Colombia Wedding by Efeunodos Photography
If this is the way that people celebrate life, love and all things wedding in Colombia…beam me up Scotty. This wedding was actually submitted by the bride’s best friend, Valeria, whose adorable wedding we featured a few months back. And who, along with her husband Juan Felipe Rubio, happened to be the photographers behind these unbelievably lovely images. And they are so unbelievable lovely, I can hardly stand it. But before you dive in, remember that we have even more romantic, amazing, make-you-fall-in-love-all-over-again photographs right here.
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The couple’s names are Andrés Montoya and Natalia Molina, they have been dating for 11 years, they were high school sweethearts!! Andrés works for Noel, a candy company managing international affairs, and Natalia is a graphic designer with a Masters in fashion marketing. They got married in an old colonial house near El Retiro, a small town near Medellín (the second largest city in Colombia) called Fizebad.
The decor was focused on origami cranes that we made ourselves. Natalia, Andrés and myself worked for months on them, making them all sizes and colors. Natalia has always been great at making origami animals (as teenagers she used to send me messages with the paper folded as a frog or a pig). We also loved the Japanese tradition of making 1000 paper cranes before the wedding meant to signify as much love, patience and tolerance as a marriage requires. We thought that was beautiful.
We also used lots of white lighting, so there were christmas lights tangled all over the place. For centerpieces, Natalia ordered the Ikea serving platters and in them she placed cupcakes made of different flavors: lemon, chocolate, strawberry, coffee (we are in Colombia after all) made by a local Medellín bakery called Como Pez en el agua.
Natalia also made the bouquet She bought the roses from one of the many exporters in our country and assembled it herself the day of the wedding. The bottoniers were comissioned by me as a surprise and were made by Paulina Valencia from Maria Fermina Accesorios who found a way to treat fabric in order to be able to fold it like origami.
The dress was designed by Natalia and a local tailor made it for her. The headpiece by made by local designer Carolina Malabet Tocados ( she has no website, you can see some of her works on my flickr) whom you can contact here. The shoes were custom made for Natalia by Tamara Bazdys also a local designer.
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I really enjoy seeing weddings from other countries... it really helps us to see that we all care about the same things... love... joy... happiness... family... life!!! This one is particularly lovely
I love the bottoniers! And all the origami cranes -- so whimsical and unique! Beautiful wedding and photos.
Beautiful photos! Valeria and Felipe have to be the best wedding photographers in Colombia at the moment. The idea of working as a team is great and their photos are always stunning. They are going to do the photos at our wedding in Cartagena (Colombia) this summer. We found them here at Style Me Pretty (thanks for including vendors/photographers outside of the US!).
I absolutely love the addition of the origami cranes, especially the black one used in place of a more traditional boutonniere. I design flowers and I would not hesitate for a second to encourage something this special and unique in place of a more common flower... So cool. Thanks for sharing!
really???
To make a thousand origami cranes needs patience and so does marriage. That idea is beautiful. I'd like to incorporate that in my own wedding too when time comes!
Oh the photography is just sublime! I also love how the bride used a lot of local designers. Lex Cut - I also think the idea behind the origami cranes is so lovely :)
Thanks for sharing this gorgeous wedding!
I love the origami idea! I want to incorporate this into my tea ceremony (my fiance and I are Vietnamese). How were they hung? What equipment do I need, is it clear thread?
I LOVE the floating origami centerpieces, what a great idea!!
Thanks to everyone for the kind comments about our work.
@theresa: what we did was that we sewed the cranes to the ceiling!!! one by one, the ceiling was actually a tent in case it rained so it was easy but time consuming!!! we used nylon but I´m guessing clear thread might work as well.
Brilliant! I love those boutonnière! We made 1000 cranes too, so I thought I would let people know about this great charity that donates $0.50 to cancer research for every single paper crane you send them.
http://www.theweddingco.com/events/index.php?event=5
Beautiful wedding. Thanks for all the pictures!
Those origami cranes are great. The fun whimsical vibe really shines through! Great wedding!
I just love these pictures, so so pretty.
I am just finishing preparing my wedding in cali in November, but it has been a bit hectic sorting out everything for the wedding while i was abroad in the UK!
If anybody needs info about getting married in Colombia and specially cali (my city) you can see my blog http://www.matrimonioencali.blogspot.com/