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Dusty Rose and Emerald Grand Rapids Barn Wedding

July 30, 2017 | Junebug Weddings

If impeccable style, a romantic color palette, and elegant-meets-rustic décor are on your list of wedding must-haves, this Grand Rapids barn wedding needs to be at the top of your inspiration board! Chelsea Seekell, the photographer turned bride, and her stylish hubby turned every element into a designer’s dream, mixing vintage and rustic pieces and tying it all together with a glamorous palette of dusty rose, emerald green, black, white, and gold. We don’t typically see such rich colors in summer weddings, so this unique twist was as refreshing as it was stunning! From the modern studio ceremony to the sunset portraits amid the wildflowers to the intimate barn reception, Tana Helene Photography had us falling more in love with this beautiful couple and their gorgeous wedding day with every image!

The Couple:

Chelsea and Jordan

The Wedding:

A.K. Rikks and Private Barn, Grand Rapids, Michigan

We wanted the day to feel very “us”. Jordan works in fashion, so the emerald green tuxedo was his way to spice things up. I wanted our ceremony to be more about us and less about the décor, so we went with a clean, minimal look. For our reception in the barn, we wanted to make feel a bit fancier. So we went all out with the flowers, gold flatware, and details.

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Processional – “A Whole New World” by Disney (instrumental version)
Recessional – “Walking on a Dream” by Empire of the Sun

My photographer is actually my best friend. I photographed her wedding and she photographed mine!

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Our advice is: don’t take things too seriously; 100% do a first look; make it more about the two of you and less about posing for photos, and actually ATTEND your own wedding!

The Wedding Team:

Photography – Tana Helene Photography
Event Planning and Invitation Design – Chelsea Seekell
Ceremony Venue – A.K. Rikk’s
Reception Venue – Private Barn
Floral Design – Posh Petals
DJ – Adrian Butler
Groom’s Apparel – A.K. Rikk’s

 

Congratulations to Chelsea and Jordan, and a big thanks to Tana Helene Photography for sharing this gorgeous Grand Rapids barn wedding with Junebug! Does a rich color palette speak to your design soul? You’re going to love the incredibly romantic purple, pink, and dark red palette in this moody fairy tale wedding in Southlake, Texas!

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Playful Urban Vow Renewal at Brake & Clutch Warehouse

July 30, 2017 | Junebug Weddings

Vow renewals hold a very special place in our hearts, and Janae and Troy’s celebration at Brake & Clutch Warehouse is quickly becoming one of our all-time favorites! These high school sweethearts never had the chance to plan a real wedding, so, for their fifth anniversary, they enlisted the help of Bash + Co Events and Yellow Thistle Design to create a magical, bohemian-inspired event for them to exchange vows in front of their loved ones. After the ceremony, the couple had another special treat for their guests: a smoke bomb gender reveal to announce the newest member of their family! Lauren Nicole Photography truly captured the unique story and intense love this couple shares, and we are so grateful for the opportunity to share it with you!

From the photographer: Troy and Janae have an incredible love story. They were high school sweethearts who were expecting twins and ended up getting married in a courthouse instead of having a wedding. They lost their babies, were expecting again, lost that baby, and eventually lost their way. The three white balloons at the ceremony represent the babies they lost. Through all of this, the Lord saved them and they came out stronger as husband and wife — something that is now so fruitful and redeemed beyond measure. They’ve been married for 5 years now and have two beautiful daughters. At the end of their ceremony, they did a gender reveal, and now their little boy on his way! They are the sweetest, most loving family, and they are continually growing in their love for each other. I feel so blessed to have witnessed such an amazing celebration of love and life.

The Talented Team:

Photography – Lauren Nicole Photography
Event Planning – Bash + Co Events
Venue – Brake & Clutch Warehouse
Floral Design – Yellow Thistle Design
Videography – Psycle Films
Wedding Dress – Grace Loves Lace via a & bé bridal shop
Rentals – Coral Lane

 

Our biggest and most heartfelt congratulations to Janae and Troy on 5 years of marriage and on your growing family! Also a huge thanks to Lauren Nicole Photography for sharing this truly special day with Junebug! Looking for more unique vow renewal inspiration? You’ll definitely want to check out this cooler than cool Redwood National Park vow renewal!

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You’ll Love This Incredible Upcycled Wedding at Red Barn Weddings

July 29, 2017 | Junebug Weddings

Kelsey and Joel’s upcycled wedding at Red Barn Weddings was the definition of a triple-threat: a truly sentimental location, a breakfast-for-dinner reception menu, and eco-friendly décor. This sweet couple tied the knot in the field where Joel proposed the year before then partied with their favorite people in the Kelsey’s childhood home, which her parents have transformed from a sheep farm to a rustic wedding venue! They filled the wildflower field with chairs that they found online and collected from friends, and used other upcycled and DIY pieces, such as trunks, wooden reels, and rustic signage, to round out the décor. The couple also admits that breakfast foods are at the core of their relationship, so they hired The Waffle Experience to set up a fantastic waffle bar for their guests and the Sweet Dozen to provide donuts, coffee, and milk for the late-night partying. Alyssa Luzaich Photography masterfully captured every sweet, sentimental, and stylish moment of this beautiful California wedding!

The Couple:

Kelsey and Joel

The Wedding:

Red Barn Weddings, Sacramento, California

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Our biggest advice is to ask for help! It takes an army to plan a wedding. We are so thankful for our family, friends, and neighbors for coming together and helping us with our wedding. There is no way we could have done it all on our own, and it was so special to have everyone involved.

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We tried to DIY anything and everything! When I say it takes an army to plan a wedding, it takes an army to DIY. I decided I really wanted to have mismatched chairs in the field at our ceremony. So, my sweet mom and I started collecting chairs from the side of the road and the “free” section on Craigslist. We literally had friends and neighbors drop chairs off at our house after they heard we were collecting chairs for the wedding. I think we ended up with a total of 150 chairs in our garage. We also found some (hideous) red pews on Craigslist. My mom reupholstered and painted all 16 of them! They ended up being one of my favorite parts of the ceremony setup.

For both of us, our ceremony was one of the most memorable parts of the day. Standing in a field of wildflowers, surrounded by our closest family and friends, getting married. It’s a moment we will cherish forever. We both wrote our own vows and hearing them for the first time that day was so special. We prayed and did communion together right after saying our vows, grounding our marriage in our faith, which was something that was so important to us.

The gorgeous field where we had our ceremony is actually where Joel proposed to me a year earlier. The field belongs to a family friend and is literally just a hay field (not exactly your typical venue). But, while we were planning and dreaming about where we wanted to get married, there was nowhere more special to us than that field. The owners graciously said yes and we are so thankful! We wanted our ceremony to be simple and beautiful, and the field was exactly that.

The barn where we held our reception is actually at my childhood home! My parents have worked so hard transforming our previously working sheep barn into a gorgeous wedding venue. It was so special to work with my parents to create our reception — they put so much work into the place! I wanted our reception to feel minimal, open, and modern, and the barn was perfect for that. We didn’t need much to fill the already gorgeous space, and it was so special to have our wedding in the place I had grown up.

Joel and I like to say we fell in love over breakfast. That’s how we first became friends in college and it’s become kind of a sacred thing for us ever since. So it was only natural that we decided on breakfast for dinner for our wedding day menu! We worked with The Waffle Experience to create the most amazing waffle bar with fresh liege waffles, lemon curd, maple syrup, chocolate chips, coconut flakes and, of course, eggs & bacon. The whole thing was a dream! We finished the night off with our other true love in life: donuts. We had the cutest donut truck come in from Sweet Dozen, and they served our guests donuts, coffee, and milk the rest of the night. It was a meal full of our favorite things, and we had so much fun sharing that with our guests!

The Wedding Team:

Photography – Alyssa Luzaich Photography
Venue and Event Planning – Red Barn Weddings
Floral Design – Nothing But Bliss
Catering – The Waffle Experience
Donuts – Sweet Dozen
Wedding Dress – Calla Blanche
Bridesmaids’ Apparel – Show Me Your Mumu
Rentals – Botanica Events

 

Our biggest congratulations to Kelsey and Joel, and a huge thanks to Alyssa Luzaich Photography for sharing this incredible wedding with Junebug! Love the idea of upcycled wedding décor? You’ve got to see how Ashley and George incorporated eco-friendly details into their whimsical glam Londonberry, Vermont wedding in the woods!

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