Hawkily Ever After: Cheesin' It Up

When we planned on having a photo booth for our wedding reception, I knew that it'd be a hit. What I didn't realize was for one how freaking hilarious my friends and family are when left unattended and for two how much I'd cherish these images. Sure, they are goofy, ridiculous, and everything in between, but they captured the fun of our reception. And to me that makes them perfect.

Photos by Valerie Demo Photography

Mr. H's one and only trip into the booth!
Photo by Valerie Demo Photography

Enough sap. I know you want to see the fun pictures!

Ok, you caught me. I guess I can't be trusted in a photo booth either!

Are you planning on renting a photo booth or considering DIY'ing your own?

All photo booth images via Williamsburg Photo Booth

Miss a Hawk recap? Don't fret! Catch up here:

We review our planning journey

We rehearse and welcome our guests
The girls get pretty
I share my bridal details
Mr. Hawk becomes a groom
Our first look 
We take photos at Crim Dell Bridge
We explore campus for more photography
The groomsmen ham it up
The bridal party channels their inner model
The entire wedding party regroups
My last moments as a Miss
Welcome to our wedding ceremony
The bridal party procession
Miss Hawk's walk down the aisle 
We're married!
We were surrounded by love during our impromptu receiving line

We take our family formals

All our reception details

I scarf bread ends while our guests enjoy cocktail hour
We make our grand entrances
Mr. Hawk and I have our first dance

Daddy Hawk and I dance

Mr. Hawk's mother-son moment
We eat! (Yes, we actually ate!)

Favors and Guest book? DONE and DONE.

Since I confessed my love for photography, it should hardly come as a surprise that having a photographer and second shooter at my wedding was just not going to be enough. I wanted to incorporate other ways to photograph are guests having fun.

Attending my cousin's wedding about a year and a half ago, I discovered the wonder of the photo booth. They had fun props like boas, funny glasses, hats... Now I know this is nothing new to the wedding world, but since it was the first wedding I was able to attend as an adult, I just thought it was the coolest thing since sliced bread! And as a twist from the guest book norm, they had a table set up with scrapbooking pages, stickers, and markers so that guests could make their own page and offer well-wishes and advice to the couple.

Image Via My Daily Wedding Deals, Photo by Circle City Photobooth

Pretty much as soon as we started planning I kept mentioning the photo booth idea to Mr. Hawk. Having never been to a wedding featuring one, he couldn't quite grasp my enthusiasm. It wasn't too difficult to finally get him on board. (I'm sure my incessant gushing had nothing to do with it) But we were still unsure that it was in the cards due to budget constraints with our reception venue. Well remember how I told you that booking Legacy Hall really opened up some wiggle room in the budget? Well, HELLO PHOTO BOOTH!

Image via Williamsburg Photo Booth

Luckily Williamsburg Photo Booth was available for our day and we didn't hesitate to book them. And like at my cousin's wedding, they will provide a scrapbook to serve as our guest book for everyone to leave a message with a copy of the photo strip. I intend to make some cute little signage with instructions on the guest book and may even DIY some of those cute mustaches that I've seen popping up all over the web. But I am extremely happy to report that both my guestbook and favors are basically complete!

Image via The Knot, Photo By Stell Alesi

Did you come across an idea that killed two birds with one stone?