shayna bloomer's israel wedding {part iii}

Got them!! We drove to visit our awesome photographer {Shahar Drori} yesterday to pick up our hundreds of photos! He is such a fun and amazing person, wish he was in Canada and we could hang out all the time! He has an incredible talent for capturing amazing candid moments. Looking through the pictures gave me a chance to see the wedding I didn't get to see that night! I don't think he missed one moment and I'm so grateful. So here is a just a mere few of my favorite photos at first glance. I thought I'd stick to the ceremony and party today and forego design specific photos...I deserve a little guilty pleasure every so often I think!!

These two shots are so fabulous...they made D have his back to me so he couldn't see me and then caught him as he turned around and saw me for the first time. He is adorable!

Yup...that would be Shayna Bloomer jumping in her wedding dress and heels!

One last quiet moment before the chaos began!

Need I say more?!

seating plan...OY VEY!

So in November when we came to Israel to plan our wedding in 10 days, we had a little disagreement with D's mom over seating cards. I could not even imagine the chaos of not having one with 200 guests, however I was told that Israeli's don't have seating cards as they would think they were silly and wouldn't do as they were told and would sit wherever they wanted anyways. I conceded...against my event planning and organizational genes...to have a free for all for the tables. What the heck, it was definitely easier on me!! I figured I'd just use my cute ideas for future clients. Thinking all the planning was finished and that D and I could enjoy a little pre-wedding break on the beach, we were told on arrival that in fact Israeli's were now having seating plans at their weddings and that we too needed to have one. OY! In a whirlwind of 2 days, with zero preparation and no clue where to find supplies here, poor D was dropped smack in the world of event design! Here is what we came up with...not the ideas I had originally but we think it looks good in the end. Luckily I had the little tags for the wedding favors which were easily converted into place cards. I wish the board had been that easy!!!