7 months of Wedded Bliss!

We've been married for 7 months and 1 wonderful day! I cannot believe how time is flying by. I love being married to Clyde. He is such an amazing husband to me. He makes me want to be the best wife that I can be. The Lord has blessed us with one another and we are still in our "honeymoon" phase. I love it! Thanks be unto God for ordering our steps! The picture below is one of my favorites from our wedding day. It was taken right after we said our I Do's and were headed out of the church after being announced as husband and wife! I remember how jovial we were. We still feel this way 7 months later. Cheers to a long, healthy, happy marriage sanctioned by God! 5 more months until we reach our one year anniversary! Go Jesus! :)




Peace, The Mrs.

We closed on Our New Home.

Blessings are raining down from Zion! Clyde and I are so happy that the Lord blessed us with our new home last month. We are getting settled in and absolutely love our new blessing. We are so excited about the decor possibilities and future gatherings full of love that we will host. Cheers to another new chapter in our lives as husband and wife and now....homeowners! God is awesome!

Peace, The Corbins

Something Sweet: Candy Bar at Our Reception.

I'll admit it...we love sweets! Again, not wanting to be traditional, we had to have more than cake at the reception. Okay, well we did not have to, but we wanted to....so we did. We wanted a Candy Bar/Candy Buffet Station for our guests to enjoy. How fun! We had candy sticks, Gummy-Rings, Jelly Belly Jelly Beans, Chocolate Malt Balls, Chocolate Covered Almonds, Lifesavers, Rock Candy Sticks, M & Ms with our picture on them (Clyde found those and surprised me), Mini Candy bars (wrapped in labels that had our wedding name and date and cute designs), Chocolate covered Fruit flavored dinner sticks, and Gummy-Sharks. We used clear scoops for all candies that needed them. The guests really enjoyed this at the reception. We had Chinese take out boxes with our monograms for the candy to go in. It was a hit! This was just another way of Clyde and I personalizing our wedding day and making it unique, different and one to remember!

Peace, The. Mrs

Our Spectacular Wedding Programs by Papered Wonders, Inc.

The amazing ladies at Papered Wonders, Inc. has a fabulous gift of creating Papered Wonders that are out of this world Phenomenal. We received so many accolades on our wedding invitations that when it came time to decide on the design of our wedding program, that I left it up to Lisa Zachery to have her way and design us something uniquely fabulous. As usual, she exceeded any expectations that we had. She ended up combining a number of program designs in order to come up with our PERFECT design creation pictured below. Of course the color scheme was Tiffany Blue and Chocolate with accents of Ivory. She incorporated a beautifully tied chocolate satin bow and our monogram on the front.
She also added one of our engagement pictures as a see through cover for our inner cover page.
The inside had an explanation of the Sand Ceremony and Jumping the Broom ceremony. Additionally, our ceremony details, wedding party information, reception venue information and Thank Y0u's were included. We receive SO MANY compliments on these! I loved hearing people say "We've never seen anything like this before!" Gotta love being unique and non-traditional.
The team at Papered Wonder, Inc. can do all things paper/stationary. If you are in need of invites, announcements, greeting cards, or anything else that is made of paper please contact them and tell them that I sent you. Their website is http://www.paperedwonders.com/


Peace, The Mrs.

Nubian Queen Hair...African Inspired.

Every bride wants fabulous hair on her wedding day! With cameras flashing the entire time....looking perfect from every angle is key. Yes, even in hair! There are updo's, half up and half downs, chignons, buns, braids and a million other options to select from. For me, I looked at a million hair styles trying to find the perfect one for our wedding day. I could not find one. It was not until I was in Ghana, Africa in April 2009 that I found THE must have hair style. It was perfect! The woman wearing it was nice enough to let me take a picture after I told her how I loved her hair and wanted to replicate the same style for my wedding day. She was flattered adn excited to be able to help me out...specially since it was for such a special event. I changed it up by incorporating a "Nubian Braid" into the look. The original style had straight hair wrapped around the bun. It was cute, but I wanted to take it up a notch. You know me :) So the stylist braided hair around that bun to give it a more regal look. I also incorporated adding several pearls in the "curls & loops" in the back as well as adding a brooch on the left side for BLING! Gotta have bling right!?!

Below are several pics from the wedding day and in different angles of my hair. I received so many compliments on my hair style. It was perfect and complimented my overall look. Enjoy!

Peace, The. Mrs

Our Wedding: The Bride Getting Dressed Part Two. The Dress and Veil!

When I first began my search for a gown I knew that I wanted something extraordinary. I also knew that I LOVED Maggie Sottero gowns. They are designer gowns that would make any woman feel like a Queen on her wedding day. My gown search was a fierce one! I refused to look like a typical bride on our wedding day. I wanted a look that would give WOW factor, but with some sassiness and a little bit of edginess too it. Since so many other details were impacted by my personality, my gown had to be one that spoke of me as well. I wanted people to say "I've never seen a gown like that. That's so Angela!" Not traditional, not to modern, but classic.

I was going to wear a gown with a sash that was either Tiffany Blue or Chocolate. However, I decided that since I was being me and going the nontraditional route that I'd just go all out and wear a gown with color. ALL COLOR. I chose a GOLD gown! Yes, GOLD. In person it looked Champagne colored. This dress was selected by Cacky (see upcoming posts). She watched me try on five gowns and then she asked me could she select a few for me to try on. When I was saw it, I was like...hmmmm. Maybe I' m not that BOLD. It wasn't until I put the gown on and looked in the mirror that I felt like a BRIDE! Let's take a look :)

My dress hanging up before I put it on.

Hand beaded "brooch" detailing that gathered the dress on the side.
Hand beaded details. Each bead was sewn on by hand.
I love the attention to details on my gown! After out vows. You can see the bodice and gathering of the gown in this pic.

My Cathedral veil. I LOVED it. It was very long...perfect.

Me at Waterfront Park with my veil blowing in the wind. LOVE this pic.

Another one of me. Nice view of the details on the bodice.

Loved how the wind carried my veil away :)

One of my FAVS!

Full length view of gown and veil.

The back of my gown was a corset. I loved how it laced up instead

of the traditional buttons or zippers on gowns.

Getting dressed.

Cacky was working her magic and getting me in the gown!

Cacky was a MUST have on our wedding day!

I felt like it took forever to lace it perfectly. Well worth the wait!

Getting laced up.

The excitement was building.

Nervous! Woo-sah!

Let the lacing up begin!

Peace, The Mrs.

Busy times...

Cheers everyone! I apologize for not updating the blog lately, but we've been very busy! With work, school and other obligations and exciting times, our time has been stretched very thin. I'll be updating the blog a few times over the next week. Come back in a couple of days and then follow me as I take you through more of the intricate details of our wedding! Thanks so much for your support!

Peace, The Mrs.

Happy New Year!

Cheers to a Blessed and Favored New Year. We are so excited to start this year, and a new decade, as husband and wife. We are so excited about what God is doing and will do in our lives. Blessings to you and yours! Peace, The Corbins