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Note from the Bride on colors: To preface, when it comes to colors and florals, I just have strong preferences for what I like and don’t like the look of, based on what basically speaks to me. First off, I really love the look of monochromatic florals – I love how they are minimal on one hand but also bold and statemental. When it comes to colors, I love light pastel yellow as a color and always knew I wanted yellow florals BUT I also loved the idea of having my favorite citruses (oranges, grapefruits) as part of my tablescape (I love fruit, and at the time, I saw a lot of inspo pics on pinterest of citruses so that’s how I decided that). However, obviously, oranges/grapefruits would not fit a monochrome look if I did yellow florals. So that’s what led me to have two different color schemes for the ceremony and reception (so I could do both visions!). I wanted the ceremony to have a more classic/timeless and meadowy feel, with the color to be pastel yellow and white. And then for the reception, I really wanted to do a burnt orange monochrome look to tie in with the citruses and be more of a modern and bold statement in contrast with the greenery of the greenhouse. Part of why I came to love the burnt orange color was because I saw a photo of some poppies in a perfect dark orange color that I just loved. So much so, I originally really wanted to do only poppies on the tables, but I learned it wasn’t going to be possible since they were out of season. Part of another reason I love the look of poppies is that I like flowers that are more delicate looking with broader petals (I don’t love flowers with a ton of petals like roses, ranunculus, dahlias). I’m not sure if poppies are my FAVORITE flower, but they are definitely ONE of my favorites (irises are obviously one of my other favorites). To end, the overall vision I wanted for my wedding was something that was modern, laid-back, bright, and happy (hence my preference for yellow and orange), and something that was unique to me.
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I hand-drew/designed almost all of our paper items, so the wedding invites/save the dates, escort cards (drawings of each person/couple), table numbers, and bar menu. I even made a font with my own handwriting, so I didn’t have to actually handwrite every name. I used an app called ProCreate on my iPad to design everything. I had dried orange slices placed on each menu to lean more into the citrus theme. For florals that I didn’t include earlier, I wanted my bouquet to be white so it would match with both my ceremony and reception and also on the smaller side (smaller bouquets once again felt more laid back and casual than huge ones) It was supposed to be only white irises, but the florist said she had issues with the irises so I only had one or two irises in my bouquet sadly.
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Andrew and I met on Hinge – we went on our first date just 2 weeks before the entire city of NYC shut down due to COVID. All our friends in the city ended up leaving the city during that time, so we ended up basically living together 4-5 days a week in the same apartment, just 3 months after we had met. We got close really fa, st and the rest was history! As for our engagement, I told Andrew I wanted to be surprised, and he definitely surprised me! He decided to propose during a trip that I had planned to visit some of my friends who lived in SF in January 2024. Long story short, prior to the proposal, I was actually in a bad mood due to various circumstances related to his plan to propose at Lands End Lookout at sunset. He ended up asking a “random person” (the photographer he hired) nearby to take a photo of us, and ended up proposing as she “took a photo for us.”
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[section title=”The Fashion”]
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My dress was the Jeanette from Sophie et Voilà, a Spanish designer. I always envisioned myself in something more modern and simple (no traditional ball gown). My veil was from Etsy. For my reception look, my top was a corset top from Kiki de Montparnasse (I think it is technically a lingerie top) from Revolve. I just loved the two-piece look. The skirt was from Anthropologie. The lace gloves were from Etsy.
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No bridesmaids – I asked her why, and here’s what she said: Part of it was that wedding parties felt very traditional to me, and I just don’t love many of the really traditional things done in weddings. The whole formal process of asking your friends to be your bridesmaid, asking them to buy certain dresses to wear and then having them walk down the aisle felt really foreign to me, so I decided to skip that part and just have my closest girlfriends spend the day getting ready with me (which in my opinion is the most meaningful part of having “bridesmaids”).
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[field title=”Groomsman Attire”]No groomsmen[/field]
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Dinner was family style (see dinner menu for items) – I liked how it created a more intimate and casual/laid-back feel. My friends and I always share food family style when we eat out at restaurants! See our bar menu for the 3 signature drinks we had – would like to note that I don’t drink alcohol (doesn’t taste good to me and my body doesn’t handle alcohol well either!), so one of the drinks needed to be a mocktail! For cocktail hour, we had a large charcuterie board, and the hor d’oeuvres were: Mini buttermilk biscuits, Honey roasted onion tartlets, Roast beef crostini, Red pepper chutney with cucumber slices on flatbread, White Bean Tomato & Roasted Garlic Bruschetta, Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce, Cocktail shrimp skewers, Mini crab cakes. Dessert was just assorted lemon curd tartlets, brownies, and berry fruit tartlets. Also, a smores station outside next to the fire pit – we loved this idea as it helped create a more relaxed/hanging out vibe. We had late evening food – warm pretzels with mustard, tater tots, chicken tenders
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[field title=”Florals & Decor”]
A note from Grace (Photog), the poppies that were included were one of my favorite details to capture, so you’ll see them in the detail photos, since they are the bride’s favorite
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For our cake, we just got our favorite Strawberry Soft Cream cake from Paris Baguette (a Korean chain bakery) that has locations all across NYC.
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[field title=”Readings, Ceremony Music, Reception Songs”]
Family played strings during the ceremony for a personal touch.
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We are both electronic music fans (Andrew more of a music person than me), so obviously we had to choose an Eric Prydz song for our entrance and an EDM song for our first dance (Symphony ft. Zara Larsson by Clean Bandit)
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The couple wanted a lot of film photography, so I shot a mix of 35mm and medium format throughout the day. The uploaded photos are a mix of digital and film!
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Photography: Grace Torres Photography | Cinematography: Christian Torres Films | Floral Design: Bad Boss Bride | Wedding Dress: Sophie et Voilà | Wedding Dress: Bridal Atelier Montclair | Ceremony Venue: Audrey's Farmhouse | DJ: Non-Traditional Weddings DJs | Beauty: Bridal Squad Pro | Beauty: Elena Art of Makeup