DIY Wedding in Arizona, III
Love, love, love everything about this wedding. It’s completely delicious with touches that are as effortless as they are completely lovely. The gorgeous bride also just happens to write the most adorable blog called August and After, where she’s documented much of her wedding and the planning that went into the day. Plus she includes a few great DIY projects like the centerpieces that she used for her own big day, so it’s definitely worth a trip!
photography by Sarah Neal Photography
More from the beautiful bride…
We did many things to create our wedding with a small budget of around $6,000, including creating our own centerpieces from scratch using mason jars with oil and pictures, old books, vintage maps, and bottles gathered from thrift stores. We also skipped dessert and instead got busy on the dance floor to our DJ, the iBook G4. My lovely ladies did my hair and makeup, and my maid of honor and I purchased our Nicole Miller dresses off of eBay. My hairpiece and bolero was from shops on Etsy and my shoes were actually ballroom dancing shoes, super comfortable for dancing all night! Our guest book was index cards strung up for people to write their wishes or words of wisdom and a “Wedding Tree” where they stamped their thumbprints as leaves.
photography by Sarah Neal Photography
Instead of using our caterer’s supplies we ordered eco friendly serving ware and were able to provide biodegradable cups, utensils, and plates! We skipped traditions we didn’t want to follow, and kept the ones that were important to us. My grandmother handmade a garter for me from my mother’s veil, and the women of my family created my bouquet complete with wheat stocks, feathers, and a bird! Our wedding was perfect for who we were, and how we wanted to start our long life of love and absolute dedication to each other. It was a day full of love, overwhelming love.
photography by Sarah Neal Photography
Thank you so very much to Cori and Evan for sharing their amazingly gorgeous day with us. We are a little bit more in love than we knew was possible, left dreaming of twinkle light dances and picture perfect details. We have more coming up for everyone in just a bit!
LOVE LOVE LURVE it!!! sigh.....i am insanely jealous.
I'm going to go ahead and just snatch up that "pictures in mason jars" idea if ya don't mind. Totally going to check out the bride's blog to see how she did it all!
I must know where her bolero came from? I am in love and am less than two weeks out from my wedding, but would love to try and get one of these. Thanks so much!!!
This is one of the most amazing and sincere wedding blogs I have ever visited. The bride just makes you wish you could have been there. The pictures are perfect and everything was like a dream! AMAZING in ever way!
Everything about this wedding I L-O-V-E! Hands down one of my top favorite weddings I have ever seen on SMP. Yay!
I love this wedding! These pictures look like scenes from a movie. More weddings like this please!
This wedding is like a dream! The colors and style of photos, the work that went into it! What an event! A big kudos to the photographer, the composition of each scene is quite amazing. All of this with a 6,000 budget - WOW!
This just goes to show how far a little creativity can go!
this is really beautiful...the bride & groom, their friends & family, and that inspired setting...such a dream! The photographer did such an incredible job capturing the love of this day :)
It really WAS as great as it looks, folks!
The bride and groom are two of my closest friends, and their wedding day ranks as one of the best days of MY life!---a VERY close second to my own wedding day just two years ago.
For future brides out there, here's what I learned from Cori and Evan: Use your wedding day as an opportunity to capture the clearest representation of who you are and what is most important to you. That's what will make it memorable.
This day was, without a doubt, focused around the love and close relationships that fill Cori and Evan's lives. It was an experience for all of us; everything about this day helped us know and love Cori and Evan just a little bit more.
Wow! 6,000...I'm glad to hear that it's still possible to create a such a beautiful wedding on such a humble bugget...kudos!!!
WOW...that pretty much sums up the overall style of the event and not to mention the tremendous photography that captured the event. Job VERY well done!!
These are the most original and amazing wedding photos I've ever seen! I wish we had hired such a talented photographer. Congrats to the happy couple!
What sweet photos - I love how they really capture the emotion. (And I'm drooling over her bolero!)
I want, want, WANT that photographer! The location & these pictures are insanely awesome... I can't pick a favourite. I wish she'd come to Sydney and do my wedding, alas (sigh).
Thanks for the fantastic comments everyone. All of them. Cori is mostly to credit for all her beautiful details. Timmi - Sydney? I am SO there! I think you might overshoot a $6000 budget though if you have to pay for a photogs air ticket. haha. Anyway... what a crazy surprise to find myself on here! A good day for me. Just watched my niece be born and on top of that I get a wedding featured on SMP!
I love the bride's red cover-up. It is beautiful and adds a nice flair!
I love thse images!! Especially the images of the details!
Amazing shoot! I love the location you really made it work!
i love your dress!! where is it from?
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Proof that you don't need to spend a ridiculous amount of money to create a beautiful wedding day. Stunning photos - I love the shot with the bride and groom standing in front of the jeep.
The bride and groom look so so so in love, and all the pictures of the friends and family really reveal how much these two are loved. My kudos to the photographer who so artfully captured the raw emotion of the day. The details and location are beautiful, yes, but what really makes this wedding so breathtaking is the LOVE that is so powerfully present.
What is the name/design of her dress? I love it!!