When it comes to dreamy emerald wedding inspiration, this forested butterfly shoot has it all! Nadine Berns Photography masterfully captured every inch of this totally surreal bridal and décor inspiration session at West Studios. We love how vintage tableware and furniture from Rustic Chic Events were dotted with butterflies and emerald greenery from Amanda Bee’s Floral Design to create naturally whimsical vibes. As if this shoot couldn’t get more magical, Sinfully Sweet Cake Design contributed a show-stopping geode cake that played on the session’s emerald and gold palette perfectly!
Meredith and Drue’s graphic design backgrounds lent their wedding a perfectly sophisticated industrial flair! Choosing a naturally lit industrial venue like Strongwater allowed the couple to let their personal designs and DIY projects shine in all their glory. As favors, Meredith designed an enamel pin with their wedding logo and Drue created an inspiring patch for the guests to take home. From multi-colored paper tassels hanging throughout the venue to DIY spray painted bottles, we absolutely love this wedding’s quirky style! Addison Jones Photography captured Meredith and Drue’s graphic designer wedding beautifully, including some amazing detail shots of reception décor!
Finding the perfect venue was the most important part of our wedding planning. Because we were having both the ceremony and reception in the same place, it had to be perfect. We really wanted a venue that reminded us of our home. For that reason, Strongwater’s exposed brick, industrial style, and factory skylights made it an easy choice.
Because the space was so industrial, I really wanted to go simple, soft, and romantic with my gown.
Definitely our “first look” was the most memorable moment of the day. Drue was patiently waiting with his back turned in a downtown side alley for 10 minutes! Both nerves and excitement came over us as I approached—when the moment finally arrived, we cried, we laughed, and it was wonderful.
We actually didn’t need to think too hard about a particular vibe—because we are both graphic designers, we simply did things that were “us.” So the vibe was relaxed and romantic, but also really fun! And, since the venue was already our style, we settled on two major decorations, which we made ourselves. We had multi-colored paper tassels hanging throughout the space, and we also spray painted (in gold) about 150 various booze bottles that we had collected throughout the previous year.
We gave our guests a pin and patch combo—packaged on a letter pressed card that told the story of our collections. It reads: “Meredith started a lapel pin collection while studying abroad in college—she swears it’s cool—when Drue and Meredith moved in together—someone—ahem, Drue—got jealous and started his very own patch collection.” The pin was an illustration of us that we designed for our Save the Date. The patch was a re-creation of a leather pennant that hangs in our home (pennant made by local artist Vanessa Jean Speckman).
Our friend Drew (we call him “Good Drew”) officiated our ceremony in a really personalized way. When it came to our vows, Drue and I each wrote 7 promises to each other—they were honest, serious, and silly. I could barely get through the last one, which we both read, even though I had practiced it so many times! (“I promise to love you completely and forever. I promise you myself.”)
Few things get our hearts aflutter like a coral and mint color combo does, so you can imagine our excitement when we found this Missouri wedding! Hayley and Peter chose to have their friends and family join them for a wedding ceremony and reception at a charming, picturesque chapel in Jackson, Missouri. The wedding’s romantic floral design featured a stunning muted version of their coral and mint palette, and was complemented with a gorgeous array of matching tableware and even a matching cake! Katelyn Shanice Photography captured Hayley and Peter’s wedding perfectly, including some seriously captivating couple portraits.
We agree that the most memorable part of our day was being overwhelmed by seeing each other for the first time. That coincided with seeing all of our loved ones who had come from so many places to celebrate with us–also overwhelming, because 80 smiling faces mean so much more than 80 names on a guest list.
I have always wanted to get married in a tiny, simple church–wood floors, white walls, no distractions. Old McKendree fit the bill.
We decided to have the reception out on the church lawn, because it was just too gorgeous to waste. LuckilyPeter loved it too (especially that it only cost $300).
We wanted the wedding to be a warm, simple, and beautiful thing. We rejected the typical wedding and went for more of a dreamy family dinner in the woods, because cloth napkins and “chicken or beef” weren’t right for us. It was everything we hoped it would be.
If you can afford to, and if it works with where the two of you are in life, HAVE A SHORT ENGAGEMENT. We thought we needed a long time to plan to get the day just right, but it really just left room for second guessing planning decisions and wishing we could be married already.
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