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A Kingdom Hearts Themed Wedding July 15, 2017

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We finally got the full gallery! I spent all day uploading them to my personal Facebook but I promise they will come to Tumblr soon~ EDIT: All the pictures and a full recount have been uploaded! Part 1: The Couple Part 2: The Wedding Party Part 3: The Decor Part 4: The Ceremony Part 6: The Cake Part 7: Everything Else

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One year today. ❤️

Here’s hoping our love outlasts KH3’s development time.

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Congrats on the wedding! Everything looked great and I wanted to inquire about the boutonnières. Where did you get the miniature keyblade, staff and shield? I hoping to do something similar and would need Riku's keyblade as well.

Thank you! Sorry if this is late, I don’t check here much often.

I got all the weapons off random figures I bought off eBay. Most of them were Play Arts I think. Hope this helps!

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Moved

This blog has run it’s course and I’m thankful for everyone who’s followed me along the way. My new account is @matcha-sriracha  🍵🐔 See you guys in one year for obligatory anniversary reblogs.  💖

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Guess who made it into Offbeat Bride? 🤓

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Check out these pictures from Nia Miller’s gorgeous wedding! It was an honor to make you your wedding keyblade- best wishes to the happy couple! 😍💕 If you’d like one, you can find it for sale here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/200534340/wooden-keyblade-cosplay-prop-inspired-by?ref=shop_home_feat_4 If you’re looking for more great Kingdom Hearts content, follow these awesome people: @fuckyeahkingdomhearts @kingdomheartsdirectory @kingdomheartsinhd @fuckyeahkingdomheartsseries @justkingdomheartsthings @kingdomheartsgifs @kingdomheartsnyctophiliac

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Thanks again @aimeewoodworks for adding such a special touch to our big day!!!

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Here's to fifteen years of Kingdom Hearts and many more of marriage. ❤️

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please tell me you shared a paopu fruit on your wedding.

We kind of did with all the guests thanks to @alagaesha-art 😅❤️  

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One Wedding, One Destiny A Kingdom Hearts Themed Wedding July 15, 2017 Part 7: Everything Else

After two years of planning it finally happened! There’s so much to share so be sure to be follow along. Here are the rest of the parts:

Part 1: The Couple Part 2: The Wedding Party Part 3: The Decor Part 4: The Ceremony Part 5: The Reception Part 6: The Cake

Keep reading for more details and things the photographer missed.

The rest of night was just sweaty, wholesome fun. We danced our asses off and made memories that’s gonna last a life time.

The final song was “Simple and Clean (Ray of Hope Mix)” and we left by symbolic Gummi Ship to “Hikari (Orchestral Version)”

Once again, I just wanna say thanks to all of you who have followed me along the way. It’s been an amazing journey and it feels so bittersweet to see it end. 

I might post some follow ups and final videos in the next few weeks or so but it’s safe to say this is the end of my blog. Thank you all for the tremendous support.

Don’t ever forget, where ever you go, I’m always with you.

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One Wedding, One Destiny A Kingdom Hearts Themed Wedding Part 6: The Cake

After two years of planning it finally happened! There’s so much to share so be sure to be follow along. Here are the rest of the parts:

Part 1: The Couple Part 2: The Wedding Party Part 3: The Decor Part 4: The Ceremony Part 5: The Reception Part 7: Everything Else

Keep reading for more details and things the photographer missed.

We got our cake from Sprinkles Custom Cakes in Orlando, Florida and I still can’t get over how they brought my scribbles to life. 

Originally, I wanted the quilting to be accented with the symbols in the game. But it ended up costing too much so the cake designer suggested the tiny Mickey’s and it was absolutely perfect.  We got the cake topper from SilhouetteSensations on Etsy.

For the flavors we ended up going with two tiers of amaretto and one tier of marble but they never cut into the marble to my pregnant cousin’s dismay.

We cut the cake to “Sora’s Sacrifice” because I needed something with a the keyhole music but it was such a short song they kept looping it over and over and things got awkward. lol

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One Wedding, One Destiny A Kingdom Hearts Themed Wedding July 15, 2017 Part 5: The Reception

After two years of planning it finally happened! There’s so much to share so be sure to be follow along. Here are the rest of the parts:

Part 1: The Couple Part 2: The Wedding Party Part 3: The Decor Part 4: The Ceremony Part 6: The Cake Part 7: Everything Else

Keep reading for more details and things the photographer missed.

We were so ready to sit down at this point.

The wedding party intro was “Hand in Hand”  and then we went straight into the first dance where my bridesmaid sang a beautiful, acoustic cover of Utada Hikaru’s “Sanctuary.”

Our DJ services had a special “Disney Love” playlist they played once dinner started. We stuck with an island theme for the food and served fried plantains, Carribean Jerk Chicken and Carribean Jerk Mahi Mahi.  

For dessert, we hired a nitrogen ice cream bar where they made us Sea Salt Ice Cream! I really wish we had some photos of it, he even made it that trademark blue. It was a huge hit with the guests--well that and the Frozen Fireball. lol

I almost chose Sephiroth’s theme for the bouquet toss but I bitched out and went with “Bustin’ Up on the Beach” instead.

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One Wedding, One Destiny A Kingdom Hearts Themed Wedding July 15, 2017 Part 4: The Ceremony

After two years of planning it finally happened! There’s so much to share so be sure to be follow along. Here are the rest of the parts:

Part 1: The Couple Part 2: The Wedding Party Part 3: The Decor Part 5: The Reception Part 6: The Cake Part 7: Everything Else

Keep reading for more details and things the photographer missed.

I read somewhere that you can keep yourself from crying by spouting rhymes in your head. Apparently, engaging your brain like that can distract you from emotional triggers.

So that’s how I ended up singing nursery rhymes in my head as I walked down the aisle.

The ceremony went off perfectly. I’ve posted a video of my husband’s entrance before and it was so amazing. Here’s the full score of the ceremony: Prelude Destiny Islands

Boat Entrance (Groom & Groomsmen)

Blast Away! I

Processional (Mothers & Bridesmaids)

Eternal Moments

Bride Entrance Dearly Beloved - Vitamin String Quartet cover

Recessional Simple and Clean

Unfortunately, the arch decor wasn’t quite what I wanted. I wanted more yellow lilies and palm fronds to symbolize the Paopu Fruit. However, the final pieces were still really nice.

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One Wedding, One Destiny A Kingdom Hearts Themed Wedding July 15, 2017 Part 2: The Wedding Party

After two years of planning it finally happened! There’s so much to share so be sure to be follow along. Here are the rest of the parts:

Part 1: The Couple Part 3: The Decor Part 4: The Ceremony Part 5: The Reception Part 6: The Cake Part 7: Everything Else

Keep reading for more details and things the photographer missed.

With my husband and I as Sora and Kairi, it was natural who everyone else would be.

The Best Man and Groomsman were Donald and Goofy. We would have had a Riku but my husband didn’t have any one else he wanted to stand with him. Which is fine, nothing beats the Trinity Trio. Their boutonnieres and ties were coordinated like my husband’s. 

As for me, I had a hard time deciding on a small number so I said “screw it” and went for all of the Princesses of Heart. They were all represented by their hair, shoes and boutonnieres. As I mentioned before, I really wanted to be subtle with all of this. Even though this was a themed wedding, I didn’t want it to look like an eight-year-old’s birthday party. I really think our stylist nailed it with all the girls.

Also, shout out to our buddies for going to Starbucks and fulfilling our ridiculous order:

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One Wedding, One Destiny A Kingdom Hearts Themed Wedding July 15, 2017 Part 1: The Couple

After two years of planning it finally happened! There’s so much to share so be sure to be follow along. Here are the rest of the parts:

Part 2: The Wedding Party Part 3: The Decor Part 4: The Ceremony Part 5: The Reception Part 6: The Cake Part 7: Everything Else

Keep reading for more details and things the photographer missed.

First off, thanks to everyone who followed me on this journey for the past two years. You all have been amazing support and made the planning process so much more fun.

Seriously, thank you.

I wish I could start this by saying my husband and I met while grabbing for the same piece of Kingdom Hearts merchandise or our entire relationship was based off the love of the game. But to be perfectly honest, the most we ever did was a puzzle together in Japan.

In actuality, we were just two people who couldn’t decide on colors and I proposed that a theme wedding would be the easiest to coordinate. So I just started listing every little thing we shared a love for and once it came to Kingdom Hearts my husband responded, “I could do a beach wedding.”

But after spending two years planning this wedding I’ve rediscovered the very reason I fell love with this franchise. Despite its plots, it’s a beautiful game with beautiful music and messages of love and friendship. It was the first game I ever fell in love with and it was so fitting to celebrate it with the first man who ever captured my heart.

Of course, we styled ourselves after Sora and Kairi. I wanted to keep it subtle though. My husband was represented by his red tie and keyblade boutonniere while I was represented by my bouquet that I based off Kairi’s keyblade: Destiny’s Embrace. We added the beargrass heart for extra points.

I kind of took the “Hearts” motif a little more literally when it came to my shoes and accessories. My hair was supposed to be a heart shaped bun as well but it didn’t show as well as I hoped. But it turned out beautifully anyways.

The keyblade was made by @aimeewoodworks who’s name you’ll probably see a lot. I want to make sure she’s properly credited for one of the biggest parts of our wedding. 

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One Wedding, One Destiny A Kingdom Hearts Themed Wedding July 15, 2017 Part 3: The Decor

After two years of planning it finally happened! There’s so much to share so be sure to be follow along. Here are the rest of the parts:

Part 1: The Couple Part 2: The Wedding Party Part 4: The Ceremony Part 5: The Reception Part 6: The Cake Part 7: Everything Else

Keep reading for more details and things the photographer missed.

We got married on July 15, 2017 at Paradise Cove in Orlando, Florida. It was a perfect version of our own Destiny Islands. Tall palm trees and willows cascaded over our ceremony site while it sat right on the edge of Lake Bryan.

The ceremony sign was a mirror with Kairi’s Letter on it. I wish I could say I hand wrote it but that would be a flat out lie. I actually organized the text into Photoshop and ordered it as a clear decal. The keyblade was crafted by @aimeewoodworks​ and the engraving reads:

“One Wedding, One Destiny - July 15, 2017″ Our primary wedding colors were based off the original PS2 case from the first game. But I used a lot of individual character palettes for the accents. Such as the centerpieces. Speaking of which, all of them were made by me. 

I knew from the get go, I wanted each table to represent a different world Sora, Donald and Goofy traveled to. I really wanted to encompass the idea that my guests were at that world. Our table of course, was Destiny Islands. 

I didn’t quite make it as grand as I hoped for and I did a lot of settling but in the end, I was really pleased with how it all turned out. I also hid a Trinity Mark at each table and whoever found them got to take home the centerpiece. 

The wedding favors were Paopu Fruit pins designed and provided by @alagaesha-art​ and I designed the backing cards. The cards were all lined with gold foil and really popped. The venue was only a mile from Disney World so I thought the pins were a really cute tie in.  The guest and gift tables were one of my favorite parts but unfortunately my photographer completely glossed over them. I made these clear acrylic signs the same way I did the mirror. All decals. The guestbook was a recreation of Namine’s sketchbook I commissioned from @shannondwyer​ and I had my guests take Polaroids and paste them in. We had a lot of cute props made by @thesanityclause​ and they were all in these awesome hand painted chests I made. Truthfully, I’m extremely upset they were missed because I spent so much work on them. But they’re in my archives and my guests got some shots of the table at least.

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We finally got the full gallery! I spent all day uploading them to my personal Facebook but I promise they will come to Tumblr soon~ EDIT: All the pictures and a full recount have been uploaded! Part 1: The Couple Part 2: The Wedding Party Part 3: The Decor Part 4: The Ceremony Part 6: The Cake Part 7: Everything Else

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Flat lay game strong 💪🏻

Shadow boxes are perfect for hoarders like me. 🤓

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Nia and Ryan's Kingdom Hearts Themed wedding at Paradise Cove Orlando, Florida

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My photographers finally posted the previews of my wedding gallery to their blog.

“Guests were greeted at the ceremony with a mirrored sign with a quote from Square Enix in Kingdom Hearts with Sora Roxas Xion’s key blade propped next to it.” 

Bless them.