Glen Haven Wedding by Bryan and Mae Photography
There aren’t many other venues that scream summer louder or with more heart than a good ol’ rustic barn. Burlap, hay bales and wooden signs are the key ingredients for a down home wedding but this lovely by Bryan and Mae Photography kicked it up a notch with mismatched vintage napkins, adorable bridsmaids’ dresses and awesome paper goods galore. See all the fabulous DIY details in the full gallery!
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From the Bride…When we started planning our wedding, we knew right away we wanted everyone to walk away thinking “Now THAT was Sarah & TJ”. Not only did we want the day to center around us and our marriage, but also our friends and family. Since we both have large families and have been blessed with many amazing friends throughout our lives, we knew we were going to have to get creative. Ah-hem, as in 375-people-celebrating-with-us creative. Finding a venue that would work for us and fit everyone was the first challenge. Eagles Meadow was perfect- a blank slate that allowed us to literally create from scratch our reception site. Our goal for the reception was for it to be casual, fun and free of schedules or time lines. The picnic tables, open seating, live band and hay bale cocktail tables & couches encouraged everyone to be relaxed.
As for the ceremony, we are lucky enough to know the owner of DH Day- a historic barn in Glen Haven. He graciously allowed us to use the grounds for our ceremony- something he has never allowed before. One of my favorite moments from the entire day happened there. The message of our ceremony focused heavily on the importance our friends and families have on our lives, and at one point our pastor asked us to turn around to see the friends and family that valued us as we value them. Seeing the sheer number of bodies in attendance was overwhelming and emotional for the both of us and completely enforced the fact that all of the time spent on the day was worth it.
DIY was a huge theme and what every little detail was centered around. I designed all of our paper goods (save the date, invitations, programs), we spent 6 months collecting all of the dishes and vases from thrift shops, used biodegradable bamboo silverware, I made the napkins out of vintage bed sheets, the hay bales all came from TJ’s families farm, I made all of the bridesmaids jewelry, shoe flowers and hair flowers, and from start to finish the day was touched by the special people in our lives. My matron of honor did my hair; our good friends played the music at the ceremony; TJ’s company brought and setup the tents, printed the thumbprint guest book, the programs, and the Just Hitched banner; all of the cookies were made by our families and bridesmaids;my bridesmaids and I cut ALL of the flowers ourselves, and my bridesmaid did all of the bouquets; all of the décor came from TJ’s parents farm (lots of it pieces of furniture untouched since the 50’s and 60’s); my uncles did all of the catering; a friend supplied the (surprise) fireworks. One of the most special things was the fact that our band was led by my father’s college roommate, who also played at my parent’s wedding 32 years ago. Talk about coming full circle.
We never put too much pressure on ourselves, and that is why I think we look back on our wedding and feel like it was truly PERFECT.
Wedding Photography: Bryan and Mae Photography / Hair: Style North Salon & Spa / Wedding Dress: Allure via To Have & To Hold Bridal / Bride’s Shoes: Tom’s / Floral Design: DIY with Omena U-Cut / Reception Venue: Eagles Meadow / Paper Goods: The Bride, Printed by Britten Banners / Tents: Tent Craft / Band: Mark Martin
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SO LOVELY...and I bow to your amazing DIYness!
Oh my, this is my dream wedding! Such amazing inspiration. So touching too...all you need is love!
LOVE all the elements of this wedding. Noticed your invites look like they are from Inviting Moments on Etsy. What was your experience like? I'm considering using her but am nervous about the negative reviews. THANK YOU so much and again love all your DIY touches.
LOVE the subdued colors, textures and handmade quality look to everything - beautiful all around!
I love how organic everything is. It's so simple and natural.
Thank you all for your sweet words. Planning and executing our wedding was SO much fun, and I am so proud of all the work done by myself, my HUSBAND (eeeek!), and our amazing friends and family!!
Kathy- I did NOT use inviting moments. The graphics were vectors I purchased from a stock photo site. I did everything for the invitations in Adobe Illustrator.
Beautiful! And the location cannot be beat- northern Michigan makes for the most romantic, rustic weddings.
I just love your bridesmaid dresses! Can you tell me where they're from?
ohh this is such a dreamy wedding.. I love your shoes your hair piece. I'm doing similar candy bar with the same bags.. they look great..can i ask where your earring are from. they are stunning?
Stunning wedding! where are your bridesmaids dresses from?
Thank you Mackenzie- the girls all picked their own dresses!!! 2 are from ModCloth, 2 are from ShopRuche, 1 is from Davids Bridal, 1 is JCrew, and 2 are from a local store here in TC- Ravens Child. The little girls dresses I found on 6pm.com!
Katie- THANK YOU! The earrings are Vera Wang for Kohls :)
How did you do the napkins?
LOVE LOVE LOVE EVERY little detail to this entire wedding! SO Pretty!!
Lauren- I bought old bed sheets on ebay & on etsy, washed & dried them (important to do before cutting, so they don't fray!!), and cut them with Pinking Shears! SO easy!! We made 400 napkins for $22.
LOVE the gray racerbacked bridesmaid dress! Any chance you can share which store that dress is from?
Such a beautiful wedding!
Katherine- that dress is from ShopRuche.com !
thanks for the feature, SMP! We just adored shooting this wedding...Sarah went out of her way to make it the most adorable, most fun party ever. She is one creative bride!
This wedding is so beautiful and exactly the laid back style I'm hoping for at our wedding 2 months from now. Any tips on managing food for 375? We have about the same number and are struggling to come up with solutions that feed the masses!
As the FOB I have to say girl you & T. J. rock!
You and your gang created the coolest wedding I have ever been to!
But I'm partial :-)
I just love all of these details!
Oh my! This is probably the most elegant wedding I've ever seen! Absolutely gorgeous!!!!!!!
Thanks Sarah! :)
Love Love Love everything about this wedding! Great job in all the details! What a beautiful bride and wedding! Where did you get your striped straws from?
Jennifer- I found them on ArtFire.com and Amazon.com!
Thanks all again for the sweet words!!!
Where did you get your bamboo silverware? Was it substantial enough for the food? Love every aspect of this wedding, awesome job!