Real Prescott, AZ Wedding: Cassandra & Steven

Describe the proposal. It was July 25th 2009 …I had just come home from a trip to Ireland to see the family and it was our third year anniversary weekend. Steve decided to book a room at a local resort where we had one of our first dates.

We went back to our room after dinner and when I opened the door all I could see was wall to wall candles, roses, boxes of chocolate, Champagne, and the Beatles Love CD playing in the background. Me, being the complete oblivious person that I am, just thought it was something romantic for our anniversary.

It wasn’t until I turned around and he was down on one knee holding the same engagement ring my grandfather had given my grandmother over fifty years ago. He told me he had asked for my hand in marriage from my father and wanted to use my grandparents ring because since it brought over fifty years of love to them. It was a great symbol of love to bring to our marriage and asked if I would marry him…

You can find ring bearer pillows like this one by visiting Maihar Designs.

We wanted a vintage and simple elegant feel to our wedding and invitations.

I went with my mom, mother-in-law, sisters and one of my bridesmaids for a day of bridal gown shopping. The first store I felt like I tried on everything and didn’t see anything that stood out. We went to the next store and started picking dresses that were out of the norm for me to see if we could find a dress that way.

Once again I didn’t find anything that stood out, so I decided I was done for the day when my mom started clearing out the dressing room. She noticed a dress I didn’t try on. It didn’t look special on the hanger but my mom insisted I try one last dress on. Moms always knows best because that was the one I fell in love with and just couldn’t wait to wear on the wedding day!

Our favorite detail was the guest signing tree. Our guests stamped their thumbs with green ink and then signed their names to make a wedding tree.

Steve and I both lost grandparents and other loved ones to cancer so instead of passing out wedding favors we donated to the American Cancer Society on behalf of our guests.

The top of our wedding cake was two tiered red velvet with butter cream frosting decorated with edible pearls and the bottom tiers were a variety of individual cupcakes decorated with edible pearls and small simple flowers.