Veg wedding pics!
I was going to post some pics in the wedding pics thread AC made, but I have a bunch and they need some explanation so I decided to make a separate one.
So I got married on 7/4/09. While I had everyone's utmost attention at the ceremony, I gave a speech on the importance of good nutrition. I did the whole speech without mentioning meat or anything negative...I just stressed the AMAZING health, environmental & overall benefits of a plant-based diet. This was actually one of my main reasons for having a wedding...to deliver that important message to family & friends.
To fit in with my plan for the day, the bouquets/flowers were all food related or edible. The sunflowers were the only flower used, and I picked those because of their food connection w/sunflower seeds. In lieu of having a cake I did a smoothie demonstration during the reception and passed out the recipe.
(Yes, I'm a dork!! :D )
Some financial victories: My shirt was $14.99, and the skirt was $11.99. ROCK! I got my girls brown skirts and had them wear white shirts, and the guys just wore white shirts & black pants with matching ties. I got all of my flowers (bouquets/boutonnieres/centerpiece- everything!) for $75. Yeah Martin's produce department!!! After the ceremony the reception was a casual party at my house.
So let's begin...
Kale, peppers, asparagus, rosemary...what a lovely arrangement!
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/_greenT/2TMpre005_arrange_closeup.jpg
Kale & rosemary for boutonnieres!
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/_greenT/3TMpre014_kalerosemary.jpg
My bouquet staying fresh in the produce drawer. :)
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/_greenT/4TMpre037_producedrawer.jpg
Talking about important findings in The China Study during the ceremony
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/_greenT/5TMceremony002_CS1.jpg
I think I may have embarrassed Mike a little bit
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/_greenT/6TMceremony108_CS2.jpg
Food Revolution, baby! Do as the Bride says and read it!
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/_greenT/7TMceremony111_FR.jpg
Mike & I
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/_greenT/TMportraits002.jpg
The wedding party
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/_greenT/8TMportraits029_group.jpg
Antioxidants, anyone?
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/_greenT/9TMreception021_fruit1.jpg
Yum.
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/_greenT/10TMreception022_fruit2.jpg
Peppers & Amy's California Burgers!
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/_greenT/10TMreception197_grill1.jpg
More fixins
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/_greenT/11TMreception227_grill2.jpg
Beer pong...this pic was taken right after I made one. 8)
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/_greenT/12TMreception175_beerpong.jpg
Getting the smoothie started right with greens!
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/_greenT/13TMreception322_spinach.jpg
Adding pumpkin & sunflower seeds to carrots & spinach.
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/_greenT/14TMreception327_seeds.jpg
Banana, frozen fruit & ice added. Right before hitting start....
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/_greenT/16TMreception345_fruitice.jpg
There's the happy purple color...thank you blueberries!
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/_greenT/17TMreception347_purple.jpg
Passing out the "shots"...
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/_greenT/18TMreception352_passout.jpg
Baby's first smoothie!
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/_greenT/19TMreception372_babysmooth.jpg
Smoothie mustache
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/_greenT/20TMreception371_babysmoothmustache.jpg
Back to partying...Mike's dismount from his keg stand.
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/_greenT/21TMreception466_ksM.jpg
Yours truly....13 seconds, baby!
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/_greenT/22TMreception470_ksT.jpg
;D
haha awww this is great. congrats :)!
Amazing. Amazing stuff! You winnnnnnnnnnnn. :smileside: 8-)
Lovely pictures! It looks like everyone was having a great time. I like how while everyone was there you were like, "PLANTS, BITCHES, eat more of them!"
I love this. All of it
Lovely wedding! I especially love the smoothie mustache!!
Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous! I love your style, way to have an awesome un-pretentious and true to who you are wedding! :)
that was amazing. You are soooo cool! seriously "green" is the new black, right? ;)b
seriously, these are amazing pics!
oh, and CONGRATULATIONS : )
That's awesome! Were there any reporters there or anything? That SO should have been covered by the media!
What a great, as someone said, unpretentious ceremony. I love that it's true to who you are and that everyone looks like they had a great time. verrrry cute mustache on the kid too :D
This is unbelievably awesome! :)>>>
It's funny that you say one of the reasons you wanted to have a wedding (instead of just getting married) was to share veganism with everyone - I feel the same way! Part of me would be totally fine just eloping or having a small celebration - but I want to share amazing vegan food with everyone I know, and a wedding would be a wonderful opportunity to have a large-ish crowd & I may not get a chance like that again!
Thanks so much for the compliments guys! :)>>> I knew everyone here would appreciate it the most. When I tell most people what I did they just look at me with raised eyebrows and say, "Oh! Wow, that sounds...interesting..."
LOL, no media coverage, closeyoureyes! THIS is my media coverage. ;D
Beautiful, thanks for sharing!!! :)>>>