Kentucky Wedding with Vintage Charm, II
This Kentucky wedding was really easy to fall in love with. First of all, the ceremony was held picnic style. Yep, total cuteness. Second, the bride and groom are madly in love with each other and both have that glowy, hopelessly smitten look which I love so very much. And third, the wedding style is pretty much as gorgeous as you can get with pink and red flowers, bright turquoise bridesmaids dresses (which they had made), a wedding gown that is as sexy as it is timeless and little handmade details that are all about the charm. All in all, definitely a new fav.
My husband is from El Salvador so we added bits and pieces of Salvadorian tradition to our big day. Since some of his family doesn’t speak English the ceremony was bilingual, done by the pastor of a Hispanic church I attended through college. The invitations and programs were also bilingual. During our ceremony instead of a Unity Candle or Sand Ceremony we had the traditional Salvadorian Rope Ceremony. In the rope ceremony the bride and the groom kneel and two people close to them (we chose our fathers) come and place a rope in a figure 8 over their shoulders symbolizing unity, or being yoked together. Then they pray over the couple. Instead of using a rope we used a long strand of pearls.
For our grand exit, since we didn’t really want anything thrown at us, we decided to give our guests ribbon sticks. I searched and searched online for them, and after a few weeks of coming up dry one of my bridesmaids offered to make them…and so we did! We went to Lowe’s and bought dow rods and (my father) cut them into thirds leaving each one about 16 inches long. I got online and ordered 1 inch thick organza ribbon on aqua, red and white (wedding colors) and when it came in we cut them down to 20 inch pieces and began assembling the ribbon sticks! We found that the easiest way to attach them was to put a dot of hot glue at the top point of the dow rod, then tie a loose knot at the end of the ribbon and tighten it over the top (where the glue was). They were fun to make, fairly easy and made for beautiful pictures! We opted to do our grand exit from the wedding instead of after the reception so there would still be some daylight, and so that everyone could participate.
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I adore this wedding!! The color scheme is very similar to my own!!! What a beautiful bride!!
Lovely! I adore the close up of the couple. What a beautiful couple. And the bride is stunning!
I am TOTALLY stealing the ribbon stick idea- Love it!
Gorgeous pics...plus it's nice to see some people of color on this site!!
cool style!!!
Very pretty dress.
WOW! Love this wedding! Love the vintage, love the photos! And I love the couple! You guys are so cute together! My fiance is from El Salvador too :) I'm filipina, so we have similar cultural aspects. We are also having the rope ceremony as well, in addition to the veil, candle and coin ceremony. Beautiful idea with the ribbon sticks!
Just a question; how did you orchestrate the "exit"?
Tiffany,
When the guests entered there was a "welcome table" and they were all given a program, a fan and a ribbon stick. At the end of the ceremony Josue and I headed back down the aisle to the cabin where we waited for a few minutes for everyone to line up and for our car to be pulled up, then we looped around and ran down the aisle again, that time with all the ribbon sticks waving! It may seem redundant but we preferred that to doing it after the reception.
The ribbon streamers are so festive and beautiful--and the old roses--glorious!
beautiful couple!
I absolutely LOVE that the groom wore a casual suit and no tie. My husband hates ties, and wore a casual suit with a white shirt too... he loved it, and it lent such an effortless, informal and comfortable vibe to the wedding. Nice to see other grooms do the same!
I L-O-V-E your wedding...especially because I chose these exact same colors for my vintage August 2010 wedding at an old 1950s amusement park. Is there any chance that you kept the ribbon sticks and would be interested in re-selling them? Thanks!
Gorgeous wedding and LOVE the colors!
Umm... ribbon sticks?! Love it!! Love the notes about the bride getting ready surronded by family, totally what I invision for myself as well.
Beautiful!!! Where is the groom's suit from?
Cristin, actually most of our guests took the ribbon sticks home so we don't have many left! They weren't hard to make, though!
Allison, the groom's suit is from Banana Republic...he picked it ALL by himself ;)
Sorry, I didn't think my other comment went through. Thank you, Susannah!
The flowers are beautiful!!! They made me smile!
Thanks Susannah!!! That's a great idea! I want to think of something as well! :) Thanks for giving me some tips!
What a gorgeous wedding. I also love the ribbon idea and I really appreciate you explaining how you made them. Thank you and congratulations!
The picture with the umbrella is stunning. This couple is so photogenic!
Great pictures! What a beautiful couple! Congratulations to you!
The information presented is top notch. I've been doing some research on the topic and this post answered several questions.
I absolutely love your veil. Where did you get it?
Beautiful wedding. Where was the reception held?
interesting post, keep it up