Elisa and David’s wedding took place at the Villa Medicea in Pisa,Tuscany. A breathtaking wedding venue in the Tuscany countryside that dates back to the year 1000. All of the details and decor were designed by Elisak including the ring book you see below.

A clever twist on the ring pillow, both rings were placed inside the book and tied with a ribbon for safe keeping.  To see so much more of this Tuscany countryside wedding click here. All captured by Italian wedding photographer Cinzia Bruschini.

At the ceremony the two read a lovely poem from Erri De Luca name, “Two.”

When we’ll be two, we’ll be like sleep and watch, we’ll sink in the same flesh, like the milk tooth and its successor, we’ll be two like the waters, the fresh and the salt one, like the skies, nocturnal and diurnal, two like the feet, the eyes, the kidneys, like the heart beat times and the breath blows. When we’ll be two, we’ll have no halves, we’ll be a two that nothing can divide. When we’ll be two, nobody will be one, one will be the equal of no one, the unity will consist of the two. When we’ll be two we’ll change the name even the UNIverse, it will become TWOverse.

Venue: Villa Medicea, Pisa – Tuscany
Band: Manolo Strimpelli e Naitorkestra
Dress Designer: YolanCris
Flowers: Simone Sardelli, Forcoli (Pisa)
Groom’s Attire: Carlo Pignatelli
Stationery: Minted
Hanging Poms: PartyPoms
Handwritten Calligraphy: Angelique, Ink
Ceremony Musician: Roberto Cecchetti, violinist | Ceremony Venue: Chiesa della Madonna delle Serre, Peccioli (Pisa) | Catering: Beppe and Boghe, Staffoli (Pisa) | Jewelry: Clan banlieue di Manuel Bozzi e Luigi Ranchelli snc
Event Designer: the bride Elisa | DIY from the bride: favors (jam box), tableau, menù, ring bearer book

The Parker is arguably one of our favorite wedding venues in Palm Springs. They have held a few weddings there and  know how to make your wedding a true phenomenon.

Connie and Ben’s classically beautiful wedding was filled with vintage details, drift wood centerpieces and gorgeous succulent arrangements. Captured by one of our Hand-Picked wedding vendors Chenin Boutwell. You must see more of this classic wedding in the full gallery by clicking here.

We love it when a couple tailors their guest book table to their wedding style. Connie and Ben’s vintage style table matched their decor and design to a tee as it was filled with antique books as props and tiny succulents.  The guest book table also doubled as a place for guests to grab a sparkler, for the sparkler send off. Using one space for two stations … great idea.

We love Chenin and it is clearly evident why she is one of our Hand-Picked Photographers.  These vendors are at the top of their game and provide excellent services! Chosen because of their commitment to excellence, stylish and fresh ideas, and their overall fresh approach to weddings.To learn more about how our Hand-Picked Vendors are chosen please click here. To see more work from Chenin Boutwell be sure to click here.

Venue: The Parker Palm Springs
Makeup & Hair: Kelly Zhang
Cake: Sweet and Saucy Shop
Coordinator: Kathy Recchia
DJ: Patrick Belton
Dress Designer: Vera Wang
Flowers: Century City Flower Market
Lighting: Lighten Up, Inc
Shoe Designer: Fendi
Stationery: Paper Wonders
Linens : TE Linens
Officiant: Rabbi Arnie Rachlis

Kati and Bryan envisioned a wedding that was tailored, sophisticated and accented with gorgeous flowers.  Little elements referencing their love for their favorite band (Dave Mathews) surrounded them in a tasteful fashion, and made their event very unique and personal. Read on to hear more wedding planning tips from Toledo Event Designers Elite Events and be sure to see more green and blue wedding ideas in the entire gallery captured by Mary Wyar.

If you want your Wedding Party to be in high fashion dresses, but do not want them to shell out a fortune considering renting the dresses form Rent The Runway. They are able to wear a snazzy fashionable gown at a reasonable price. Great idea …. right?

From The Bride:
How to make sure your wedding vision comes to fruition: Being aware of whom you are as individuals and as a couple is the MOST IMPORTANT part of designing your wedding. Piece together what your love story is. Look at photos of the two of you throughout your relationship and write down what you like to do together, how you fell in love and some of the greatest memories you have made. This should tell you what type of a couple you are and give you a starting point to begin gathering images and examples for your wedding designer. Use the images you have gathered to work with your event designer and coordinator to create an inspiration board that reflects not only your style but your budget as well. Take this with you for every wedding related meeting to insure your florist, cake artist and even your bridesmaids all understand exactly what you are going for.

Location:
Bryan and Kati fell in love camping at Dave Matthews Concerts. Keeping in line with how they fell in love outside, they wanted a location with an outdoor natural setting that would subtly transport their guest’s into their love story. They chose the Historic Toledo Country Club built in 1892. The gorgeous building’s large windows, wrap around porches and terrace dance floor provided guest with views of the Maumee River, an award winning golf course, perfectly manicured gardens and a night sky full of stars.

The Design:
Elite Events created a brand for the couple which subtly can be found in every detail. The custom inspiration board titled Tailored Sophistication reflected a color palette that coordinated with the exterior facade of the venue including shades of Greens, Blues, Greys and Whites. Since the couple fell in love camping at Dave Matthews Band concerts, Elite Events took inspiration from an album cover art and transcended the image into the interlocking circles you see on all the details. The circular image represents the couples joining of lives, shared love of a band, and a never ending commitment. The love story continued in other details, using quotes on straw tags and programs, naming tables after meaningful songs, and turning music sheets of the Song “Everyday” into cones that held flower petals in which guests would toss at the conclusion of the ceremony. Paying tribute to the couples favorite past times, the ring bearers dressed like golfers, the flower girls resembled ballerinas and the couple’s dog carried the rings around his collar just as he did during the proposal.

The Reception Décor:
Event Designer Nikki Wolfe incorporated circular details into the table décor utilizing 3D marshmallow white confetti accent linens that complimented the sophisticated Indigo Lamoure linens alternating throughout the reception area.
3 floral designs were created to keep the guests eyes moving throughout the room.
Look 1: A Modern Touch: moss spheres wrapped in white calla lilies and placed in clear square vases
Look 2: A Simple Statement: Dendrobium Orchids playfully emerging from square beds of wheat grass
Look 3: An Understated Elegance: 3 cylinder vases varying in height displayed submerged Cymbidium Orchids, overflowing large Phalaenopsis Orchids, and sprays of newly budded Dendrobium Orchids.

Fun with Food:
Jane’s Cakes created a 3 tier cake inspired by the bride’s ceremony & reception dresses which was topped with a cake topper molded to resemble the couple and their pets. Out of town guests were offered goodie bags filled with Apple butter and Pepper butter made from ingredients grown in the groom’s family garden. The couple invited guests to enjoy their grandmother’s homemade cookies and kept the party going into the late hours of the night with a Nacho station in honor of the grooms favorite late night snack.

Photographer: Mary Wyar
Venue: Toledo Country Club
Cake: Janes Cakes
Coordinator: Elite Events
DJ: Decorative Sound
Dress Designer: Mikaella
Flowers: Bartz Viviano
Groom’s Attire: Ticknor’s Mens Clothier
Shoe Designer: Badgley Mischka
Stationery: Elite Events
Veil or Hair Accessories: Davids Bridal
Prop or Furniture Rentals: Rent a Center
Bridesmaids Dresses: Rent The Runway
Makeup: On Site Bridal | Hair: Destry Newell

Courtney and Geoff  have strong roots in Virginia. Both raised and both attended, met and fell in love at the University of Virginia. They wanted to introduce their  guests to their state and love story in an intimate garden setting full of romantic and personal details. Designed beautifully by Fleurish Events and photographed by Abby Jiu, you can see more lovely chocolate brown and aqua blue wedding ideas in the full gallery by clicking here.

From The Bride:

I was raised in Virginia, it’s the state my husband and his military family lived the longest, and more importantly, it’s the place we met and fell in love at the University of Virginia. We chose to exchange open air vows at the Thomas Birkby House in Leesburg, Virginia. The venue’s 18th century origins, brick walkways, and manicured gardens appealed to our sense of history and home. Inspired by the tint of Southern porch ceilings, painted blue to mimic the sky, we chose dusty aqua as a base color and grounded the palette with a rich chocolate brown, providing a sweet contrast to vintage silver and creamy petal accents. Inside the house, our guests were greeted by a display of family wedding photos, a nod to the great love stories we know by heart, and outside, they were treated to the lush green and heady sunshine of Virginia spring. Carrie Moe applied the most beautiful finishing touches arranging our extensive collection of DIY elements and surrounding the ceremony area with luscious peonies, mercury glass, and custom monogram swags and signage.

My handy groom built a frame to display our handmade escort cards and a sign to guide family and friends to their seats, while I baked cookies from a family recipe to serve as favors, and my mother-in-law scoured her collection of vintage items for antique frames and handkerchiefs to add to the decor. In one daring DIY escapade, I made my first ever mosaic after a case of mercury glass votives arrived broken–and non-returnable. Piecing together those shards of glass reminded me of all the people we love who made us who we are, that life has mysterious ways of leading us to find the perfect fit, and that even when wedding planning hands you lemons (and it may) there’s not one that can’t be turned into lemonade if you keep your eyes on the prize: honoring your partner and the love you share.

In homage to our collegiate beginnings and love of literature, blue-toned books joined varied floral centerpieces on chocolate linens in the reception tent, and handmade posy pins with Alfred Lord Tennyson’s quote, “If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever,” rested on each napkin.

Photographer: Abby Jiu
Event Designer: Fleurish Events, Carrie Moe
Venue: Thomas Birkby House
Makeup: Blend, Ryan Krasney
Cake: Market Salamander, Jason Reaves
Caterer: Savoir Fare
DJ: kirkabee DJs, Kirk Rubley
Dress Designer: Essense, Bridals by Elena
Flowers: Growing Wild
Groom’s Attire: Tom James
Shoe Designer: Stuart Weitzman
Stationery: Deleted Space Creative, Jennifer Olmstead

White lush flowers mixed with winter greens and tons of candles in elegant mercury glasses makes this classic ballroom wedding a show stopper. Not only is the wedding sophisticated and stylish, but the photographs are equally as gorgeous. Captured by one of our Hand-Picked wedding vendors  Emily Steffen Photography. You can see more of this Minnesota Ballroom wedding in the full wedding gallery.

From The Bride:

We were looking for a warm, intimate feeling that would fill the space. I was really inspired by the venue, 317 on Rice Park, by the warm, rich colors, the big windows with natural light, the beautiful, giant fireplace for a winter setting. We were interested in lush, white flowers with some winter greens and natural elements paired with A LOT of candelas in mercury glass. And I mean A LOT of candles. I wanted full, lush tables with warm glowing candle light to greet guests when they walked in. I love the chairs and our flower designer, Melissa, spruced them up just perfectly with the natural twigs and flowers on the backsides. It gave height and interest to the space around the table.

We absolutely LOVED the outcome, plain and simple! I had a general idea that I tried to communicate to Melissa, but am a firm believer that flexibility yields the best results! She really nailed the feeling we were looking for; it surpassed all of our expectations! The room was absolutely stunning and some of the details – such as the blueberries in the candles and flowers on the chairs- were a total surprise! We loved it!

Venue: 317 on Rice Park
Makeup: Avada Juut Salon and Spa – Wayzata, MN
Cake: Buttercream
Caterer: Levi Restaurants
Dress Design & Accessories: Melissa Sweet – Priscilla of Boston
Photo Booth: Traveling Photobooth

We couldn’t wait to share today’s wedding with you! This lovely barn wedding was photographed by one of our absolute favorite southern wedding photographers, Austin Gros. It is truly a picture guide on how to throw a barn wedding.

Amanda and Lucas’s Tennessee wedding could not have been more perfect. All the details were impeccably and thoughtfully planned out in only six months. With comfort in mind along with a, “southern-style” you will love this laid-back wedding held at  Southall Eden, a private farm located just 6 miles outside of Franklin, Tennesse. Be sure to see all the images in the full wedding gallery.

From the Bride:

“Once Lucas and I got engaged in February last year, our wedding planning began almost instantaneously. From the very start, it was extremely important to both of us to have a wedding that was “us.” We also both knew we wanted a venue that would take full advantage of the beautiful rolling hills, laid-back charm and rural setting of our hometown, Nashville, Tennessee. With only 7 months to plan, we were very fortunate to stumble upon Southall Eden, a private farm located just 6 miles outside of Franklin, Tennessee. The setting could not have been more perfect! It really set the mood for the day. Our guests were able to kick off their heels, loosen their ties and just enjoy celebrating with us. Comfort was key! We tried to incorporate that theme in everything from the “southern-style” catering to the bridesmaid’s dresses. I’m thrilled beyond words with how everything turned out. Lucas and I had the time of our lives at our wedding. We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day to kick off the rest of our lives together!”

Photographer: Austin Gros
Event Designer: Southall Eden
Venue: Southall Eden
Event Planning: Bridal Blueprints
Makeup: Stephanie Harrison
Cake: Jo’s Custom Cakes & Catering
Caterer: Puckett’s Grocery
Dress Designer: Anjolique
Flowers: Enchanted Florist
Groom’s Attire: H&M
Bridesmaid’s Dresses: Anthropologie

With a chic aesthetic all their own, Karla and Aspen’s Walnut Creek wedding was filled with style and some seriously fabulous steal-worthy ideas. Their closest friends and family stepped up to give these two brides and unforgettably gorgeous day.

Their friends decorated the space, bought and arranged all of the gorgeous flowers in the reception, prepared delicious food, performed as DJ’s at the reception and even found two pomegranate trees for their ceremony site. As you will see, everyone’s love and support was truly reflected. There are so many more pretty pictures from Emily Scannell Photography that you must see in the full gallery.

We are in awe over this super hip wedding invitations. Karla (bride) designed all of paper goods you see., including the custom beer and wine bottle labels. I am pretty sure she designed the way cute CDs we gush about below.

One of our favorite steal worthy ideas from Karla and Aspen’s wedding was their personalized wedding favors/escort cards. It looks like they made personalized music mixes for each of their guests. Within the CD you would then find your table assignment. Tables were then named after bands like Radiohead, and placed on wine bottles. We wonder if they placed the guests at tables that had similar music tastes. We love love this idea and for sure would be at the Madonna table.

We love love the idea of a having a Mexican Taco Party at your wedding. Nothing says delicious like authentic Mexican street tacos and all the fixings. Delicious! Another great idea these two ladies had was having their friends and family bring dishes to accompany the tacos.

For dessert, they had a traditional wedding cake and then had Ghirardelli Chocolate Co. bring an ice cream cart to make sundaes. Both incredibly great ideas…right?

Photographer: Emily Scannell Photography
Event Designer: Karla Dominguez
Venue: The Gardens at Heather Farm
Ice Cream Cart: Ghirardelli Chocolate Co.
Beer : Van Houten Brewing Co.
Florist: Bridal bouquets and boutonnieres by La Fleuriste
Reception and Ceremony Flowers: James Q. Chan and  April Frederick
Ceremony Musician: Mark Abdilla
Wedding Dress: Watters gown, Tyler
Hair Accessory: ODA
Jewelry: Wedding rings designed by Vanessa Gade  | Earrings by SMV designs
Shoes: Miz Mooz
Karla’s suit: Banana Republic suit |  J.Crew shirt
Karla’s shoes: Nicole Women’s Oxford shoes|
Transportation: limo provided by Provider Limo
Groomspeople’ suits: Gonzalo: Ben Sherman plaid suit,Tahari suit
Hair & Makeup: Marie Meher
Stationery: Design by: Karla Dominguez | Event Designer: DIY with April Frederick, Kathleen Phan & James Chan | Day-of Event Coordinator: Kathleen Phan  | Veil/Hair accessory: Mission Statement artistMeher | DJ/Band: DJ’s DJ Emotions (Iris Suarez) and DJ LaNiche (Joanna Peñuela) | Officiant: Jose Vergelin | Wedding Cake: wedding cake by Maria Stolz

Melissa and Aydin’s wedding day was a graceful and elegant Southern affair held at The Clifton Inn in Charlottesville, Virginia. Their wedding day was peppered with moments that were special to them. Because of their love of word play, guests were entertained during cocktail hour with mad libs and invited to use conversation cards during the dinner.

The event was designed and executed by A Dominick Events, with floral design and styling was performed by Beehive Events. You can see more of this Charlottesville vineyard inspired wedding by clicking here.  All captured perfectly by Elisa B Photography.

Photographer: Elisa B Photography
Event Designer: A Dominick Events
Venue, Cake & Catere: Clifton Inn
Makeup & Hair: Elan
Hair: Elan
DJ: Rick Haggard Entertainment
Dress Designer: Junko Yoshioka
Flowers: Beehive Events
Lighting: Skyline Tent Company
Shoe Designer: Stuart Weitzman

We are thrilled to showcase one of our Hand-Picked wedding vendors Erich Mcvey Photography. Specializing in capturing timeless classic images in the Pacific Northwest. We were lucky to have meet Erich and his sweet wife at our Portland Happy Hour. They were as kind as could be. It is easy to see from our next feature, why Erich was chosen as one of our Hand-Picked.

Ben and Chelsea were married at the Portland Temple and had an elegant reception at, Zenith Vineyards. We are loving the classic details and of course how pretty is Chelsea’s hair?  Loving the vintage inspired hair accessory. So pretty. See this entire Portland Temple Wedding by clicking here.

From the bride:

Growing up as a little girl, I always knew I wanted a bit of a classic vibe. I chose black and dark brown as my colors and dressed it up with tuxedos to give me that classic look that I wanted. But most of all, I wanted to be fun, where the guests were happy to be there and didn’t want to leave. The photobooth was a great touch of fun to the wedding. I used the pictures of the guests as an addition to my thank you notes and we also compiled a picture book to remember our guests by. I love flowers and I love food! I wanted the desert table to be pretty, but most importantly, delicious! I opted out of fondant and went straight for amazing tasting cakes with buttercream frosting. As for the flowers, it was most important to me to not fight the seasons. Flowers out of season never look their best and always seem out of place. I was going for an earthy, garden feel because I love the look and I thought it went great with a fall wedding. We added some white pumpkins into the floral arrangements with monogram Ps on them for Park. We made those ourselves. We bought all the pumpkins that Michael’s had, painted them white, and stuck the vinyl lettering on them. My father, Calvin Stinger, is a professional artist and supplied all of the amazing bronze sculptures as table pieces. It added a great touch to the feel of the room and colors of the wedding. It really was the perfect wedding. We had an amazingly fun time. I think the most important thing is that we didn’t fight the season, we found great and artistic professionals that understood what we wanted and we rolled with the punches knowing that there would be a hiccup here or there.

It was the most amazing day of my life. I knew that as the bride, I was to expect a certain level of chaos. But I made it a point to take moments in between the hugging and greeting and chatting just to take a look around. I wanted to remember what the day looked like and felt like…and also look at the handsome man I just married!
The sparklers as we left the reception was a highlight for both of us. It was just so much fun!

Erich McVey is one of our exclusive The Hand-Picked Vendors. Hand-Picked Vendors are at the top of their game and provide excellent services! These vendors are chosen because of their commitment to excellence, stylish and fresh ideas, and their overall fresh approach to weddings. To learn more about how our Hand-Picked Vendors are chosen please click here. To see more work from Erich McVey be sure to click here.

Citing inspiration from the season’s latest color trend, our next wedding is surely to inspire all you spring brides. This elegant pastel wedding was held in South Africa, just outside Nelspruit in the low veld, near the Kruger National Park Gate.

We are head over heels for the soft and flowy bridesmaid dresses, the flower sash on the bride and all the pastel wedding florals. What do you love most?  All beautifully captured by South African wedding photographer Rensche Marie Photography. There really are so many more beautiful photographs in the full wedding gallery. Click here to see them all.

From The Bride:

My inspiration – Initially when my fiancé and I discussed our wedding “theme” we decided that we did not want to be boxed in by a specific theme, color style or rhythm. We wanted the wedding to shine timeless charm with a slight edge to it. Our wedding stationery was inspired by the Magnolia venue (floral wallpaper) and the colours we decided to work with were dove grey and turquoise with a touch of pink.

Since we got married in early October it made sense to focus on a spring floral table set-up complimented by a lot of candle light. The venue allowed for an open plan lay-out  with some of our guests seated on the patio overlooking the beautiful view of the Lowveld.  My mother, sister and aunt stumbled on the bridesmaids dresses shopping one morning and after sending me a picture we knew that nothing else would have looked better than these fabulous airy floral dresses from Forever New.  We had the absolute best florist and after meeting with her and advising on the look of the bridesmaids dresses she immediately understood what we were trying to create on our day,  she sourced the absolute best and most beautiful flowers available during season.

To fit into the timeless charm  I wanted my wedding dress to be classic, comfortable but still show people who I am, we had a traditional church wedding and I knew that my back would be towards our guests the  moment I reached the altar and wanted to make use of the opportunity to display the floral detail on the back of my dress. We used the same floral brooches from the dress in my hair, which complimented the “floral” theme beautifully…

Our wedding day was out of this world with the best weather we could ever have wished for, the food and wine was delicious the band kept guests on their feet until the early hours of the morning and my brand new  hubby and I partied until the very last guest left. It was a dream come true. Of course it helped to have such reliable suppliers and close family and friends helping us with all arrangements, allowing for such a stress free wedding day.

Photographer: Rensche Marie Photography
Getting ready venue: Caster Bridge Hollow
Catering & Venue: Magnolia Restuarante
Band: Havanna
Cake of Cheeses: Magnolia
Flowers: Jorika van Huyssteen | Dress: Belinda Viljoen | Hair:  Cecile De Jong | Make-up: Mireille Pieters | Bridesmaid dresses: Forever New | Grooms attire: Woolworths | Cake: Family favour

At first our next couple was set on a destination wedding, but as soon as they saw the Monastery in Toro Canyon – it was love at first sight. This unique property in Montecito had everything they could have ever wanted: modern architecture, gorgeous landscaping and a breathtaking view.

With a small guest list and cocktail party feel, they were able to spend time with each and every guest and enjoy the atmosphere without it flying by in a blink of an eye. Enjoy more of this Montecito garden wedding in the full wedding gallery and read more from the bride by clicking here. Beautifully captured by one of our Hand-Picked wedding vendors Patrick Moyer.

Patrick Moyer is one of our exclusive The Hand-Picked Vendors. Hand-Picked Vendors are at the top of their game and provide excellent services! These vendors are chosen because of their commitment to excellence, stylish and fresh ideas, and their overall fresh approach to weddings. To learn more about how our Hand-Picked Vendors are chosen please click here. To learn more about Patrick and his amazing work click here.

Venue: The Monastery in Toro Canyon
Cake: Christine Dahl Pastries
Caterer: BEACON Catering & Events
DJ: Danny D Swing Band
Dress Designer: Va Lena Valentina
Flowers: Blue Magnolia Events
Groom’s Attire: Jonathan Behr Bespoke
Shoe Designer: Jimmy Choo
Stationery: Minted

Have you chosen your wedding colors yet? Is purple on the top of your list? If so, you might want to take a peek at the bridesmaid dresses in this purple and green classic wedding. Made by BHLDN and actually on sale right now for $120. A timeless elegant number that you can bet will be worn again.

We also guarantee you are also going to love the organic birch wood centerpieces used at the reception. Filled with kale, succulents and bullet allium and placed on a freshly cut piece of bark with moss. It just goes to show you can be woodsy and classic all in the same moment. Photographed by  Claudia Kay Photo and designed by Lovebird Style. You can see more of this purple wedding in the full gallery by clicking here.

Photographer: Claudia Kay Photo
Event Designer: Lovebird Style
Venue: The Metal Museum
Cake: Muddy’s Bakeshop
Caterer: Gus’s Fried Chicken
Coordinator: Lovebird Style
Flowers: Kevin Griffin
Lighting: Nashville Event Lighting
Band: the downtown band
Bridesmaid Dresses: B H L D N
Rentals: mahaffey tent and party rentals
Invitation Design: Red Ribbon Fox Design

If you are investigating Southern California wedding venues, you should for sure take a tour of Casa Romantica. A bluff-top estate with spectacular views of the beautiful Pacific ocean along with stunning architecture making it the perfect backdrop for a beach wedding without the sand.

If you are investigating Southern California wedding photographers, we also suggest taking a serious look at Lane Dittoe Photography. Obviously you can see from our next wedding he knows how to make a girl look incredibly pretty. How gorgeous does Marissa look? Be sure to see more of this Casa Romantica Wedding in the full wedding gallery by clicking here.

Lane Dittoe and Paper and Thread  are both The Hand-Picked Vendors. Hand-Picked Vendors are at the top of their game and provide excellent services! These vendors are chosen because of their commitment to excellence, stylish and fresh ideas, and their overall fresh approach to weddings. To learn more about how our Hand-Picked Vendors are chosen please click here.

Photographer: Lane Dittoe
Cinematography: Stereo Waltz Films
Stationery: Paper and Thread
Cake: Sweet and Saucy Shop

Event Designer: Pamela Lowe Floral Designs
Venue: Casa Romantica
Makeup: Lisa Leming
Hair: Lauren Hodges from Salon Sauvage
Caterer: Iva Lee’s Catering
DJ: Cerritos All Stars
Dress Designer: Paloma Blanca
Flowers: Pamela Lowe Floral Designs
Groom’s Attire: Tommy Hilfiger from Macy’s
Shoe Designer: Jeffery Campbell

This is our last wedding before Christmas and we thought we would leave you with a really beautiful wedding from Braedon Flynn Photography.  A black and white stylish affair held at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum.

The entire event is positively chic without even trying. The bride goes into more detail about the venue, special moments and how she create a vintage look for less that you must read. Be sure to see all of the beautiful images in the full gallery by clicking here.

From the bride, Megan

The morning of the wedding, as I was getting ready with all the girls in the hotel room, we got a knock on the door. It was Dave’s brothers and they had a gift for me that they brought that was from Dave & Dave’s family. Dave’s mom, Lucy, had a cross necklace made for me as a wedding gift; it was a replica of a cross necklace, that she has had in her family for years. It was so special to her to be able to pass this on to the her “new daughter” as a way to welcome me to their family. It was a gold cross with pearls and a green precious stone in the middle. It was so special to me to be given something so beautiful and something that has such meaning. Unbeknownst to Lucy, I had borrowed a vintage family bracelet and earrings from my grandmother to wear for the wedding. Pearl earrings and a vintage green emerald bracelet. When I paired all three together and put them all on with my dress, the combo of all three was perfect. It meant the world to me to be wearing such beautiful pieces that came from both my family and my new family.

Walking down the aisle with my dad was another one of my favorite moments. My parent’s toast to us was also incredible. Having been married for 35 years, they gave us words of wisdom, advice and told such great stories. Every guest came up to my parents to thank them that night and that meant so much to us.

Once we met with our florist Kim, from Toast Santa Barbara and we chose all of our white flowers (hydrangeas, garden & polo roses, anemones, white veronica, etc. , we realized that we could save a lot of money by providing our own flower containers. We began collecting all of our flower containers… vintage mason jars, vintage milk bottles, small glass jam jars (peeled labels off), french lemonade bottles from Trader Joes, Starbucks Frappuccino bottles (labels off)… literally anything in a glass jar that I found in my kitchen, I examined to see if I could use it as a flower jar…When it all came together on our long banquet tables, I really loved the look of all the different shapes and sizes of the glass bottles as our floral centerpieces. Such an easy way to save some money & create a vintage look for less.

For the ceremony aisle (and along the entire length of the grape pergola) we envisioned hanging mason jars hung with twine filled with white flowers, succulents and greenery next to hanging jars with lit candles. We rented 2 wine barrels to be the focal point at the end of the aisle and covered them with a lush spread of hydrangeas, succulents and candles.

DANCING! Our band and our DJ were INSANE. They played back and forth all night long. The best thing you could ever wish for when throwing a great party, is that the dance floor never be empty. The dance floor was never NOT FULL.

Photographer: Braedon Flynn Photography
Event Designer: Soigne Productions
Venue: Santa Barbara Historical Museum
Makeup: Makeup by Jenny at TEAM Hair & Makeup
Hair: Kristina Feher
Cake: Enjoy Cupcakes
Caterer: Baby Blues BBQ
Coordinator: Soigne Productions
Dress Designer: Monique Lhuillier
Flowers: Toast Santa Barbara
Groom’s Attire: Burberry
Shoe Designer: Jimmy Choo
DJ: friend of the couple

Blair and Rie got married for the third and final time at St. Valentino Pier in Red Hook Brooklyn. No – its not what it sounds like … they actually were legally wed at City Hall in NYC last year, followed by a traditional Japanese ceremony in Japan earlier this year – this was the party for the American crew. This Simple Brooklyn wedding was captured by Oh, Darling. You can see more of this New York wedding in the full gallery by clicking here.

Here are some words from the bride:
“We were very lucky to have some talented friends help us out. Our wedding invitations were designed and printed by our friend Michael. The wedding cake was created by my friend Yoshie, who is a professional pastry chef. I especially want to thank to Kyoko, who is my best friend from high school. She made the bouquet, boutonnieres, and all the flowers at the tables.

She and her boyfriend Ben run a small business producing the sugar boxes that we chose as our wedding favors (www.etsy.com/shop/MadebyaManandaWoman). I can not imagine our wedding without her! Kyoko and I went to flower district in the city two days before the wedding, and bought a bunch of flowers. We saved a lot of money doing that by ourselves. I found a beautiful vintage lace ribbon at Brooklyn Flea, and wrapped it around the bouquet.

The animal puppets were bought on Etsy and used in place of table numbers. We created the seating chart by scanning in the drawings of the animals included on their packaging. Then printed them out on shipping tags we got from Staples. We soaked them in coffee to add a bit of an aged feel to them. We were preparing our wedding right through the night before our wedding day. It’s now a good memory, but we actually went to Kinko’s late the night before the wedding to finish things up!”

Photographer: Oh, Darling!
Venue: St. Valentino Pier
Makeup: YUI Salon
Hair: YUI Salon
Caterer: Alma – reception site in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Dress Designer: Saja
Groom’s Attire: JCrew
Shoe Designer: Urban Outfitters
Veil or Hair Accessories: ban.do
groom’s bow-tie: Brooklyn Circus
groom shoes: Unis
wedding favor: sugar cubes from Made by a Man and a Woman
ceremony music: Ana Maria Rosado
Cake: Yoshie, friend
Officiant: Jesse Costello, friend
Flowers: Kyoko Masutani, friend

We have a San Francisco City treat from one of our Hand-Picked wedding vendors, Christina Diane Weddings. Held at the Beautiful Hotel Monaco wedding with glimmers of golds and fuschia throughout.

Since your maid of honor is your number one gal pal, it always nice to make her feel extra special. We love that this bride honored her maid of honor with a matching brooch bouquet. What do you think…should your Maid Of Honor have a little something extra or should your entire wedding party be treated equally. We would love to know what you think? See more of this San Francisco City Wedding by clicking here.

Christina Diane is one of our exclusive The Hand-Picked Vendors. Hand-Picked Vendors are at the top of their game and provide excellent services! These vendors are chosen because of their commitment to excellence, stylish and fresh ideas, and their overall fresh approach to weddings. To learn more about how our Hand-Picked Vendors are chosen please click here.

Photographer: Christina Diane Weddings
Event Designer: Anais Events
Venue: Hotel Monaco
Makeup: Le’Burget Salon
Hair: Le’Burget Salon
Cake: Cake Work
Caterer: Grand Cafe at Hotel Monaco
DJ: DJ Jeremy Productions
Dress Designer: Priscilla of Boston
Flowers: Fantasy Floral Designs
Groom’s Attire: Jos A Bank
Officiant: Ian Knight
Stationery: Anais Events
Reception dress: vintage
Bridesmaid dresses: Priscilla of Boston
Bridesmaid shoes: Steve Madden
Bride’s shoes:  Badgley Mischka
Bride’s headpiece & bracelet: Lucia Bella
Bride’s necklace: The Crystal Rose
Lace bolero: Alex Bridal on Etsy
Bridesmaid jewelry: HSN
Bridesmaid Flower Hair Piece: Miss Nancy
Favor Jars: Navy and Lavender
Favor tag Jars: Amaretto
Thank you signs: Little Retreats
Groom’s cake: Debbie does cake
Harpist: Michelle Sell

Our next couple had been together eight years before their wedding. They didn’t want their wedding to feel like their parents party, but they also did not want the wedding to feel like a beginning… like they were starting their lives together. Instead, they wanted their guests to feel as though the entire weekend was a celebration of a bond that they had grown and nurtured over the past eight years and would continue to grow and nurture. Read on to hear some pretty fabulous tips from the bride.

Enjoy more Preppy Pink And Navy Wedding from one of our absoulte favorite Midwest Weddding Photographer Emily Emily Steffen Photography.

Read this is is pretty awesome:

On August 20, 2010, one year before our wedding, I was looking at one of the blogs I follow and I saw a wedding where the bride and groom wrote their vows together. At their ceremony the bride said one line of their vows and the groom said the next and they went back and forth until the vows were over. And when the vows were over they asked each other if they vowed to be the others husband and wife. I had never met these people but I was crying in my office at work after hearing their vows. It was so moving. I went home, showed Scott and he instantly agreed. We wrote our vows that same night . . . a year before our wedding. Our entire wedding weekend was every thing we could have hoped for–the Twin Cities had absolutely perfect weather, everyone was smiling and laughing, and we felt so incredibly loved.

From The Bride on her inspiration and diy projects.

With wedding blogs for inspiration, I set out to make our one of a kind wedding. I have always been the type of person that refuses to pay someone to do something I can do myself, so a few months before the wedding I made the cornhole boards, thank you place cards, moss letters, lavender hand soaps, and welcome bags. When my Maid of Honor arrived from LA the week of the wedding, we made the bouquets, centerpieces, and table card windows. However, none of the details would have been pulled off without our week of coordinator, Lora from At Your Service Weddings. I loved being a do-it-yourself Bride, but I loved even more that on the day of my wedding I could just enjoy every moment and not worry about a thing.

 When the time came to plan our wedding, we knew we wanted it to be timeless and classic, but not traditional, with a dash of good old Southern Hospitality all the way up in Minnesota. Eighty percent of our guest list was flying in for the wedding and we did not want them to worry about a thing. We rented a charter bus to take them to and from the wedding, and when they arrived at the boat club they were immediately handed either a Mint Julep or a John Daly and an Hors d’oeuvre as they waited for the ceremony.

We love the idea of keeping the Mason jar as a wedding favor. Not only do they get to use it at the wedding, but every time guests use it they will remember your special day.

Emily Steffen is one of our exclusive Hand-Picked Vendors. Hand-Picked Vendors are at the top of their game and provide excellent services! These vendors were chosen because of their commitment to excellence, stylish and fresh ideas, and their overall fresh approach to weddings. To learn more about how our Hand-Picked Vendors are chosen please click here.

Photographer: Emily Steffen Photography
Venue: MN Boat Club
Makeup: Sara Feldman
Hair: Sara Feldman
Cake: Wouletts Bakery
Coordinator: At your Service Weddings
Dress Designer: Melissa Sweet
Flowers: The Bride and Maid of honor
Groom’s Attire: Brooks Brothers

Take a look a this Rustic Santa Barbara Wedding, it excudes classic elegance with a rustic twist. Bre & Jeff were married at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum and had some really lovely details put together by Brown Paper Design.

The wedding alter is definitely a must see. Loosly scattered succulents and peonies lined the wedding pathway. Super gorgeous. Be sure to check out the wedding film by Joel Serrato. You can see more of this wedding in the full gallery captured by Josh Elliott.

Joel Serrato is one of our exclusive The Hand-Picked Vendors. Hand-Picked Vendors are at the top of their game and provide excellent services! Vendors are chosen because of their commitment to excellence, stylish and fresh ideas, and their overall fresh approach to weddings. To learn more about how our Hand-Picked Vendors are chosen please click here.

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Photographer: Josh Elliott
Event Designer: Brown Paper Design
Venue: Santa Barbara Historical Museum
Makeup: Cheek Couture
Hair: Cheek Couture
Caterer: SBB Gourmet Catering
Cinematography: Joel Serrato
Event Rentals: Ventura Rental Center

Adding a little bit of whimsy to your wedding day has our vote. Pinwheels are not only colorful and fun, but can be incorporated into almost every part of your wedding decor. From your invites to wedding favors, all the way to your wedding altar.

Our next wedding uses these colorful props to line the wedding aisle. Just pop them in the grass and you have an instant vibrant wedding aisle. They also used them as colorful centerpieces mixed in with citrus fruit. Each one of these pinwheels was made with love by the bride’s father. To see more of this pinwheel wedding click here.

If you are looking to have your own pinwheel wedding you can click here to learn how to make your own pinwheels.

Photographer: Lori Anderson Photographers
Venue: Newland Barn at Newland House
Cake/Desserts: My Sweet and Saucy
Coordinator: Bre Nelson, Joyful Weddings and Events
Floral Design: Kim Sanders, Art With Nature
Lighting: Baker Party Rentals