It was, to quote ~kellin:

"Best. Wedding. Ever."

So WeddingCon 1 went pretty darned well, if I do say so myself. Even though we forgot to put up the banner. Ah well, still, it was entertaining, and everyone who attended said it was the most fun wedding they've ever gone to. I count that as a bonus, myself



Chris's family... well, they were complete bummers. And left ASAP. And didn't like the picture place. Or the "ceremony". Or the person performing the ceremony. Or much of anything.

But, screw them. I think Chris would agree, and if not...

My mother got sick the day before, so she didn't stick around much, but fortunately, we do have some excellent pictures with her at the hotel, so that is always good She's still not feeling better, either

Anyways, what wound up happening was dress got done just in time. And Chris's stuff, too - it was a lot easier than I expected, thank goodness. And everything came together wonderfully!



We stayed at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee, which was just recently completely renovated and restored. It's a Victorian hotel, built in 1893, so it fit really well with our outfits (because we're goons like that). And we go a huge suite (the one they were showing a few days before, about their new renovations!) which was fantastic - it fit all of our friends/family and whatnot, and had the damned comfy-est bed ever (hooray feather mattresses!)

Friday was up and going right away, when my friend Dana came over to bludgeon my hair into submission. She couldn't stay for the eve, but it was amazing to see her, and she also made me the most beautiful bouquet - she is so damned talented, I'm envious! (she's the wig assistant at the Florentine Opera here in Milwaukee, and also works at a florist)

We did this crazy up-do, got into corset, and listened to Chris freak out about being late to the photo place, even though we weren't. Ah well If he wasn't, I would have been, I know it.



Then, pictures, where amazingly most of our friends showed up! I was only expecting one or two of them to be able to make it at noon-ish, but almost everyone did! I was so happy!

Pictures, pictures and more pictures - Chris is really photogenic, and makes up for my blandness.

Then, back to the suite to do the "ceremony" and cut the cake. Our friend, Derek, officiated the ceremony, and it was short, sweet, to the point, and funny. Always a good thing, to me, at least!



To the cake, which was ugly as sin, but tasted wonderful - the place we ordered it from definitely screwed up what we wanted, but that was okay by me, because it tasted as wonderful as every Greg's cake has!

Dinner, which was awesome, was at a restaurant right around the corner, Sake Tumi, Asian fusion, and the best damned Godzilla rolls ever. EVER. Addicting. All 12 or 13 or something like that of us crammed into their tatami room, and really had a blast! And good food.



Finally, back to the suite, where (I shit you not) we sat and talked, ate cake, and played Apples to Apples all night, until people needed to get going. It was awesome, and a blast. And I fell asleep as soon as I hit the bed, I was so exhausted!

^{I'll add pictures of all of this randomness once I get them from some people, or if they upload them to dA or somewhere else that I can link from ^____^}



Somewhere along the way, I took off my corset, and lo-and-behold, my dress still fit. Which is a good thing. My boobs weren't in the right place, but everything fit

Just about every one of our friends came in costume (those who could, who weren't coming from work-type-things) which was just awesome!

Maggie (~MissMaggie1860) managed to change out of her huge, crazy dress with the hoop into her black "goth" Civil War dress in the parking garage! We still don't know how exactly she did it, really.

All of the really beautiful, amazing pictures were taken by Jen (~eyes-of-green). She is one damned amazing photographer, and I'm in awe of her! I plan on hiring her (or doing work in trade ) for some cosplay photoshoots in the future, because... well, I normally hate every picture of myself, but I love the one's she took! Amazing! (And, I think you can also book her for photoshoots if you're in the South Eastern Wisconsin area - you should! )


I want to steal all the stuff Becky (~MedeaHiasobi) was wearing. 50's Japanese kimono getup FTW!

The only sad thing is, I don't think anyone got a good shot of the back of my dress Ah well - I'll just have to put it on again and snap a few more pictures



Here are the pictures I have up on dA, but if anyone who was there wants to upload pictures themselves (otherwise, I'm just going on Facebook and stealing them and uploading them here XP) I'll add them in here, but so far, it's just my collection~