Talk about beauty and brains, this Houston bride has it all and we are totally crushing on her ultra glam meets modern style. Hints of gold, monochrome flowers, bold jewelry, Chanel No 5…yep this wedding had us at hello… and then sucked us completely in with all the pretty images from Docuvitae. I swoon, you swoon, we ALL swoon for fabulously chic weddings and there is a whole lot more of this one in the gallery.
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From the Bride… The design choices for our wedding celebration were inspired by our venues. For our ceremony, my husband and I chose St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, a historic building with incredible Gothic architecture and beautiful stained glass windows. Our reception was held at the Artista Restaurant, an elegant two-story edifice with floor to ceiling windows overlooking the downtown Houston skyline. While I loved the idea of an outdoor wedding, it was clearly not an option for Houston in August. To incorporate that outdoor feel, I transformed the restaurant balcony into an outdoor lounge space. Our wonderful florist, Melanie Tipton of Last Petal, brought my vision to life by accenting the lounge space and restaurant with simple, chic floral arrangements. Once our venues were selected, everything from our color scheme to our invitation style came into place.
After looking at numerous wedding invitation websites, we decided nothing in our budget really inspired us. My husband, a self-taught graphic designer, decided to take a stab at creating our wedding invitations. As a nod to our hometowns, my husband placed images of the Houston skyline and the Baton Rouge, LA Horace Wilkinson Bridge on the invitation suite. We then had the invitation suite letterpress printed. The end result was AMAZING! My husband went on to design all of the stationary elements of the wedding–programs, menu cards, signage, etc.
In addition to getting the design elements just right, we infused our wedding with elements that would reflect our love (we decided to write our own vows in addition to citing traditional ones), family (my uncle married us) and sentimentality (I surprised my husband with a traditional New Orleans Second-line band for our exit as he always wanted one for his wedding day). And when our wedding day came, we let everything else go and decided to bask in the blessedness of the day–we laughed, cried (okay, I cried) and danced the night away. There were definitely bumps (okay, mountains) along the road in the planning process, but when we sit back and look at the wonderful images captured by Rebecca of Docuvitae (whom I found right here on SMP and cannot say enough positive things about), they bring a smile to our faces every.single.time.
Wedding Photography: Rebecca of Docuvitae / Second Shooter: Juli of Docuvitae / Wedding Ceremony: St. Paul’s United Methodist Church / Wedding Reception: Artista Restaurant / Wedding Cinematography: Aaron of 31FILMS / Flowers: Melanie Tipton of Last Petal / Wedding Invitation Design: Timothy Perry (The Groom) / Invitation Printing: Studio on Fire / Event Design & Planning: Kourtney James Perry (The Bride) / Bride’s Shoes: Jimmy Choo / Wedding Dress: Angel Sanchez via Maison de Mode / Hair: Albert Dominguez of Solution for Hair & Makeup / Makeup: Your Beautiful Face / Jewelry: DIY, The Bride (Created from Talbots‘ Necklaces) / Second Line Band: New Orleans Hustlers Brass Band / Vintage Rolls Royce: Jordan Limousines
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where are those table numbers from? i love them!
Gorgeous wedding, love all the gold and the bride's necklace is perfection!
her necklace is FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!
Question for the bride: I'm wondering what you used to the photobooth? Thanks!
HOLY COW this wedding is stunning! Love every, single, tiny detail. And the bride is gorgeous!
The copper and white together spells out class in a big way....just lovely!
LOVE the table numbers!!! Were those bought or made??
This is exactly what I've been thinking of doing for table numbers! Would love some more info on them as well.
Can I have that necklace? :) What a gorgeous wedding and beautiful photography.
Love this! The venue was breathtaking, as was the couple! Love the bride's necklace too!
Classic Elegance! Congrats!
Love seeing Houston weddings especially ones as fabulous as this one.
Wow! Stunning couple, beautiful images. And I adore the bride's necklace. Houston has never looked so fine.
The necklace is the best accessory i’ve ever seen on a bride, gorgeous! Love the fan idea and the venue looks gorgeous. Those cake truffles look delish and so original! Really stunning styling throughout the photos.
congratularions! I love seeing fellow Houstonites on SMP! The bride looks fabulous in that jewelry.
Such an elegant, classic wedding, just stunning!
SO glad to see a Houston wedding on your site! I'm from Houston as well asn this wedding is stunning in every way! Loved how the GROOM designed the stationery! :)
where are those gorgeous table numbers from?
beautiful wedding! where did you get those umbrellas!!?!?!?! i need them for mine!!
How beautiful! Did you guys make the golf-leafed shells? How?
This wedding is GOR-geous! It's so rich in details and yet simple in flowers and decoration. Beautiful Bride too!
OMG! Docuvitae and 31FILMS together?!?! Those are my favorite wedding photographer and cinematographers in the world! I bet you have the best keepsake images and films from your big day!!!
Yay!! Congrats to a fellow Baton Rouge native. And such talent - the stationary is stunning as is that statement necklace. And I love restaurants for weddings. Absolutely beautiful! More please.
The necklace sort of reminds me of this Stella & Dot piece one of my bride's just ordered.
http://www.stelladot.com/sites/elegantcoretta/productcatalog?page=productdetail&sku=N1016I