Get ready for an overload of precious, make your heart happy, details from an adorable couple who just happen to be high school sweethearts. This wedding was a family affair in every respect, even the chandeliers that were used (wait until you see them!) are from the Mother of the Bride’s personal collection. Believe me, it doesn’t stop there. The bride made the cake toppers out of two vintage birds from a dollar store! True story. The welcome sign? It’s from their old fence. This beautiful wedding captured by Kristi Wright Photography just goes to show how things right under your nose can be turned into fabulous personal touches for your wedding. I am so inspired by this couple I may or may not be sizing up the wooden fence in our backyard to see if we can put it to use… XOXO, (the other) Abby from Life in the Super Burbs.
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A few words from the talented bride, Stephanie. It is SO worth the read:
High school sweethearts! Edwin and I have been together for 11 years! When we first started planning the wedding, we knew right from the start that we wanted to have a vintage country wedding. We both love the Texas hill country so finding the right venue in the hill country was important. We planned a spring wedding because the weather is usually perfect and all the flowers and lovely Texas bluebonnets are in full bloom. Once we set our date we had 9 months to plan the wedding. I did a lot of research on anything and everything vintage country. We shared our vision with our family and for next 9 months we were making and buying things for the wedding.
After a drawn out search, we came across Chapel Dulcinea and 12 Oaks Ranch; we fell in love with both venues. 12 Oaks Ranch for its openness and the beauty of the oak trees that surround it in its hill country setting and Chapel Dulcinea for its old fashion Spanish chapel on the edge of a cliff overlooking the hill country. What was even greater about both venues was that Chapel Dulcinea was free and 12 Oaks Ranch was allowing us to decorate the day before and also gave us the freedom to decorate as we wished to make our vision of a vintage country wedding come to life. The venue was already beautiful in its self but it just needed a splash of vintage décor to tie the theme in. We wanted to make sure we created a beautiful eclectic setting of peacefulness, joy and comfort for our guests.
When it came down to finding a photographer, we knew we wanted a photographer that shot modern-in the moment pictures. After searching and searching, we came across Kristi Wright’s website. Once we viewed her portfolio and had a meeting with her; we knew she was the perfect photographer to shoot our engagement and wedding pictures.
We made sure we integrated meaningful things into our wedding. Edwin is from the coastal state of Veracruz, Mexico so we incorporate his culture in the food and entertainment. For entertainment, we hired Huapangos, a trio of Mexican folk singers; somewhat like Mariachis but without the trumpet. As for the food we served carne de rez (pulled beef) cooked in a red sauce with warm corn tortillas, green salsa, fresh cilantro, chopped onions along an old fashion bottled Mexican Coca Cola or orange Fanta. Our wedding guests had the choice of frozen margaritas, cold beer and sangria served in a mason jar with a stamped tag that had our initials and the wedding date. For fear of people losing their mason jar; each mason jar had a different picture and phrase stamped on the back of the tag.
My late grandmother’s favorite color was lavender so we incorporated lavender roses into our table flower arrangements. Each table centerpiece was different. Some had vintage crochet doilies (inspired by a wedding I saw on Style Me Pretty), vintage books, a big mason jar filled with fresh flowers, a bow tied around the lip and a crystal prism hung in the center of the jar (another SMP inspiration) from my mother’s old chandeliers. My mother has a beautiful collection of vintage chandeliers, we wanted to give the venue some elegance so my father, uncle and Edwin hung several chandeliers all throughout the venue; the biggest one hung in the middle of the dance floor.
Our whole family shares a love for antiques. Throughout the months leading up to the wedding we’d go to their homes and pick for things that we felt we could incorporate into the wedding. It was truly special seeing all of our family’s things from their homes at our wedding.
Before we got married we had our old fence replaced. Edwin and I saved all the pieces of old wood from our fence to make direction signs and we also used the old entry door to make our welcome sign. My bouquet and boutonnieres were done by West Bank Flower Market. As for the flowers in the centerpieces, I ordered some from West Bank Flower Market in bulk and the rest I purchased at a local supermarket. Edwin and I have a huge sweet tooth so we definitely knew we had to have a candy bar. Our candy bar had all of our favorite candy, cookies and snacks! I made our cake topper out of 2 vintage birds I found at a dollar store! Along the outside of the pavilion we hung a 200ft homemade doily garland in the oak trees starting from the front of the venue all around the back of the venue. We had a beautiful book made of our engagement pictures to serve as a guest sign in book.
Almost everything we used at the wedding was once used. We bought things from thrift stores, flea markets, garage sales and Craigslist! We had the honor of having Edwin’s parents neighbor, a music teacher, play her violin before and after the ceremony. She played one of our favorite songs, La Vie En Rose as we walked down the aisle.
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It's hard to believe this is a thrift shop wedding! The chandeliers and string lights add ambiance while the vintage-inspired detailing gives it that rustic feel. Stephanie, have you ever considered being a wedding planner?!
I have a particular fondness for this wedding as my husband and I were also high school sweethearts...that and of course the beautiful details, I love the hand knitted table cloths. They are so vintage and chic
Great job on the photos, Kristi! The detail shots are fantastic. I'm sooooo happy for you!! - Danny
I am so excited about this wedding being featured on SMP. Stephanie and Edwin were a joy to work with and when I walked into 12 Oaks Ranch for their reception my mouth literally dropped open. It was like being a kid in a candy store. I didn't know what to photograph first! It was a beautiful day for a beautiful couple. Congratulations again, guys! And thank you, SMP, for featuring their hard work.
It goes to show how a little thought and creativity can take a wedding from typical to personal. Beautiful job with both the execution of the concept and the photography!
Wow-this looks like a photo shoot!
Gorgeous! Who did all the bride's papergoods? They are beautiful. And the moustaches?! We want some for our wedding as well.
I love all these details and DIY elements! The hand painted sign and little ring bearer nest are adorable. Thanks for sharing!
I LOVE this wedding! I want my whole house to look like the reception decor. And I think its really cool that even the cake had a shabby chic look to it. Well done, Stephanie!
Love the moustaches. How funny!
My fellow Texans have totally inspired me -- can't wait to incorporate some of these ideas into my wedding in November. God bless your marriage, Stephanie and Edwin!
Adorable! I am in love with the vintage decor - so pretty. Altho I have to be honest and say: I do NOT get the whole moustaches craze. Where did that start?
Awesome, awesome wedding & photography! Love every little detail!
Thank you so much SMP for featuring our wedding! We are beyond EXCITED to have our wedding featured on this wonderful-wonderful wedding blog website! We got a lot of our inspiration from SMP and we're so happy to share our special day with all of you. Thank you to Kristi Wright Photography for doing an OUTSTANDING job in capturing all of our special moments and details. Thanks again to our amazing family and friends for all of your help, love and support!
I want to to answer some questions I read from some of you that posted comments,
To: marilynskeepsakes
I have considered becoming a wedding planner but don't know where to start! I would love the opportunity to join a team of wedding planners! I'm full of great ideas for any occasion!
To: Jessica
I made all of our paper goods on our computer. I bought some good card stock paper and had fun playing with different fonts and wording for all of our signs.
Thank you for all of your wonderful comments & thank you again SMP for featuring our wedding.
Style Me Pretty is truly the ULTIMATE WEDDING BLOG!
What a beautiful wedding! I truly love every single little heartfelt detail, and the style is amazing. Congratulations!
What a pretty, vintage DIY wedding. I love how the decor and style was all your own, but you incorporated elements of your heritage.
I am obsessed with how meaningful this wedding is! All the design touches are phenomenal, even down to those little grey straws (a constant favorite of mine). Perhaps most of all, I am in love with those centerpieces!!! Abby, thanks for sharing this splendidness!
Love the detail and creativity. I think you have a future in a career as a wedding planner. If this is a dream of yours then go for it. The photography is awesome.
I love this wedding! So beautiful and heartfelt. How did you make the great mustache sticks?
I was wondering where you bought the little birds? They are sooo cute and I would love to use them for my cake table :)
The pictures are awesome...and the mustaches !!!! mustaches are the bomb! LOL!
wow this is stunning! i love all of the cute details and the photography is gorgeous!
love the staches
Kudos! Such a beautiful wedding! Stephanie you have a few ideas I would love to borrow:
The papergoods-what type of program did you snag the fonts from? Also, is the tan paper cardstock? They are beautiful.
And the moustaches?! Where did you find these little guys?
Lastly, I promise-the straws are adorable!!! Where can oen find those?
All these details really made a huge impact. I LOVE IT! CONGRATS TO YOU BOTH!
brooke i think the birds are from dollar tree stores they have amazing stone like birds there i bought out all the bird tea light holders and stone birds for my wedding too they think i am bananas but you can order bulk from them online
Hello!
Thank you again for all your AWESOME comments!
I wanted to answer some of your questions.
My cousins and I made the mustaches on a stick! We went to our local craft store and bought hard black felt and wooden dowels. We hand drew the shape of the mustaches we wanted and made a stencil. Then, we traced them onto the black felt with a white pencil. With an X-Acto knife we cut out each mustache, then hot glued them onto the dowel.
The straws I found at a local store here in Austin, TX called: Monkey See Monkey Do
As for the fonts, I downloaded them from: dafont.com and for the tan paper, I re-used our brown paper bags from the grocery store! I cut them into 8.5 X 11 sheets and ran them through my printer!
The birds were bought at the Dollar Tree.
Hope this helps ya'll!
Good luck planning your wedding!
Beautiful! So amazing!
Stephanie - where did you buy the ring bearer nest?
How did you get that white/ lace design on the water bottles?? super cute!