A Santa Barbara Wedding with DIY Details
Ok, seriously? This is a DIY party right here. And we’re all invited to drool over it. I’m not exactly sure what I love most about this Santa Barbara wedding? There’s a lot to love! I guess if I have to choose it has to be the little tree accents here and there (I am a lover of all things forest+weddings). And um, hello – they have TREES on their TIES! Like…what?! So cool.
There’s just something completely charming about all the DIY elements of this wedding. I think that’s why some of us really love DIY weddings, isn’t it? We’re addicted to the personalized touches and creativity. It reads through as endearing, quaint and familiar. Which in this case, is brought to life by the magnificent camera stylings of Mary Jane Photography. These pictures are like my mom’s apple pie – warm and inviting (and you can ask her, I just can’t stop eating the stuff).
Sylvia gives us the 411 on her day:
Throughout the planning process, Dave and I felt it was very important that all elements of our wedding really reflect us as a couple. We wanted a beautiful setting, a weekend where everyone could spend some real time together, moving music, delicious food, and lots of dancing. We were keen on doing as much DIY as we could. Not only to save money, but because we enjoy being hands-on. We sought out vendors that really clicked with us and our philosophy and were blessed to find people like Mary Jane, Joy Proctor, Sidney at SBBBQ, and, Christina and Michael Larner. They were all instrumental to the success of our day and were a pleasure to work with. We also wanted our wedding to be about community, so we involved friends and family with the planning as much as possible. We had two crafting parties at our house in the weeks leading up to the wedding, where we had a team of friends help us construct the wooden directional signs, the chalkboards, the framed seating chart, the bags of lavender, and much more. My mom made the runners for the tables with fabric I found in downtown LA and Michigan. She and my dad made the gooseberry and blueberry jam favors as well and drove them in from Michigan. Dave’s mom was in charge of the bar and bought all of the liquor, in addition to throwing us an amazing fiesta rehearsal dinner.
The day before the wedding we had an army of people to help set up the barn at Larner Vineyard for the wedding and reception. In just a few hours, the place was transformed. As I looked around, watching all these people we love, from so many parts of our lives, working together to do something beautiful for us, I was overcome with joy.
More to come from this amazing DIY wedding!
xoxo Chantale from the oh-so-cute wedding blog La Belle Bride
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Her hair is gorgeous!!
Beautiful wedding and LOVE her hair! Is it possible to get more pictures/views of her hair???
The rings too! LOVE the rings!
love the details and very pretty dress :) who was the designer?
I love everything about this wedding!
A unique memorable wedding is all about the little touches. Nothing better than DIY. Makes the touches that even more special.
Great set. Love the detail especially the wood sign!
I am loving their ties. Where are those from?
those ties are so rad!
Such a fun wedding to be a part of! Congrats Sylvia & Dave!
Joy Proctor w/ Joy de Vivre Wedding Coordination
thanks for posting Chantale...(btw love your blog!)
this wedding is so pretty...elegant and personal aswell.
LOVE love love the rings!!!!
I want to see more!
Silkscreen ties are indeed a thing of wonder.
the ties look like ones i saw on etsy a while back and have been in love with ever since -- http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=40040046
Clearly this bride and I are fashion kindred spirits, because I also had a Nicole Miller dress and my groom and his men wore ties from Toybreaker as well :) (And yes, you can find Toybreaker on Etsy)
Seriously - this wedding was SOOOO cool! I loved being a part of it. Sylvia and Dave were the most amazing couple and their wedding truly was a reflection of...them...and that's what makes it so incredibly special. :)
Mary Jane
Those ties are amazing. Beautiful wedding!
Thanks to everyone for your very sweet comments here. And extra special thanks to SMP for featuring our wedding (I've been a serious fan for a long time and it's such a thrill to be ON THE SITE! Wow!) and to Mary Jane for documenting it so beautifully. To answer a couple of questions from the comments: My dress was from Nicole Miller. That style is now discontinued but she has others in that same metallic fabric. The ties are from www.cyberoptix.com. Bethany from there is lovely and will take good care of you. My engagement ring is from Tiffany's - part of their Sugar Stacks collection - not technically an engagement ring but I love it. And our bands are from a small jeweler in LA - Tracy Reese - she's at the Grove for all you LA gals. They gave us a really good price. Thank you again to everyone!! - Sylvia
I loooove the dark purple flowers in the bouquet - same colours as my wedding this September. What kind of flowers are those? I need to call my florist asap!!
Kage - I think those flowers were Lysanthum - Or they may have been dahlia - Those are two of my favorite flowers so I think it's one of those. Bonus is they're both relatively inexpensive flowers!
Lovely wedding! I love the way you combined metals for your engagement ring and wedding band. Would it be possible to get more detail/description of the wedding band or a close-up picture of what it looks like from the front? Thanks very much. Just trying to get a sense of how you coordinated with your lovely engagement ring!
I'm so crazy about the deep shades on purple in the bouquet!
Such a beautiful wedding! Can you tell me where the fascinator in your hair came from? It is exactly what I'm looking for!
Your rings are amazing!
Nice blog! I'll probably be mentioning some of this information in my next assignment.
Incredible what some brides & grooms put together themselves!