Kentucky Wedding with Vintage Charm, III
The bride behind today’s first featured Kentucky wedding is actually a photographer. Which means that she’s probably seen every type of wedding on the planet thus making it both impossible and incredibly easy to design her own. And what I love the most about the day that she and her hubby built is that it bucked all tradition in design and instead focused on the love, the family, the fun. With that as the focus, you are pretty much good to go.
Because of the difficulty of setting up chairs on a hilltop we decided that the seating at the wedding would picnic style. In the invitation we had a section informing guests to bring their own blanket. (Due to my mother’s great concern for the “elderly” we did have a small section of chairs). It had rained three days straight before the wedding which is so not typical for August in Kentucky, but thankfully on August 1 the sun rose early shining its glorious yellow light down on our oak tree and drying up all the grass around it!
My isle was 200 yards long…yeah, nearly a football field, so we needed some way to line it so people wouldn’t lay there blankets in the isle! Originally we were going to do flowers all along the way but we realized that we would still need a TON, so my dad kindly cut up a few trees from the farm into stumps to separate out the potted arrangements that my mom made (all by hand…she bought up flowers for weeks before the wedding!)
The whole event was very family oriented. I got ready with my bridesmaids at the cabin, and we were surrounded by aunts, uncles, cousins and siblings all day long who were helping set up for the wedding! The cabin is our family get-away spot and very special to us. As well as vacation spot, it also serves as the men’s hunting cabin! Hence the deer that appear in some of the pictures.
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I just love seeing men with beautiful feminine fans - too cute! And, well, everything else is gorgeous too!
In love with the ceremony site...that tree is incredible!! Looks like a wedding filled with love :)
Oooh, love those color combinations! Beautiful details and just a wonderful overall feel!
I absolutely love the blankets idea! the pots lining the isle are too cute! This wedding was so cute. The bridesmaid dresses were outstanding
Every bride dreams of a long "aisle" to walk down... what a creative way to embellish it and the seating looks absolutely charming with guests on picnic blankets.
I totally forgot to mention, all our printed materials (invitations and programs) were done by Cardinal and Straw. They were wonderful to work with and had incredibly reasonable prices. Their website is http://www.cardinalandstraw.com/
The bridesmaid dress color palette is too adorable!!
I am just minutes from Washington County in Kentucky! This was so very beautiful. Its so nice to see a wedding that shows how lovely Kentucky actually is. Congratulations to the Bride & Groom. I couldn't get over the amount of rain we had around that time either!
I am head-over-heels in love with this wedding! The simple charm of the picnic-style seating, the adorable fans, and that gorgeous tree are straight out of a dream.
This is just too adorable ^.^
It's such a charming wedding.
I love the picnic style seating, what a cute idea.
Wow! What a gorgeous day it would have been :) I love the accents of colour, and the picnic wedding idea is excellent!
that is truly divine. i LOVE LOVE LOVE the guests sitting picnic style. and the tree stumps! Soooo adorable!
I also really love the blue dresses! Great job on the photographs, AND great job, BRIDE for your stellar style!
i love her dress where is it from??
Oh my such great photos! I love the top photo on the right where the groom is cupping the brides' face in such a sweet way. What a romantic gesture and such a lovely couple! They truly look good together! Congratulations to you both!
So pretty!! The first photos of the flowers is just lovely. Ahhh...this blog is so inspiring!
This wedding has inspiration for days and days and days!
I love the bride's dress.....can you please tell me where it was found?
I'd really love to know where the bridesmaid dresses are from! I love them!!!
LOVE this wedding! Total inspiration! And I think I have finally solved my seating dilemma...the "picnic style" seating for the ceremony is Perfect!
I think the pictures here are so beautiful and the color is so nice.
I am considering doing a "bring your own blanket" wedding as well. I'd love to know how you worded this on your invitations!