Featured Wedding—Jennifer Owens and Victor Hill: What I Learned from Them.

Jennifer and Victor Hill..So sweet!!

Ok, wedding fans, I'm about to do something I've never done before in my blog, feature a wedding! Sure, I've made reference to a few weddings and have named names but this is special. Before I get started, I must admit that I did not actually attend this particular wedding, but after spending a good hour and a half with the bride the other night, looking at all 2,000 of her picture and hearing her stories, I swear I feel like I was there!

First, I must give a brief description of how I know the couple. Jennifer is an English teacher at Putnam City West and we became friends while I was student teaching back in Spring of 2010. Almost halfway through my semester at West, Jennifer started talking to my mentor teacher and I about a couple of dates she had been on and she brought up Victor's name. At this point, she was on the fence about Victor and was considering another guy as well. Both Cindy and I told her we had good feeling about Vic and that she shouldn't make a hasty decision about him just yet. Luckily, she chose right and they were married last March.

ANYWHO, Jennifer and Victor's wedding is, by far, one of the coolest weddings I've ever somewhat attended and I am going to point out my favorite things about their day.

Lego Man Boutonnieres
Victor is a well-known "nerd" (Jennifer's words) and she wanted to commemorate that fact in the wedding, so she got onto www.offbeatbride.com and found different ways to do it. She found out that you could do cool things with boutonnieres and ended up with the following:

Groom's Cake
They also expressed his "nerdism" with the groom's cake:

Comic Book Run after the Wedding
One of the coolest things they did was after the wedding when they went to a comic book store so Victor could get his weekly fix. When Jennifer posted the pic below she said that Saturday was Victor's  comic book store day, and that there's no reason why she should try to change that.

This is probably my favorite picture of them:)

Tip from the bride: If your man is nerdy (or wants certain things to be apart of the wedding), then present him with options that make you comfortable. Don't deny the groom the chance to let his personality shine in the wedding, but you can help out by giving him choices that are wedding friendly.

The Programs were HILARIOUS!
I am seriously sad that I could not find a picture of their programs but they were the COOLEST! To give you an idea of what it was like, I'll just say the top of the program said, "So you're at a wedding." They wrote everything themselves and I'm pretty sure they put little funny descriptions of the wedding party in it.

They Celebrated Other People Too
The day of their wedding was also her cousin's birthday and he had also just gone through a rough divorce. So, as a bday pick-me-up, they got him a special hat and celebrated his birthday at the reception. I have to say, this was one of the sweetest things I had ever heard, so classy!

Jenn's cousin:)

I think the best part of the entire day was that the bride and groom had an amazing time! Unlike most bridal couples who are stressed out the whole time, Jennifer and Victor genuinely enjoyed their wedding. That's the way it should be. Express your personalities and have tons of fun! So there ya have it folks. Lot of great ideas and fun stories! For more ideas, the bride recommends http://offbeatbride.com. Congrats to Jennifer and Victor, on your wedding, on your future, and on your feature;) YOLO!