I couldn’t believe my luck when this little gem of a wedding popped into my inbox. It’s kind a Style Me Pretty dream come true, actually. Gorgeous, super chic bride and groom. Flowers by the beloved Saipua design studio in Brooklyn. An eclectic, adorable group of bridesmaids. And a style that I can’t seem to get enough of. We have fallen madly in love with this bride and her wedding and can’t wait to hear what you guys think!
Andrew and I live together in Queens, NY, we work in Manhattan, and we were married in Brooklyn. What can I say – we are New Yorker’s through and through! We fell in love in this city, so it only seemed right to be married here. Our wedding reception was actually held about 50 feet from where we were engaged, at a restaurant called Bubby’s. It is nestled amongst old cobblestone streets, and between the Brooklyn & Manhattan Bridges, with a panoramic view of Manhattan. Our ceremony was held in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, inside a Grecian Structure (aka. the Peristyle), which was built in 1904. It was a special place for us, because we had enjoyed many runs together in this park and had often marveled at the beauty of this structure.
Andrew was laid off from his job last January, so our already tight budget became even tighter. We kept our wedding small and intimate, but we really were able to keep our budget low while still creating our perfect wedding by making a LOT of wedding details ourselves. The company I work for, Kay Unger NY, was so gracious to make the bridesmaid dresses for our wedding. I chose different shades of mauve’s, pale pinks, peaches, and plums for the girls’ dresses – all the dresses were the same body, but different color combos.
I made all the paper details for our wedding myself – the save-the-dates, wedding invitations, table numbers, place cards, menus, and the signs around the reception. I also DIY-ed our table runners using copper colored burlap fabric. I cut the burlap in strips and stitched around its edges with copper metallic thread, which I then frayed. I made fabric boutonnieres for Andrew and the wedding party from different fabrics that I layered and stitched together. I then rolled up twine and glued it as the center of each boutonniere. I made a shrug for myself, out of appliqued lace fabric I purchased from Mood Fabrics in NYC. The idea of the different applique details contained in my dress, hair piece, shrug and clutch was that they would all work together to create a textural, unified look..even though they were different patterns. This idea of eclecticism was carried throughout our wedding style and decor.
As wedding favors, Andrew and I collected tea cups all year, mostly from the clearance room in Fish’s Eddy in Manhattan. All of the tea cups were mismatched, which was an overall theme of the wedding. We wanted everything to be mismatched, but still go well together and create a vintage vibe. I wrote every guest’s name on a tea cup with metallic gold pen, and the tea cups were part of the table decor.
Our photographer was Natalia Russo, of Natalia Russo Photography. She came down from Syracuse, NY to capture our special day. She was so wonderful, and she really captured our day perfectly. All flowers (ceremony bouquets & reception flowers) were done by Saipua of Brooklyn, NY. The flowers were so textural and seasonal – I was absolutely in love with them.
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OH. MY. GOSH. This wedding is amaaaaazing! SO lovely...and THANK YOU for featuring a budget wedding!! I love the bride's dress, it's amazing....do you know what designer it is/where she found it? I'm totally in love.
the flowers are perfection. the bride should be proud of herself...everything is beautifully done- whether it was done on a budget, or not - everything just works! some people spend tons of money to create a look like that - and you pulled it off with style and savings! well done!
I love weddings that feature not-too matchy-matchy bridesmaids...these ladies look super-chic and lovely!
Beautiful job on everything and I can't believe all of the DIY projects! This is a very special wedding and inspires me to see where I can add my own DIY touches.
Beautifully done!! I love the sweet, eclectic bridesmaids dresses, and the lush layering of textures. Truly creative and still maintaining a timeless elegance.
Love the approach - ecclectic, DIY, budget - and what a spectacular result!
Awesome wedding! I'd love to see more photos of the DIY stationary if possible...
Very unique details!
I too am a New Yorker (from Queens). I love your table numbers! Do you know where she found the stencil or how she made the table numbers? Thanks!
I love this! Can you tell me who designed the beautiful dress?
absolutely love those bridesmaids dresses!
where is her beautiful dress from! I love the lace and the back.
This wedding is so luxe - its vintage glam style totally makes me think of the Great Gatsby era in the best way possible!
I was actually the maid of honor for this fabulous wedding and am so excited it made it here!! : ) She is helping to design mine, and I hope it turns out half as good as hers did.
The little cream pumpkins are my favorite detail (out of dozens of fabulous details!)
Perfection! I love the unique details of her dress.
The bridesmaids dresses and their personal style really fit the wedding. I'm always telling my clients to let their bridesmaids have different accessories and shoes etc... This is just great style! I'm also in love with the bride's dress - so elegrant. The whole "theme" came together perfectly.
So wonderful!
A perfect wedding from A to Z!
I admire you !
So so gorgeous!! I lurrrve those bridesmaids dresses. It's just all put together so well. What a clever bride! And those flowers....heavenly!
So beautiful! The flowers are perfect with everything, the bridesmaid dresses are TOO CUTE. Everything is coordinated without being annoying. Love.
Proof that style, not budget, makes a wedding. Everything is GORGEOUS. And those have to be the world's most chic bridesmaids.
oh yes...the dress!!!! please tell us about that beautiful dress! this wedding is so sweet!
One of the best collections of dresses I've seen- gorgeous.
So gorgeous, absolutely perfect. I love Saipua's flowers, they are always so textural and amazing.
THIS WEDDING IS AMAZING! Please please pretty please share details on how you did the tables numbers! You DIY details are inspiring!
Hey everyone! I'm the bride from the wedding, and I want to answer your questions.
Table numbers: I used photoshop to create the numbers, and printed them on circular shaped paper that I purchased from Paper Presentation in NYC - Chelsea (Love this place for all paper products). I printed each number on 2 pieces of circular paper, and then I cut out the numbers with an exacto knife. Next, I used spray adhesive to attach the circular paper with number cut-out onto a piece of printed paper. The print then showed through the number cut-out, and voila! I wanted my numbers to be double sided, so I used 2 of each number and completed all these steps - then glued them together.
My dress: The designer is Claire Pettibone, and the dress is from her 2007 collection (I think). I bought it from Kleinfeld's in NY at a sample sale on a Tuesday night, on a complete whim. I really love all of Claire Pettibone's dresses though, so check them out! They are quite pricey, so if you can get to a sample sale at Kleinfeld's or Saks (I think they sell her line there too), or can catch a trunk show you might be able to get a really great price. My particular dress is called "Laurel"
Also, here is a link to my blog:
http://andymandyswedding.blogspot.com/
I have photos of our invites, and different wedding details on it. I also am doing design consulting for some weddings right now, along with helping the brides to create the design elements for their weddings...so if anyone needs help, direction, advice feel free to send me a message on my blog.
This wedding is overflowing with personality, I love it! Bravo!!
Everyone looks so happy, which is the best part.
Beautifully done DIY wedding! Had I not read the article, I would have never guessed that it was mostly done by the bride & groom, rather than a professional company. I LOVE the menus!
I LOVE that Dress!!!! CAn I rent it from you for my wedding?! I am in love with Claire Pettibone's dresses and especially yours. Her gowns are pricy though, I'd be willing to pay to wear yours and I would have it cleaned and returned to you right after. That Dress doesn't deserve to sit in a closet. Let her experience another wedding! Please!
What a delightful couple and wonderful story! There is nothing wrong with DIY, and at the end of the day the love that was poured into making this a memorable day and event counts for more than the amount of money spent on the event. I wish them a blissful life together, may they live long an prosper.
What did the groomsmen wea??r? I see the groom had on casual shoes!