We’ve been planning something big for the beginning of 2015, and are over the moon to finally be sharing the news! In years past, we’ve put together blog posts for our favorite weddings, but we have yet to give out awards or compile a full collection of our favorites. This year will mark the first of our Junebug Weddings Choice Awards, and we can’t wait to celebrate some of the most beautiful, artistic, and influential moments from 2014.
All winners will receive a winner’s badge, as well as placement in our 2014 Junebug Weddings Choice Awards e-magazine, which will hit the internet on January 5th.
If you or someone you know has done some fantastic work in the past year, N O M I N A T E! We will be accepting nominations until December 15th for the following categories:
Jessica and Shanon’s classy rooftop Jewish wedding in NYC was so quintessentially New York, with the vast skyline serving as the backdrop behind their elegant huppah. The classy couple achieved the perfect balance between modern glamour and casually romantic. Ein Photography did a brilliant job of capturing the couple as they moved throughout the Tribeca Rooftop, as well as the beautifully crafted floral designs by Ned Kelly.
The Moment: “When Shanon sang a surprise song to Jessica with the assistance of their wedding band. The song, “You’re my home” by Billy Joel, summed it all up.”
The Couple Recommends: “Our photographer, Tim at Ein Photography, was just perfect. His photographic style was the perfect combination of unique, artistic, and classic. We appreciated Tim’s philosophy on wedding photography, and loved working with him for our engagement shoot. He was professional every step of the way, had reasonable prices and his photograph packages included a lot of great features. And on wedding day, Tim and his team were professional, courteous and managed to capture every great moment (some we didn’t even know happened until we saw the photos) and all without managing to be in the way of our special moment or our guests.
Our Band, 45 Riots was also a great combination of Hip, funk, soul and rock and roll. They catered to our ever need and played the perfect playlist.
Finally, and certainly not lastly, our floral designer and wedding architect, Ned Kelly. He designed the most beautiful day from the floral arrangements, the centerpieces and the ketubah. Ned was a pleasure to work with and his love for wedding design was so apparent. He was a huge part of making our day so spectacular. Also, without even asking, Ned donated all of the leftover flowers and centerpieces to a local assisted living home. We really loved the fact that Ned thought of that in advance and did not let the flowers go to waste after our wedding was over.”
Thank you to Ein Photography for sharing this elegant rooftop wedding in NYC with Junebug. We love that Ned Kelly donated the leftover floral arrangements to a local assisted living home! For more inspiration on how your wedding can brighten someone else’s life, check out our post on how to give back on your wedding day.
We are so excited to share this truly unique Save the Date video sent to us by brilliant cinematographer Lucille Caballero. Cécile and Luigi, the couple in the video, reached out to Lucille with an idea to recreate Sofia Coppola’s Miss Dior perfume commercial for their Save the Date. Cecile was born and raised in Paris, which set the stage for their remarkably fun video shoot. Here’s what Cécile had to say about the inspiration behind the video:
“I was looking for a theme for our wedding, and every blog was talking about “retro” or “rustic and chic” weddings, but they weren’t really representing us. After reading tons and tons of articles on wedding blogs, I saw that some couples did a Save The Date video instead of postcards. I found it so original. So the idea stayed in my mine for a while. One day I saw the commercial for “Miss Dior” perfume by Sofia Coppola. And that was it. I felt in love with the atmosphere: so romantic but not cheesy, and very elegant but not “bling bling.” That’s how “Miss Dior” became our wedding theme and our video inspiration. So I ask my talented friend Lucille Caballero if she could do it for us, and she accepted!”
I dare you to watch this video and not crack a smile.
Thank you so much to Lucille Cabarello for capturing such a fun and beautiful video, and to Cécile and Luigi for sharing a glimpse into their special day with Junebug. For more sweet Save the Date inspiration, check out Nicole and Fernando’s surprise Save the Date proposal.
Photo by Sarah DiCicco Photography
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