Archive Rentals

Last year when I was planning my wedding, I would go over every detail with a fine tooth comb. I wanted our wedding to have a specific look and feel to it. I had a budget that was very strict and I was nervous I wasn’t going to be able to get what I wanted and needed. I would search local stores and companies for items I could afford and would fit into our theme. I also had to use multiple vendors to provide the things I needed. I had to use three different vendors for the rentals, the event design and floral. If I would have only known about Archive Rentals! I would have been able to incorporate so many more design elements and at a more affordable cost. I wouldn’t have had to deal with so many vendors either. Have you heard of them? Let me lighten your next event, party or wedding stress…

Archive Rentals provides wedding furniture rentals at an affordable cost. They offer an unparalleled collection of furnishings and accessories for gatherings of any size. It doesn’t have to be a wedding to use them! Aside from their vintage rentals they also offer Commercial and Home Staging, Seasonal, Holiday, Short-Term and Long-Term Installations and floral design. You can have both floral, décor and design services, under one roof, and on one invoice. That gives you both the convenience and confidence for your next event, party or wedding. Let’s be honest… who wants to stress on the day of their event? No one! Using one place for everything takes all the stress away. You only have to deal with one company.

Archive Rentals has team members that specialize in areas that maximize your event. Have an event that’s more than one day? The owners Regina Crosby and Kista Jon specialize in luxury, mult-day events and luxury destination weddings. They’ve got you covered?

Don’t even know where to start planning? Need some ideas for your next event or party? Have no fear Archive Rentals can even give you some rustic event rental ideas to help speed along the process. They can save you stress, money and time. Give them a call for your next event needs. The photos of their work speaks to their talents and abilities.

Our Wedding Video

 

The final piece to our wedding came in the mail last week. We are thrilled with how it turned out. It was such a special day for us and we hope that everyone who was able to attend remembers the day with love and happiness. For those of you who couldn't make it, here is the video...

 

Here is a small glimpse into our special day.

Wedding Finale

Recapping our wedding has been something fun to look back on week. I tried to share all of the major details from our wedding using the photos from our photographer. Since he sent us over 1100 photos we will have those memories forever captured in them. The next thing that we've been waiting to share is our wedding video. Our videographer warned us that it would take about 6-8 weeks before we would see the final product. Plus with the holidays it could take a little longer.

 

Last week I finally heard from him that he was finishing up the footage and sending it to us. We should have it any day and I can't wait to see it. Our videographer is giving us all of our major moments un edited and then a 8-10 minute edited video of the entire day from start to finish. I just can't wait to see it! He is a genius when it comes to wedding films and that's one the reasons why we booked him. Once I have it I'll share it will all of you!

 

In the mean time let's take a look at some images that fell through the cracks of all the details of our wedding recaps...

Wedding Party

We kept our wedding party to four bridesmaids including the Maid of Honor and four groomsmen including the Best Man. We wanted our wedding to be really intimate and that meant keeping our wedding party small. The people we including in our wedding party have been a part of our lives for decades.

 His best man. They've known each other for over 10 years.

 His groomsmen Kevin has been his friend for years and is always entertaining.

His cousins are almost like his brothers. They do everything together from vacations to fishing to sporting events etc.

My bridesmaid who is also my husbands cousin. She flew in from DC for the wedding because she's in her senior year at Howard University.

 One of my three best friends. I've known Newt for over a decade and she's always been there for me.

My bridesmaid Cara was my little sister in Phi Mu during college and we've been friends ever since. She's so crafty and will do just about anything for her friends.

My maid of honor Erica helped me plan and listen to me wedding planning for over a year. She came in from Virginia for the wedding and was such a big help!

 The entire wedding party but minus our ring bearer. He was a little bit shy.

We were so appreciative of everyone who took time out of their holiday schedule to spend our wedding weekend with us!

Wedding Portraits

On our wedding day we wanted to maximize the natural light and take the majority of our photos before our ceremony. Getting married in California in the winter time means that by 5:30 p.m. you are in darkness. Our ceremony was starting at 4:30 and we didn't want to chance it and only have about 30 minutes of sunlight to do all of our wedding party, family and couple shots. I'm so glad we did this because we were able to get a lot of outdoor shots that we wouldn't have been able to get at night.

Northern California was hit with a huge wind/rain storm that morning so in a lot of our outdoor shots my dress was bustled in hopes of keeping it clean and dry for the ceremony and reception. This worked and we were able to keep my shoes from getting dirty (we were married on a vineyards property).

After the ceremony we took family portraits and a few more wedding party shots.

We also took some nighttime shots of just the two of us.