Real Weddings
March 7th, 2010
Leah and Mike’s Minneapolis wedding is so sophisticated and classic. I love Leah’s whole look: the gloves, the multi-strand necklace, the gorgeous veil… and of course the glowing smile.
Erin Johnson beautifully captured the love that Leah and Mike share.
Champagne bridesmaids dresses are my favorite, they will never go out of style!
The beautiful Lake of the [...]
March 1st, 2010
We have another super sweet (and very budget friendly) wedding for yous this Friday. First a bit about Kate and Jordan’s story. They met when they were both members of local bands. Kate’s band was organizing music festival and she asked Jordan if his band might wanted to take part. He said yes, and the [...]
March 1st, 2010
Happy Monday with love from Russian!
Alicia Swedenborg shared with us this Russian extravaganza of a wedding.
Carl (a count from Sweden) and Katerina (from Russia, now a countess), married this past September. They had a 4 day wedding in Moscow, Russia at the Bride’s father’s hotel. The theme was King Karl XII from Sweden meets Katerina [...]
January 21st, 2010
Really love this wedding theme! It’s simple yet classy =) I am sure it is a dream wedding theme for brides-to-be who love simplicity!! =)
It’s pretty much a given that we are going to fall in love with anything that Lisa Thomas of Ooh! Events in Charleston sends us. Her weddings are always so completely [...]
December 3rd, 2009
I am generally blown away by the work that our Little Black Book members are putting out there. I am rarely surprised. But this shoot…totally surprised, totally inspired, totally motivated me to get up really early and start blogging away.
The From Inspiration to Reality Shoot was put together by two of our favorite LBB members, [...]
November 28th, 2009
I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving day yesterday! I just wanted to say THANKS for everyone’s support and readership…you guys are like my (cyber) family. Really. Thank you.
Some eye candy to tide you over for the extended weekend…loving the muted colors of this bridal-ish photoshoot with a Moroccan flair. Don’t forget to vote for [...]
November 25th, 2009
Today, I’m excited to share some images from Susie & Curtis’ wedding, which coincidentally was also featured on Style Me Pretty last week! If you missed the feature including details about the couple and our approach to the wedding, please click here. If you are hoping for more beautiful images from B&G Photography, well, then [...]
November 25th, 2009
Amanda is a graphic designer in Ontario who tackled the planning of her wedding like a giant design project. She and Braydan were married on the top of the hill overlooking Belluz Farms in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Their wedding incorporated their love of the outdoors and Amanda’s knack for design details.
They wanted their wedding to [...]
November 22nd, 2009
Earlier this year in August, Fiona and I were the day-of coordinators for Chelsey and David’s spectacular wedding on Moosehead Lake in Maine. All of the incredible details were covered an earlier blog entry here. Now, this post is to finally show the professional photos, and I absolutely love them! Erica Lyn of Erica Lyn [...]
November 22nd, 2009
NFL star Tom Brady is the latest GQ cover guy, and inside the December issue he reflects on he and now-wife Gisele Bundchen’s decision to wed in a small private ceremony just two months after getting engaged.
“We planned it in like ten days, and it was perfect,” he tells the mag. “We went back [...]
November 18th, 2009
In order to celebrate the release of the next movie in the Twilight Saga: New Moon, opening this Friday, November 20th, a group of wedding vendors in Gainesville, FL collaborated to create a wedding concept based on Twilight.
The Concept: {from the vendors}
Due to a slight obsession, {Unique Designs} wanted to create a Twilight wedding invitation, [...]
November 18th, 2009
most people know me as elizabeth messina….but in my personal life, i am mrs moore….and today is our wedding anniversary….so i thought i’d share some of our personal weddings photos….both the beautiful images taken by thayer & some of the ones i took throughout the day….celebrate with us…
our day was so amazing….breathtaking & lovely….i collected [...]
November 17th, 2009
Stretching back to September, I have some catching on to do on my blogging. On September 13th, Allison Jackson and Tyler Woodman gathered friends and family for a raging party to celebrate their wedding. The couple, in from California, chose DC because Allison’s parents live in the area and they wanted an all [...]
November 16th, 2009
In mid-August, we had the pleasure of working at the Penninsula’s Menlo Circus Club for an incredible wedding with Cay Lemon of Zest Productions and Jeffrey Adair of J. Floral Art. We installed a 64′x124′ tent (our largest) on the polo field to accommodate 400 wedding guests. In order to create a seamless and elegant [...]
November 16th, 2009
Susan and Ben hosted a casual rehearsal dinner at Paraduxx Winery to kick off their wedding weekend in the Napa Valley. Paraduxx, part of the Duckhorn family of wineries, was a fun location for guests to kick back outdoors while sampling some of their great wines. Guests tasted all of the wines that Paraduxx has [...]
November 16th, 2009
More from Esther & Jae’s Illinois orchard wedding….if you missed it, you can find the wonderful part one here!
How amazing is the setting for the ceremony? We can’t get over how gorgeous these two old oak trees are—such an idyllic spot! Esther told us a little more about the meaning of the day: “We were [...]
November 15th, 2009
I can’t even tell you how tickled I was when I received this adorably delicious wedding from Michelle Hayes. It is just so perfectly simple, sweet, fun and has such a great sense of humor…if weddings had feelings anyway. I fell in love with it immediately and wished that I had been there myself.
Thank you [...]
November 14th, 2009
Today we are featuring a fabulous fall-inspired Real Wedding. When Beau-coup’s own vivacious superstar customer service agent Carrey got engaged, she knew she wanted a fall wedding with all the bold hues of the season. Carrey and Jesse’s gorgeous wedding took place at the lovely Peachwoods in Santa Cruz, CA and was photographed by [...]
November 14th, 2009
Let’s finish off the week with a wedding at one of our favorite venues in the Southern California area… Figueroa Mountain Farmhouse. Is it us or does the light fall ever so perfectly on this spot?
Meghan and Nevin chose to have an intimate weekend celebration that was a destination for nearly all 50 guests in [...]
November 14th, 2009
Today’s Real Wedding is a complete and total knock-out! Jennifer and Matt were married in June at the absolutely breathtaking new Orange County wedding venue The Resort at Pelican Hill, and to help them bring their creative vision to life they worked with Mindy Weiss and her team Mindy Weiss Party Consultants, along with a [...]
November 14th, 2009
This is Margaret's wedding story. A picture is worth a thousand words ….
Many thanks to Paul Morse Photography for sending these images. Please check out his website and see his very extensive resume that includes his time at the White House. I also want to thank Liz Denny for her magnificent [...]
November 14th, 2009
This one is such a sweet DIY wedding, perfect to end the week in style. Photographed by the talented Portland based Ryan and Amanda You Look Nice Today, this wedding is beautiful from beginning to end.
How much do you love Terra’s bouquet? Dahlias, roses and poms look SO good together. And the mix of pinks, [...]
November 13th, 2009
Remember Zola and Derik’s totally mod and awesome engagement session we posted back in April? We’ll give you one guess what we have next…
Their radically vintage wedding celebration! Shot of course by Noa of Feather Love Photography.
Zola found her sweet vintage dress on Etsy, isn’t it so perfect for her? The whole thing looks like [...]
November 13th, 2009
Cool can’t even begin to describe this wedding that photographer Jennifer MacFarlane sent over last week…all tradition was thrown out the door for a totally unique event! I’ll let her tell you more…
The vendors were all friends and friends of the family. Russ is a photographer from Staten Island and Heather is a dancer from [...]
November 13th, 2009
This wedding shot by Meg Baisden is nothing short of amazing. Beautiful earthy color scheme, a bride wearing a non-white wedding dress, and a badass getaway motorcycle were just a few of the elements that made this wedding so special.
From the bride, Steph:
First and foremost, having ten attendants each (I know, everyone thought we [...]
October 30th, 2009
Noah and Elizabeth are a “BBQ loving Southerner and vegetarian New Englander,” and they were married somewhere in between at this historical Maryland inn. Katie Stoops from Open Air Photography sent over some beautiful photos of this timeless wedding…
Elizabeth wore fresh lavender in her hair.
With more than 20 children in attendance, it was important to [...]
October 28th, 2009
This incredibly beautiful wedding was captured by the sublime Lillian and Leonard, a husband and wife photography team based in Scotland. The wedding took place at the West Stoke House in Chichester in the UK. The wedding was an absolute vision styled to express Jane Austin.
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October 28th, 2009
Meet Lily, Kate, Maya, Jayne, Mae + Grace.
Beautiful bridal gowns by Alix + Kelly
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October 27th, 2009
Thank you so very much to the always incredible Aaron and Jen Delesie for sharing today’s RIDICULOUS wedding with us. My poor husband is going to have to deal with a vow renewal because I now have my heart completely set on a wedding just like this. And to the lovely Brooke Keegan for being [...]
October 25th, 2009
I got a chance to visit Lela Rose in her studio during Bridal Fashion Week, and boy did we have fun! We chatted about what’s hot for bridesmaids (non-matching dresses with a common element, like rosettes, for instance), her new line (lookout for gorgeous flowing gowns inspired by water movement), and of course, what celebrity [...]
October 24th, 2009
Meagan at Maine Seasons Events sent us Emily & Mario’s sensational August wedding that is SO charming and fresh and, well, just delightful! She had lots to tell us about the day, so we’ll just get right to it!
From Meagan …
Where to begin!? SO many special details make up the ingredients of this lovely [...]
October 23rd, 2009
Yesterday, I spent some time checking out all the amazing photos and details from the wedding of photographer Jessica Claire and Jeff Norwood. It was really an amazing day, so many beautiful details – and it truly was personalized for them. They hired the amazing Jose Villa to capture their day. I love the way [...]
October 22nd, 2009
Anna and Bruno planned a wedding that reflected their interests and personalities, and they were kind enough to share it with us today. But before we get to the photos, I love this detail from Anna, about one of her favorite parts of the day: “The morning of the wedding, I came out of my [...]