Indiana Wedding
We love a short wedding dress, and this one does not disappoint. The bride found this sweet little BCBG dress on eBay for just $110…SCORE! Even though the bride says that the “one word to sum up the plan for our wedding would be budget”, they certainly did not scrimp on style. They infused their personalities throughout (check out the adorable mad libs below) and handmade all the papergoods themselves. We are swooning over their creative style and are certain you will soon be too. Check out more of their cute wedding here. XO, Tori & Myka
More of this diy celebration in the gallery.
From the bride:
One word to sum up the plan for our wedding would be “budget.” We started by leaving sweet home Chicago for the nearby Hobart, Indiana- which saved us a fortune! Better food, more booze, and a GREAT location for half the price! Plus, I am a crafter at heart, so I decided to DIY a lot of the goods. I made our invitations, the wedding advice “mad libs,” our programs, the drink flags, the kids’ activity books and the confetti flickers. Also, it helped that I wanted a short dress – I ended up finding this cute little BCBG dress on eBay for a scant $110!!
Next, we focused on not being wasteful. We really didn’t want to buy anything new that wouldn’t be put to good use more than once. In fact, several of our decorations were re-used at a friend’s wedding just weeks later! The centerpieces were glass bottles and jars my mom and I collected over about a year and filled with candles that I bought online wholesale. The frame that held the seating chart was garbage picked from the alley behind our house, painted white & backed with a fabric remnant I already had on-hand. The candy table bowls and dishes were purchased at local thrift stores (we only spent about $20) and the little traincase that we used for the cards was bought second-hand as well.
The invites & most of the other “paper goods” (like the mad libs) were printed on Paper-Source paper that boasts its high recycled material content (oh, and our save the date was sent electronically to save paper, too). We were really trying to make the event “us.” We’re not serious, stuffy, traditionalists- we’re young, fun and creative, and we wanted to show that off! We wanted to keep things simple and keep in mind what really mattered to us: celebrating with close friends and family! Sticking with that, not only were our brothers our best man and “man of honor,” but Jeff’s sister even married us! All in all, I think we did great for our little wedding!
The only thing we really “splurged” on were the photos. We agreed we needed to put our money where it mattered, in the photos, which last a lifetime. Instead of cheesy favors for our guests, we had the photobooth which allowed us to share our love of photography with our guests and them to take home a piece of our wedding.
Thanks for sharing your sweet little day with us.
XO, Tori & Myka of sittinginatree
Photography: Jeremy Lawson Photography /Venue: County Line Orchard / Caterer: Café Elite / Flowers: Phillip’s Flowers / Mini Pies: Tipsy Cake / Photobooth: 312 Photobooth / DJ: Miss Gab / Hair: Danielle Harris (Chop Shop Hair Salon) / Tissue paper poms: Party Poms / Personalized Pencils: Oriental Trading Co. / Jeff’s ring (with the bride’s fingerprint!): Fabuluster
25 Comments about “Indiana Wedding”
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August 31, 2010 at 12:21 pm
i LOVE this. love the mad libs idea. so cute. wishing you happiness!
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August 31, 2010 at 12:26 pm
I too love photography and will definitely have a photobooth of one kind or another... MAD LIBS! What a throw back to my childhood, thanks for the memory flashback (great idea)
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August 31, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Love this wedding and the rustic vintage feel with the great details! Of course love her dress as well!
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August 31, 2010 at 12:40 pm
gorgeous song list. that's for sure.
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August 31, 2010 at 12:57 pm
The dress is beautiful.
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August 31, 2010 at 1:00 pm
The song list is amazing. Lover, You Should've Come Over is my all-time favorite song and I bet it was so moving to hear at the wedding. Also, that dress-- what a steal!
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August 31, 2010 at 1:34 pm
what an adorable celebration!
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August 31, 2010 at 1:42 pm
thanks so much for featuring our little wedding! ahhh! i can't believe it!
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August 31, 2010 at 1:55 pm
love the mad-libs idea -- love the seating chart board and the luggage "card box". such a charming wedding!
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August 31, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Thanks so much for featuring this cute wedding. I loved shooting every minute of it. So much fun!
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August 31, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Wonderful wedding! I had never heard of this orchard, I'm excited to take a peek. Jeremy, your photos are amazing as always! Congratulations to the couple!!
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August 31, 2010 at 6:11 pm
Beautiful wedding!!!! I'm getting married in the Chicagoland, what photobooth company did you use?
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September 1, 2010 at 4:04 am
There's an element of class in anything personalised. In the above ceremony, the personalised pencils, the way the rings rest on the cards is beautiful.
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September 1, 2010 at 7:17 am
That shot of them in the photo booth is just so cute!!
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September 1, 2010 at 11:46 am
But where did she get HER ring? It's exquisite!
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September 1, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Shalini - Thanks, I got my ring from Jarrod, the galleria of jewelry
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September 3, 2010 at 11:44 pm
WOW! I love the shot of the couple in the photo booth - you can only see their legs. I've never seen that done before - and what a cool image!!!
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September 4, 2010 at 11:30 am
Forget "budget", this wedding is fabulous! I love her dress, what a find! Best photo booth and mad lib ever, I'm definitely friends with that.
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September 5, 2010 at 1:59 pm
This wedding was beautiful. We at eating-made-easy.com recently photo documented and blogged a delicious wedding in L.A. that was also environmentally sustainable. It was amazing:
http://eating-made-easy.com/2010/05/02/a-most-delicious-wedding/
Hope you check it out and enjoy!
Thanks,
Amelia
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September 9, 2010 at 9:39 pm
it shows if you dont mind spending the time to hunt around you can find anything at the price you like,
remember think outside the box. it is fun out there -
November 3, 2010 at 5:39 pm
I can´t seem to forget how unpadded was to shave my fibre piece winning a town without shower mirrors
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November 9, 2010 at 1:09 pm
the astounding what exactly wash and decorative mirrors can do on your powder room shaving.
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December 10, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Love this wedding so much! It has all my fave elements: rustic barnhouse ceremony venue - check, short wedding dres - check, birdcage veil - check. Such a simple yet sweet wedding.
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