Real Wedding: Jen and Andy, IV
As I said before, this wedding is ALL about the pretty. The perfect little details that made the wedding absolutely lovely. The bright green against the stark white is shockingly perfect and with the elegance of the muted gray…perfection.
Wedding Shots by Ben Vigil and Stationery Shots by Dan Schultz
From Jen…
My good friend and baker extraordinaire, Jenny DeMartini of Sweet Cakes Atlanta, had yet to do cupcakes for a wedding. So when we told her we wanted them, and we wanted her to design them however she wanted, she came through with mini chocolate, buttercream and carrot cake masterpieces that perfectly captured the fresh, eclectic look of our décor. And, to my delight, sparrow cake toppers for our mini-cake. Our guests are still raving about the delish little suckers.
We brought in Geri Sims Productions to create a light, airy, fresh setting. The metal structure where we’d have the ceremony was rusty and weathered, so she softened it up with lots of billowing sheers and strings of crystal that hung from the trees above. We hung crisp white paper lanterns above white garden chairs.
Wedding Shots by Ben Vigil and Stationery Shots by Dan Schultz
Inside, the space was large and open, so we created little vignettes to make it feel comfortable and inviting. Since it was our gallery for the day, we lined the front walls with metal zip lines from Ikea and hung our tribute to our family members. So as guests enjoyed cocktail hour, they could mill around and look at pictures old and recent of the grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, siblings and cousins who helped make us who we are today.
Another cute touch…the save-the-dates were flipbooks, with little animated versions of jet-packing Andy and cartwheeling me pulling down a sign that read our date to be saved.
So much more to come!
Is that larger book the guest book? It is very pretty - did you make it?
I have wanted to do a flip book invite for a while now! Such a cute version of it. I really adore the super simple flower arrangements too.
That is quite possibly the perfect cake topper. The flip book looks just perfect.
I love the flip book too! Where were they made?
Anjeli - The picture I think you're asking about is of our invitation beneath our save the dates. We didn't do a guest book, but instead little message cards that guest wrote and hung on a wishing tree.
Jenny - I made all of our stationery, the flipbooks were handmade (didn't sleep much during the engagement...). But I loved every second of it and even started my own custom stationery company, Farewell Paperie. Check out our site! farewellpaperie.com
I love the flip books a great idea - will show my sister who is getting married next year she will love this!