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We are big fans of this wedding! We love the outside ceremony and the beautiful indoor reception. The photography by Laura Ashbrook Photography really captured all the fun details the bride and groom put together. Here is what the bride had to say: Going into the planning of our wedding, the only thing I knew is that I wanted the ceremony in a field and the reception to be a celebration. I was working on very limited funds, so I decided to personalize every detail I could and then try to make everything else. My groom and close friends worked to help make most all of the decorations.
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We love extravagant details at weddings, but have a thing for simplicity. Today’s wedding has some simple mason jar details that we find very charming and comforting. We are also really loving the photography by Weber Photography by Wes + Liz.
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Emily and Tom had a beautiful wedding photographed by Kurt Boomer Photography. The lady that could best describe her special day is the bride herself so without further ado here is what Emily had to say: We fell in love with the French Estate wedding venue because it offered a vintage, outdoor wedding in the fall. Since the French Estate is located in the City of Orange, which is a historic area for farming vegetables and citrus trees, it was a perfect fit for our farmer’s market theme. We were hands-on for the entire wedding; from start to finish. Tom illustrated and designed the wedding invites and Orange County tote bag favors. I made many DIY projects, such as sewing the ring pillow and my own wedding veil. We decided for the bulk of our decor to use fresh fruits and veggies, with minimal flowers, which we purchased at the local farmers market. We spray-painted tin cans with chalkboard paint to carry through the produce theme and then used different vintage can labels to mark each table. For our food, we love going to food trucks and trying out new food. So the Flip Truck was a perfect find with their passion for high quality and great tasting gourmet sliders and truffle french fries.
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We usually don’t have a lot of beach weddings on Love and Lavender—but today we are making the exception. One reason is that we are ready for the sun to come out here in dreary Seattle and the second reason is because we absolutely love this wedding. It’s simple and casual, but expresses the couple and their style! We love the muted colors and the photography by Lindsey Gomes Photography is gorgeous!
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We absolutely LOVE this wedding! When we saw this beauty waiting in our inbox we got a huge smile on our faces (it looked like we had jammed hangers in our mouths)! Cortney and Bobby did such an amazing job putting together a wedding that expressed them! Everything about their wedding was personal or sentimental—the food was made by Cortney’s family and the desserts were too (we love when families come together to create such a magical experience for a couple). Here are some words from the bride: I just remember as soon as I started walking down the isle with my dad and thinking someone dropped me into a fairytale wedding in a magazine, it was beyond beautiful. I was so happy with our handmade wedding, and I wouldn’t change a thing!
I really wanted to incorporate vintage doors into our outdoors wedding and I was able to get all of the doors we used from my grandparents old house. They both died when I was in high school, so it was really sweet to be able to use parts of their home throughout our special day. I made all of the bunting that was hanging up in the dessert room and by the entry table. I used an old window from my great grandparents house to display old wedding pictures of our parents and grandparents at the entry table. My mom and I also took on the task of making most of our vintage cake stands and repainting the antique drawers we used to display the desserts. I made all of the silver platter chalk boards and the dinner menu made from an antique window. I had Bobby and his groomsman etch hearts with Bobby and I’s initials on them on several pumpkins and they turned out so great! One of my favorite touches of the entire day though, was the amazing vintage chandeliers that were hanging in the trees. They look beautiful before and after the sun went down!
The centerpieces consisted of potted orange chrysanthemums in a tan tin pot with raffia tied around it, an orange and white pumpkin, burlap and blue yarn balls. I also wanted to tie in mason jars all throughout my wedding and what is better than using them to serve drinks in? So I hand painted hearts on hundreds of mason jars with chalk paint and asked guests to write their names on their cups and take them home as gifts.
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Photographer: Sarah Ainsworth Photography
Event Coordinator: Judy King
Florist: Bloomingfield in Temple, TX
