Oregon Wedding by Daniel Usenko
Good morning, lovelies. We are starting off this hot, humid morning with the sweetest wedding a girl has ever seen. One that is sure to make you appreciate those long and lazy Summer days. If I’m being honest, it’s literally the cake alone that sold me on this wedding. But then when I dug deeper, I saw the gorgeous Oak tree where the couple said their I-Do’s, the totally laid back but sophisticated vibe, all of the details that the bride and her family hand crafted. And the dress, oh the dress. Photographed by Daniel Usenko, this a wedding built for SMP and one that I know you are going to fall in love with. Click here to see the full gallery and make sure to check out the bride’s super cute blog.
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We began planning our wedding immediately after our engagement in September 2009. As most newly-engaged couples, we imagined every grand and dreamy scenario, but eventually decided on a simple and very realistic church wedding with our loved ones. Nothing more. Nothing less.
We had heard horror stories from our friends of wedding procrastination and we decided we would not fall into that category of couples. Sure enough, by December, our wedding was almost entirely planned. Venues booked. Dress ordered (may I add, in less than an hour). Italian honeymoon arranged. We were ecstatic.
In February, three months before our wedding we got news that our ceremony location had double-booked us. Our caterer also. We would have to find another place, which, after numerous phone calls and e-mails was not looking good. We were frantic. We thought we had done everything right. We thought we were responsible.
The next week we went on a walk, as we often do, at the Fort Vancouver Historic Reserve. We talked to one of the park rangers about wedding locations around the area and he pointed us to a 100 year old oak tree on the edge of the reserve. We almost couldn’t believe how perfect it was. We didn’t want to say it out loud, but this was one aspect of our dreamy wedding scenario from when we first began talking about our wedding. Finding a perfect old oak tree was not realistic, but here we were, standing before a fantastic oak tree in the middle of a field. Like it or not, we were being forced into have our dream wedding.
After the oak tree was discovered, the rest of the planning was easy. We didn’t want anything extravagant, just a chandelier hanging from its large branches.We bought our chandelier on e-bay for $150. It came in a big box, in a million different pieces and took nearly six hours to assemble. The deck was built by my father-in-law and my fiance.
Every aspect of our wedding was a tribute to our relationship. The wedding cake was from our favorite restaurant, the same place we went the day before my fiance proposed. The harpist at the ceremony played Moon River as I walked down the aisle, a song we had hummed a hundred times during our courtship. We even created a salad on the menu after a crepe we would order at our favorite coffee shop.
For our reception we wanted a very relaxed and cozy atmosphere. My mom and I had collected 600 glass jars since my engagement, recruiting help from everyone, including friends, co-workers even our hairdressers. The desserts were hand-made by aunts and sister-in-laws, the centerpieces and stationery by dear friends. It was such a joy to see the outpouring of love from every single person involved.
In the Pacific Northwest, an outdoor wedding is never a good idea. It rained until the day before our wedding, then miraculously stopped until the day after our wedding and it hasn’t stopped raining since! For the most part weddings do not always go as we plan, but in our case, as I’m sure in many others, that is a very good thing indeed.
Photography: Daniel Usenko / Wedding Stationery: Anastasia Marie Handcrafted Cards & Stationery / Flowers: Flowerbelle / Cake: Papa Haydn / Catering: Svetlana Kopmar / Bride’s Gown: Pronovias / Bridesmaids Dresses: Anthropologie
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Beautiful photography....love all of the white, green and gray. So romantic!
I agree! Such a beautiful, romantic wedding! Loving the dress... what is the style name?
I LOVE how clean and classic this is. The cake, the decorations, and especially the flowers are just all simple, elegant perfection. White peonies are my absolute fave!
What an amazing wedding!! The cake looked awesome and I loved your shoes. Could you share where you bought your shoes?
Where are the groom and groomsmen suits from?
I love the dress, did you buy the dress with the attacked sheer fabric or did you create that on your own?
It was a simply stunning wedding. My cousin is the bride and i just loved every last detail of their gorgeous wedding and of course Daniel their photographer did an amazing job capturing all the best moments. The bride has a blog of her own you can read it here; http://papermorning.blogspot.com/
What a stunning wedding. Love the monochromatic palette and the classic, clean details. The bride is simply stunning and I LOVE the dress. Congratulations to the bride and groom
omg - love this wedding! gorgeous simple details! I LOVE the script font they used, does anyone know the name of this font?
So much to take in! Love the black chairs too...very different.
Gorgeous!
Love the simplicity of this wedding! Just my style!
Lovely! It's so nice to see a wedding with a smaller number of attendants featured.
Susan: The script font is beautiful indeed. It was fun working with it! It's named Nelly Script Flourish. {http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/tart-workshop/nelly-script-flourish/ }
such a beautiful wedding!
Beautiful bride!! Does anyone know where she may have gotten the detachable modesty piece? I love!
One of the most awesome weddings ever
Does anyone have any details on where the groom and the groomsmen got their suits? I feel like I'm on an endless quest to find a 3-piece suit for my fiance :)
Does anyone know where the cute mugs came from?
Nevermind I think they're from Anthropologie!
Michelle, from what I was told, groom's suit came from Banana Republic
Thank you all for the lovely comments!
The groom's suit is from Banana Republic.
The top from my dress was made by my mom from some tulle.
The mugs are from Anthropologie.
The script was Nelly Script Flourish.
The shoes are from Nordstrom. The brand is ME TOO.
Kae - Where did you find the beautiful birdcages - I absolutly adore them <3
Congrats and this was beautiful!
Where's your dress from? It's beautiful :)
The birdcages are antique (sanded and repainted)
My dress is the Pronovias Halar dress from their 2009 collection.
What is the style name and year for the Pronovias dress? It's gorgeous!
Hey guys...the dress is Halar from Pronovias 2009 collection. Hope that helps!
Does anyone know the name of those little smalls flowers in the groom's boutonniere? Not the large white one, but the smaller bluish grey ones.
Love the colour scheme. Well done!
Oh my gosh! So pretty! I love how light and bright the photos are. Clean and Fresh! LOVE IT!
Hi Kae (and others) - I absolutely adore your wedding pics and you made the most gorgeous bride! I live in Australia and it's proving quite difficult to find some of the items I'd like! I love your beautiful linen tablecloths and napkins and hvae actually been after colours almost identical. If it isn't too much trouble - could you let me know where you purchased these? totally understand if they were hired or hand-made (think this is what I will have to do myself!) but there might just be a slim chance that i can get these online??!! Let's hope anyway. Congratulations, love you bridal blog too. B
I actually did rent them from a company that just moved to the east coast and unfortunately they don't offer any services online. However, they were in a standard gray color so I'm sure it wouldn't be too difficult to re-create the look of the table linens.
I absolutely love love LOVE the first shot where the bride is sneaking up behind the groom haha! Such a fun sweet moment, so candid and real. Also loving the grey slate coloured bridesmaid dresses, it seems to be a colour that flatters most figures. Great post.
I love Fort Vancouver and have so many great memories from my childhood there. Where was your reception? It looks so simple and sweet!