Merry Christmas!

My husband and I have truly enjoyed our first Christmas as husband and wife. We have had an awesome day with our family. We hope that the Lord has blessed each of you and your loved ones in a mighty way!

Peace, The Corbins

Our Wedding: The Bride Getting Dressed Part One. The Details.

The day of the wedding I awoke and had breakfast with my family at the hotel. That helped to calm my nerves and start my day nicely.

Let's talk details of my bridal accessories, shall we. In this blog I will discuss my accessories and in the next blog I'll discuss my dress, veil and bouquet.

Every woman should have FAB shoes on her wedding day. Well, really everyday, but if no other day, on her wedding day! For those of you that know me, you know my love for a FABULOUS cute shoe. I wanted show stopper shoes to compliment my showstopper gown :)

Here are my two heel selections for the day. I could not just pick one.

Shoe selection #1. I chose an edgy design and eye catching color option for my wedding day shoes. These shoes matched our color scheme perfectly and complimented my wedding gown to a tee. It was love at first sight for me with these shoes.

Here you can see the edgy design better.
Gotta love heels. The HIGHER the better :)

Bow details from shoe selection 2.

Love these shoes. I saw another bride with these on when we were at the park to take pictures. She looked fierce rocking them. Love the 4" heels.
My earrings and bracelet are pictured below. I selected tear drop earrings and a handmade bracelet. It took me FOREVER to find both of these. I had purchased another pair of earrings and just didn't feel that "WOW" factor. So, I kept looking until I found the ones below. I loved my handmade bracelet. I knew I had to have it when I saw it. I ordered it and about 6 weeks later I had it. Here is a pic of me wearing my bracelet as I was saying my vows to my hubby. Bracelet during Sand Ceremony. My earrings. Loved them. Here you can see my bracelet and earrings pretty good :)

Pictured with my wonderful father, here you can see my hair pin really good. This was taken after the ceremony and after I'd taken my veil off.

Pictured below is the amazing brooch that I used as my hair pin. I had a fascinator with feathers and a gardenia as well, however, I chose to go with this pin to keep it simple and classic. I know that I wanted a classic and elegant look from head to toe. I was careful to select my accessories. I LOVED the way that the pin looked in my hair.

Another view of my hair pin. My husband is a HUGE Dallas Cowboys fan, so it was only fitting that I wore a Cowboys Garter under my wedding gown. I knew that he'd want to keep it so I purchased a simple white one for him to toss at the reception. He LOVED it and was very happy that he did not have to toss it.

Pictured below is my Chance by Chanel perfume and lotion that I decided to wear that day. It was a gift from my husband and he loves the way it smells on me.

I love my silhouette in this picture below. I was trying to remember everything. There were so many details to perfect. Close up of my hair still half tied up.

Mom presented me with two family heirloom handkerchiefs. I selected to use the one that was 20 years old and sent to me from my Aunt Nellie who could not make it. They were so beautiful and meant so much to me to have on our wedding day.

Getting ready to leave and go have my makeup done.

Hmm, what am I forgetting? Oh, well. Peace out...on to the Mac counter.

I love MAC makeup products. So of course I went to the MAC counter so that they could hook up my makeup. It was done my a man (forgot his name) and he done a GREAT job. He did a better job than the lady who had originally done my makeup during my makeup trial. FYI: The crazy looking chic behind me was some "model" who just sat there looking crazy. SMH. Smiling at my sisters Brenda & Tarsha who took me to have my makeup done.

They were not able to get their done due to time. However, they were troopers and just wanted me to look like a Queen. Thanks ladies! Love you!

Hmmm, the side eye :*)

Peace, The Mrs.

Checking out the Groomsmen!

I just LOVE these pics of my hubby with the fellas.

They all look so fly here!

Here are some of the details of the fellas. Clyde selected a specialty tie for his Best Men and his groomsmen. Clyde wore this tie, shown above. I loved his selection.

There was no way that my husband was going to wear a cookie cutter, rented

tie that was boring and lacked swag :)

The compliment the selection of the groom, the groomsmen were decked out in the above tie with chocolate vests. It went perfectly with our color scheme and compliments the bridal party dresses to perfection.

His best men were decked out in white and tiffany blue paisley ties with tiffany vests. Here is a pic below of Clyde and one of his best men Torey.


Peace, The Mrs.

Our Wedding: The Groom Getting ready.

Clyde and I got dressed at the same hotel but at different times. Here are some of the pics taken by Sky+Carla of him getting dressed with his 2 best men, Austin and My father.

This is one of my FAV pics of my husband. He is so cool and calm and exudes such sexiness without trying. I love it! Ahem...okay, okay, sorry, I had to pull myself back in to the reason for this posting :) Instead of posting this pic at the end...I am posting it at the beginning.

Clyde and I were very detail driven when it came to the wedding. We thought out everything.

He ALWAYS smells so yummy. He chose Vera Wang as his day of fragrance! When I finally had a chance to hug him, I sighed, he smelled SO great!

These are his cuff links. How cute. They represent him saying "I DO."

Getting dressed with the help of Torey & Josh.

He even had our wedding date sewn into the cuff of his sleeve.

Josh, Clyde & my Dad.

Clyde had to have some cute socks. He didn't want to wear plain dress sock. I love his selection.

THE Socks :)

This is a funny pic to me. He looks so serious. I think he was doing a checklist of items to ensure that he had everything :)

Almost ready...

Having fun with the fellas.

His chosen tie. I LOVED it!

Peace, The Mrs.

Our Wedding Invitations: A Papered Wonders Creation...

When it came to our stationary I knew that I would be very particular. I wanted something that I'd never seen before. I searched all of the paper, invitation and stationary resources that I could find. In store and online. Themed, or not. Pocket folds. Peel and sends. Letter pressed or embossed. What about Thermography? Who knew there were so many options. I ordered sample after sample and yet none of them gave me the wow factor that I wanted. I wanted an invitation that when people received it and opened it, it made a statement. It made them say WOW-these are so nice! Beautiful! I wanted it to be an reflection of the couple that we are: modern, chic and unique. Not traditional at all. A dear friend, who has her own wedding planning and design business, suggested using Papered Wonders, Inc. (PWI) for our stationary needs. I contacted PWI and sent them a few samples of what I wanted, but in order to get what I wanted...it would require combining certain elements for a few invitations into one. Lisa Zachery and the PWI team were so wonderful to work with. They created me the most awesome, beautiful, FAB, chic, and unique invitation! Below are some half-decent pics of our invitation. We received SOOOO many compliments on them. To say that we were pleased would be putting it lightly. WE LOVED OUR INVITATIONS!!

To reach the fabulous team at Papered Wonders, Inc. go here: http://paperedwonders.com/

Peace, The Mrs.