Studio Foto Wedding, by Grazier Photography
So, we’ve feasted on the pure beauty of Paul and Krystal’s gorgeous New England wedding…one stunning photograph after another where the love and the joy literally jumps off the page. But now it’s time to get down to the nitty gritty. The details. And after photographing weddings for over a decade, this pair knows how to do great SMP style details. Plus, they enlisted the help of Matthew and Enna Grazier to snap the photographs, ensuring that each and every idea is so beyond steal-worthy. If you’re dying for even more, click right here.
CLICK HERE to see the full wedding gallery by Grazier Photography!
Having met in photography class at the University of Connecticut, Paul & I always joked that we had met “in the darkroom.” Soon after we graduated, we opened our photography studio, and have been in business for almost as long as we’ve been together. So we decided photography had to be incorporated into several aspects of our day.
Our Save-the-Dates were unique Polaroids created for each guest of us holding a chalk board sign reading ” Save the Date 10.10.10.” I designed our invitations 2.5×22,” printed them on Kraft paper and then we rolled them up and placed them into vintage metal film canisters. As you walked down into the yard where the wedding was, there were 4×6 black & white photographs of us from over the years hanging from a clothesline. At our welcome table we had a book of images from our engagement shoots for our guests to write us messages in. We also re-used the vintage film canisters for people to leave us a well-wish that we could read on our first anniversary. This table was also decorated with some of our vintage cameras and photo chemistry bottles filled with flowers. Hanging from the trees, as you walked down thru the yard, were old windows with images from our engagement shoots, created by my good friend (and artist) Christine Pearson. We also had an awesome photo LUXE booth, made by our dear friends the Graziers. In the photobooth, guests had fun with props including old hats, fur coats, and handmade mustaches on sticks, made by Whiskerworks on Etsy.
Some other little details that made our day unique were our Irish Soda Bread favors made by Paul’s dad Bob, and handmade felted soaps made by my sister Kalee. There were also lots of wooden signs that were designed and handmade by Kalee and me. We printed them on Kraft paper and polyurethaned (water-based) the prints to old, weathered wood found in the McNerney’s barn. We created a giant post with signs pointing the way to different areas of the yard. Even the bathrooms had a sign.
I designed and printed our unique programs, which was quite a project, but worth it. The program booklet had many pages, including our love story, the story of how Paul proposed, thank you’s, our ceremony outline, the bridal party & family members, and a fun page to find out what “tree” you had fallen from- an idea from Martha Stewart. The programs would not have been possible without the help of many friends in assembling them. Staying with our tree symbolism, our friend and artist Shannon McCarthy created a Tree-of-Life Painting for us, on which guests left their inked thumbprints as leaves on the tree. Also we are bicycle enthusiasts, and our friends Matt & Enna Grazier surprised us with a Vintage Western Flyer Tandem Bicycle that they bought from a neighbor and reconditioned. This was a fun prop to use for our photographs!
While most of Paul and Krystal’s little goodies were found scouring flea markets, goodwill and garage sales, here’s a look at a few of the awesome vendors that helped out with the details…
Tree-of-Life Painting: Shannon McCarthy / Mustaches on sticks: Whiskerworks on Etsy / Silk Dupioni Hand-binding Sash: Vivi Uptown Infants on Etsy / Vintage Wooden Bird Cage: Found on Ebay / Custom Beer Glasses : Logo designed by Krystal and printed on beer glasses by Discount Mugs / Local Old-Fashioned Sodas: Hosmer Mountain Sodas in Willimantic, CT / Old-Fashioned Looking Buckets : Purchased from Lowe’s in the garden department / Vintage Green Wine Jugs : Purchased at the Brimfield Antique Show / Silverware: Collected on Ebay and the Brimfield Antique Show / Napkins: Something Different Linen / Chairs : Borrowed from an antique dealer that is setting up a shop to rent out vintage pieces for weddings. Contact Krystal & Paul for more info / Burlap Table Runners : Rolls purchased from Online Fabric Store then cut to length
Thank you so much to Paul and Krystal for choosing SMP to share your wedding with. I know that our readers are loving the inspiration that they’ve found today and are all wishing you a life as beautiful as this very day!
XOXO, The SMP Team
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What a treat to be invited to help document Paul and Krystal's wedding day! We were honored (and oh so inspired!!!) to take these pictures, plus so thankful that we could also be guests (complete with our 2 boys in tow). It was a very special day!!!
love love love
Matt & Enna--- We love you guys!!!! I'm dying over here with all the beauty you captured.....the pictures are helping me relive the magic of the day.
Awesome job Matt & Enna! You guys are like the cherry on top of all of the amazing details Paul & Krystal slaved over for months! You're awesomeness with a side of bomb sauce!
Just beautiful work from Matt and Enna, as always! So happy for you, Krystal and Paul!!
Hey Paul and Krystal, that looks like one fun wedding. Congrats to both of you.
Matt and Enna, great work!
-Tait
Great photos you Graziers!! Awesome!
very nice details. Captured with great talent. i love it and the gallery is not less amazing.
congratulations for this job.
I adore this whole wedding - how lovely! I'm very curious though - what was your rain plan?
So about that rain plan...........Its kinda funny, we had a 40x35 yellow and white stripe tent set up that seemed to not make it in any photo. We thought a 35x40 was a good size until it got set up, HA not even close. The caterers loved it;) and our wedding would have been, lets say different if it rained:)
Ha, ha Caitlin!! We actually didn't really have a rain plan.......the Farmer's Almanac said it was going to be beautiful, and we believed it : ) We crossed our fingers that those Farmers know what they're talking about. We did have a medium size tent set up in the corner of the yard just in case, but we didn't put to much effort into it otherwise...... ; )
Hi!!! CONGRATS! you two are beautiful and wahooo go huskies.The second video, do you know the song that is playing? i loveeeee it
I'm disappointed! No closeups of the bride and groom. Have no idea what the wedding gown looked like. I couldn't care less about the photo after photo of the dining tables--I care about the people involved, and there were pitifully few of such shots!
Gail...this was a post devoted only to details. To hear the wedding story and see lots of great pics of the bride, groom and the beautiful gown, click here:
http://www.stylemepretty.com/2010/11/02/studio-foto-wedding-by-jag-studios-jim-altieri/
http://www.stylemepretty.com/2010/11/02/studio-foto-wedding-by-carla-ten-eyck-jeremy-white/
love the details you guys got!!! What a great collaboration by everyone!! XO
As wedding planners, we love to see couples match their wedding so perfectly to their personalities. The photographs are wonderful and it reminds us why we love New England so much. Congratulations on a beautiful wedding.
Lovely details! Any chance you didn't get your BEAUTIFUL china dinnerware from antique/thrift stores? I LOVE it and would love to know where to find it!
wow! absolutely beautiful
Jaw drappingly beautiful documentation of the details. It was an honor and a privelage to be a part of such an incredible day.
Hi Somer, we did indeed take a long time to collect it at thrift shops all over CT. And As a side Note we are renting it;) If you live anywhere in the area.
As for the song, edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros "Om Nashi Me"
Paul and Krystal - I love the confidence and so happy that it turned out to be beautiful! I'm not only in awe of the really touching and personal details, but think it looks like it was also just a great time. I'll be back for more notes, I'm sure :-)
I LOOVE mis matched chairs.
This wedding could have been so cute if they would have honed in on a FEW details. I feel like I'm looking at the Craig's List add for leftovers from 50 different wedding themes. What happened to getting married and having a few charming details? Not sure where I'm seeing the "style" Style Me Pretty...
Wow. The lighting is just beautiful. The settings are amazing.
Thanks Paul, I thought it was them but couldn't find the song on youtube :)
Also where did you guys get the glasses done? where they expensive?
Thanks for the reply, Paul. I'm actually trying to find china to register for that we actually like...and everything I like seems to either be vintage or discontinued! The search continues...
Geena. honestly. what is the point of your comment? please tell me where your wedding photos are posted so that I can go and write a hurtful, very public and completely inappropriate comment on your post. honestly! if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all. it's not like they can go back and change anything about their day so why say it?
this wedding oozes style, creativity and clearly out of the box thinking... but most of all class!
Thanks for posting so many details about where you got things, super helpful! Beautiful and unique wedding :)
This wedding is gorgeous! I love all the little details - especially the table settings! and the letterpress stamps. monograms! come on. stop. too perfect!
what a gorgeous, organic, and beautiful day. amazing job to everyone-- krystal & paul congratulations. love you guys!
Love the golf balls... Amazing details all around!! Wow.
beautifullllll pics of a beautifulllllll couple!!!!!! (and amazing FOTOgraphers!) ; )
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Did this wedding take place in a private residence? My fiancee and I would love to get married there!!