Wedding Shots by Ben Vigil and Stationery Shots by Dan Schultz

From Jen…

My good friend and baker extraordinaire, Jenny DeMartini of Sweet Cakes Atlanta, had yet to do cupcakes for a wedding. So when we told her we wanted them, and we wanted her to design them however she wanted, she came through with mini chocolate, buttercream and carrot cake masterpieces that perfectly captured the fresh, eclectic look of our décor. And, to my delight, sparrow cake toppers for our mini-cake. Our guests are still raving about the delish little suckers.

We brought in Geri Sims Productions to create a light, airy, fresh setting. The metal structure where we’d have the ceremony was rusty and weathered, so she softened it up with lots of billowing sheers and strings of crystal that hung from the trees above. We hung crisp white paper lanterns above white garden chairs.

Wedding Shots by Ben Vigil and Stationery Shots by Dan Schultz

Inside, the space was large and open, so we created little vignettes to make it feel comfortable and inviting. Since it was our gallery for the day, we lined the front walls with metal zip lines from Ikea and hung our tribute to our family members. So as guests enjoyed cocktail hour, they could mill around and look at pictures old and recent of the grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, siblings and cousins who helped make us who we are today.

Another cute touch…the save-the-dates were flipbooks, with little animated versions of jet-packing Andy and cartwheeling me pulling down a sign that read our date to be saved.

So much more to come!

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Wedding Shots by Ben Vigil and Stationery Shots by Dan Schultz

Jen is a graphic designer and owns the paper studio, Farewell Paperie (which was actually launched from the fun she had in designing her own invitations above) with her best friend Lisa, so you know this affair was ALL about the pretty. Here is a little background info from Jen…

I wish I could say that what my husband called my “Creative Superbowl” was the wedding I’d always dreamed of, but since I’d never given it much thought before, we pretty much had to make it up as we went along. We knew these things going into the planning process: I didn’t want a banquet hall, he wanted to wear a classic tux, and if I had to throw another party a week later, my bridesmaids would wear their dresses again. Oh, and I wanted it to be modern and fresh and completely different than any other wedding I’d been to.

My husband and I are both creatives in the advertising industry, so the pressure was on to come up with something that was unique and something “artsy” just like us. Luckily, my best friend and Matron of Honor, Meleah Brown, happened to be a professional wedding coordinator in Atlanta (her studio is called c’est la vie), so combining her resources with the creativity of us and our multi-talented friends, we were able to make our modest budget go a long way.

More on the way!

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