Rustic Wedding at Spanish Oaks Ranch
Hello, lovelies! I am SO into the wedding I’ve got for you today. Amber and Sean were wed in one of the most exquisite natural settings ever, and I adore the way the love and happiness of the day shines so brightly through each and every sun-kissed image their amazing photographer, Ken Kienow, captured. You know what else I love? The fact that the bride was so inspired by her venue that she designed the affair entirely around its rustic vibe! Mason jars, twine, and incredibly gorgeous florals abound. Just the way I like it. Ooh, and by the way, the desserts are to die for, and the diy details are simply scrumptious! Even her groom ‘chipped’ in, contributing countless hand-made bits of decor, all crafted out of wood! See that guestbook card box and those log table number holders? All him. And I sighed out loud when I read what he carved into the table he made by hand. I think you might, too. Plus, Amber offers a nice little tidbit of advice to all you brides out there who are trying to tackle your wedding decor all by your lonesome. Listen up, it’s important! (Want to see all the gorgeousness at once? Be my guest; click here for the gallery! — xoxo, Alison of The Knotty Bride
{Check out the gallery for even more rustic wedding inspiration!}
From Amber, our bride:
My inspiration came from our venue. It’s such a beautiful location with oak trees and wildflowers and dirt roads; I didn’t want to compete with the rustic setting. So, the rustic vision was born! And my mother-in-law collects antiques, so all I had to do was go through her garage to find Coke crates, vintage doilies and over 300 mason jars! All we had to do was buy some twine and candles and we had our wedding décor!
My husband didn’t understand the whole wedding planning process, and he felt bad that he wasn’t able to help choose flowers or colors or music. So he decided to help in the only way he knew how: he built things! Sean made 3 wood crates out of old barn wood, a wooden cross, a box for our guestbook cards, the log table number holders, and the wooden wedding signs. He even made the solid wood table we used for our favors from a picture I showed him of a table I liked! When we got back from our honeymoon, we moved the wood table into our dining room and I saw that he carved our wedding date into the bottom of the table. He still surprises me with his sweetness.
I recommend staying away from the perfectly matchy color palette! I was a slave the purple/green color scheme I originally chose, and nothing felt right. I decided to use all my favorite colors, and things started to flow. My friends and family didn’t understand why the bridesmaids were going to wear eggplant if there was no purple anywhere else, but on the wedding day, everything just worked! And I’m glad I didn’t put my friends in a color they would have hated just so they would match our napkins. 
I highly recommend commissioning the help of friends and family. I was a little hesitant to ask people for help, but I quickly learned that people who care about you truly want to be part or your special day! Sean’s mom and grandmother (and a whole crew of friends) made the burlap table runners, my parents made the bunting flags, a friend painted (freehand!) all the wedding signs, another friend acted as our day of coordinator, and everyone helped set up the day before the wedding.
xoxo! Alison of The Knotty Bride
Venue: Spanish Oaks Ranch in Santa Margarita, CA / Flowers: April Flowers / Photographer: Ken Kienow / Video: Jack Hutchinson / Catering: Pacific Harvest Catering / Cake + Cupcakes: Cassie’s Custom Cakes in Atascadero, CA / Stationery: Jessica Lehry Bishop – JessLehry Designs
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Get. Out. Of. Town! I have serious venue envy right now. I'm also fawning over the delectable simpleness of this wedding, proving that less is MORE beautiful. Loves it.
Loving the bunting hanging from the tree.
LOVE the shoes - where are they from?
Where are the shoes from?
I love that the bride was inspired by the venue. I also love that she followed her heart in choosing eggplant colored dresses for her bridesmaids! It's perfect! xoxo
BEAUTIFUL!
This entire wedding is so genuinely sweet. From the father's tears of joy to the simply lovely sparkler send-off. It all came together so beautifully.
I absolutely love all the stationary - can you share where they are from?
Thanks!
I love the cupcakes and I am wanteing to order some for my sister's engagement party in August!! I live in SLO.
correction *wanting
I LOVE the paper products too! I would love to know if you designed them or bought them somewhere. Any advice would be great. Thanks!
What a beautiful venue. Gorgeous rustic details - perfection!!
who wouldn't be inspired by that venue...its so perfect & rustic!!! and her shoes are fabulous!!
Her dress is beautiful! Can you tell us who made it?
Alison always brings amazing weddings with unique details!! This one is drop dead gorgeous! LOVE IT!!
Thank you all for your sweet comments! The shoes are from Nordstrom (http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/3066405 ) and the dress is by Demetrios. It's not online, but it is available at the store in San Diego. All the stationary was designed by the lovely Jessica Lehry Bishop (JessLehry@gmail.com). She did a fantastic job and her prices are totally affordable!
The carrot cupcakes are from Cassie's Custom Cakes in Atascadero. She also made our wedding cake!
Just lovely!!
Awesome Photos!! Such a beautiful wedding!
Love the stationery! Jess did my wedding invitations and she's absolutley fantastic to work with!
Wow! Just love the location! Pure gorgeousness...as well as the pics. What a lucky girl to have a guy that is sooo involved. And swoon about the carving!!! All so beautiful.
xoxo
kristi
Loving all the little touches that finish of this wedding so well, beauitiful! x
I love sooo much about this wedding. Mostly the love, but everything else too. For some reason I just love that cake picture. So perfect.
LOVE the stationery! I may be partial, since Jess Lehry Bishop is designing our invites, but she is AMAZING! She is both talented and sweet, and I would recommend her to anyone!
How absolutely beautiful! The details are rustic perfection - love every bit of it!!!
Beautiful wedding! Everything flows together so perfectly - it's amazing! Wondering if you have any pictures of your wedding signs? We are thinking about making some for our big day... so if you have pics of what you did I'd love to see them! :)
It was such a pleasure working with Amber on the paper goods for her and Sean's wedding day! Amber really has an eye for decor and style and it was just so wonderful to work together on all the little details. So honored to be a part of this beautiful wedding- thanks for featuring it!! :)
Ken does such beautiful work. This is gorgeous!
Thank you for all the nice comments on our venue! We absolutley loved working with Amber and Sean they are such a great couple and we wish them the best!
Amber - congrats on a gorgeous, ideal wedding. We are also making burlap table runners for our upcoming wedding. Do you mind sharing where you purchased your burlap? Also, was it linen burlap - of if not, what type?
Thanks so much, and kudos!
Katie, I'll send you some photos of our wood signs if you send me your email address (amber.brackrog@gmail.com). Kate, we bought the burlap online from this place- http://www.onlinefabricstore.net/burlap/60-inch-natural-burlap-.htm . It was just the cheap utility burlap but it was soft enough for the runners. We used stitch witchery to finish the sides.
Can anyone tell me where the straws are from? Thanks!
So pretty! I am trying to do a similar theme at our wedding!
http://weddingforreal.blogspot.com/2011/02/rustic-blend-birch-bark-frames.html
http://weddingforreal.blogspot.com/2011/01/place-card-holders-straight-out-of.html