If an engagement ring, wedding band or just a new everyday stunner is on your wish list this holiday season, take a peek at these fantastic alternative wedding and engagement rings hand-crafted by independent jewelry designers! So much creativity here!
Above image, top row: Pink pearl, black pearl and mirrored pearl rings from Mindan’s Designs available on Etsy.com. Sweet, affordable and great as bridesmaids’ gifts too!
Today is a New York City kind of day, between the amazing urban roof-top wedding you see here, and the “day in the life” engagement shoot over on Photobug, we’re heading into the weekend celebrating the modern energy that emanates from the Big Apple and all its creative inhabitants.
Tina and Greg’s super stylish rooftop wedding in New York embodies all the things they love about their city and about their lives together. From fantastic fashion details (Tina is a fashion stylist) to food from local businesses they frequent (cupcakes from their first date location) to traditional Filipino traditions (to honor Tina’s family heritage) their wedding was all about celebrating their unique lives and love!
From Tina:My husband and I live in New York City and it is our first love. We wanted our wedding not only reflect our personality, but we wanted to include NYC as the backdrop to our wedding ceremony and reception, “Urban Chic” was our theme. We decided right from the start that we wanted our reception to be more of a party, rather than a traditional sit down wedding reception. Much like a cocktail party you would go to on a NYC rooftop in the summer and our reception was exactly that. The evening sky lit up by the New York City skyline and the Empire State Building shining in the foreground was the perfect setting to our evening.
We also wanted to capture the urban feel of the city in our wedding photographs. One of the best decisions was having Jami Saunders photograph our wedding because she really succeeded in doing just that. We took pictures at some of the most iconic places in the city (Flatiron Building, Madison Sq Park, the streets of NYC). Everything we did in terms of the wedding reception was local and personal to us and again, very “New York”. We selected Billy’s Bakery for cupcakes (where we had one of our first dates), a reception on the rooftop of the New York Hilton Fashion District (we lived in Chelsea for years, I went to FIT around the corner), and Tiffany for the engagement ring and wedding bands (no explanation needed :).
Since I am a wardrobe stylist the selection of my wedding dress, my husbands suit, and the bridesmaids dresses and accessories came with ease. My dress was the fist and only one I tried on! Also, on our guest list were some of NYC finest producers, makeup artists, hair stylists, set designers and prop stylists all willing to help and help they did! It made for a very successful and flawless wedding day.
What three adjectives that best describe your wedding? Personalized, elegant, outrageous
What inspired your personal wedding style, and how did you incorporate your style and personalities into your big day? I’m a burlesque performer, mostly drawn to the silhouettes and palates of beautiful women in the 40s and 50s. I wanted something elegant and grand, something that was created with me in mind.
Looking back, what are the moments, decisions or memories that you love the most about your wedding? Holding Scott’s hands at our altar looking out at all of our beautiful (and impeccably, outrageously) dressed family and friends while we were getting married was by far the most gorgeous thing I had ever seen, next to my husbands sweet nervous face when I walked in.
Wedding color palette? My dress was peach with gold venetian lace and we wanted that to stand out. We stayed with creams and golds for the linens and let our flowers speak for themselves. The venue was so beautiful with all of the wood, we didnt want to overpower it. We kept things simple.
The Wedding Team:
Photographer: Catherine Abegg of CALIMA Portraits. (She took the most exquisite photos of our day).
Assistant photographer: Miguel Edwards
Event Planner: Sydni and Scott with venue help (Sodo Park comes with an event planner, Matt was ours! He was so sweet and lovely, giving us exactly the right amount of attention)
Ceremony and Reception Venue: SODO Park by Herban Feast
Videographer/Film Maker: David Stein
Officiant: Armitage Shanks
Invitation Designer: Sydni and Scott Bokma
Catering: Herban Feast
Florist: Josephine Lowry (friend) and The Shire (creative friends) with Lindas Flowers
Cake: Cupcakes by Cupcake Royale
Wedding dress: Design by Sydni Deveraux with guidance by Catherine DLish, executed by Sydni with Danial Webster Design
Bridal accessories: Shoes hand dyed and rhinestoned by Sydni, jewelery found at Rhinestone Rosie
Bridesmaids apparel and accessories: Self styled except for gift of hand stamped bracelets from Etsy
Groom and groomsmen apparel and accessories: Self styled except for gift of necklaces for women and cuff links for men
Hair and make-up: Sydni Deveraux
DJ: DJ Tony Burns (Seattle) and DJ Leonetti (San Francisco)
Transportation: Private limo service
Rings: Sydnis by Ben Bridge, Scotts by Greenlake Jewelers
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