinton (Clayton's twin brother) were married on this day October 6...five years earlier. They now share the same wedding day!

Mandy was a Bridesmaid. I have the most beautiful girlies:)

So this is the only picture I have of the pew flowers and Greg is making himself a belt bouquet! ha ha We were taking these down after the wedding. We had cones with Hydrangea's with greenery and a little moss. I am thinking they were one of my most favorite things from the wedding.

Three cakes and like 6 different flavors. W.O.W. Cakes in Wichita made these and the cake is always delicious. One cake was Fruit Loop! It was Strawberry cake and lemon cake and combined it tasted like Fruit Loops. Of course we had the traditional white cake, a chocolate cake and for the life of me I can not remember the other two flavors.