Real Wedding: Jennifer and Christian VIII
The details from today’s featured wedding are what really sing. The bride was so incredibly thoughtful with her favors…capturing the essense of the natural surroundings with small jars of Spanish Paprika, paired with her own passion for letterpressed stationery. There is a sense of cohesiveness with each and every element and yet nothing seems overly matched or designed. I love that.
photos by Yvonne Wong
Here are the details from the bride, Jennifer…
I am fortunate to have my own letterpress studio, so I letterpressed everything and anything I could. The hardest part was deciding on a design. Favors included a glass vial of Spanish Paprika that doubled as a placecard holder in addition to letterpressed stationery personalized with each guest’s name.
Welcome baskets included travel/information packets (filled with contact info, wedding venue, directions, local sights, restaurant recommendations – all letterpressed, of course), wine, toiletries, Spanish playing cards, first aid kit, Evian Facial Spray, detergent for the washing machines and leather luggage tags.
Since we arranged lodging for our guests, everyone also received a packet in the mail in advance of flying to Spain – a letterpressed card and map with the apartment address to show the cab driver at the airport in case language was an issue. We also sent postcards from Spain to each of our guests (so they would receive them upon their return), thanking them for making the long haul to Europe on our behalf. (Some only took 4 days to arrive!)
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To have your own letterpress studio is pretty unique and definitely shaved a pretty penny off the overall cost. With that said, you can achieve a really similar feel, using nice card stock and your home computer/printer. If you aren’t design-savvy, enlist the help of a friend who is, to help you create a wedding brand of sorts that you can weave into different, unexpected elements.
Here are Jennifer’s sources some of the products that she used…the glass vials were found at Specialty Bottle, the Table Runner was found at Target for $9.99 though is no longer available (they do have some cute designs though) and the blue stationery boxes were found at US Box.
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I'm seriously loving this wedding today. I think most of it is the colors. So bright and lovely... it may something to do with me wanting to redo our kitchen in orange and teal.
Wow !! AMAZING Wedding !! Makes me look forward to mine even more !!! We're getting married in Sevilla, Spain next month.
COngrats !!!
Nancy
the colors really are amazing. love the typography in the top photo. so clean and crisp.
wow those flowers are lovely, her mom did a wonderful job!
and that color combo are to die for!
WOW! I LOVE ths wedding, I think it's one of my favorites featured here ever. It has a different and bright and inviting feel to it. I love the tables, the flowers are to die for! I love how they gave out gift baskets (such a nice touch) and loved the idea of spices in the cute vials for favours! Amazing,amazing amazing! I love the little touches, I think they matter most and really make a wedding.
ahhh, i love this wedding!!
where is the string on the bottle from?! i'm in serious need of some cute string! any suggestions?
I love this wedding. It is intimate, beautiful and really shows the personality of the couple and the immense creativity and good taste of the bride. But how on earth do you pull off a destination wedding in Europe for $10K? What about the cost of flights for the bride and groom and their families? Did they help offset the cost of lodging for their guests?
The string is baker's twine - I recommend buying a 2lb cone ($18 for many many many yards) - it's a much better value than buying it in smaller quantities. Just google it.
A lot of people are wondering how we stayed in budget. Much of it had to do with (a) luck, (b) less guests (x30) and (c) lots of research and preparation. $10k is the cost of the wedding itself which did not our airfare or hotel which was still really inexpensive (an extra $1500). Also, we did not offset the cost for guest lodging - we would've loved to but couldn't quite afford it. The whole thing took me about 6 months to plan and execute.
Where we really saved:
- flowers (200 euros total)
- band (200 euros total)
- letterpress (only cost of materials)
- favors + welcome baskets ($200-300)
- wine (2-3 euros per bottle)
- hotel/lodging (30 euros per night - got a group discount)
Just seeing the amount of care & planning you've put in, I absolutely love your attention to detail. You should be a wedding planner :)
I love the boxes! what color are they? I've tried finding them at usbox but sooo many to chose from
You did an amazing job!!
I adore everything here.
I love the idea for the favours: where did the bride get the little spice containers? I am looking to do something similar with my Grandma's infamous hot sauce...
Just found this chronicle of such a lovely wedding! Wow!!
If the bride or groom are still reading, I'd love to know where you found those luggage tags.
I'm getting married in UK in August and would like to give these as favours (most of our guests will be coming from other countries) but can't find any plain ones that are cheaper than $10 each. Any ideas gratefully received!
Great wedding! Hope newlyweddedness is good :)
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