Newport Rhode Island Wedding by Raina Dawn Events
A classic Newport Rhode Island wedding never goes out of style, particularly when styled by Raina Dawn Events with the gorgeous floral design of Sayles Livingston Flowers. This fabulous summer affair contained everything endearing about the timeless beach town including a sunset sail for all the guests around the harbor. If that doesn’t scream Newport, I don’t know what does! So for a moment put away your winter boots and put on your boat shoes because each image in the gallery by Carrie Rodman Photography will have you dreaming of sweet salt air and warm summer days.
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Sarah & Jeremy were married August 7, 2010 in Newport, Rhode Island. Sarah and Jeremy live in NYC and hired Raina Dawn Events to coordinate their destination wedding weekend. The weekend kicked off with a rehearsal dinner at The White Horse Tavern on Friday night after guests checked into the Hotel Viking. Newport was buzzing that weekend with the Jazz Festival in town and everyone was lucky because come Saturday there was the most perfect summer Newport weather!
Working closely with the bride and groom, the wedding day started early with all 75 guests arriving at 11:00 a.m. ceremony at The Kay Chapel. Sayles Livingston, a fellow Little Black Book Member, designed all of the beautiful florals on the wedding day, while Carrie Rodman Wedding Photography captured every detail and moment with such beauty. Sarah and I worked closely on both the wedding day events, as well as all of the fabulous details that were incorporated into the weekend.
Starting with a welcome galvanized tin of goodies representing Newport and Michigan, the bride’s hometown, the basket was full with everything from vintage postcards with history of all of the wedding weekend venues, custom designed maps of Newport, and much more. They included muslin bags that Sarah hand stamped and filled with vintage style candies (i.e. “Eat at your own Risk” FireBalls, Lemondrops, Fun Dip), along with vintage looking candles and matches. In addition to the fabulous gift baskets in every guests hotel room, Sarah also had a number of other DIY projects she took on, like her vintage picture framed Menu Card Board and Escort card board. Sarah also collects vintage McCoy vases so each table at the reception at OceanCliff had a large white McCoy vase along with a miniature animal McCoy vase that held the table number letterpress cards. Sarah also loves paper, so when it came to her invitations she had Mika 78 produce gorgeous letterpress invitations with a “Welcome to Newport- Wedding Weekend Events Guide” and Tara Jones provided the beautiful calligraphy.
Once the guests witnessed Sarah and Jeremy tie the knot at The Kay Chapel, the bride and groom got in The Hotel Viking London Cab and all the guests headed to OceanCliff for their afternoon wedding reception on the breathtaking coast of Newport. As the sailboats went by, guests had cocktails out on the lawn and then were ushered into the ballroom for the wedding reception. For something sweet the Sarah and Jeremy didn’t want the traditional wedding cake, so they opted for the fabulous whoopee pies from Cranberry Island Kitchen. They were flown into Newport from Maine and Sarah had another DIY project, she color coated with adorable little flags so guests knew which flavor of whoopee pie they were choosing on the whoopee pie buffet.
The wedding day festivities didn’t end there. All the guests were then whisked away for a sunset sail on the Schooner Aurora. Sarah and Jeremy met on Match.com, so when Sarah told me she saw this cute card by Snow & Graham that said “Perfect Match- Caution This Is One HOT ITEM” I went right to work to have custom made napkins done up with this logo for their sail.
It was such a joy working with Sarah and Jeremy on their destination Newport, RI wedding. Thanks to all the vendors, Sarah’s DIY vintage projects, and months of planning and coordinating with Sarah and Jeremy, the outcome was a beautiful, fun, intimate, personalized wedding with their own style and flair that truly shined through!
Event Planning and Design: Raina Dawn Events / Photography: Carrie Rodman / Flowers: Sayles Livingston Flowers / Ceremony Location: Kay Chapel Newport, Rhode Island / Reception Location: OceanCliff Newport, Rhode Island / Reception Sunset Sail: Schooner Aurora Newport, Rhode Island / Invitations: Mika 78 / Invitation Calligraphy: Tara Jones Calligraphy / Shoes: Jimmy Choo / Dress: Carolina Herrera, Kleinfeld Bridal / Entertainment: Melissa Woolverton and Rick Costa Band / Hair: LaLaLuxe Salon / Makeup: Makeup by Maggie Leonard / Whoopie Pies: Cranberry Island Kitchen / Perfect Match Napkins: Snow and Graham; ForYourParty.com / Accommodations: Hotel Viking Newport, Rhode Island
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The "perfect match" napkins are just to die for!!! So cute!!
i love all the details!
This is such a beautifully detailed wedding. We LOVE the muslin bags!! Well done everyone who worked hard on this wedding... and congrats to the happy couple!
The "&" sign is so cute tied between the couple's chairs. I love all of the details. Very coordinated wedding from the 'save the dates' to the reception napkins.
Love the details. The ampersand between them is perfect!
I love all the flowers and beautiful colors! Just breathtaking!
What a perfect Newport summer wedding!!!!
O wow I am in love with this wedding and all of its details!! Gorgeousness at its best!
Love the groom's suit and very nice church!
I love the ampersand! Anyone know where the bride found it?
LOVE the stamped stationery and muslin bags! pretty! and love the ampersand between their chairs! charming!
PLEASE tell me where the bride found the adorable gingham tablecloths!
Stunning, as I would expect by the divine Raina Dawn! I love every detail about this wedding (especially the 'Perfect Match' napkins). -NS
These pictures are stunning! And I love her dress! What a beautiful day!
Hi Katie--I am the bride, and just wanted to let you know that I just bought gingham linen napkins and used those for the centerpieces.
Love this wedding - all the flowers are gorgeous. I love how the groom is distinguished from the bridal party with the pink tie. Perfect!
Hi Becky--I just wanted to let you know that my mom found the ampersand in the Ballard Designs catalogue.
Sarah-your wedding was beautiful! I'm getting married in a very similar looking chapel and having a morning wedding! I love the way you decorated the aisles with those little baskets of flowers. Where did you find the baskets? Also, did your dog attend your wedding, or was he/she just there for photos? I'd love to have our dog in our wedding but I'm not sure how to work it out. Thanks!
Hi Sarah,
Your wedding was divine! All the details were just grogeous.
I just had a quick question - where did you get the stamp of the little bird holding the evelope? The one on the muslin bag with your wedding program in it (i think it was a wedding program). Would love to get little muslin bags made for my wedding with this stamp - i'm having a beautiful garden wedding with two ceremonies so the program will be quite detailed, the little bag would be perfect!
Thanks!
Hi Kinsey--Sorry it took so long to respond, but I wanted to let you know that the baskets are called "Nantucket baskets" and can be found many places online. The real ones are quite pricey, but there are many non-handmade versions that work just as well (I got mine for $6 for 2 on eBay).
We had our dog Quincy as the ring bearer (I made a collar that had white flowers and an attachable part for the rings). We walked with her from our hotel to the chapel. She was absolutely great, and we had someone take her back to the hotel because it was really hot out so she was not uncomfortable. It was also hilarious because after she walked up the rings (in the middle of the ceremony--our usher held on to her until that point), Jeremy pulled some treats out of his pocket and she made sure she was finished with all the crumbs before she was ready to be done with her part. :)
Hi Ashely--the stamp is from "Stampland Chicago" and is the "bird w/ envelope & flowers" (model no. 3410-09)--the link is: http://www.stamplandchicago.com/catalog/19.html .
I just bought muslin bags at muslinbag.com and stamped them using an ink suitable for cloth. I also put mints in the bag...
sarah! i was looking on here for my coworker to get inspiration and i couldn't believe that i stumbled upon this! i hope you remember me from a couple years ago- the vineyards and also the christmas party at your apt! anyway what a gorgeous wedding! just wanted to wish you an overdue congratulations!! it looked like an absolutely beautiful wedding! i was especially admiring the invites and the "&" ...loved that! hope all is well!!
Great preparation of the wedding. Well planned and very stylish. I like the design of the napkins. One of the best wedding! Thanks for sharing.