Connecticut Shoreline Wedding by Scobey Photography for Carla Ten Eyck
There are some brides that love details, and then there are some brides that LOVE details – well let’s just say the bride of this DIY affair by Scobey Photography for Carla Ten Eyck is for SURE the latter. So much so, her wedding inspired her to launch her own event planning company! Her attention to little touches most certainly paid off, and the lovely Jennie of Jennie Fresa Beauty Library made sure the most important detail – the bride – looked completely ravishing. This personalized, DIY, beachy-chic affair left not one detailed stone unturned, and you can see it all in the gallery.
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As a Connecticut Yankee living in San Francisco, planning a wedding from across the country certainly posed its challenges – but it also made the process that much more interesting. Having grown up by the shoreline in Connecticut and living in the northeast for most of my life, I wanted to incorporate a “New England Shoreline Wedding” theme in to our wedding day by incorporating a DIY, beachy chic feel in to all of the pieces I put together. Our ceremony took place on my hometown green in the quintessential shoreline town of Guilford, CT, and it was so amazing to have all of our friends and family with us in a place so dear to my heart. The aisle in the church was lined with blue mason jars, some of which were passed down from my grandmother and others which I searched high and low to find. The blue mason jars were really the focus of my inspiration, as I grew up canning pickles and jams with my grandmother and family. So for me, the jars didn’t just look pretty, but they also held a sentimental memory for me. Following the church ceremony, the bridal party and immediate family walked across the green to my family’s hardware store which has been in business since 1939. We took advantage of the vintage setting with creaky hardwood floors and packed shelves with gadgets and grills lining the sidewalk outside to take some fun (and unique!) photos. One of the funniest memories I have is my father, all dressed up in his tux, helping a customer who needed to find a battery while the rest of us posed for photos!
One of the details (of many!) I was most excited about in the planning process was the choosing the flowers. I spent a lot of time creating inspiration boards until I found the perfect mix of rustic and elegant blooms to help give our day some added sparkle. From eucalyptus and ranunculus (which my florist searched high and low to find in our season) to football mums and dahlias, to the yellow rose in my father’s boutonniere to honor of his two brothers who passed away from cancer; the flowers were a huge part in our day and I couldn’t have been happier with the final product. I also wore a gardenia in my hair to honor my grandmother who recently passed away and keep her with me on my special day. Our reception took place at Pine Orchard Yacht Club on the water overlooking the Thimble Islands in Branford, CT. Mother nature was good to us and it was an unseasonably warm late September day, so we were able to follow through with our plan for an outdoor cocktail hour with a guitar duo playing music such as Ray Lamontagne and Dave Matthews in the background while friends and family enjoyed appetizers, beer, and wine, along with our signature cocktail. I hand-made all of the paper goods for the wedding from the menus with custom embossed silverware to the photobooth reminders to the signature cocktail cards and table numbers.
As we live in San Francisco we also wanted to incorporate our love for wine country, so we used a Nickel & Nickel wine box for all gift cards and used a burlap runner underneath our DIY beach stone placecards, which my mother, a music teacher, labored over to find and write names on during her summer off from school. I also made our table number holders using wine corks, baker’s twine and hand-made cards featuring a favorite place under each number. Our guest book was a vintage notebook that I found at Anthropologie, keeping in the beachy theme with cut out shells and starfish on the front. We had photos of both sets of parents and grandparents on their wedding day spread across the table in vintage, mismatched frames. We decorated the ballroom with different sized tissue paper puff balls in 3 different shades of pink, strung with light blue and white baker’s twine. The fireplace had twinkling candles in all different sizes with eucalyptus draped along the mantle and more blue mason jars scattered about with candles inside.The overall ambiance was romantic, but captured the fun as well!
All in all, we laughed, we cried (tears of joy), we ate!, we danced, we laughed and then we danced some more. We took hilarious photos in the photobooth (with custom-made props including pink glitter moustaches and bright yellow disco sunglasses) and caught up with friends and family whom we hadn’t seen in years. We started with “Born to Run” – Bruce Springsteen and closed out with “Don’t Stop Believin” – Journey with “New York, New York” playing as guests filed out towards the shuttle buses at the end of he night. It was the perfect day and all of my teeny tiny little details came together just as I’d hoped. Everyone had an amazing time in our fairytale day, and to us, that was the most important part.
Reception Venue: Pine Orchard Yacht Club / Makeup: Jennie Fresa / Photographers: Graham & Ashley Scobey of Scobey Photography for Carla Ten Eyck, assistant Kristin Schueler / Wedding Gown: Ally Bridal, custom design / Veil: Bride’s mother’s / Bridesmaid Dresses: Lula Kate / Hair: Jane at Vivid Salon, Madison CT / Videographer: Michael Maler / Florist: Jennifer Hodgins at Branford Flower Shop / Cocktail Hour Guitar Duo: JA2M / Planning and Event Design: Jacin Fitzgerald (bride), lovely little details {weddings & events}
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Love the colors cute bridesmaid dress ideas.
Amazing!!! Just met Jacin last night and she's super sweet!!! Lovely lovely wedding!
Just gorgeous!
Jacin, you were such a stunning bride. And I love how much your wedding was YOU: you can see how much love and care went into everything you created for your wedding. Also: I need some blue mason jars for my house! You need to help me find some :)
Wow! I am lucky to have met Jacin and I adore our budding friendship. She would have it no other way than to put her stamp on her wedding. I love it...it's uniquely beautiful and stunningly intimate. Perfect...the way a wedding should be.
Finally it is here!
It is full of gorgeousness: the best of all - THE BRIDE...
I love the soft, sweet, elegant, fresh... you know?
A-ma-zing!
I have been hanging out for this and it was worth the wait, times a MILLION...
Love it!
Such a beautiful wedding with a great team involved!! Jacin did an amazing job!!!
SO gorgeous Jacin! I love seeing your face on SMP!!
amazing jacin!! xox
woot woot!!! Love this girl!
Jacin you look BEAUTIFUL darling! LOVE YOU GIRL!
Congrats on planning a beautiful wedding! I love how the ballroom was decorated, don't mind if I steal this idea for the book do you? Lovely.
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JACIN!!! I love seeing more photos from your beautiful, amazing DIY wedding!! You are so beautiful, and such a beautiful couple. Congrats on everything!
Beautiful Jacin! I love how you tied all the colors together!
How exciting! Congrats Jacin! Your wedding was beautiful!
Love all the vintageness and gorgeous details! Congrats, Jacin!
Oh my goodness! I was so excited to see this because Guilford is my hometown, too. Is the church St. George's? Lovely wedding!
i am SOOO in LOVE with this wedding. Those bridesmaids dresses are my dream dresses. Perfect wedding! :)
hi erin! yes, it was st. george church! :)
Oh WOW!! Congrats all around!! xx
Jacin, you are a breathtaking bride! These images are goooorgeous! The team put together such a memorable event! :) LOVE IT!
Where or where are those beautiful shoes from? I can't make out the name on them. So pretty!
hi Dorigen! the shoes were Christian Louboutin, the parisienne plato platform pump in nude :)
I love the colors and all of the amazing details, especially all of the sweet touches like the mason jars and the gardenia that held special meaning to the bride and groom. Jacin looked just gorgeous :)
Great details! Love this wedding. Beautiful colors, beautiful couple and beautiful venue. Great photos too!
Amazing wedding, love your dress!
I am OBSESSED with your aisle decorations.... how did you safely secure the ribbon to the jars??
jacin your wedding rocked our socks off! love love love all the lovely lovely details :)
xo
Hi Michelle!
I asked my florist how she did the pew jars, and here is her response:
I had a "main" ribbon tied around the neck of the jar. I took another piece of ribbon (about 14" long) and tied one end to the "main ribbon" on one side of the jar, and tied the other end of the 14" long ribbon to the opposite side of the jar. The 14" long ribbon was like a handle for the mason jar. I used a pew clip to hang the jar. To conceal the plastic pew clip, I tied a bow at the top of the pew clip, then attached a strip of ribbon to cover the flat peice of the pew clip. You can see this in the attached picture. Because the 14" long ribbon was tied to the "main' ribbon, all I had to do was cut the "main" ribbon off the jar and all ribbons fell off, making the jar suitable as a table arrangement.
She also sent me a picture, so contact me if you'd like to see :)
Just love it!
Yay Jacin!! Congrats, how awesome to be here on Style Me Pretty!!
Absolutely beautiful! Where did you find the colored goblet cups/glasses?
hi becky!
the colored glasses were my cousins - we used them for our mimosas in the morning when the girls were getting ready :)
Jacin... this is just stunning, and the story behind all the details is so very touching and sentimental!! You certainly made for a beautiful bride!
I love the colors, the mason jar theme and vintage feel of everything...so pretty! Jacin is my wedding planner...she's awesome to work with and full of inspiring ideas. i can't wait to see how she will transform everything and put everything together for my own wedding this august! who knows....maybe my wedding will be showcased here next! (:
where is the blue and white delft style plate from? did you have multiple? love the vintage look!
I need those shoes! Which store did you find them at?
hi Alana - the plate was actually from my parents/grandmother's collection :)
EFoster - I bought the Louboutins at Saks in San Francisco but feel free to contact me and I can give you the product number, etc.
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Absolutely gorgeous! I love the bridesmaid dresses, the color palates they chose, the cake, all the little special details. They really made this wedding their own and it shows in all the care they took with everything!
How fun to find a wedding from our beautfiul home town - Guilford. When I saw the 'shoreline' title I had to take a peak and recognized immediately the picture in front of Pages Hardware store - it was always a favorite. Congratulation on a beautiful wedding - thanks for sharing. Best wishes to you and your new husband for a long and happy life together -
I had the opportunity to create the flowers for Jacin's wedding. I just want everyone to know what a pleasure it was to work with Jacin. She's very thorough, organized and enthusiastic about anything "wedding". I absolutely adore this woman and know she'll be a superb wedding/event planner. I would use her in a minute!! My very best to you, Jacin!!!
I keep coming back to your wedding, Jacin! I love the colors of the bridesmaid dresses - and to have them match the ceiling of your reception venue is just spectacular. It gives me chills:) You did such a wonderful job with all the details - no wonder Lovely Little Details has been such a success!
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