Why did I delete the duplicate folders?

Silly me. When I was browsing through the pictures on my iMac to change my desktop picture, I thought I was seeing duplicate photos. And I was.
So, I went into the finder, and discovered that I had two sets of folders that contained all of the same pictures. Not wanting two of everything, I decided to keep the Data folder, and deleted the other folder with all the duplicates - or what appeared to be duplicates.
Now I am unable to choose any of the pictures in my iPhoto Library as desktop backgrounds, nor am I able to open any of them up for editing from iPhoto. Plus I've already emptied the Trash, and can't restore the stuff I deleted.
What is the best way to fix this? I figure I can try copying all of my photos to a new folder, delete from the iPhoto Library, and then either try re-importing into iPhoto or uninstall and reinstall iPhoto.
Or is there a simpler step that I'm overlooking?
Red-faced,
Kevin

And, of course, it turns out I deleted the wrong set of folders. Fortunately, I have backups of the vast majority of the photos, which I am in the process of restoring. Here endeth the lesson...

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