hopkins lassiter wedding weekend begins...

with baking,

the bride-to-be, ivy, baking aunt libby's pound cake

the pound cake and cheese-its cooling before they get all wrapped up.

filling,

the groom, drew, filling the boxes with crinkle filler. there was LOTS of this stuff.

tying,

cathy, drew's mom, tying up the lance peanuts and cracker. drew's grandfather worked for the company for most of his career.

labeling,

the amazing labels, designed by ivy's good college friend and designer extraordinaire, leighann. there was a label for EVERYTHING and they made the boxes PERFECT.

and packing these boxes...

the final product, complete with schedule of events, a letter from the bride and groom, and suggestions of sites to see while in dallas.

i was thrilled when two of my most precious friends {ivy and drew} finally got engaged back in july. i was honored when ivy asked me to help in some of the planning of her wedding, help making the out of town guest feel welcome. love it!! we spent several lunches chatting about all sorts of ideas. we decided on the best hotel location, worked out the logistics of getting everyone transported all over richardson and dallas, and we worked out all the details for "the boxes." "the boxes" were the welcome gift that each of her out of town guests would receive upon their arrival to dallas. they were so much fun to dream up, create, and deliver.

ivy and drew's wedding reflected their personalities and was full of family traditions, so "the boxes" reflected that theme as well. we decided to include a bunch of snacks and goodies which were all favorite family recipes-- aunt libby's pound cake, glorified cheese-its, hallelujah hot sauce, kathy's german chocolate muffins, and lance peanuts and crackers. i sampled everything, lucky me, and it was all soooo yummy!!

once "the boxes" were complete and delivered we tied bows on the programs.

i loved getting to be apart of so many of the small details of the wedding and getting to spend so much time with ivy and drew and their families. i can't wait for the rest of the weekend. :)