Autumn New Jersey Wedding from A Garden Party
Sunflowers and cowboys boots. Changing autumn colors and tables of cupcakes. Groucho glasses. And a couple with a serious sense of style. Seriously, that gorgeous Eden Bridals gown the New Jersey bride is wearing? Fantastic. We’re head over heels for this next wedding sent to us by the lovely ladies of A Garden Party. The whole affair is so unique, so fun, so beautiful, and was planned in four months(!) – can you believe that? It may take you four months just to take in all the great details of this wedding, but there’s always more in the gallery!
From A Garden Party … Last October, we were lucky enough to do the flowers for an adventurous couple that had a wedding full of so many fun details, that I have been waiting breathlessly for the photos to come in. Lucky for Rachael she has an amazing photographer as a brother-in-law, Photography by Gary Johnson.
You know you are in for a fun wedding when you see groucho glasses set out for every guest with a note that says “To honor Rachael and Connery, the humor of Groucho Marx, and the eve of Halloween; Please have fun with us by putting on the Groucho Gear when the Chaplain gives the newlyweds permission to kiss!” The expressions on the faces of Rachael and Connery when they turned and saw their guests was priceless!
We kept the flowers pretty and informal to keep with the fun theme of the wedding. For the bouquets we used orange dahlias, orange tulips, orange mini calla lilies, yellow crapesdia, orange ranunculus and bittersweet. Each bouquet was accented with a small vintage charm tied on with velvet ribbon, so cute! For the centerpieces we used assorted mason jars filled with sunflowers, dahlias, and roses. We hung the mason jars full of flowers down the aisle on shepherds’ hooks and decorated the adorable arbor at Pratt Gardens with more hanging mason jars and hanging ribbons with fresh flowers glued to them.
I was so impressed with the amount of work, planning, and love that the bride’s older sister and her mother did to make sure Rachael’s wedding was perfect. All the planning took place in four months! It was truly a DIY, family affair.
Ceremony and Reception: Pratt Gardens / Florals: A Garden Party / Photography: Photography by Gary Johnson / Bridesmaids Shawls: Etsy / Invitations: Mr. Ellie Pooh, LLC / Bride’s Gown: Eden Bridals / Bridesmaids Dresses: J. Crew / Hair: Salon Nicole / Boots: Ariat / Guestbook: Bleu de Toi
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22 Comments about “Autumn New Jersey Wedding from A Garden Party”
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May 26, 2011 at 12:48 pm
Your Fall wedding looks lovely. Im so glad that one of our hand-drawn guest book fingerprint trees could be a part of it!
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May 26, 2011 at 1:23 pm
Thank you for the NJ Wedding!
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May 26, 2011 at 1:24 pm
@Jillian, you're welcome! Pretty awesome, isn't it?
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May 26, 2011 at 3:47 pm
thank you!!! it was an amazing time! couldn't have asked for anything better and we LOVED the flowers
Just a little extra info: the 4 months of planning was all via email and skype with my mom. We are living in Guam and she in NJ!
Just one correction tho the wedding dress was not J.Crew. it was EdenBridals. bought it online through the lovely owner of Queens Bridal Shoppe in Maui (also done over the phone). If you ever thought you fell in love with your dress when you walked into a bridal shop. Try falling in love with it on a 14in macbook screen and ordering it over the phone, it getting to you 3 weeks before the wedding and you still absolutely love it!
http://www.queensbridalshoppe.com/
http://www.edenbridals.com/and Bleu de Toi did our wedding guestbook :) check them out on etsy.com
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May 26, 2011 at 5:31 pm
Thanks for popping in Rachael! You had a beautiful wedding. And thank you for the correction, it's all fixed now!
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May 26, 2011 at 7:59 pm
Her dress and the color of the tuxes are my favorite elements of this autumn wedding. So fresh!
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May 26, 2011 at 8:23 pm
Mallory, thanks for posting it up. loved looking at the photos again! such great memories.
@nikki, the vests and suits were custom made at a place out here in Guam, called Gaylords. the color came out just as we had hoped! We originally were going to go lighter (the suit my Dad is wearing (JCrew) but found that color swatch and it def fit the fall colors perfectly!
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May 27, 2011 at 8:52 am
The swing is a nice touch!
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May 27, 2011 at 9:49 am
I LOVE the little bags that say Love is Sweet. Were those your favors? May I ask where you got them and what you put in them? Might have to use this idea ; )
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May 27, 2011 at 10:16 am
Three cheers for NJ wedding! So lovely too, perfect Fall wedding!!
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May 27, 2011 at 10:43 am
the bags were all made by the brides mom, we couldn't find the right size. they were used to fill with candy from the candy bar. which we the favor and fit in with date since it was halloween weekend.
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May 27, 2011 at 10:44 am
Thanks Rebekah, for letting us know!
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May 27, 2011 at 10:48 am
oh and the cake an all of the cupcakes were made by our aunt with the help of the cousins
and the pumpkins were also carved by cousins. this really was a family affair pulling this together :) -
May 27, 2011 at 10:57 am
I love the rustic feel. And her dress is gorgeous!!!
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May 31, 2011 at 11:06 am
What a lovely wedding! The cake looks delicious and I also loved the flowers!
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June 6, 2011 at 8:13 am
More details about how we planned and made many of the details are on the Garden Party blog:
http://www.gardenpartysisters.com/salem-county-nj-wedding-florist-rachael-and-connery/And, a short video RECAP of Rachael & Connery's wedding is on the rsyrsg youtube site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUEBdp3uJiQ
Also if you are looking for a chaplain, check out - http://www.chaplainpatrick.com/
We had so much fun planning this event, Rachael & I spent many many hours on skype and email, hashing out the details. And the final days, were jam packed with the bridal party, friends, cousins, aunt, uncles, and of course Rachael's sisters, Sarah & Rebekah all contributing to the final touches.
Wouldn't have it any other way, DIY is the BEST!
mom of the bride, lisa -
August 25, 2011 at 8:31 am
A few visitors to my website came from this page and I had no I idea what it was... and now I know. Thanks for posting my info. It was such a lovely beautiful wedding. The photos are amazing. I am even using one of the wedding photos on my page for weddingwire.com and weddingministers.com
My sister who came along with me to the ceremony still talks about this wedding regularly.
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Chaplain Patrick
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August 27, 2011 at 1:37 am
We need to talk
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September 23, 2011 at 9:35 am
@regina,
what do you need to talk about? :) we are here and listening.
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