Independence, Oregon Wedding by Erich McVey Photography
Erich McVey Photography gets a golden star for sending us today’s number. Not only does the man know how to take one amazing image after another but the style savvy details are jam-packed in this beauty. It’s an Oregon tale of Bride and Groom meet a gorgeous yellow-hued wedding and celebrate the night a way under the stars. Sounds fab, right? And might I just add the SMP office is a buzz over the Bride’s choice of lippy. Our smackers are green with envy over that perfect red hue. You can catch every last pretty detail from this soiree in the full wedding gallery.
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From the Bride…Brent and I have been friends since 7th grade, where we met somewhere between AOL instant messaging and middle school dances. In high school we continued to stay friends as my best friends (the “Sprague girls”) would always hang out with his best friends (the “South boys”) on the weekends, seeing how neither of us were content with hanging out with any members of the opposite sexes at our own schools. Between multiple dances, dates and relationships within various people in our crowds, the “Brent-Liz love story” never happened… until nine years into our friendship. Every summer, winter break, and spring break into the college years called for the usual hangouts at our friends Ben’s house, also Brent’s best friend. Throughout high school and college we all grew accustomed to hanging out in Ben’s kitchen whenever we were all home. That July [2009] was no exception. Ben was home for a short period of time from California; Liz’s BFF Abby was home for the weekend from Seattle; and “the South-Sprague gang” got together to hang out in Ben’s kitchen. Just like the good old times. The evening progressed and Brent and I struck up a friendly, heartfelt and humorous conversation at the kitchen table. And from there history was made! After two weeks of wooing on Brent’s part (the planner in Liz wasn’t sure if it would work out, and dating a good friend could ruin the whole nine-year friendship AND the “South-Sprague” dynamics if something turned for the worst), Liz was pretty much head over heels. Fast forward to February 2010… Brent told me he loved me (First girl Brent loved. First boy I loved… and last for both of us). Then came December 2010 and we were engaged and planning away!
The people. We are blessed with amazing friends and family, and without those lovely little faces there, the wedding wouldn’t have been as perfect and memorable. Along with that, the thought and care that went into planning the Sara-table meant a lot to me. Sara is one of my best friends, roommates and bridesmaids that passed away two months before the wedding due to cancer. That led to my favorite, yet sincere, “I don’t care” phrase. It’s hard to care about silly linen colors or arrangements of flowers when you are just trying to focus on being happy. And I was okay with not caring because Brent took over. He truly is the best guy in the world. Back to the Sara-table, it was one of the ways I wanted to honor Sara since she was watching from above, but not physically at our wedding. We used an old green chest from the apartment that Sara and I had lived together in, and dedicated the table to her. It was filled with pictures of her, pictures of Sara and I, and pictures of Sara, Brent and I. Along with that, there were several pictures she had painted for me while kicking chemos butt. And to save the best for last, we had a jar full of Oreos there, as they were Sara’s favorite cookie and her post-chemo diet. Her family was at the wedding and were able to take her bouquet home, which meant a lot to me as well.
One of my favorite DIY projects were the memory chalkboards. Brent and I chose food that was perfect and “Brent and Liz-esque” in every way. We chose “food with a memory.” To help our guests understand a sense of what the food meant to us, we made mini chalkboards and placed them next to particular foods. For example, next to the tea sandwiches we had a board that explained my connection to tea parties, because my grandmother, mom and I would go to a tea parlor growing up and I was allowed tea with only one lump of sugar, but as many cucumber and cream cheese sandwiches as I wanted. One of Brent’s chalkboards was at the gelato food cart. It told about his second lover: coffee. We had the selection of coffee gelato because of his extreme love for quality coffee (a love that I sadly do not share, which makes this relationship with coffee even that much more important). It was food that represented us, and food that we had made memories with.
Wedding Photography: Erich McVey Photography / Wedding Dress: Watters / Flowers: Jodi Beals / Wedding Videography: Nate Baston Videography / Venue: Green Villa Gardens / Planning: The Bride (Liz is an event planner at Class Act Events) / Day of Event Planner: Ginger Lushenko from Green Villa Gardens / Music: Kevin Venables from NW Mobile DJ Service / Grooms Suit: J.Crew / Bridesmaid Dresses: ASOS / Hair + Make-up: Helena Albanese / Bride’s yellow necklace: Nordstrom / Bridesmaid Shoes: Urban Outfitters/ Bride’s Veil: AniA’s Bridal / Wedding Newspaper: fivepluszero design / Headbands: Oh!Baby Designs, Salem OR
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Beautiful! I love the light in all of the photos and adore the bridesmaid dresses!!!
Congrats to the newly weds, Best wishes from the whole WATTERS TEAM, and the brides looks amazing in our MIMI gown.
Everything about this wedding is stunning and what a beautiful bride!
Gorgeous bride! I am obsessed with her red lipstick! And love the yellow shoes on the bridesmaids!
I was SOOOO excited to see this post today, and pleasantly surprised, as well! We just happened to spend many many weeks in Ethiopia with the bride's sister, husband, and little Ethiopian Cherub, as we were going through our own adoption. Great job on the pics! And beautiful details!
this is absolutely amazing. This guy Erich really knows what he's doing!!! It's simply incredible, as is the venue and the people photographed here. I wish Erich would photograph my wedding someday if he's not living in la by that time doing billionaires weddings !
The colors are so beautiful and soft. Love the pops from the crespedia, or billy balls. You can feel their love! -Carly from Flour LA
What a fantastic job capturing this wedding, the beautiful couple, and every last detail! Love it!
Where are the bride's necklaces from? This is an absolutely breath-taking wedding.
Gorgeous photos. Gorgeous couple. Gorgeous ice cream cone. Probably one of my favorite weddings I've seen featured on SMP in a long time! Between this and Erich McVey's own wedding, I'd say he's been involved in two of the best weddings of the summer!
Love everything about this wedding!! Same question as above, where are the bride's necklaces from? They are wonderful!
I love EVERYTHING about this wedding, and really enjoyed reading the bride's comments. She was able to turn the terrible tragedy of losing her friend right before the wedding into a lovely way of remembering and honoring her. Beautiful photography capturing every gorgeous detail. Thank you for sharing.
Where are the bridesmaids' fabulous yellow shoes from? I am looking for yellow pumps for my own wedding, and these are just gorgeous. Thanks for sharing this beautiful wedding!
I am obsessed with everything about this wedding. The bride is absolutely gorgeous and elegant. I would never have thought about using yellow for my wedding, but now I DEFINITELY am going to consider it. Special thanks to the photographer for his beautiful photography.
I'm so glad I checked out the whole photo gallery for this wedding. The details are incredible. Thank you SMP!
This is such a gorgeous couple and I love their story of how they fell in love. Very cute. And such a thoughtful way for them to remember their friend who passed.
Stunning couple, details, photos and location!
Oh my goodness! How delightful! Dreamy!!
These photographs are fantastic! SUCH a gorgeous bride and wedding! Love it!
Gorgeous doesn't even begin to describe this bride or the pictures taken at her wedding! Every last detail looks like it was taken care of, and Erich McVey did a fantastic job of capturing the essence of this wedding on film. I am sure that this couple will look at these for years to come and feel like they hired the best person to photograph this once in a lifetime event! I can only hope that my own wedding will be just as lovely.
What a touching story, and the couple's strength truly inspires me :)
I love the red lips and black nails! And I like the idea of a necklace change instead of a whole outfit change to switch up the mood.
This may be the most beautiful brided I've ever seen. And those lips? Give me a break - I'm wearing red lipstick every day for the rest of my life! Thanks for sharing - these images are incredible. Such beautiful memories!
Thanks so much for sharing this wedding! Liz and Brent are probably two of the sweetest people I have ever met. Ridiculously beautiful inside and out with an insane sense of style, they are just the best. Full disclosure - I sobbed like a baby at this wedding. And then totally got misty eyed again when I looked through the photos while Erich was editing them a few weeks later. There is just so much love between these two!
All the yellow accents are perfect!
lErich Mcvey exels in every aspect of wedding photography. His ability to capture, mood, color and the true feelings of one of life's most precious moments knows no equal.
This wedding was incredible. Along with an amazing photography the wedding video was just as fantastic. Between the two, the wedding was captured perfectly. Here is a link to the Bates/Poole wedding video. http://vimeo.com/29235512
I also need to know where those yellow shoes are from!! This is the color scheme we are using for our wedding and those shoes are a MUST! :)
What a summery wedding. I like the yellows in the wedding. This wedding was just beautiful and the photographer did a super job. I love the brides dress and the veil. I haven't seen to many weddings where the bride still wore a veil. Cute couple
Oh my word this wedding is breathtaking. Moving Erich McVey Photography to the top of my "I'm obsessed with their work" photographer list!
These photos are so incredibly beautiful! Erich McVey is proving himself to be an invaluable photographer - a truly unique and unmatched talent. Each of his photo shoots is better than the last. The bride and groom in this particular wedding are stunning and I am proud to call them my friends! The color scheme and little details are creative and inspiring. Erich McVey captured the theme and emotion of this wedding with his artistic use of angles, perspective and true creative instinct. His interpretation of a composition is original, distinctive, and consistently beautiful which sets him apart from other photographers. Congrats, Erich! You aced it again! Congrats newlyweds!
Thanks so much for all of your kind comments! Erich obviously did an amazing job, and Brent and I could not be more thrilled with his work!
To answer a few questions, the grey necklace is from a local boutique, and the yellow necklace is from Nordstroms. I kept finding necklaces I loved {five total} so I decided to space them out throughout the week... one here for the bridal luncheon, one for the hen's party, one for the rehearsal dinner, and then of course two for the wedding :) And my lovely bridesmaids chose whatever yellow shoes they wanted, but the one I loved the most {and that most of my friends.bridesmaids chose} were the mustard.yellow suede heels from Urban Outfitters. They are so cute &&& comfortable!
Thanks again for your kind words :)
Ps my dear friend Erin already posted this, but here is the link to our wedding video. We had an amazing videography with a great eye, Nate Baston Videography. Another amazing and talented man.
http://vimeo.com/29235512
Great wedding and photography.
Obsessed! Love everything about this wedding. Love the necklaces, the lipstick, the veil, the shoes, the lemons. The groom is WAY handsome too. Gorgeous photos. What's not to love?!
these are great photos! lovely wedding :)
Beautiful photography!
Where are the headbands from? LOVE THEM!
I will say it over and over again, being a part of this wedding was one of the best days of my life! There was so much love, you could feel it the whole day and night. I was so honored to be asked to be Maid of Honor in Liz and Brent's wedding. I can't wait for Liz to plan mine and for Erich to take the photos :o)
Our amazing headbands are from Oh!Baby Designs in Salem, Oregon. She can be found on Facebook.
love the colours in these photos
Love the photos - what a beautiful wedding!
This looks like a fun bunch of people, and a fantastically beautiful wedding.
Hi Liz,
I too am a red lipstick bride and though I think I've found mine, I just wanted to ask what kind you used on the day and how well it stayed?
Beautiful wedding and couple. Where did you find the bridesmaid's headbands?
what a sweet story about the Sarah table. that's such an awesome way to remember a friend and keep her memory alive. also, not only are her lips a fabulous color, her nails are fabulous too!
The light in the photos was just magical. Truly a beautiful day! And yes, the lipstick was gorgeous!!!
Amazing! And, such a touching story about Sara, too. Thank you for sharing that and what a great tribute to her.
I LOVE the pops of yellow in your theme. Very pretty. The red lipstick is awesome, too~
How cute are those bridesmaids?! And the bride is STUNNING! Love everything about this wedding :)
LOVE the wedding. Dying to find out WHO designed those wedding programs that look like a news paper! any idea????????? HELP!
My favorite wedding this summer! Love every detail, and the bride's style is incredible. The photographer captured the day perfectly for our inspiration. Thank you Style Me Pretty!
I love everything about this wedding, it is breathtakingly beautiful! So stylish, it screams sunshine and joy. The brides necklaces are stunning and I am so envious of her striking yet becoming, pink lippy!
As a bridal makeup artist I absolutely heart the gorgeousness and boldness of the bride's lip and nail colour. If I was to get married now I would indeed sport a similar colour, as these are part of my day to day signature styling, yet so few brides are willing to do it, so kudos to you, Mrs Bride - you look truly exquisite yet oh so original. I wonder perhaps though if you feared the smudge factor post-kiss ? :) Or was your makeup artist on standby to reapply ? Either way, I truly love - and applaud - it!
just gorgeous!!
I am in love with EVERYTHING about this wedding- from the couple, to the decor- everthing is stunning
Hi Again,
I know a few of you asked about the programs. Here is the Etsy link we got them from (different amount, same look - she does a specific quantity depending on what you want):
http://www.etsy.com/listing/54166636/160-custom-newspaper-wedding-programs
Enjoy! :)
Ps the red pout is from a lip stain. My hubby won't even come near me when I'm wearing that bright of a lipstick for fear of it getting all over him. I didn't want that to ruin our kisses on our wedding day, so my amazing makeup artist found this perfect product, although I sadly don't know the exact brand! :)
To the bride, where did you get your veil? Thank you!
Hi Ashley,
I bought my veil at AniA's bridal in Portland, Oregon :)
Gorgeous wedding!!! I love everything about it, and how you honored your friend :) Where are the bridesmaids dresses from??
Hi Erika,
The bridesmaids dresses are from ASOS - lovely London fashion :)
Thanks for your kind comments!
Hi Liz
Could you please share the boutique you bought your amazing ceremony necklace from.
OR is there any way you were interested in selling your one? ;-)
I am so in love with it!
Elysia
thought about using yellow for my wedding