Real Wedding: Sara and David
I hope that everyone had a great weekend! I am so excited about today’s featured real wedding. In a word, it’s stunning. No fuzzy adjectives or over-the-top love fests with this one. The photos tell the whole story…
photography by the incredibly talented Mindy Meyers
There is something so beautifully simple about this wedding. The canvas itself…the gorgeous landscape, the great vintage car, the insanely lovely bride…does all the work. The perfect little details are simply icing on the cake. Just as they should be.
A bit about the bride and groom …
David and his family moved to Iowa from Mexico City when he was 15 and his father got a job in Cedar Rapids. All of his family still lives in Mexico City thus they wanted their wedding to be a celebration and a reunion for family members that haven’t been able to get together in the past few years.
Both Sarah and David are writers – graduate students in an MFA in Creative Writing program – so money was a little tight. But, where they lacked in funds, they more than made up for in creativity! We have so much more to come from this beautiful wedding…so stay tuned!
I really like her dress, gorgeous bride. I especially love the pic in the cornfield. I'm a country girl at heart and I just love that picture.
I agree, the dress is to die for! The minimalist flowers really make a chic statement as well.
I like those yellow (flowers?) in the vases. Anyone know what they are called?
Does anyone know how/where they got the bird diecut on their programs?
A differnt kind of wedding pics. Really minimalistic and clear. LOVE!
Do we know where the dress is from?
The flowers are Craspedia globosa, often referred to as the "drumstick flower." If I were going to have flowers in my own wedding, these would be it!
How fun that people liked my dress! I got my dress at a sample sale - it was plain and too big. Then, I found a fabulous seamstress to take the dress in and make a sweetheart neckline. I also purchased the lace from a Parisian shop on-line to have sewn around the natural waist. Then, I tried 100 different ribbon/brooch combinations and ordered almost every dupioni silk ribbon at m & j before finally having the bits of my dress that were left over from hemming into a sash. I liked it because it felt like mine in a way that the other's I tried on (which were definitely more lovely to begin with) I had to have faith in this sort of awful ill-fitting, plain dress which pretty fabric and a good overall shape. But hurrah! it worked out!
To add to Taylor's comment . . . when my florist friend ordered them for me she called them billy buttons. They are cheap and so cute. And they are still surviving in my kitchen.
And one more comment . . . my mom got me that cute paper die-cut at Walmart. It is Martha Stewart's craft collection there. Oh, Martha. She can even spruce up Walmart.
Sara!
How Lovely to see your wedding on style me pretty!
I check it (almost) daily!!
Love to you and your new hubby!
Linette
WOW! The pictures are amazing and the dress is beautiful! I like those yellow flowers!
-Joe
the yellow flowers are great!