Jared and I met at the University of Michigan our freshmen year in the cafeteria! We got married on July 17, 2010 in Nassau, Bahamas. We opted for a destination wedding because it was the perfect time to go on an extended vacation with only our closest family and friends. With a small budget, we had to be very creative with our planning and decor.
A good friend of ours and local NYC DJ arranged and mixed all of the music for our IPOD reception– including scratches and all! My husband and a close friend designed all of the place cards, programs, and signage that we placed in vintage frames picked up from the Brooklyn FLEA. We also DIY’d all of the paper fans that decorated the venue, the crossword puzzles that kept our guests entertained while waiting for the buffet, as well as, the tea bag favors that we gave as gifts. We used vintage buttons from my grandmother-in-law’s button jar for the paper fans. During the reception she pointed out a lovely half moon button on one of the fans. This button worn on the first coat she bought as a married woman. Very touching!
Everyone loved my hair at the wedding. Everyone loved the wedding. We just all had a blast. It was a lovely day, a lovely wedding, and I married a lovely man.
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i’m pretty sure that they’re going to have hot babies!!
ow! ow!
What a good-looking couple 😉
How creative. You look gorgeous and I adore your hair. Everything looks fabulous
Stunningly beautiful! And so many creative ideas: crossword puzzles and tea as favors! Love it!
They are beautiful! She makes me miss my hair, it was big like that and I chopped it off. Her pictures made me a little misty…beautiful!
BEAUTIFUL..just goes to show that you don’t necessarily need straight hair and weave to look fantastic on your special day. Congratulations!!
My goodness, such beauty! She’s beautiful, they’re beautiful together and I love the pictures! AWW!
SWEET!!! I LOVE THE BUTTONS & TEA MOTIF QUITE UNIQUE!!BRIDE AND GROOM LOVELY!!
I always wondered about what could I do to my hair for my wedding. Now I know. 😉 I have the same hair and length. Its so beautiful.
such BEAUTIFUL hair, wedding and couple!!!
Love Love Love it!
Beautiful…simply Beautiful. GOD BLESS YOU TWO!!!
GORGEOUS! It doesn’t look like a wedding on a budget and they are such a beautiful couple!!!! I’m inspired.
Beautiful wedding!
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Lekethia, you are sooooo gorgeous, and I love your hair. You give me more encouragement for mine. You and your husband are a beautiful couple. Many many blessings!! 🙂
Everything was so hot! God bless the Gorgeous Bride and Groom…
Beautiful couple!!! Thank you for sharing your amazing pictures! At first I thought the first picture was from a magazine.
Have a very blessed married life!!!
p.s. What products did you use on the big day? Did you do anything special the day of the event or the days leading up to it?
Your hair was exquisite!! Btw, I’m also a Wolverine!! What class were you? GO BLUE!!
Lakethia is one of the most beautiful brides I have ever seen. Gorgeous hair too. Congratulations to the bride and groom.
Simple and Breath taking they look so gorgeous..Wow and her hair is so beautiful…Congratulations and Best wishes..
I am in awe of the decor. Love the crafty, simple, sentimental bit. Beautiful!
The scenery is gorgeous!
Love the creative nitches!
She looks extremely elegant!
Simply lovely! Blessings to your new life together!!!
Simply put….gorgeous!!! How can we see more pictures? I loved the hair, the style, it was beautiful!! Congratulations to you both!
gorgeous couple and I love your dress
I GOT MARRIED ON JULY 17TH 2010 TOO!!!! Congratulations- you both look sooo beautiful, i teared up at the photos. Best wishes!
beautiful dress, beautiful hair! i love that hair piece, big and fabulous!!! your pics are great, the color and richness. what a great idea about the ipod mix. i love creating playlists on my ipod. just think, now you’ll always have the music that was played are your wedding reception. totally cool. best wishes!
Beauty!The bride is beautiful,the theme is lovely and the groom is blessed!How wonderful to see this celebrated, and I can’t but notice how great the bride’s hair looks…it’s actually identical to my Bobraz install.
Beautiful couple and wedding. May God bless your union!
What a gorgeous couple! This brought a smile to my face, God bless your marriage.
Beautiful couple..Congratulation and God bless you both!!!Gorgeous hair
Her man is FINE! 🙂 But i love the hair, how long has she been natural?
-Jer
They’re a gorgeous couple. I love the decorations and the ideas on saving money.
girl small budget whatever, i could see that it was very intimate and well thought out. definitely one of the cutest, chic weddings of the year. congratulations sis!
this looks like a beautiful wedding! 🙂 Her dress is gorgeous
Beautiful!! Go Blue!!
Simply beautiful … also love the creative ideas the couple came up with.
GORGEOUS! I love it! The untraditional dress, the tie, the style. I LOVE it! Makes me want to get married.
wow! gorgeous bride!
Beautiful couple and wedding indeed!
I second DiEM’s comment! You two are a GORGEOUS couple!
What a BEAUTIFUL Wedding, she looks happy and beautiful.
BTW, I went to UM – GO BLUE & GO BLACK UM LOVE!
congrats to you both. The first picture should be on a magazine, hallmark card, something, simply divine. Thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous! Gotta love the Bahamas!!
Such a beautiful bride & groom! LOVE LOVE LOVE the off white of your dress! It really makes your skin stand out and glow! I would also like an off white wedding dress. Love your husband’s tux/suit…especially his tie, lol. I co-sign with Diana…the two of you look SUPER DOPE! Just an overall beautiful, simplistic, and intimate wedding! I’ve always found smaller weddings the best to attend instead of the 200+ guest weddings.
@NaturallyBarbee, I co-sign with you too sistah!…..sigh
WHOUA, wonderful couple i’m impress
aww
Gorgeous bride, groom, and wedding…
Aww soo pretty.
I cant wait til Im a “natural bride” but I guess I should find a man first lol
So Beautiful!!
Can we get a tutorial?
Sooooo cute and soooo cool…
I love the pics and did the groom have tennis shoes on?!? that’s freaking dope! and her very casual dress…DOPER!!! (is that a word??…lmao)
Love it!!
Wow!!! Beautiful…absolutely. And inspiring (cool ideas to save money on wedding)
she is glowing!! beautiful couple, amazing hair, great pictures. I love everything about it all
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ohhhhh so pretty
Just beautiful!
She looks so gorgeous. God Bless.
wow she’s beautiful and her skin is flawless
Beautiful couple. This made me smile!
Just gorgeous!