Texas Wedding with Modern Vintage Style, II
It’s Chantale, once again from La Belle Bride, and I’m back with some more pictures of this eclectic wedding that combines eco-chic, vintage and a touch of modern, all rolled up into one sleek and charming wedding.
Style-wise this wedding is truly a treat, isn’t it? For me, yellow and gray are two colors that look fabulous together. The color scheme seems to flow perfectly throughout the day from the flowers to the seating cards, right down to the tablescape. All this and I haven’t even gotten to that darn cute bike yet. I’m all about props for engagement/wedding pictures and I am just lovin’ that adorable bike in their photos. It’s almost too much cuteness for me to take today. I gotta go lie down.
More from our gorgeous bride, Baovy:
I really enjoyed how resourceful I was in planning DIY projects. I had bought gray fabric and asked one of my bridesmaid’s moms to sew table runners. With the leftover fabric, my bridesmaids and I made chair sashes and also covered an old memo board to display escort cards. The escort cards were handmade from extra invitations printed on recycled paper. We diligently cut and glued the surplus invitations and reply cards to make cute escort cards. Pinning them to yellow ribbon with mini clothespins was the final touch.
We donated to the Lance Armstrong Live Strong Foundation in lieu of traditional wedding favors. This was especially close to my heart, as I have had many family members pass away to cancer, including my beloved mother.
Above all, we wanted our wedding to be a fun and special celebration with our friends and family. Despite getting married on one of the coldest days known to Texas, our guests were warm with the love and laughter that filled our beautiful wedding. Vu and I could not have been happier with how everything turned out!
The Vendors:
Venue Wedding Coordinator: Lauren Allen / Venue and Caterer: Vintage Villas / Wedding Dress by San Patrick / Shoes by Nine West / Wedding Hair and Makeup by Mandy Hernandez / Bridesmaid Dresses by J. Crew / Menswear: Groom’s suit by Hugo Boss, Groomsmen by Zara / Wedding Cake by Michelle’s Patisserie / Invitations by Wedding Paper Divas/ Flowers by Bouquets of Austin / Bridal Fascinator by Velvet Owl / Photography by The Nichols
Texas Wedding with Modern Vintage Style
Hello friends! Chantale here from La Belle Bride, serving up another delicious wedding for you guys to drool over! If I had to make a list, these are a few of my favorite things when it comes to weddings: DIY projects. Vintage style. Modern accents. Eco-chic elegance. Now, wouldn’t it blow your mind if all of these things came together into ONE wedding?! Well, brace yourself because I present to thee: Baovy and Vu’s adorable Texan wedding. All the elements I love in one beautiful wedding.
The second I laid eyes on these photos by The Nichols (husband/wife partners in amazing photo crime), I was struck by not only the killer style of this wedding, but the clear “joie de vivre” that this couple has. Which in my books is oh-so-important on your wedding day. We all love a few high fashion wedding pictures here and there but I LOVE seeing couples clearly being themselves in photos. Laughing, hamming it up, jumping for joy…I just eat that stuff up.
I’ll let the bride, Baovy, tell the rest of the story about her amazing day:
The inspiration for the style of the wedding was “modern-vintage-eco-chic.” It may be a mouthful, but I wanted to have a day of simple elegance meets modern details, with an eco-friendly approach. Our color scheme, yellow and gray, were our favorite colors and helped to create a chic vibe. Vu and I incorporated a bicycle theme into the wedding because we both discovered our love of biking together. We incorporated our tandem bicycle in our engagement pictures, wedding portraits and even in our exit as a “green” mode of transportation!
Phew! There’s a whole lot of inspiring ideas from this wedding, right? More to come from the couple’s amazing reception!
Palm Springs Wedding with Style, III
I’m pretty sure that I’ve looked at today’s wedding a hundred times. It’s just so sunny and happy, so completely full of personality. And it comes as no surprise that the fabulous Meg Fickling of La Partie Events is behind the super duper adorable design. Together with Albert Lewis of Mulberry Photography…well, they’ve made my job even better than usual.
Gown and Bridesmaids Dress – BCBG / Shoes – BCBG / Chris’ suit – J Crew / Chris’s tie – Nordstrom / Rings – Golden State Jewelry Los Angeles / Flower girl outfits – sweetplume at etsy / Cake Toppers – goosegrease at etsy / Ceremony Hair Piece – YJdesign at etsy / Reception Hair piece – Snap Dragon Couture / Printed materials – Swoozies (Manhattan Beach)
Palm Springs Wedding with Style, II
It’s hard to imagine saying no to anything that Meg Fickling of La Partie Events sends our way. From the AH-AH-MAZING do-it-yourself flowers that we featured last year to the incredible weddings that she styles, it seems that Meg just has the special sauce for a perfect affair. And this wedding that Albert Lewis of Mulberry Photography photographed is on par with all of Meg’s usual gorgeousness. Plus it’s super colorful and fun which is making this Boston girl very happy.
Chris and I fell in love with the Parker hotel when we were first dating. As soon as we got engaged and decided on a Palm Springs getaway wedding, my mind was set on The Parker. We wanted our guests to enjoy a weekend away relaxing in the sun. I wanted the style of the wedding to compliment the colors and décor of the hotel – hip and stylish, yet relaxed. Since our wedding was on a Friday night, we planned a golf tournament on Saturday and a “thank you” cocktail party that evening. We both enjoyed spending the entire weekend with our friends and family. We wanted everyone to enjoy Palm Springs as much as we do. We created Welcome bags for our guests with wine, crackers, cheese, candy and cookies, sun block and chap stick. Everything was decorated with the logo “a+c” I made as much as I could myself: the cocktail flags, the escort cards, letters and logos for the welcome bags, and my jewelry.
We decided on orange, bright pink and lime green as our colors. Everything needed to pop! Both Megan and I wanted to tie in some of the desert feel with succulents and cactus.
Our wedding party was just family. My sister was my matron of honor, and Chris’s two cousins were his best men. The flower girls and ring bearers were the groomsmen’s children and my brother-in-law did our reading. We felt that the ceremony was very personal and intimate. We decided on less formal music for our ceremony. I walked down the aisle to “Say” by John Mayer, Chris escorted his mom down the aisle to “First Day of My Life” by Bright Eyes and our flower girls and ring bearers walked down to “Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop” by Landon Pigg.
Gown and Bridesmaids Dress – BCBG / Shoes – BCBG / Chris’ suit – J Crew / Chris’s tie – Nordstrom / Rings – Golden State Jewelry Los Angeles / Flower girl outfits – sweetplume at etsy / Cake Toppers – goosegrease at etsy / Ceremony Hair Piece – YJdesign at etsy / Reception Hair piece – Snap Dragon Couture / Printed materials – Swoozies (Manhattan Beach)
Palm Springs Wedding with Style
After finishing up formatting today’s first post, I turned to my husband and said “We should move to California.” And maybe live at the Parker Palm Springs. And get Megan of La Partie Events to bring us pretty flowers every day. And have Albert Lewis of Mulberry Photography pop by for a photo session now and then. And basically just jump right into this wedding and set up shop. It’s so ridiculously gorgeous, with that laid back California vibe, you really can’t help but be a little jealous.
Since I KNOW you guys are wanting to know all about those amazing shoes, that gorgeous dress and all of the other little details, I thought I’d go ahead and post the vendor list now and we’ll have the bride’s details coming up next. Trust me, it’s totally worth the wait!
Gown and Bridesmaids Dress – BCBG / Shoes – BCBG / Chris’ suit – J Crew / Chris’s tie – Nordstrom / Rings – Golden State Jewelry Los Angeles / Flower girl outfits – sweetplume at etsy / Cake Toppers – goosegrease at etsy / Ceremony Hair Piece – YJdesign at etsy / Reception Hair piece – Snap Dragon Couture / Printed materials – Swoozies (Manhattan Beach)
