Photography: Genevieve Nisly / Venue: Lantern Court at Holden Arboretum / Coordination: Valarie Kirkbride of Kirkbrides / Florist: Heatherlily Floral and Event Design / Bridal Gowns and Veils: The Perfect Bride / Bridesmaid Dresses and Accessories: Lizzy and Jane / Cake and Cookies: Bridget Thibeault of Flour Girl / Catering: A Taste of Excellence / Hair and Makeup: Ramona Dauksiene / Lighting: Vincent Lighting / Models: Jessica Goodworth and Liz Heinrich / Rentals: Event Source / Stationery: Paper Allure / Videography: 2nd Mile Productions

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From Valarie at Kirkbrides…

Inspiration: For our Inspiration To Reality shoot, we chose the inspiration board based on a wedding style I’ve always wanted to create, and we named it “Moonlight Magic”. I just loved the picture of the couple dancing with the twinkle lights surrounding them and truthfully it reminded me of the movie Twilight just a bit! Our lighting technicians on board for the entire shoot time were the icing on the cake for us to get some amazing shots, as we were shooting until about 10pm that night!

Venue: We held the Inspiration To Reality shoot at Lantern Court, which is an old mansion donated by the family to Holden Arboretum in Kirtland, Ohio that would provide us with an amazing backdrop consisting of interesting interior and exterior architecture, as well as an infinite number of possibilities for outdoor nature shots.

Style: We decided to bring in vintage influences into the style and open up the color palette to include deep blues, purples, yellows and greens. We also wanted to bring in the idea of vintage brooches which seem to be popping up everywhere. Heather was able to make an all brooch bouquet, which we used for Jessa, our bride. Heather’s bridesmaid bouquet created for Liz was absolutely stunning with the purples, yellows and greens and she was able to include brooches with this piece as well.

Our bridesmaid dresses and accessories, all from Lizzy and Jane, lent a creative detail to our overall style and in my opinion worked perfectly with the 50’s feeling furniture and hanging glass ball candles! The petticoat used underneath, the shoe clips on her heels and the fun headbands went with the dresses perfectly.

Table: For the tablescape, Heather focused on the vibrant shades of yellow and green for the flowers, and we really thought this popped with the royal blue crinkle linen on the table and royal blue on the chair pads. Our stationery designed by Laura at Paper Allure gave the table just enough of a formal feel.

Cake + Sweets: Last but not least, the gorgeous cake designed by Bridget I believe compliments the blue hue perfectly without being overpowering. It’s simple but elegant with the single sugar flower and touch of crystal and brooch feel in the center. Her decadent sugar cookies looked too cute to eat! Genevieve and Brian from 2nd Mile captured this amazing array of style created by all of our vendors perfectly. The moonlight feel is something everyone dreams of and we completely enjoyed having the chance to create our OWN day!

Fashion: The blouson is from Rina Di Montella, exclusive to The Perfect Bride. The veil for this one is called “Rivini” from Toni Federici at The Perfect Bride. The headpiece is a rhinestone crystal and pearl piece called “Starfish” from Toni Federici. The soft lace dress is from WToo, called “Ariane”. The veil for this one is called “AwakenIng” from Toni Federici. The Headpiece is in soft gold pearls and crystals from Winters and Rain. The lace dress with the shoulder lace is from Paloma Blanca, exclusive to The Perfect Bride. The veil for this one is called “Luxury” from Toni Federici. The headpiece is a smaller rhinestone and pearl piece from Toni Federici called “Blissful”. Click the full gallery to see all of the dress styles.

Photography: Genevieve Nisly / Venue: Lantern Court at Holden Arboretum / Coordination: Valarie Kirkbride of Kirkbrides / Florist: Heatherlily Floral and Event Design / Bridal Gowns and Veils: The Perfect Bride / Bridesmaid Dresses and Accessories: Lizzy and Jane / Cake and Cookies: Bridget Thibeault of Flour Girl / Catering: A Taste of Excellence / Hair and Makeup: Ramona Dauksiene / Lighting: Vincent Lighting / Models: Jessica Goodworth and Liz Heinrich / Rentals: Event Source / Stationery: Paper Allure / Videography: 2nd Mile Productions

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We are drooling over all the romance and twinkle lights. Love, love, love. And just wait until you see how this fab team of vendors interpreted the inspiration board. We’ll be back in a bit with the design behind the shoot and we promise lots and lots of inspired goodness. Sit tight!

Photography: Genevieve Nisly / Venue: Lantern Court at Holden Arboretum / Coordination: Valarie Kirkbride of Kirkbrides / Florist: Heatherlily Floral and Event Design / Bridal Gowns and Veils: The Perfect Bride / Bridesmaid Dresses and Accessories: Lizzy and Jane / Cake and Cookies: Bridget Thibeault of Flour Girl / Catering: A Taste of Excellence / Hair and Makeup: Ramona Dauksiene / Lighting: Vincent Lighting / Models: Jessica Goodworth and Liz Heinrich / Rentals: Event Source / Stationery: Paper Allure / Videography: 2nd Mile Productions

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From the Bride:

The theme of the wedding was Sophisticated Country. Over all the goal was for it to be sweet, simple, and for all the excitement to be in the details. I wanted it to have a classic modern feel with all the elegance and none of the cliches. The colors express the theme well in that the butter yellow gives a soft bright and upbeat feel, and the Navy adds the timeless sophistication. One example of this would be my wedding gown, it has simple lines but yet was unique in the treatment near the neckline. Instead of having a lot of “just Ok” elements I wanted to pick just a few so the vision was clear. I wanted shape and design of the dress to be fully communicated so I didn’t want beading, just a timeless beautiful shape. Something I could look back on in 50 years and still think it was beautiful.

The vision for this wedding was for all guests to have a wonderful experience, and to enjoy the beautiful Labor day weekend. One of the most important design elements was a bright sunny day, which we were so blessed to have. With rainy weekends leading up the wedding day it made us a bit nervous because so much of the experience was outside. Specifically, the vision for the ceremony with the flowers running along the aisle, with the white pomanders. Another aspect that was important to us was getting the party started right away, so immediately after we said our “I do’s” we wanted the band to start playing, and people to start eating. We had cookies, confections, hor dourves, lemonade, even blue and yellow martinis, all so our guests could start enjoying our marriage celebration right away. At some weddings you find the cocktail hour as a possible time to have the experience a slow down while the couple is taking photos, so we really wanted to do everything we could to have our guest just enjoy the beautiful day immediately after our vows. Also we split the time up so the band would play dance music during the cocktail hour, then continue their set after dinner. We did have to compensate them for the time they were waiting during dinner, but it gave them a nice break and nothing can replace a bright sunny day with great food and music instead of waiting until the late evening to start dancing.

Photography: Genevieve Nisly and James Nisly / Venue: Kirtland Country Club, Willoughby, Ohio / Florist: Vase to Vase / Music: The Bottom Line from Jerry Bruno Productions and DJ Rob Rock / Rentals: Event Source / Cake: White Flower Cake Company / Invitations: Saima Khan / Hair: Dino Palmeiri Salon

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Tracy and Jeff were married at St Peter’s Episcopal Church in Lakewood, Ohio. Their beautiful reception followed at the Metropolitan Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio. The photos that Genevieve and James captured are so rich and so striking that we know you’ll LOVE them as much as we do!

Maybe it’s the combination of colors that’s so great … the pop of fuschia and green against the more subtle neutral browns of the suits. Just LOVE it.

And then these shots of the young ones … too, too cute!

Add in black bridesmaids dresses, and voilá … the palette is complete!

Tracy and Jeff’s wedding had so many great details … I don’t think we’ve ever featured a wedding on The Little Black Book Blog that had better detail shots!

Another of Style Me Pretty’s fantastic Little Black Book members, Valarie Kirkbride was the wedding coordinator for this lovely wedding. The luscious cupcakes were made by Flour Girl … also one of SMP’s Little Black Book of FABULOUS wedding vendors!

Grande Designs did a remarkable job with the floral design. The assorted arrangements and the bouquets are simply perfect … pulled all of the elements of the wedding colors together beautifully.

A little bit about Tracy and Jeff from Genevieve …Tracy and Jeff are one of the sweetest and most gentle couples I know. They kept checking in with us making sure we had everything we needed. Her smile is contagious and just lights up a room whenever she walks in. They both carry themselves with grace and a dash of fun.

And my personal favorite images from the day …

BEAUTIFUL…

A huge thanks to Genevieve and James Nisly for sharing Tracy & Jeff’s wedding with us! You really captured the joy of the day!

Take a look at their website for more fabulous weddings!!

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