You can see the wedding in its entirety by clicking here and here. Thank you so very much to Justin and Mary for sending us today’s fabulous featured fete, for always inspiring us and giving us the BEST steal worthy-ideas a girl could ever want.

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Katherine Jacobs of KD&J Botanica is responsible for the RIDICULOUSLY gorgeous flowers and details that made the already lovely day even more beautiful. The couple served Chad’s mom’s secret family recipe for sweet tea during cocktail hour, and had the adorable stir sticks for guests to use. Every detail was so thoughtfully designed, so beautifully executed. It almost looks like a magazine shoot, rather than an actual wedding.

And, the beautiful bride, Kristin, was perfection in her Ines di Santo gown and her make-up by the lovely, lovely Jennie Fresa…I am actually a little jealous of how glowy and gorgeous she actually is! Love, love, love. Love, love. Oh and did I say, LOVE!

We have so many more details from the unbelievable Justin and Mary coming up in just a bit.

PS – We are having some comments issues so if you are interested in reading the comments from this feature, please see the bottom of this post.

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Elle and Todd were married this spring at The Green Uptown in Charlotte, NC. Their gray, pink, fuschia, purple {and every shade in-between} color palette was their inspiration and boy did they run with it! What a perfect palette for oodles and oodles of rose petals, crystals and orchids …

… not to mention a clear tent, silver chivari chairs, stunning linens and … well, you get the picture!

From Courtenay at Weddings And The City …

Elle had envisioned her wedding day all of her life! She knew exactly what she wanted! The BIG day took place in uptown Charlotte, at The Green, with the ceremony on the top tier, cocktail hour on the middle tier and the reception on the bottom tier in a clear top tent. Although Mother Nature worked against us most of the day, it stopped just in time for the ceremony and held off during the reception. It was absolutely gorgeous and full of color!

Elle, today’s beautiful bride, was raised by her grandparents. She knew that someday, somehow, she would find that same true love that they had shared ~ a love filled with absolute care and respect. She vowed to settle for nothing less.  After her grandfather passed away, her devotion to her grandmother and her dream to find the same kind of love that her grandparents had shared, eventually led her to Todd.

from the lovely bride, Elle …

I know it sounds cliché, but I knew from the first moment we locked eyes that we had a connection. Todd is everything and more I could have ever hoped for. Todd is my fairytale ending and one of the most amazing people I have ever met.

We thank both of you, Elle & Todd for reminding us that old-fashioned love and devotion still rules! And thanks to Kristin, Courtenay (WATC) and all of the other fabulous vendors who helped this day become Elle & Todd’s fairy-tale day come true!

Special thanks to Tara Mauldin Photography and Savannah Strickland Photography.

Please visit Kristin Vining’s blog, as well as the Weddings And the City blog to see the full list of vendors for Elle and Todd’s wedding.

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Post tags: Bouquets, Charlotte, Cigars, Dancing Shoes, Fuschia, Kristin Vining, North Carolina, Orchids, Pink, Purple, Ring Pillow, Rose Petals, Savannah Strickland Photography, Tara Mauldin Photography, Tented Reception, The Green Uptown, Weddings And The City
Post categories: Casual Elegance, Color Palettes, Little Black Book Blog, Real Weddings, Wedding Photography

I mean come on! Does it get any better? The candy buffet alone is enough to make me jump for joy, but then they went and added fabulous florals, chic place settings, cute bridesmaids dresses and a ring bearer in a pink shirt (carrying a baseball glove to boot)…whew!

The wedding was held at the Pasadena City Hall in Pasadena, California and was photographed by the fabulous Sarah K. Chen. Love, love, LOVE!

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More in a bit!

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Images by Ben Becker Photography

From Brittany…

Half of the arrangements were made by our florist and we put together the remainder, using boxes that were made by my grandfather.  We painted the wood boxes chocolate brown and then filled them with grass, Gerber Daisy’s and golf balls that were printed with our wedding logo.

It was actually a ‘dry’ wedding and we served Virgin Cosmos, Mocha Mint Espresso Cocktails, Baby Bellini’s and Arnold Palmers.  As guests left the ceremony, they were met with tray passed appetizers and Pink Sparkling cider in glasses adorned with tags announcing our marriage.

A friend of ours who has a greeting card business on Etsy printed out the invitations, programs and menu cards for us and we put them together.  My mom designed and printed the table name cards and chair seating cards.  The invites were mailed with post-card reply cards and a map that was designed by another Etsy vendor!

Mom and I designed and made the table favors which were pink and brown candies adorned with pink and brown ribbon and a personalized sticker.

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Images by Ben Becker Photography

From Brittany…

We had alot of fun with the music at the wedding.  The processional was traditional, Canon in D.  I walked down the aisle to “Endless Love”, by Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey.  It was so romantic and different.  A friend of the family sang “The Ring” by Tony Carter.  The Recessional was “Signed, Sealed and Delivered” by Stevie Wonder.  Tyler and I danced our first dance to “Amazed” by Lonestar.  The bridal party was introduced at the reception to the theme from Star Wars and Tyler and I entered to “Celebration” by Kool and the Gang.

Our ring bearer was the family Westie, Montague Morse Clangael Anderson.  Unfortunately, our flower girl who turned two on our wedding day, spent the day in the hospital with an infection.  She was sorely missed.

My mom and I designed the invitations, programs, menu cards, table names (named after golf courses) ceremony seating cards and table arrangements.  Because the wedding was held at a golf course and my fiance/husband loves the game and works in the industry, we infused that theme into the wedding with centerpieces and table names.  Also, the cupcake topper depicted a groom with his clubs looking at his watch and the bride in a pink wedding dress of course, with her hands folded as to say……wedding now…….golf later……maybe!!!!!

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update…the Cake Toppers were found at Ice Standard. The bride told us that the cupcake tower was on display before the ceremony so in order to keep the pink dress a surprise, she ordered two bride toppers.  The bride in the white dress was on the cake before the ceremony and then she switched it to a bride in a pink dress that her mom had painted for the reception.  

Also, a few quick vendors…the maps were designed by Mtk Designs, the Organza Corsages were designed by Tracy B Designs and the paper goods were printed by Pixelimpress.

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all of these gorgeous photographs were captured by Jennifer Davis Photography

How pretty is this! LOVE the elephants, love the stunning pink color palette, love the mix of textures in the baskets, the florals, the cigars. I have more pics coming, so stay tuned!

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I am loving these two fun, flirty designs…

Check out Coren’s full collection of bridesmaids dresses here, and when you have a minute…you must check out her wedding dresses. They are so so pretty!

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Post tags: Breast Cancer Awareness, Bridesmaids Dresses, Coren Moore, Flower girls, Pink, Pink Week
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And remember, you can see all of the entries on either the Color Palette page or the Contests page!

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