If this doesn’t get you ready for summer, I don’t know what will! Adorable South Carolina couple Lindsay and Adam joined up with photographer Ricki Ford, hair stylist Sable Lee, and the wedding planning team at Stunning and Brilliant Events to create an ice cream eating, roller-coaster riding, amusement park, roller skating engagement photo shoot straight out of the movies. They even included signs, both big and small, to let their friends and family know to save the date for 6-23. What fun!
For two Texans, a winter wedding at the beautiful Four Seasons Resort in Whistler, Canada was the perfect way to celebrate! Raven and Lanny created a wedding day that featured gorgeous nature-inspired decor; a cozy, comfortable setting for their guests; and a snowy winter wonderland that was wildly different than their Texas home. The whole day (including the furry movie star that popped in to their late-night photo booth!) was beautifully captured by Anastasia Photography.
What were the top three priorities for you in planning your wedding?Decor, food and comfort!
What wedding traditions or cultural traditions did you incorporated into your wedding and what did they mean to you?We didn’t follow many wedding traditions or cultural traditions. We pretty much just did what we wanted and incorporated both of our unique tastes to make the wedding suit our personalities.
Were there any places where you broke the rules in your wedding planning? Why and how did you do that?We decided not to have a wedding cake. We had 56 guests, so rather than have a small cake, we had the Four Seasons make individual portions of desserts to be served at dinner.
What was your biggest wedding planning success?Having our florist, Rembrandt Designs Co. cut trees for the seating at our ceremony!
What was the most important thing that you learned through the wedding planning process and what would you tell other brides-to-be?Hire a good wedding planner. The day of the wedding was so easy and stress-free because Roxanne Cave, of Celebrate Events took care of everything! Also hire a great photographer…pictures last a lifetime!
Lindsay and Chris’s big day was an elegant, charming, and oh-so-stylish garden wedding celebration complete with sweet details, a stunning sunset, and an ethereal color palette. Held at the Villa de Flores in Rancho Santa Fe, California, and beautifully captured by Bryan N. Miller Photography, it’s the perfect way to start off the week!
What three adjectives best describe your wedding?Classic, magical and fun
What was your wedding color palette? Sparkling neutrals
What inspired your personal wedding style, and how did you incorporate your style and personalities into your big day? We loved the idea of getting married outdoors right before sunset, and then dancing the night away under the stars with our nearest and dearest. When we first visited the venue, we immediately fell in love with its beauty and ability to create the kind of wedding we wanted. We are drawn to sophisticated, yet simple styles, which influenced our planning choices.
Looking back, what are the moments, decisions or memories that you love the most about your wedding?Our most vivid memories include waiting in anticipation of walking down the aisle, and then walking back up the aisle together after saying I do. The moments in between were surreal and a bit of a happy blur! Dancing with our friends and families, listening to the heartfelt speeches and jumping into our classic getaway car at the end of the night were icing on the cake. I highly recommend doing a first look before the ceremony, as it gives you that much more time to be with your fiancé on your big day, and you’ll walk into the wedding feeling like you’re taking this major step together, as a team.
What piece of advice would you give to a bride planning her wedding today? Find a way to really enjoy the planning process. You only get to do it once and it is as much about the journey as the destination, as cliche as that sounds. Focus on how you want the event to feel. If a certain detail doesn’t contribute much overall and you don’t care about it, scrap it and don’t look back. Ask for help! Friends and family may want to help, but don’t want to impose. Hire the vendors you have the best gut feeling about and let them do what they do best. Try to structure your wedding day in a way that will keep you calm, focused on what’s about to happen and ready to have fun!
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