I’m pretty sure this bride is my new best friend. She is so insanely chic, one look and I instantly feel a little frumpy. From her aaaah-dorable cocktail dress to her perfect birdcage veil and insane Jimmy Choos, every little bit of this bride is gorgeous. Plus, she managed to design and craft a New York City wedding without straining their wallet…a feat that is FAR from easy. So I love her that much more. The dreamy groom, the intimate details and the charming style doesn’t hurt either. Click here to see even more.
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We were engaged in March 2010 and immediately decided to have a destination wedding in our favorite place, Bali. Unfortunately, we realized that many family and friends would not be able to make it. We decided to plan a small ceremony in New York (where we live).
We ended up having an amazing wedding with just a little over 60 family and friends at the Rooftop Garden of the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York. It was the complete opposite of our ‘island Bali’ wedding but amazingly special. Because we were not financially planning a second wedding we opted to just do (almost everything) ourselves and simplify with just a ceremony, cocktail hour (with a signature summer cocktail) and a luncheon.
Our family and friends participated — making the our wedding special and unique. My uncle Rev. Michael Livingston officiated and our parents gave a blessing. We “JUMPED THE BROOM” an African American and celtic tradition. It signifies ‘sweeping away of the old’ and starting a new life together as you jump. Everyone participated, saying 1, 2, 3! Instead of a traditional wedding party we had our 3 nieces and 1 nephew in the wedding. Gil being a 3rd grade teacher and our love for family and children truly felt special for us.
My wedding planner, friends and family were amazing in helping us DIY…My best friend made the programs, we had an arts and crafts party with the kids and they helped us do the seed favors. My wedding planner and I did all the flowers. I collected some vintage rhinestone brooches for the corsages for our Moms, Aunts and my bouquet. I also ordered most of the hand made details on etsy.com. This includes our cake topper, the beautiful black love birds, sugar anemone flowers, flower girl basket, ring bearer pillow and even the broom! I heart etsy.com! My husband made the wishing tree as well as the small vases…he is a ceramics sculptor. This was a HUGE it — as guests took home the bud vases as a very special memento from our wedding.
Last, but certainly not least — we were ecstatic to have our french bull dog, Zoe be a part of the wedding. She is such a big part of our family it would not have been the same without her. Seriously, how cute is she?
Thanks for allowing me to share our simple, urban, chic wedding. Proof that it IS possible to have an inexpensive wedding in New York…with a little extra work and a lot of love, anything is possible!
Photography: Brooke Fitts / Event Planning: Rachel Tombes / Ceremony + Reception Location: Gramercy Park Hotel / Shoes: Jimmy Choo / Dress: David Meister / Cake: Cupcakes from Sweet Sugar Sunshine (love birds and sugar flowers hand made and purchased from Etsy.com) / Escort card Design: Peacock Invitations / Wishing Tree: Made with love from the Groom / Hair: Latoya owner of Capelli NYC / Makeup: Lucinda from Nars at Barneys New York / Groom’s Suit: Calvin Klein / Brides Veil and Peacock Feather Fascinator: Jadore Dolce Couture / Broom: Broomchick
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just beautiful! love the DIY placecards! sweet! love the cupcake display - so darling! love her dress and hat! all beautiful!
From the DIY placecards to the quotes to the...well, everything. It's all amazing!
Love her dress! The placecards are so pretty and she's got the prettiest little flower girl I've ever seen!
what a beautiful wedding! love it!!
Gorgeous, just gorgeous! What a lovely bride & groom and it sounds like their community of loved ones and friends pitched in to help with their day. So awesome. Also? I'm totally happy to see people of color represented on SMP. Let's have more!
she is stunning!!!
This wedding is so gorgeous and glam! I adore the cake and the bride looks so chic, wonderful dress, veil and makeup!
Oooh, that dress!!! WOW!
Stunning bride! I love her style as well as the groom's! Oh my goodness - the little flower girl in the picture in the 6th row down...someone get her to a modeling agency ASAP - that child is gorgeous!
Now that is what a modern bride should look like. Understated chic and beaming with happiness. Congrats to the new couple!
She is adorable!!! and i love all her details! uber cute! best wishes to them!
The place cards are beautiful! I love that everyone has their own individual message!
wowsa wowsa WOWSA! This is by far one of the most beautiful and tasteful weddings I've seen in a long time. Gorgeous is the key word here - could the couple be more beautiful? I think Paperdoll got it right when she said "Understated chic" - fabulous photography of a truly tasteful hip wedding. Kudos to all.
So amazing. Bride is stunning. Love the dog too.
The DIY quoted place cards are so great! What a fantastic idea and an awesome opportunity to send each of your guests their own personal message. Fabulous job. Congratulations!
love her dress! short and chic. I also have a special fondness for gramercy park pics as I said my "I Do's" in the same area.
Oh my gosh...that flower girl is so beautiful...
Yes---a stylish bride with a perfect smile!
Gorgeous pics. I love the cupcake tower, too. As a fellow French Bulldog parent, I loved the pics that you took. It definitely gives me some great ideas.
You are an inspiration! thank you for this amazing story!! xoxo
great photographs, well done!
What a relaxed and happy occasion. Sometimes weddings featured on this site here are a bit ostentatious or on the flip, are stubbornly vintage, but this is a very personalized, very sweet, well-thought-out day. Inspirational!
Gorgeous!! Love it! Everyone is so beautiful! From the flower girl, the bride and groom and the pup! I love it all :)
adorable! so new york, so true to the couple. they truly captured the romance of the city in designing and executing their day.
This wedding is gorgeous! The bride is beautiful! Love the short dress!
i love it...im trying to come up with some diy wedding ideas.......beautiful lovely couple..and zoe is cute
Such a nice memento of a wedding - this embodies everything about having a wedding in style and the second from the last picture is most definitely one to be treasured. All the best to this beautiful couple.
An absolutely fine example of a stylish wedding where the bride and groom look beautiful. The picture second from the last is definitely one to treasure in the years that go by.