Our friends Carrie and Joe got married last weekend! It was one of the best weddings I've ever been to. It was so special, and so unique, and had their love and personality all over every inch of it.
Even though they now live in Wisconsin, they are down home kind of people in the best of ways. Carrie grew up in Lubbock, Texas and affectionately refers to her friends as "darlin'!". Joe is from Greensboro, North Carolina and spends most of his free time attached to a guitar. Their wedding featured party guests in dresses with cowboy boots, bluegrass music throughout the ceremony, and lots and lots of pie. It was just about the most charming thing I've ever experienced.
the venue - the freethinkers hall in sauk city
the program
waiting for the ceremony to begin
everyone got their own mug for the night. mine was pretty much constantly filled with this amazing green tea/lime/gin concoction brewed by the local farmer who catered the meal.
dinner was downstairs. my contributions to the wedding were the strands of paper puff balls that hung from the ceiling.
dinner
the tables were named after famous free thinkers. carrie's mom sewed all the table lines and napkins. all china and glassware was thrifted in lubbock and then donated back to the freethinkers.
carrie and friends made all the flowers out of paper
dessert table with desserts also made by friends
robbie fulks played the reception! have you heard of him? he was amazing.
dancing
looking in from the back of the building
There aren't any photos from ceremony because Carrie and Joe wanted it to be unplugged, that is, they wanted only the official photographer to be taking pictures. They wrote the entire service themselves and wanted people to remember it by how it made you feel listening to what they said to each other, not by looking back on a photograph. She was quoted about it in this story, and made some great points. Their wedding made me laugh and cry throughout, and I may not have been as deeply engaged with what they were saying if I had been focusing on trying to take pictures.
Congratulations Carrie and Joe! Thank you for letting us be part of such a perfect evening! We love you and wish you a lifetime of love and happiness!
