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Melanie and Joe held a relaxed and laid back wedding which completely fit their personality as a couple. Their ceremony was held at the Laguna Gloria amphitheater and the reception was held on the grounds at Laguna Gloria. A custom mojito bar served guests well, as well as an amazing menu catered by Primizie which included a savory Potato Leek soup completed with a crisp fried leek, a fresh seasonal green salad topped with champagne smoked pear vinaigrette, candied Texas pecans, applewood smoked bacon and crumbled gorgonzola cheese, and grilled sirloin steak roulade with Portobello mushrooms, classic Spanish paella, and classic vegetarian lasagna.

Melanie was a DIY bride and designed/created much of the décor herself. She went with a crisp green and white theme with a classic silhouette motif, and it was a very consistent and beautiful element throughout the event. The grooms cake, Jabba the Hut from Star Wars, was a hit, and the brides cake was a classic round layered cake in a crisp white accented with beautiful sugar anemones. Along with the Jabba the Hut cake, Melanie and Joe had a very playful feel to their wedding, complete with their choice of first dance song – Rainbow Connection by Kermit the Frog. After the first dance, guests hit the dance floor and danced all night. Overall, it was a beautiful, classic, and playful wedding which truly reflected the personalities of Melanie and Joe!

Photography: Eclectic Images / Venue: Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas / Flowers: Merveille / Event Design: Clink Events / Catering: Primizie / Rentals: Marquee / Cake: Michelle’s Patisserie / Shoes: J Crew

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And Amy and Matt’s wedding, sent to us by lunaphoto is one that anyone would love, filled with a simply elegant style and sweet but utterly sophisticated details.

From Amy…Both my husband and I have two sets of parents and we really wanted them to feel included, so we decided to have a moment during the ceremony were they all came up and made a circle around us and vowed to continue to love and support us as we join our families together. This became especially important to us since 10 days after our wedding my husband’s step-dad passed away. We are so thankful that we were able to have such a special and intimate moment with him before he passed.

For our wedding favors we decided to give different types of trees for our guests to plant. Instead of having a guest book my mom had a great idea of making us a quilt, so we had a table where guests wrote little messages to us on squares of cloth to be sewn into the quilt. It will be something that we can keep forever and as my mom put it “feel surround by love”.

From Amy…

Our caterer (Primizie) and baker (Coco Paloma) are small companies that we found locally in Austin; and the best part is that they both only use the freshest most natural and/or organic ingredients! We saved a ton of money by doing a dessert table instead of a big wedding cake; we had a small 8 inch cake, different sized cupcakes, cookies, 2 pies and a big bowl of fresh fruit. Our invitations (made by Viola from Chewing the Cud, who I found on SMP!) were made using all environmentally friendly products, and we had a local artist do the calligraphy on the envelopes.

We chose to not do the traditional cake-cutting, flower and garter tossing, etc so that we could have more time to spend with our family and friends, particularly because most of them flew in from all over the United States and even Singapore! There is so much that I could write about our wedding; everything went so well and since we were planning everything long distance we hired Aimee Villa with Lizze Belle Event Management to help us bring everything together, she did such a wonderful job of helping make our wedding magical for us. Along with hiring Aimee, one of the most important things that we did was hire amazingly talented photographers; Mike and Paula Luna of lunaphoto were a joy to work with and did such an incredible job of capturing such a special time in our lives.

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Thank you so much to Amy and Matt for sharing their day with us!! We have a pretty awesome giveaway coming up next and later, find out who won the Sarah Darcy Giveaway!

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