The little things, part 2: Ceremony and the start of the reception
Church
The church is beautiful, so we didn't worry about too many additional decorations. My mom made the pew wreathes, which we hung on every other pew up the center aisle. There were two flower arrangements at the church, and that was it.
We created a memorial area in the baptistery of the church-- each guest passed through here on the way in. We had a candle for each of our grandparents who have passed away, and a flower arrangement. We weren't originally planning on having flowers here, but rather than cancel entirely the two corsages that we had already ordered for our grandmothers, we had the flowers made into a small arrangement of roses and hydrangea. 
ReceptionAs I mentioned during planning, our reception was held at The Edison Club, a private country club in Rexford, NY.
Escort cardsThe escort cards were set up by the entrance to the cocktail hour on the terrace. We made the cards ourself- stamped and handwritten (no close ups of these, unfortunately). The trays were a few bucks each from Target (and we'll probably be selling three of these).
In the above photo you can sort of see the mercury glass lanterns that we hung along the path to the terrace.
The wedding photos are of our parents and grandparents. We had made little signs identifying each couple and their wedding date, but they never made it to the reception. Ah well.The trays were filled with stones that we bought at the pet store-- they were aquarium stones. Much much cheaper than craft stones! The cards were pushed down into the stones so that they didn't blow away.
Mercury glass lantern (we found 6 for under $10 each at Marshall's). 
This is the only photo we have of the monogram wreath I made for the front door of the club. This was a 5 minute DIY project-- pearl letters I bought at a store in Northampton, a grapevine wreath from Michael's, and some ribbon. We'll hang it in our apartment when we get to that stage of settling in. RSVP cards
At the bottom of our RSVP cards we suggested that the back of the card could be used to
"write a note, draw a picture, or compose a haiku." We got some very
creative responses-- some silly, some sweet, some adorable. We just had to share them! They were posted on an old bulletin board that my dad painted gold. We hung the board in
the little sitting area outside the reception room, which everyone passed by on their way into the room.
(click on the photo to see these in more detail.)Next in the "little things" series, some details from inside the reception including our super duper budget friendly and green centerpieces.
(Photos in this post by Upstate Photographers as well as guests Julia, Michele and Morgan.)
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