This sun and moon wedding inspiration is as dreamy as it gets. We are obsessed with the mixed metals incorporated with the copper arch and gold details found on the table. The arch is covered in a beautiful macrame piece made by The Living Wall, and the light blue and yellow Fields in Bloom KY florals make a perfect contrast to the orange tones of the copper. The asymmetrical backdrop has a whimsical vibe with the floating candles and roses. There’s no doubt that Brandi Potter Photography made absolute magic in photographing this dreamy wedding inspiration.
Ally and Micah’s outdoor wedding at Clackamas River Farm is sure to make you tear up! The entire day is nothing short of sweet and the details are swoon-worthy. Ally’s flower-inspired Heidi Gibson ring goes perfectly with her Brier & Ivy bridal bouquet, and Micah’s dark red ASOS suit is modern yet timeless. We love how Dawn Photo photographed the day, including an emotional first look and exchanging looks as Ally walked down the aisle. More of this goodness was captured by NW Creatives and Micah created an animated version himself!
The first look was the most memorable. We waited until around 2 PM to see each other, so getting to share that moment alone was one of the most epic pieces of the day. We both couldn’t stop gawking at each other for the rest of the evening.
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We both we’re really into planning the wedding and something that we wanted to come across was our personalities. We tried to focus the atmosphere on being a really fun, “do it our way,” wedding where everyone felt like they experienced something new at our wedding that they hadn’t seen at others.
For us, an outdoor venue was the only way. We were rather picky and had a list of things we wanted: Outdoor ceremony/reception, shade if it’s too hot, an indoor area we could get ready in, lots of floral, not a vineyard, and close enough so that people wouldn’t have to stay overnight nearby. We looked at a ton online before visiting any and there was only one that we really liked enough to want to visit. We visited Clackamas River Farm on a super rainy day in February, took a tour, and were sold. It couldn’t have been more perfect. They have a TON of floral around the property, so we didn’t need to put that much up ourselves. The ceremony and reception locations we’re in two different yards, so it felt separated but not far away. There was plenty of room for our picnic tables, as well as a perfect shaded area and dance floor. It was truly a special place.
PIZZA FOOD TRUCK, HECK YEAH. This was one of our favorites. We really had a hard time deciding what food to have because we were trying to please everyone. Well, everyone likes pizza and Portland is known for its food carts so we had ASH Woodfired Pizza bring their truck with a woodfire oven in it to serve fresh pizzas the whole evening. Everyone loved it and thought it was a really cool idea.
By coincidence, we both shared our own version of the same gift. We both have grown up together and have known each other since middle school. Our story is really fun, and we are both creative people, so both of our gifts told our personal story in different ways. Ally made a scrapbook of all of the memories and items she could find starting with the day we met. This included yearbook photos (which were always next to each other), funny social media posts, pictures, ticket stubs, jokes, etc. It was amazing! It’s such a special thing that we will have forever. I (Micah) am an animator, and so I told our story through an animated short film which I worked on during our engagement. I premiered it to her and our families at the rehearsal dinner the night before. I will never forget that moment.
Do whatever you want. This might seem obvious, but a lot of people that gave us (mostly unsolicited) advice would go on about how stressful and awful wedding planning is. It’s really not. Our experience was that if you make it something to do together and go on dates where you plan certain things, you find that it’s actually a fun process. A lot of people get hung up on doing certain things because “that’s the way it is” but we just tried to do whatever we thought would be fun for us and others to enjoy the day of. Take the pressure off yourself and enjoy the process, you only get to do it once.
After Amira fell unexpectedly in love with a boho-style BHLDN wedding dress, she and Marcus ditched their plans for a ’60s mod vibe and embraced a ’70s boho style in their One Eleven East wedding. The bright and modern venue was the perfect setting for their intimate celebration, which was officiated by the bride’s father. It also required minimal decor, such as a simple macrame backdrop, potted palm trees, and framed photos, to fit the couple’s theme. We love that they used pops of color sparingly and strategically, most notably in the hand-tied bouquets created by Bricolage and on the flamingo-topped cake from Upper Crust Bakery. Marisa Vasquez Photography perfectly captured every detail, every nuance, and every joyful moment of this lovely Texas wedding!
The most important thing was for our wedding to feel like us. We quickly realized how easy it was to get caught up with notions of how a wedding should look or flow. We did our own planning and there are a lot of “definitive guides” out there, but I realized none of the “musts” had to actually make it into our wedding if it felt forced.
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I have no doubt that every bride would say the day was a blur. Honestly, the only memory where it felt like time had slowed down was when my bridesmaids had left the room to join the ceremony, just before I stepped out to walk down the aisle. It was the only moment I’d had to myself all day, and I think I had every emotion you could have about getting married in that one minute.
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One Eleven East was the first venue we looked at, and we both immediately fell in love. There are a lot of great venues around Austin, but this was the first one I’ve been to that felt like it matched our personalities and taste. Besides how beautiful it is, there were also a few practical reasons why we chose this venue. For one, we had a summer wedding, and I wanted a venue where we could hold all events inside in case it was too hot outside. That’s surprisingly very hard to find around Austin.
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My father is an ordained priest, so I asked him to walk me down the aisle and then perform the ceremony! We had a fairly traditional Anglican ceremony, but my dad let us customize a bit to only include the parts we felt comfortable with in sharing with our friends and family. We also did our own vows, which was all I really cared about. I also had a friend create our ceremony backdrop, which now hangs above our bed and is a daily reminder of our wedding day.
The second reason we chose One Eleven East is because we had a smaller budget and needed a space that would look beautiful without a lot of decoration. Because the venue is already minimal and beautiful, we really didn’t have to do much more than add a backdrop and decorate the bar to make the space feel complete for our wedding. We got a lot of compliments on the space, how beautiful it was, and how much natural light it got!
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Our best advice is to splurge where it matters to you and make up for it where it doesn’t. We knew the venue is such an important and memorable aspect of the wedding, so we ultimately picked the one that was slightly out of our budget but perfect instead of the one under our budget that was nice but we didn’t absolutely love. No regrets!
Processional – “At Last” by Etta James
Recessional – “Be My Baby” by The Ronettes
First Dance – “So This is Love” by Ilene Woods and Michael Douglas
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