A Romantic Portuguese Wedding by BrancoPrata
I am really excited today, because I get to introduce you to Sofia and André, the amazing, hyper-talented and nicer than your Mother (depending on the Mother) team behind the incredible force of BrancoPrata. Sofia and I go way back – not like me and Mariah go back to baby and pacifiah – but back far enough to know that she’s the bee’s knees and her right-hand man, André, knows how to snap a killertastic wedding photo. So, naturally, it brings me incomparable joy to share with you the fabulous work they’ve done with today’s gorgeous feature, the wedding of Alice and Sandro in Portugal! (Would you like to see it all right now? Check out the gallery!) — xoxo, Alison of The Knotty Bride
{Visit the gallery to see each and every image from this affair!}
Here’s the rundown from Sofia of the inspiration that brought this day to a reality:
Alice’s mother first contacted us; she found our blog and since she was helping her daughter organizing the wedding she decided to give us a call!! Since that day we were so excited with the vision Alice and Sandro had for their wedding day!! They wanted to be surrounded by family and friends (150 guests) and they wanted every guest to have a good time… Thinking back, that is exactly what happened – since me and André left the wedding at 6:00 a.m.!
Both bride and groom knew exactly what they wanted for their wedding day so they talked to a friend to design the invitation (we ended up only using the phrase, “It’s better together” which their friend had put on the invitations). After that, they were inspired by a board over at Style Me Pretty‘s Style Circle, and chose the colors on that board for all the decor and stationery!
Since the groom parent’s have two antique shops in their hometown, Viseu, they thought it would be perfect to incorporate some vintage and antique items like the antique bottles for table numbers or silver spoons and forks displayed over by the buffets. An amazing thing we were lucky enough to use was an antique harp (that they brought from the store) and some antique golden frames which we used to display the setting chart. Alice and I went “shopping” (one week before the wedding) … we went to the antique store Sandro’s parents have… we had a blast picking up things to use on the wedding decor!!
The bride’s Nana sent her old books (some of them were great love stories) witch we used as table centerpieces, together with flowers like hydrangeas, peonies and carnations. The groom’s father handmade the cake topper inspired by this cake topper we posted on our blog via Martha Stewart Weddings. He also restored a huge wooden frame that we used as setting for the photo booth (and on the morning of the wedding he put the frame up on the dinning area.. and that was a huge, huge antique frame we brought from an old abandoned hotel).
Alice’s mother did the ceremony programs! And Sandro’s brother chose all of the music played during dinner. They entered the dinning area with “All you need is love” from the Beatles and had a jazz band playing during the cocktail hour (we made a “it’s better together” sticker to put on the drums….) We also made little boxes with petals so guests could showered the newlyweds as then came out from the church!
As you can see this was a labor of love for both families and that is why we loved to work with them so much…
Thank you, Sofia and André, for letting us take a peek inside this chic, romantic and beautifully styled affair! Sofia your floral arrangements and chic decor choices, combined with the photographic genius that is André, make for one incredibly inspirational wedding event.
And a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Sofia from the entire SMP team! We heart you!
xoxo, Alison of The Knotty Bride
Photography: André Teixeira Brancoprata / Decor: Sofia Ferreira Brancoprata / Venue, Caterer & Wedding cake: Casa da Ínsua / Bride’s Gown : Gio Rodrigues (portuguese designer) / Stationery: Boxes for petals, table numbers, menus, seating chart by Brancoprata (using “It’s better together” design sent by bride and groom)
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Beautiful wedding! I love her shoes!
This makes me so happy I can't even tell you! BEAUTIFUL work by beautiful people :)
Happy Birthday Sofia!!!!! This is gorgeous. Congrats!!!
it just gets better and better with brancoprata. love every single detail in this wedding. amazing job sofia & andre.
what a gorgeous wedding! very beautiful bride
I adore to coloring of the whole photo series. bravissimo!
i absolutely adore the vintage/antique look of these pics and those shoes!! so many pretty details. love it all!
This duo can do no wrong. This is captured magically. I'm obsessing over the little details, especially the vases, harps, candles, flowers, and that heart-shaped light installation! Wowza!
I love the details especially the vintage gold frames lined up against the vines. Sofia and Andre are great.
My mouth dropped when I saw the heart shaped light behind them when cutting the cake! I want that!! Love all the details & absolutely adore BrancoPrata! Congrats to the happy couple ♥
I must know where Sofia got those earrings! They are absolutely gorgeous!
yay sofia and andre! brancoprata is an awesome team.
BEAUTIFUL!@! I too loveee the earings!
This guys are so awesome, is a great honor to know and work with they.
So beautiful! What a great color palette - and I love those shoes!!!
And this is what happens when dreams come true! Like Columbus we just reached America...and your amazing, inspiring and lovely blog!!! Sofia and André were absolutely great during this journey and we can't definitly express how grateful we are...you are the best! Portugal begins to be small for such a talented duo...xoxo, the bride
simply beautiful! love the beautiful flowers in the vintage glass jars
Great job...as always! those guys are just fabulous...loved all the details and the text report was as great as andre's pictures. Well done
does anyone know the designer of the shoes? They are perfect.
Amazing!!
the typeface "it's better together" looks a lot like Rifle Paper CO. style by Anna Bond.
did the couple ordered that for Anna or used as a "inspiration"?
i love her work.
Thank you all for your lovely comments!
Samia we only know that one of the bride & groom's friends designed and produce the wedding invitations, but we don't know what was used for inspiration.
This is lovely! Happy birthday Sofia(we met today but i was not aware this was your birthday...sorry)You are doing so well and i am really happy with this!Congratulations and sorry you are not tacking care about my wedding decor (not that i didn't nasked for it...) but tacking care for all other important details...lots OF success! KR Joana
Beautiful! Love the tone and little picture frame details!
hi there
just wondering where you sourced your chalk and chalk boards
I love this! Would looooooooooooooooooooooooove to know where you got the earrings and the gorgeous, whimsical cake topper! Thanks!!
beautiful. Brancoprata rocks.
The earrings were the "something old" Alice had on her wedding. They belong to the groom's mother. The cake topper was made by Sandro's father and we bought the chalk boards here: http://www.serralves.pt/gca/?id=180 (it's an Museum in Porto, our hometown). Hope this helps!! :)
does anyone know the designer of the shoes?
It may look suspicious but...my daughter is the most beautiful bride that I've ever seen! I love this couple! Thank you Sofia and André for your amazing work and for this absolutly perfect wedding! And thank you "style me pretty" for sharing this with everybody...I am a big fan of yours too!
Great, great wedding!!! Branco Prata rules!!! I noticed they are from Porto and are as good as its wine...
Amazing
Where did she get those fabulous shoes???
Loving this wedding from Sofia! Also, that bride's headpiece is quite rocking, along with those shoes!
Amazing wedding, these photos describe it better than words...
BrancoPrata is INCREDIBLE! This wedding is truly stunning. So classic and chic. The bride & groom must be in heaven with these gorgeous images!
More than deserved!!!! In Portugal also make fabulous weddings! Beautiful! Congrats :)
Most of the photographs speak up for themselves...
Amazing photography!!
I just love Sofia and Brancoprata. Their wedding was absolutely gorgeous! thank you for sharing all the details!
...and I love that you quoted Mariah's song...he he!!
Cheers to a great couple!
Anna
Incredibly beautiful!
Lindissima!! this is so far my favourite BrancoPrata wedding, cant wait to see more!