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Rachel + Kyle: A Garden-Themed Wedding in Virginia from Kristin Partin Photography

By on May 6, 2013 in Real Weddings, Spring, Traditional

A teenage Kyle was enchanted by Rachel’s voice as she sang lyrics from the French classic Beauty and the Beast for a school production. Years later, the couple recreated that same foreign magic on their wedding day, which was captured beautifully by Kristin Partin Photography.

“We really wanted to make it like a French garden party,” Rachel told Limn & Lovely. “Overall, we wanted it to be a dream.”

The bridesmaids were dressed in “steely blue gowns,” Rachel said, and the couple’s do-it-yourself blooms were arranged “so that they looked as if someone had gone into their garden and gathered a bundle together.”

The couple exchanged traditional vows on the spring-green grounds of Rachel’s home church. “We chose to do a foot washing ceremony to show our desire to have a marriage where both parties serve each other in humility,” Rachel said. “It was beautiful and so very meaningful to us.”

She added, “I know this sounds clichéd, but it really does fly by. When the pastor said, ‘I now pronounce you husband and wife,’ I looked at him strangely because I thought he had skipped something. Don’t fret about little things. Trust me, it won’t matter nearly as much when it’s all over. Skimp where you can on the wedding, and splurge on a rockin’ honeymoon with the man of your dreams.”

Vendors

Photography: Kristin Partin Photography / Ceremony and reception venue: House of Prayer / Flowers: Whole Blossoms and Roy Houff / Catering: Maggiano’s / Cake: Made by a friend of the family / Officiants: Pastor Mark Jordan and Pastor Steve Stells / Bride’s dress: Tara Keely / Bride’s shoes: TOMS / Veil: Bella Rosa / Bridesmaids’ dresses: Jasmine B2 / Groom’s and groomsmen’s attire: J. Crew / Hair and makeup: Friend of one of the bridesmaids / Invitations: DIY / Guest book: Michaels

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Earthy Splendor: A Vintage Bohemian Inspiration Shoot from Julie Wilmes Photography

By on April 26, 2013 in Bohemian, Offbeat, Rustic, Vintage

Dreamed up by a team of talented Texan wedding professionals, including photographer Julie Wilmes, vintage rental purveyor Rent My Dust, and cupcake creator La Bella Cupcakes, this inspired shoot unfolded at Dallas’ White Rock Lake Park, a green oasis whose focal point is a thousand-acre lake surrounded by towering pecan and cottonwood trees. The haziness of the day enhanced the enchanted mood of the shoot, which incorporated a beautifully balanced blend of finespun vintage details—think gold-rimmed floral teacups, antique etched compact mirrors, and flower-filled garden cloches—with heavier, woodier elements befitting a bohemian aesthetic, such as preserved moss mounds, dark blue and amber apothecary bottles, and a weathered metal ampersand. The striking color palette, suggestive of fall but adaptable to any season, fused both light and dark shades to bewitching effect. Barely-there peach, soft bisque, and moonstone purple were set off by earthy, moody colors, including rust, dusty-looking orange, crushed berry, coppered brown, slate blue, and tarnished gold. Florist Marion Miller flexed her creative muscles when it came to designing the floral arrangements, which mixed fresh and dried blooms, including roses, dahlias, lotuses, seedpods, wheat, blue daisy sprays, and vines.

The most notable aspect of this session, though, is the models, Talitha and Matthew. The two are a real-life couple, as one might gather from the love and warmth that they radiate. Sadly, an absentee photographer left the pair, who have been married for a decade, without a single wedding photo. This shoot gave them the chance to amend that loss. Both wore their original wedding attire, which still fit perfectly after ten years.

“Talitha and Matthew exemplify strong and passionate love,” Julie said. “We were so happy to be able to give them tangible memories in the form of photographs that fit the style of their wedding.”

 
Vendors

Photography: Julie Wilmes Photography / Venue: White Rock Lake Park / Flowers: Marion Miller of Designs by M. Miller (Designsbymmiller@gmail.com) / Vintage rentals and prop styling: Rent My Dust / Cupcakes and treats: La Bella Cupcakes

This shoot was submitted via Two Bright Lights.

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Elizabeth + Michael: A Hollywood Schoolhouse Wedding by O’Malley Photographers

By on March 7, 2013 in Elegant, Real Weddings, Traditional

Captured timelessly by husband-and-wife photography duo Ashlee and Scott O’Malley of O’Malley Photographers, Elizabeth and Michael’s pretty-in-pink wedding took place at the Hollywood Schoolhouse, a historic turn-of-the-century building nestled in the heart of Washington’s wine country. With its sweeping hardwood floors, original exposed brick walls, and extensive antique collection, whose items range from petroleum pumps to pedal cars, the venue retains all of its yesteryear charm. Its nostalgic ambiance was complemented beautifully by the wedding’s romantic, elegant details, including an abundance of pale pink roses and pearl accents. Elizabeth and Michael said “I do” on the evergreen-lined lawn in front of an old wooden water tower named after the early students of the school, who came from an area known as Derby. The two tied a cord of three strands, took communion with their immediate family members, and had one of their favorite poems read by Michael’s sister. Their reception took place in the schoolhouse’s renovated ballroom, which boasts dripping chandeliers, an old-time bar, and a cozy fireplace. Guests used Wedding Party’s photo app to help capture all the memories of the day. “It was a total joy to share in Michael and Elizabeth’s wedding day,” Ashlee and Scott said. “These two were so caring, sweet, and fun to be around.”

Vendors

Photography: O’Malley Photographers / Venue: Hollywood Schoolhouse /  Catering: Hollywood Schoolhouse / DJ: DJ Romo

This wedding was submitted via Two Bright Lights.

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Springtime Dreaming: A Downton Abbey–Inspired Shoot by Nathan Peel

By on February 1, 2013 in Glamorous, Season, Spring, Summer, Vintage

Any shoot that channels the early-twentieth-century glamor of Downton Abbey is bound to be beautiful, but when it’s photographed by the infinitely talented Nathan Peel and styled by the event design visionaries behind Blue Dahlia Events, chances are it’s going to be extraordinary. And extraordinary is just the word we’d use to describe this loveliest of lovely inspiration shoots, which took place at Cincinnati’s historic Peterloon Estate, whose gloriously green grounds and Georgian and Queen Anne elements set the stage for a refined, softly romantic setting redolent of an English garden. You’ll find yourself transfixed by the dreamy palette of muted blush tones, grayed blues, and lavender shades, as well as by the delicate details, including mismatched vintage china, the sweetest-looking berry-adorned tea cakes, and a splendorous array of floral arrangements. Dreamed up by Inspired Floral Design, they featured pink astilbe, pale garden roses, and wispy ferns.

Vendors

Photography: Nathan Peel Photography / Event Design: Blue Dahlia Events / Flowers: Inspired Floral Design / Venue: Peterloon Estate / Cakes: Tres Belle Cakes / Rentals: All Occasions Event Rental / Stationery: Paperreka / Makeup: BRIDEface / Hair: Bridal Hair by Liz / Bride’s Dress: Alice and Olivia / Bridesmaid Dresses: Mod Cloth

This shoot was submitted via Two Bright Lights.

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Mood Board #98: Pink Depression Glass

By on January 29, 2013 in Mood Boards, Spring, Summer

I have a confession to make: I’m a Depression glass hoarder. Although I have yet to conduct an official inventory, I probably own more than 200 pieces, and I have absolutely no idea what to do with them. The look on my husband’s face when he catches me sneaking a new set into the house (usually from an obscure and unreasonably distant pseudo-antique shop) makes me feel like a compulsive collector of creepy porcelain dolls, and I half expect to wake up one day and find that he’s unloaded the entire lot on eBay. I don’t know what it is about Depression glass. Maybe it’s the history behind it or the charming pattern names, such as Moondrops and Cherryberry, which, for the original owners, alluded to better days and the lost glamor of the flourishing ’20s.

Although I seek out Depression glass in every shade, the pale pink hues, which often gradate into a rosy amber glow at the base of each piece, are by far my favorite. And thus we have today’s board, which features pink Depression glass and poppies, among other soft and lovely blooms. The ombréesque corals and cheerful canary-yellow colors inject an inviting brightness and a playful sophistication into an otherwise pretty but plain pink palette.

CREDITS (from left to right, top to bottom): Girl with peony > Photo by Elizabeth Messina (via Destination Weddings & Honeymoons) / Meringue-filled cups > Photo by Our Labor of Love, styling by Amy Osaba for The Bride’s Guide / Champagne cocktail > Photo and recipe from the Winter 2011 issue of Sweet Paul / Glasses > Photo by Jessica Claire, styling by Amorology (via Green Wedding Shoes) / Cake > Photo by Our Labor of Love, styling by Amy Osaba for The Bride’s Guide / Poppy and jasmine vine bouquet > Photo by Jose Villa, floral design by Flowerwild (via Southern Weddings)

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Jessica + Peter: A Saltwater Farm Wedding by Lara Kimmerer

By on December 11, 2012 in All Posts, Real Weddings, Rustic, Vintage

Captured brilliantly through Lara Kimmerer’s lens and meticulously designed by Ashley Burk of Eventfully Ash, Jessica and Peter’s East Coast wedding was a beautiful study in combining the best of many worlds. One part vintage, one part rustic, and one part elegant, this affair was all kinds of wonderful. Even the setting itself—a sprawling saltwater farm overlooking Mount Hope and Narragansett Bay in Bristol, Rhode Island—had many different layers, evoking both the bucolic charm of a well-appointed farmstead and the entrancing romance of the sea.

No detail was overlooked, from the stunning floral designs, which featured lush pink garden roses laced with dusty miller foliage, Queen Anne’s lace, and delicate baby’s breath, to the eclectic tabletop décor, including antique hurricane lamps and heirloom silver goblets used by Jessica’s parents at their own wedding long ago. Jessica, whose greatest love next to Peter is horses, also found unique ways to tastefully incorporate these graceful creatures into her wedding day, such as by using discarded horseshoes for escort cards. “My event designer and I spent weeks collecting more than 120 old horseshoes,” Jessica recalled. “They were awesome, even though I was worried the rust might rub off on our guests’ clothing and hands. As if they had read my mind, my dad and my twin brother spent the whole day before the wedding polishing the horseshoes with some weird machine. Seriously. They were shining old horseshoes well into the night!”

The best part? Jessica and Peter were the winners of a photography and event design contest that Lara and Ashley held at the end of last year. “Winning the contest meant so much to us,” Jessica said. “It would have been strange not having Lara and her husband there to capture our big day. Peter and I got to know them in the months leading up to the wedding, but it felt like we had known them for years. There was something familiar and comfortable—and wonderful—about them that made the whole experience that much more special.”

Q + A with Jessica

 How did you choose your venue?

After we got engaged, we started looking for venues and photographers. I had my heart set on a summer wedding, which gave us less than a year to get everything together.

Mount Hope Farm was the perfect venue for our rustic/vintage/elegant wedding. We couldn’t have asked for more. We love the ocean, and I love horses, so we wanted to get married on a farm by the ocean. And we wanted an outdoor wedding so that our guests could just hang out and enjoy the beautiful summer weather in each other’s company. (We didn’t want our guests to be tied to the dance floor, the bar, or their tables). What’s more, Peter went to college down the street and had never even heard of Mount Hope Farm. He really liked the idea of getting married in his college town. If you know where to look, you can actually see parts of the campus from Mount Hope’s waterfront.

The sea also has significance for my family. My father loves the ocean as much as anyone—he’s a sailor—and I was named Jessica Marina. I put a tiny sailboat charm on his boutonniere and gave him vintage horse head cufflinks.

Can you tell us a little bit about the details of your wedding?

Family is really important to me, so instead of having a maid of honor, my three brothers were my men of honor. Peter’s brother was his best man.

Our officiant, Matt, is like a brother to me, and he’s one of the coolest people I know! Our mothers were friends when they were pregnant .We grew up together, and Matt was one of my first friends to meet Peter. Anyone else marrying us wouldn’t have meant as much.

I wanted the wedding to reflect us. I don’t know how I pulled it off while working a full-time job and moving into a new apartment, but I put effort into every little detail, and I wanted Peter to be a part of everything. This was our big day, and I wanted our guests to see “J & P” reflected in all the details.

My bridesmaids wore sea-glass green dresses, a reflection of our love for the ocean. Plus, I enjoy collecting sea glass, and I love the color of it.

Supporting local vendors and farmers was important to us, so we incorporated produce and herbs from Mount Hope into our wedding menu. We wanted our guests to have delicious food, so we went with Pranzi Catering. And we chose a florist from our hometown instead of going with someone from the Bristol, Rhode Island area. Karen from Dandelions was amazing! I couldn’t have envisioned more perfect floral arrangements!

Peter and I met in NYC. On one of our first dates, I took him all over the city and showed him some of my favorite places. One of them was Magnolia Bakery. I love their cupcakes! We brought NYC to our wedding by having cupcakes instead of cake, including red velvet cupcakes, Peter’s favorite.

My “something blue” was a vintage turquoise bracelet given to me by one of my brothers. My “something borrowed” was my mother’s pearl necklace. My “something old” was my grandmother’s hand-embroidered seafoam green handkerchief. I pinned it under my dress so she could be with me as I was walking down the aisle. My bridal shoes were seafoam green, but I changed into my ancient and overly used cowgirl boots so that I could take advantage of roaming around Mount Hope with Peter.

My next love after Peter is horses! I needed to incorporate my love for these creatures into the wedding somehow, but I didn’t want horses to be everywhere. I decided to use old horseshoes as escort cards. My event designer and I spent weeks collecting more than 120 horseshoes. They were vintage-y and rustic. They were awesome, even though I was worried the rust might rub off on our guests’ clothes and hands. As if they had read my mind, my dad and my twin brother spent the whole day before the wedding polishing the horseshoes with some weird machine. Seriously. They were shining old horseshoes well into the night!

My mother made my garter belt, which had a small horseshoe charm on it. To stick with our vintage/rustic theme, we wanted all the decorations and flower containers to be different and unique. I gathered antique/vintage items from my mother and used what I had in my own collection, but there were several weekends spent collecting the rest of the decorations. We handpicked all the tabletop decorations. On our sweetheart table, we had two silver goblets that my parents used at their wedding, horse head hurricane lamps that my sister-in-law gave me, my grandmother’s antique mirror, antique bottles, and other knickknacks that represented our lives in NYC and Boston. We wanted to honor our family members, so we displayed photos of as many couples from our families as we could—photos from their wedding days. It was a wonderful tribute. I found an antique ladder and displayed some of the family photos on the ladder to symbolize (only to us) all the steps (up) that Peter and I had taken to get to our wedding day.

It took a lot of time to figure out all the decorations for the tent and Cove Cabin, where the cocktail reception was held, but it was worth it. I wanted to incorporate more of Peter—and surprise him on our big day. One of his favorite bands is Metallica (who he’s seen in concert more than a dozen times). Instead of walking down the aisle to a traditional wedding song, the wedding party walked down the aisle to Pachelbel’s Canon in D, and I walked down the aisle to an all-string version of Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters.” A family friend and musician/composer helped prepare the song. It was amazing. I couldn’t stop crying as I got closer and closer to Peter. I surprised him—and everyone—big time.

We also had the best photographer, Lara Kimmerer. I stumbled upon her page in my search for a wedding photographer, and—long story short—Peter and I won a photography contest and got to have the amazing Lara (and her awesome husband, Peter) shoot our wedding! Right after we got engaged, Peter got laid off. It was a difficult engagement because of that; we even thought of postponing the wedding! Winning the contest meant so much to us. It would have been strange not having Lara and Peter there to capture our big day. (My) Peter and I got to know them in the months leading up to the wedding, but it felt like we had known them for years. There was something familiar and comfortable—and wonderful—about them that made the whole experience that much more special. If we weren’t lucky enough to have Peter and Lara, we also had help from wedding designer and coordinator extraordinaire Ashley Burk! She was essential in helping me organize my thoughts and ideas. Her execution was perfect. She made our dream wedding a reality.

Is there anything else you’d like to share about your wedding day? 

What can I say about our most perfect day? It wasn’t perfect because we had everything we wanted or because everything was just as we had planned. It was perfect because we had everything we needed: each other and our closest family members and friends. Everything else was a major bonus. 

Vendors

Photography: Laura Kimmerer / Event design: Eventfully Ash / Ceremony and reception venue: Mount Hope Farm / Flowers: Dandelions Flower Shop / Catering: Pranzi Catering

This wedding was submitted via Two Bright Lights.

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Mood Board #79: French Quarter

By on December 5, 2012 in Mood Boards

The French Quarter, New Orleans’ oldest and most exotic neighborhood, is probably my favorite place to visit in the United States, and I would be hard-pressed to think of a more romantic location for a wedding. Every corner is full of intrigue and allure, from the ornate ironwork balconies and lush gardens, teeming with night-blooming jasmine, century-old wisteria vines, and antique roses, to the colorful characters, collection of ragtag artists, eclectic boutiques, and mule-drawn carriages, all of which add to the indescribable flavor of the place. Did I mention the food? I could really go for a heaping plate of Café du Monde’s world-famous beignets right about now!

CREDITS (from left to right, top to bottom): Couple dancing > Photo by Carla Ten Eyck, event design and styling by A Jubilee Event (via Southern Weddings) / Girl in pink mask > Photo by Elizabeth Messina / “French Quarter” invitation suite > Oblation Papers & Press / Photographic print of bottles in shop window, $45 > 23 Twenty /  Tablescape > Photo by Carla Ten Eyck, event design and styling by A Jubilee Event (via Southern Weddings) / Unicycle fine art print, $30 > Briole / Beignets > Photo via Café du Monde

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Mood Board #75: Gossamer Pink + Ginger

By on November 25, 2012 in All Posts, Elegant, Mood Boards

I hope all of our U.S. readers had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Luckily, I’ve recovered enough from my post-feast sluggishness to post something today.

Overflowing with the softest shades of pink, buff, gold, and ginger, this mood board has a girly-girl-all-grown-up kind of feel. A perpetually mud-covered, cast-wearing, straggly-haired troublemaker in my youth, I was as tomboyish as they come, and I was never the perfectly put-together little girl who had every last sparkly detail of her wedding day planned by the time she was twelve. But somewhere inside me, there’s a pretty-in-pink girl just itching to get out, and this is what I imagine her wedding would look like—elegant, refined, feminine but sophisticated, classic but updated, full of delicate touches, and suffused with enough pink to last a lifetime!

CREDITS (from left to right, top to bottom): “Empress” tiara, $300 > ban.do / Champagne > Photo via Wedding Ideas for Kerry / Invitation > Calligraphy by Betsy Dunlap for Blackbird Letterpress / “Farrah” wedding gown > Vera Wang / Rose and ginger cupcakes > Martha Stewart Weddings / Gilded wedding cake > Martha Stewart Weddings / French garden rose bouquet > Martha Stewart Weddings

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Mood Board #56: Gold Rush

By on September 25, 2012 in Modern, Mood Boards

No wallflower, gold just wants to have a little fun sometimes, and hot pink is the perfect partner in crime. Dripping in gold and bold fuchsia, this board incorporates some of our latest trendy obsessions, including gold leaf (up until now something I only associated with medieval illuminated manuscripts—not that I read those very often!); gold-dipped objects (no roses, whew!); and raw geode jewelry. (Etsy is overflowing with geode baubles, and on the haute end we recommend Kimberly McDonald, Dara Ettinger, and Andara.) We love these DIY gold leaf notebooks crafted by Whitney of Eat Sleep Cuddle, and Hello! Lucky has a wonderful tutorial on how to make similar ones with a nautical twist. As for an altar backdrop that really pops, take a look at this shimmering gold-fringed wall by artists Julie Ho and Nicolas Andersen of Confetti System; they transform simple materials such as tissue paper, cardboard, and silk into interactive works of art. You can shop their line of modern festive objects (think sophisticated tassel garlands, luxe piñatas, and trapezoidal confetti) right here. Last but not least, there are the shoes. Designed by Freya Rose, these limited edition “Ennis” pumps were inspired by British track and field superstar Jessica Ennis, who rocked the London Olympics. They’re accented with handcrafted roses made by a Parisian couturier using 100-year-old gold leaf fabric.

CREDITS: GOLD-FRINGED BACKDROP > CONFETTI SYSTEM / HOT PINK DRUZY GEODE RING > YARONA JEWELRY DESIGN / GOLD LEAF-WALLED DRESSING ROOM > VIA ELEMENTS OF STYLE / GOLD LEAF “ENNIS” PUMPS, £395 > FREYA ROSE (VIA THIS IS GLAMOROUS) / MELTED GOLD CAKE > VIA BIPPITY BOPPITY BOO / DIY GOLD LEAF NOTEBOOKS > EAT SLEEP CUDDLE / GOLD-DIPPED EGGS > FABULOUS K / GLITTER TEASPOONS, $38 FOR A SET OF SIX  > LEIF / LETTERPRESSED “I LOVE YOU” CONFETTI CARD, $6 > SUGAR PAPER / GOLD LEAF-TOPPED MACARONS > VIA AVEN PIERCE / GOLD SEQUIN PARTY DRESS > VIA 27 MEDIA

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Mood Board #45: Blood Orange

By on August 30, 2012 in All Posts, Mood Boards

Spanish flair meets Southwestern style in today’s board, which is filled with a range of fuchsia and earthy orange hues. The burnt orange and fuchsia color combo will never go out of vogue (at least in our book), and we’re officially on a fruit craze, adding beautiful blood oranges this time, as they complement the motif and the color scheme perfectly. We love this plush peony and succulent bouquet by Twig & Twine; this miniature ombre cake, reminiscent of a burning sunset; these ikat throw pillows by Kim Seybert (available at Fine Linen & Bath for $145 apiece); and the swirled colors in these scrumptious-looking blood orange macarons (recipe included), which we spotted on Macaron Fetish, a blog you could easily get lost in for hours!

CREDITS (from left to right, top to bottom): Model in skirt and blouse > Photo via Coco + Kelley / Ikat pattern > Kim Seybert / Earthenware vase, orange sand, and fuchsia ribbon > Photo by Polly Wreford, styling by Mary Norden (via Bright Bazaar) / Blood Oranges > Oh, Hello Friend / Miniature ombré cake > Le Blossoms / Peony and succulent bouquet > Twig & Twine / Blood orange macarons > Macaron Fetish / Burro > Photo by Aaron Delesie (via Love you, Mean It) 

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