Washington State Wedding by You Look Nice Today Photography
I am completely head over heels, smitten beyond belief with this next wedding. First of all, You Look Nice Today Photography might have the best name in the biz. Second, just check out all the vintage vignettes and crafty little details that the couple designed and styled with absolute brilliance. Washington State might not come to mind when you think destination wedding but after seeing those mountain views I can see why this sweet bride and groom would want to marry there. Head on over to the full wedding gallery to get your vintage on.
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Austin and I live in Indianapolis, IN but I am originally from Seattle and my parents live in Puyallup, WA. We really love the outdoors and especially the northwest! When we got engaged we decided we wanted a relaxed, outdoor mountainside wedding in Washington state. My parents were extremely helpful in the planning process and my dad and brother were the ones who actually found our venue, since I was in Indiana! We decided on a Sunday wedding because many of our guests were going to be traveling from Indianapolis and had never had the chance to experience how beautiful the northwest is and we wanted them to enjoy the weekend and celebrate with us on Sunday. We really wanted the whole weekend to be a relaxed getaway for all of our guests and we spent a lot of our time hiking, fishing, and relaxing in cabins for the weekend. We also wanted our wedding to reflect us as a couple and were going for a rustic elegance with an eclectic and vintage style that also showcased Washington and the nature that we both enjoy so much!
I was so blessed to be able to wear my grandmother’s dress and to have her be there to see me wear it! My mom had flown to Indiana to help me search for a dress and after looking for a day and describing what I wanted it dawned on her that I may like her mother’s dress. We called her up and asked if she still had it and what condition it was in. She said it had a small tear in the tulle but that I was welcome to try it out…so I tried it on and fell in love!! I had a seamstress fix the tear and change a few details of the dress and it was perfect. I also wore her pearls that my grandfather gave her a month before they were married 55 years ago and carried the same bible that my grandmother and my mother carried down the aisle. I attached a broach to my bouquet from my other grandmother to remember her as she couldn’t be there to celebrate with us.
We did almost everything ourselves, from the invitations to the bouquets. We really had a great time designing the wedding and also making a lot of the little details! People kept asking me what my color scheme was and I never quite had an answer except, lots of colors, it’s going to be a bit eclectic. My mother so graciously divulged my biggest wish for the wedding by diligently scouring thrift stores and garage sales all summer looking for the mismatched, eclectic chairs I wanted and they were so perfect! We tied mason jars on the inside aisles with twine and filled them with wildflowers! We collected mismatched plates, silverware, glasses, tea cups and saucers and also antique mismatched white to tan napkins for our place settings. We found antique butter dishes and creamers/sugar bowls to set the tables as well. Our table settings were so elegant and antique and fit so perfectly in such a beautiful outdoor location. We are also huge wine lovers and made our name cards to rest on wine corks and served Washington wines with dinner. My grandmother, mother, aunt and mother-in-law also baked the most delicious pies to serve for dessert which we displayed on antique pie stands on a picnic table lined with a lace table runner.
We tried to incorporate a lot of details that reflected us as a couple. Austin loves cameras and everybody knows it. He absolutely loves film and we decided to buy a bunch of old 35mm cameras for our guests to use to photograph moments throughout our day. We loaded them all up with film and placed them in an antique suitcase as you were walking into the ceremony. We tied a tag with the name of the couple as well as which table the couple would be sitting at during the reception on the cameras and left a note with instructions. Austin and I also both love hot tea, especially in the winter! We spent a lot of time when we first met wandering around in the snow drinking hot tea and one of my favorite tea shops in Indy makes all of her own loose leaf tea. For our favors we had our own special blend made and we collected mismatched jars to put them in. We topped the jars with vintage fabrics tied with twine and a handwritten tea-died tag with the name of our tea and our wedding date. I also had a special grooms cake made for Austin to look like a Rolleiflex camera. My aunt Judy made our wedding cake and our groom’s cake and they were both so impressive and exactly what I wanted!
We had a friend of the family take Polaroids of all of our guests by an old hollowed out tree for our guest book. We used my grandfather’s antique end table to place the guest book on for our guests to sign. We also had some old 8mm video cameras and wanted some footage of the day so our friend, Michell took on the task! We are still waiting to get the film back developed and are anxious to see it! We used an antique dresser from the lodge to display photos of family member’s weddings including a photo of my grandmother wearing the wedding dress. We placed blankets in an old trunk for people to keep warm for our outdoor reception.
One of the highlights for me was when everyone gathered around the campfire after dinner when all the kerosene lamps were glowing and the stars were exceptionally bright and our friend, Fred, played guitar and sang as everyone got cozy under their blankets and just relaxed together. As we were all sitting there by the fire taking it all in we looked up at the northwest sky just in time to see a shooting star. It was such a perfect and intimate celebration. We realized after the wedding how truly blessed we are to have such incredible friends and felt so blessed to be able to share such an important day with our closest friends and family.
Wedding Photographer: You Look Nice Today Photography / Wedding Venue: Rainier Mountain Lodge / Caterer: Simply Delicious Catering / DJ: Melody Music / Hair: Halo Salon / Flowers: DIY from Vue Flower Farm / Bride’s Dress: Vintage (from grandmother) / Invitations: DIY
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I love the Rolleiflex grooms cake. I want one. :)
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LOVE the brides shoes!!
Such pretty details. I really like the bride's dress.
Wow... this wedding is gorgeous. I'm really obsessed with the pink colored beverage (bubble tea?) in the glass jar. Going into the inspiration folder!
Gorgeous wedding- is that baby's breath in the BM bouquets? Stunning.
Love this wedding!! I especially love the fact that the bride wore her grandmother's dress! How incredibly special for both of them. Can't believe that the night was topped off with a shooting star-- stuff fairy tales are made of! Thank you for sharing your beautiful wedding!!
the bride's vintage dress is stunning. i also like how she mentioned being frustrated about the "color" question, i agree!
What a beautiful wedding! I love love love the chairs! It sounds like almost everything was DIY which is what I plan on doing... I wonder how much it ended up costing to put it all together. Thank you for sharing!
Gorgeous wedding. I absolutely love the bouquet and the vintage feel. Lots of lovely DIY projects, too!
this wedding is absolute perfection
i love EVERYTHING about it.
I adore the wedding cake and the fact that with a lot of love and thought they had an amazing intimate wedding.
The mismatched ceremony chairs are so much fun!
The bottles of flowers on the back of the chairs looks absolutely fabulous. You'll see it my house tomorrow!
Love the wedding! I see that the shoes are Steve Madden, but does anyone know what the style name is? I've been looking for something just like that!
I found the name of the shoe (Derosa flat), but it seems to be hard to find now! If you have tiny feet and don't mind a different color, DSW has it: http://www.dsw.com/shoe/sm+derosa+flat?prodId=205125&productRef=SEARCH
I love her dress! Beautiful details and I love the muted pastels for their colors.
I was so excited when I saw that this wedding was in Western WA (obvious because of all the green and trees!!!). Then I saw that the bride's family lives in Puyallup - my home town!! Beautiful wedding and lovely styling!!!
Thanks for all the compliments!
Our tea blend was made by an incredibly talented woman here in Indianapolis. Her store is called Tea Pots n Treasures and is located in downtown Indianapolis but she ships worldwide!
http://www.teapots4u.com/
We LOVE LOVE LOVE her tea, and the special blend she made for our wedding is spectacular! Very reasonably priced as well!
@ Myra- The pink drink is our Mountain Berry Tea iced served with fresh picked huckleberries :)
so beautiful. I loved the dress and now even more that I have read the story behind it.
Great to see this posted! Wilcox did an amazing job of capturing our day and hats off to my wife for her amazing sense of style and design. Our friends were all absolutely incredible in ensuring that our day ran so smoothly! They worked their tales off!
I love the brides dress! It was even neater when I read it was her grandma's. I love to read about DIY weddings. They did a great job!
WOW! What an awesome wedding to photograph! Love the chairs, all the details, the box of cameras (curious about those). So original and beautiful!!
love the colors and all the pretty details!
Gorgeous photography!
I've been having a hard time finding vintage bridesmaids dresses I really love and was wondering where your girls got their dresses from.
thanks for posting have a good one.
wolf and bat love the same girl, wtf, who they can have the same tasty.
This wedding is just up my street - all about the couple and their favourite things and such an intimate occasion. The campfire sounds fantastic and what lovely touches with the 35mm cameras!
Jem x
Love the invitations. Where did you get the kraft paper envelopes? I was hoping to create a similar invitation for my wedding in September. Thanks!
@Kaitlin... I believe I bought the envelopes at Hobby Lobby, I made the inner envelopes using a die cutter at Archivers.
Everything works for this wedding ~ the scenery ~ the jars filled with flowers ~ the cake ~ the mixed match chairs ~ uncoordinated coordinated bridesmaid dresses ~ love it all!
What flowers did the bride have? That's exactly what I want!
Thanks,
The groom is my brother and the bride my new sister-in-law. Although I did not get to attend the wedding because it was in Washington, from the pictures and the description given by Rebecca and Austin I think it was representive of the people they are. I don't think this was mentioned in Rebecca's post but they spent their wedding night in a treehouse at the wedding sight. How romantic is that. What a great concept for a wedding and what a way to start their lives togehter... :)
Nice beautiful pictures, each shot taken by the photographer has something unique in it. All pictures look so real and natural. At last congrats to the couple and best of luck for their future life
Hello! I'm planning a wedding for Aug 20th and it will (hopefully) look very similar to this! It's also in the mountains, only the TN mountains and will have a vintage, eclectic feel. I'm stressing about the BM dresses however and this nailed it! (I have 8 BM'S though and that might be why its hard for me). Could you PLEASE let me know where these are from and how you handled finding them.... or any ideas on how to go about this? I'm very close to loosing my mind over my bridesmaid dresses :/ thank you!!
Jordan...
You can email me at rcluck@iupui.edu and I would love to offer any advice I can as you plan your wedding!
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