San Francisco Wedding At The Fairmont From Boutwell Studio
If you loved the vintage hankie save-the-the-dates that Abby featured a couple of days ago … take a look at Lindsey & Chris’ invitations!!
Oh my gosh! How precious are these?
So when you have killer invitations … killer shoes … a killer dress … hmmmm …you’ve got one fabulous wedding …
Chenin at Boutwell Studio shared Lindsey and Chris’ wedding with us, not just because she knew you’d love it … but also because Lindsey is a faithful SMP bride and she found Boutwell Studio in our Little Black Book.
If the invitations weren’t pretty enough, what about the vintage mailbox?
Enough oohing and ahhhing from me.
their story, from the beautiful bride, Lindsey …
Five years after meeting at a Halloween party, Chris asked me to marry him. He proposed in the snow at Lake Tahoe. As soon as I got home, I started planning the wedding. I knew I really wanted to have fireworks, but also wanted to get married in San Francisco, which was a little bit of a problem, until I noticed that the 4th of July, 2009 fell on a Saturday. Problem solved. Once I figured that out, everything else fell into place. We chose the Fairmont atop Nob Hill because it has a large reception area at the tip top of the hotel that has panoramic views and we would be able to see all the fireworks. It’s a beautiful and historic hotel. It lent itself to the overall look and feel of the wedding, which was “vintage charm”.
The wedding was beautiful. It was a gorgeous sunny day, and the fog didn’t even roll in (a rare thing in SF!). The entire day from start to finish could not have gone better.
I really had the best vendors in the world. The “A Team” I would call them. I actually found our photographer, Chenin, in the Little Black Book of vendors on SMP. Prior to the big day, we had a little bump in the road and had to switch photographers from our first one we hired. It all worked out and I could not be happier with our photos. Chenin was amazing to work with. She is so easy going and made it fun, and our pictures are killer. Our planner, Alice, helped to make the whole process-from start to finish-the best experience. I don’t know what I would have done without her. She made sure everything was perfect, and it was. Nancy did a wonderful job on the flowers, they were stunning. She went above and beyond to make my floral dreams come true, including surprising me with a second bouquet option of Peonies, which were out of season, but she tracked some down for me.
My favorite little items from the Big Day were:
Sign in Mail Box: I bought a vintage mail box (from a lady off ebay) and used vintage looking SF postcards for the sign in book. I had our guests “send” us their best wishes and memories.
Table Numbers: I saw some table numbers from a wedding (on SMP of course!) where they had scalloped cut table numbers and thought they were the cutest thing. I searched high and low for scalloped cards or a large enough punch cutter to do the job, but couldn’t find one. So I ended up buying a heavy duty die cutter and die cut each one. I know it may seem a bit silly for just some little scalloped table numbers, but I just fell in love with the idea. In the end I’m sure not many people really noticed them, but I just thought they looked so charming.
Invites and paper items: The vintage handkerchief invitations were a big hit (from Bird and Banner). Each guest received a different and unique vintage handkerchief. The other paper items (programs, menus, and candy bags) were designed by a friend of mine, who works in graphic design, and me. I loved the stripes.
Photo Booth with vintage props: are you sensing a theme here? but it was really cute. I bought a bunch of these vintage hats off ebay and a few little moustaches on sticks from etsy and everyone got really into it. The photos turned out really cute.
I thought I would be nervous or anxious, or even sad that it was going to be over, but I had a calm sense the whole day. I was just really really happy. It was a perfect day.
Wow! She’s right … just plain perfect!
Our special thanks to Alice at Grisez & Co. Event Design for helping us with all the details of the day.
The absolutely-unbelievably-drop-dead-gorgeous floral designs were by Little Black Book member, Nancy Liu Chin. Seriously, the flowers were amazing!!
And Chenin ~ your photos captured Lindsey & Chris’ wedding with a true sense of grace, charm and artistry. (ps… LOVE your website. super-cool graphics!)
Boutwell Studio has a GREAT BLOG … full of fantastic wedding eye candy!
Such a gorgeous wedding! I'm wondering where the bride purchased the vintage looking SF postcards. We're looking to do something similar for our wedding.
Thanks in advance and congratulations!
I love the bridesmaid dresses (among other things!). Where are they from?
I love the color of those bridesmaid dresses .... where are they from?!
gorgeous wedding!! I also like the bridesmaids dresses-where are they from? also the striped programs are very unique!
They look like Melissa Sweet Bridesmaids dresses in teal or colbalt blue. Love!
I love the feel of this day and insight behind this beautiful bride's inspiration! I absolutely LOVE the vintage mailbox ;0 - we are looking for one as well! The amount of time and energy you have put into the DIY aspects of your day really shine through and are impressive!! Congrats to your beautiful day!!
also - which etsy vendor did you use for mustache stick ;)
Also - if you would have any interst in selling those vintage hats ;) or props you bought for photobooth, please let me know ! vchatlani@gmail.com
We are doing "vintage style postcards" for our invites, accommodation card, map, rehearsal invite, and rsvp!
They are one of my absolute favorite details of our wedding!!
:-)
Who did the calligraphy on the escort cards and programs. They're absolutely stunning! Gorgeous wedding!
ADORE this! The Fairmount in SF is pretty close to the top of my list of places where I would get married! And this wedding is beautiful! I LOVE the mailbox and old photos!
Thanks for all the love and compliments! here are some answers to your questions: />
I bought real vintage postcards on ebay and scanned them and had them printed. I do have extras if people are interested. In regards to the hats and mustaches, we dont really have many left, there were surprisingly hat thieves in attendance, but ill check to see what i have left.
Bridesmaids dresses- Melissa Sweet in Midnight
Calligrapher-Laura at http://www.laartista.net/
i bought the mustaches from etsy vendor Somethingshidinghere- it looks like they are out, but making more.
Thanks!
Everything is soo lovely -- especially the bride's dress! And the photos of the couple sitting on the stairs + dancing are *so* happy, they're a joy to see :)!
Thank you so much - I could only find one vendor on etsy for mustache stick and it was not as cool as yours!!! One more question - do you recall where you found that silvery handheld mirror?
The silver hand held mirror was a gift from my aunt a few years back, i have no idea where she got it, i would try ebay though, i bet they have tons of those.
Lindsey and Chris's wedding was the best wedding I've ever been to. Every little detail they put into the wedding made it amazing and best of all it was to celebrate the marriage of such a perfect couple. I was honored to be involved on helping design some of her printed items: program, menu, postcards, thank you cards, etc. If you are looking for a graphic designer to help you with any items for your wedding feel free to contact me at designsbytassa@yahoo.com
Where did you find the vintage postcards? I've been looking high and low for Colorado ones! I need 200!! I guess this question also goes to Jessica above too
Awesome wedding - every detail looks amazing!
Beautiful images, fabulous details and a day full of love!
Wonderful :-)
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what a lovely wedding!!!
Beautiful wedding and so well captured. I love all the details.
White is so IN IN IN.
One of my favorite thing was the bed of flowers which served as the place card decor. You can read more behind the scenes in the july 29th edition of my blog....nancy's brown bag.
all my love to lindsey and chris, her wonderful family, chenin(rocks!), alice and the fairmont group. what a class act!
don't know if you will note but many of the getting ready photos were taken at the penthouse...i believe several president's have "slept" in that suite!
love, nancy
Where did you rent your photo booth from? Was the service good? The wedding was beautiful!
The Photo Booth was from San Francisco Photo Booth. If you click on the words Photo Booth, it will take you to their site:)
ADORE ADORE ADORE... I would love to purchase the table numbers from you! They are adorable. How many did you make? Interested?
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING!
I was honored to make this Feather Hairpiece for you! Your style is so lovely! The wedding just looks gorgeous!
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Cheers to the happy couple!
bethany lorelle
Lindsey,
I'm so thrilled to see you and Chris featured on your favorite blog, SMP!!! It was a stunning day and you and Chris were equally stunning as bride and groom. The photos are incredible, thanks to Chenin! I loved everything about the details of your wedding, the vintage postcards, hankerchief invitations, Betty Davis stamps, beautiful paper and calligraphy all made this wedding a cohesive vintage feel. Bravo!!
What a beautiful wedding! The flowers and all the details are gorgeous!
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Linsey,
I absolutely adore your wedding! Do you remember who the seller was on ebay for the vintage mailbox? I am having the hardest time finding one I like! Yours is perfect!
Please let me know, thank you!
lindsey - did you design all of the details/event execution yourself? i'm considering the fairmont sf for my wedding and would love to ask you a few q's offline if you have time :-)