On Sunday, March 27, 2011 from 11am-3pm top Southern California wedding professionals will join up to showcase their products and services at Unveiled – right there in the street on fabulous Melrose Place UPDATE: the location has been moved to Beverly Cañon Gardens in Beverly Hills – and Junebug is thrilled to be a sponsor of this fun event. Last year’s Unveiled roster included lots of Junebug member businesses we love like Monique Lhuillier, Carolina Herrera, Kirstie Kelly, Mindy Weiss, Cassandra Santor, Fiore Beauty, Terranea Resort, Fantasy Frostings, 24 Carrots Catering and La Tavola Fine Linen, and this year’s event is sure to be equally packed full of talent!
Watch What Junebug Loves between now and March 27th for more information about all the amazing businesses taking part, and LA area brides don’t miss our ticket giveaway next week!
The wedding: 9.12.09 – Thompson Island, Boston, MA
What three adjectives that best describe your wedding? Mystical, ethereal, moonless night
What inspired your personal wedding style, and how did you incorporate your style and personalities into your big day?We wanted our wedding to reflect our lifestyle we split our time between St. Croix USVI and Florida. Leigh spent much of her childhood on an island off the Florida Panhandle so the location of the wedding being on an island was important. (Being in Massachusetts so that our marriage was legal was also important we incorporated part of the state Supreme Court opinion affirming the fundamental right for all people to marry the person of their choice in our ceremony). We wanted a mystical, otherworldly feeling so we chose a schooner to transport our guests and we chose to get married by candlelight under a huge tree with lots and lots of flowers. Amy wanted white flowers and Leigh wanted a broader range of colors, so the ceremony flowers were white and the reception flowers were intended to look more woodland garden/fairy-like. We used a bagpiper and a Celtic harpist to create the atmosphere we wanted. We wanted our guests to commit to support us and so we asked each guest to join us in processing to the tree and each to carry a candle and to affirm our commitment during the ceremony. We also wanted the ceremony to express our love for each other but not be too informal, so we worked with our celebrant to craft a ceremony that was very personal but also had elements of a traditional service.
Looking back, what are the moments, decisions or memories that you love the most about your wedding? During the rehearsal the day before, the reception location had not yet been transformed, so there were literally fishnets with plastic fish hanging behind the bar! We did not see the reception site until after the ceremony so when we walked in with the Celtic music playing and it had been transformed into exactly what we wanted with gorgeous flowers and linens and candles everywhere it was a total wow!
Looking back I would not change a thing about the wedding (except maybe that it could have stopped raining sooner, although it certainly created a misty, romantic feeling we were trying to achieve.) It was beautiful and felt like we were in another magical alternative reality the whole evening.
We had a snafu with Amys clothes when a Florida designer let us know at the last moment that her clothes would not be ready for the wedding. Boston designer Denise Hajjar performed a miracle and created an outfit in 48 hours with a bustier that matched the blush color of Leighs Vera Wang dress. Her design was better than what we had originally ordered. Amys clothes were literally delivered at 3 pm the day of the wedding what an exciting moment!
Oh, and the Cake! Yum!
Wedding color palette:Peach, chocolate brown, blush pink and white
Looking for a way to wear a vintage wedding dress and really make it your own? Take a look at these darling engagement and save-the-date photos of couple Stephanie and Erik from Leslie Calllan of Green Vintage Photography!
To match the 1960s Mad Men meets Elvis Blue Hawaii” vibe that their Big Island wedding is going to have, Stephanie (the bride and also Leslie’s photography business partner!) had her mom’s 1971 wedding dress altered to a micro-mini length for this shoot, and the dress fit her perfectly almost 40 years after her mother wore it. To get the photo they were dreaming of for their postcard save-the-dates, the couple posed on a rooftop in view of the Sacramento State Capitol building so they could add a touch of their current California home to their destination wedding invitations.
Thanks for sharing Leslie and Stephanie! Read more about this photo shoot on the Green Vintage Photography blog. Stephanie’s makeup by Sumaira Chowdhury and hair by Minal Khatri from Looks by Sumaira.
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