DIY Wedding with California Charm
Brace yourselves people. This wedding is completely and totally adorable. Not to mention, completely and totally doable! We actually featured the bride’s sister’s wedding a few months back and were blown away by the unique styling and completely approachable, but totally chic, design sense that both the bride and her sister had.
The thing that I love about this wedding is that it isn’t at all pretentious, it isn’t at all stuffy or over designed. It’s simple, adorable elegance and seems to define the bride and groom to perfection. Emily, the insanely beautiful bride, is the owner of Frenchie & Flea, a FAB invitation brand, and is personally responsible for basically all of the picture perfect details. Oh and the photographer, Cameron Ingalls…well, see for yourself. Total perfection.
From Emily, the gorgeous bride…
Our wedding day goal was to create a relaxed, festive, and FUN environment for our friends and family to let loose and celebrate! My favorite color is yellow, and I based my overall design for the day around it. I accented the yellows with coral, chocolate, ivory and tan, with lots of color pops thrown into the mix. I encourage brides to not get hung up on a 2 or 3 color palette…as a graphic designer, I LOVE color–especially bright color–and the key to playing with lots of color is to keep the big elements fairly neutral (linens, dresses, majority of the floral elements, etc) and throw in the brighter colors in smaller details (paper goods, ribbons, accent flowers, accessories, etc.).
My friends know I hate matchy-matchy, but with a wedding party as huge as ours, I knew that picking a neutral bridesmaid dress would look best. It was the perfect canvas for my friends to express their own styles…each bridesmaid layered her own accessories, chose a sweater in any color, and picked shoes of any style or heel height as long as it was in the neutral or metallic color family. I just adore how the sweaters photographed and added colorful dimension and individualism to my lovely bridal party!
My dear family friend (who’s more like an aunt) Bobbie did all the gorgeous flowers. She was my sounding board for all of my creative ideas and whims, and the creations she made for my special day were unbelievably perfect. She created those amazing bridesmaid bouquet vases, and sewed the altar skirt with layers of delicious fabrics, and so much more! She was my wedding angel and crafting confidant. I love that she lives in San Diego and I live in SF and we basically created my wedding day via email! It was SO fun for me!
The hair accessories were created by my bridesmaid Amanda, and were a huge focal point for my (and my bridesmaid’s and flower girl’s) outfit. My hair clip was gorgeous, and my sweater corsage made the outfit! I am so thankful to be surrounded by such talented friends and family…this wedding was definitely a labor of love!
So much more to come!
CUTE! I love the billy balls and the yellow sandals!
I must know where those bridesmaid dresses are from - gorgeous!
who are the bridesmaid dresses by?
They are from Anthropologie:)
Beautiful images!!
I have tired to more get the bridesmaid dresses and they are all gone, sold out! I may have to hunt on eBay or something! I was able to find one a while ago, I found that they ran a little tight/ small in the bust, so you may want to try a size too big and have it altered depending on your body type (if you can find any!) =)
I agree with the bride, sometimes matchy matchy is not always the way to go!
Hi! Where did the little flower girl's skirt come from. It is so beautiful!
I don't know if this helps, but I wanted that dress for my rehearsal dinner. I called the 800 number for Anthro, and they were able to track one down in a store. The bust wasn't necessarily tight, but it did come low. I had to have the straps taken up. Good luck!
Oh my god...beautiful wedding. Absolutely chic but unpretentious. Fun and fabulous!!! The bride's dress is amazing!!! Please tell me the designer and style!!!! Amazing job...
The cream and marigold yellow touches totally make this look...the styling of the whole thing is really beautiful.
Absolutely gorgeous...I love the understated cream tones with the bold yellow. Can't wait to see more!
i adore the bride's necklace. (well i adore the entire post - its like a magazine article on being in love)
where can i find the necklace?
Libby,
I had the flower girl skirts custom made by an AMAZING Etsy vendor: chickypoo209.etsy.com.
Catharine,
My wedding dress was by a local SF designer (who unfortunately has no website) called Coan Couture. I got it from a shop called Bridal Image.
Thanks for the lovely comments ladies......
xoxo,
Emily
AMAZING!!!! Could Emily be a more beautiful bride? Truly so so so stunning.
Em - Thank you so much for the sweet words. Love you!
Luv the little girl too cute, great pics!
Your necklace is beautiful. Can you tell us where you found it?!
Love love love it. Keep up the pics, i want more!
I am also doing a marigold wedding next november.
Who makes your shoes? Where did you get the marigold sweater?
Lots of great inspiration -- congrats!
oh, so much fabulousness. That lil sweetheart in all of her yellow and tulle... so precious! Great invites too!
Hi Kim,
The necklace was also from Anthropologie.
Hi Carolyn,
Shoes were Seychelles brand and I think I ordered them from endless.com.
Sweater...TARGET :)
Thanks!,
Emily
Unbelievably gorgeous! In the last shot the bride looks just like Sienna Miller :)
What was the name of the necklace at Anthro? It's no longer there but I might be able to find it online elsewhere.
love the yellow in everything!
Thanks so much for including our beautiful tulle skirt in your special day! Its a GORGEOUS wedding!
Congrats!
OH MY GOSH!! I absolutely love this!! I hope we get to see more!!
This is HEAVEN!! Please, show us more!!
GORGEOUS wedding!! totally the style I want for my wedding! Thanks for sharing :)
yellow is my favourite colour too, and i'm so glad the bride incorporated it in without making everything too bright! the choice of bridemaid dresses is just lovely...anthropologie always has cute dresses.
congratulations on such a beautiful wedding!
What an amazing fun wedding! Love those sandals. I actually had a pair exactly like those in the 80's!
so precious..these wedding photos are gorgeous! i love the different color cardigans. so cute
Love the hairband!
anyone know where she got the wedding band with various colors? i love it!
YEs!! would love to know where the wedding band is from I love it!!! sooo pretty =)
Lovely yellow pop.
The bridesmaid dresses make their boobs look like they're on their waists. Incredibly unflattering. Just a male perspective.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the headbands & hair pieces!! I got a few from Amanda Gilbert's (one of Emily's bridesmaids) company Untamed Petals and got SO many compliments!! (http://www.etsy.com/shop/untamedpetals ). She's great to work with!!
I just love this wedding, it is so dreamy!
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I just want to say finally. Gorge pictures! The bride's style and charm she gives off is what I've been dreaming for my wedding but haven't been able to find the right inspiration. She's beautiful and thank you for featuring her wedding, it has helped me get my planning process on track!
Love this wedding! Very casual and elegant!
Just curious if you were responsible for your invitation featuring the skyline outline? I love this idea and would love your help with my own invitations.
Hello! I also just tried on a Coan Couture dress, but am a bit concerned because I can't find the designer's name affiliated with any store other than Bridal Image. Does anyone know how to get in touch with the designer?
Em, you looked beautiful!! The headpieces turned out awesome Manda!! Untamed Petals rocks!!
oh and I think they got the bridesmaids dress at anthropologie...from what I rememeber :)
Jamie G.