Natural + Woodsy Utah Wedding

Even before I read anything this adorable couple had to say about their wedding, I could tell it was a celebration created with a ton of love and care! Indeed, Amelia and Josh’s wedding took lots of teamwork to put together. The flowers, dishes, decor – almost every tiny detail can be attributed to the bride or one of her talented friends. I absolutely love all the different colorful bridesmaids dresses – so cute and fun! It’s a handmade and homemade Southern celebration (that also looks like it was an incredible party!) with photos that are just too cute for words by Dixie Pixel – the perfect way to end a spectacular 2011!

I absolutely love when weddings are several days long – an extended celebration of friends, family, food, and all the memories being shared AND made! Chloe and Stephen’s wedding was held at Chloe’s parents house and friends and family were around all week helping to set up for the big day (including her grandmother who made all the pie crusts from scratch)! They were married under two big oak trees in the middle of the garden and a romantically light rain fell as they said their vows and exchanged rings. Their wedding sounds like it was such a perfect celebration filled with beautiful details made with lots of love and these photos by Gladys Jem Photography make me feel like a part of the family!

Lauren and Breck were married on the most beautiful spring day at Stewart Farm in Industry, Texas.  Elegant and understated, their decor enhanced the gorgeous surroundings by featuring fluffy, all-white centerpieces of hydrangea, peonies, freesia, and orchids on lovely wood tabletops.  Lauren loves to cook, and worked closely with Wade Schindler’s Party Thyme to create a menu of their favorite foods, served on giant platters without the need of any chafing dishes or buffet stands.  Lauren and Breck both have parents who have been married over 40 years!  They are so proud of their close-knit families and honored them by toasting with champagne flutes from Lauren’s parents’ wedding and displaying their parents’ wedding photos on the dessert table. Beautiful down to every last detail, we are completely in love with their wedding and the images from Brooke Schwab Photography!

Some weddings are just lovely in every way, and that describes Meagan and Oscar’s North Carolina nuptials perfectly. Held in the gardens of The VanLandingham Estate in Charlotte, the pretty outdoor scenery is further enhanced by loose, wildflower-inspired bouquets by Lily Greenthumb’s Wedding & Event Design. Short taupe bridesmaids dresses from J.Crew are understated but get a pop of color from coral shoes, such a nice contrast with the surrounding greenery! Meagan’s Paloma Blanca gown is one of our favorites—simple and gorgeous! For the reception, succulent place cards are the cutest, and our sweet tooth is dying over the combed-icing cake from Happy Endings. Melissa Tuck Photography documented this laid-back but elegant affair—click through to the gallery for even more loveliness!

Ashley and Jamie’s wedding is subtle elegance at its best! The gorgeous 1768 Hubbell Homestead in Bennington, Vermont, provided the sophisticated backdrop for the couple’s affair. Wildflower-inspired bouquets by Mount Williams Greenhouses add vibrant color to the green landscape and a bold complement to Ashley’s classic Peter Langner gown. The black-and-white striped ribbon around menu cards and hay bale seating area are fun and playful touches we adore! Summer Street Photography did a fabulous job, catching every detail in these images—especially Ashley’s fabulous updo with fresh flowers! We’re smitten with the entire day, see it all in the gallery!

A rain shower on your wedding day is considered good luck, so we expect happy years ahead for Jordan and Joseph after a Southern storm cooled the air just before their outdoor ceremony at RT Lodge in Maryville, Tennessee. The casual, wildflower-style bouquets from Lisa Foster Floral Design looked as though they were plucked right from the woodsy surroundings, and the bride added a playful touch as well, sporting casual and comfortable TOMS beneath her full-skirted Watters gown. We love the laid-back elegance captured in these images shot by Dixie Pixel, as well as the personal touches like signature mojito cocktails and local honey packaged by the bride and her parents as a parting favor for guests. We just can’t imagine a sweeter, more heartfelt affair!

“Above anything else,” Christina said of her New Jersey wedding to Brian, “we wanted our wedding to be fun for everyone, including ourselves.” We’re willing to bet not a soul left without a smile from this Inn at Fernbrook Farms affair, which was filled with soft and rustic details. The amazing Jen Huang photographed the day, capturing everything from the couple’s escort cards—strung from ribbon between two ladders—to the wildflower arrangements created by Viburnum Designs. Burlap graced both the bridesmaids bouquets and table tops  “for more of a natural feel,” the bride said. “Everything was absolutely stunning—exactly what I had hoped for—beautiful, elegant, and natural.”

Maggie and Greg’s laid-back country wedding is sweeter than sweet tea! In fact, their wedding was a tribute to their Southern roots and had two main priorities: good food and good fun for all their family and friends. They had quite a few DIY details including the beautiful doily table runner, the design for their wedding invitations, and the two homebrews the couple created for their big day. We’re crazy about their gorgeous flowers by Amy Osaba and all the sweet photos by Heidi Geldhauser of Our Labor of Love!

A day 14 years in the making, Annabelle and Andrew’s wedding was certainly a celebration! A celebration with phenomenal flowers (done by the bride’s aunts!), a pretty venue, a ton of handmade and homemade details, loving friends and family, and one killer pair of shoes! They were married at Murray Hill, a Virginia home with views overlooking the Potomac River, and then moved inside to the barn which was lovingly decorated with hundreds of vintage jars and vases filled with flowers like ranunculus, protea, orchids, hypericum, and freesia. The couple used many vintage and heirloom pieces collected by friends and family which according to the couple made the day feel like “a true labor of love”! Enjoy these sweeter than sweet photos by Emme Wynn Photography!

The Resort at Paws Up has been on my dream vacation list since the moment I heard about it. Never did it cross my mind how spectacular it would be to have a wedding there. And spectacular is most certainly the word that I would use to describe Lindsay and Steven’s wedding…along with unique, thoughtful, and downright breathtaking. Bridesmaids wore separates from J Crew and French Connection and carried rustic yet elegant bouquets by Habitat Floral Studio in shades of soft peach and cranberry. We are madly in love with the gorgeous tablescapes, the horse-drawn wagon, and the positively stunning Montana scenery. The fabulous Michele M. Waite captured all of these gorgeous images – get ready to fall in love!

Although summer in Richmond, Virginia can be sweltering hot, once Liz and Camm found Historic Tuckahoe Plantation, they knew it would be the perfect venue for their wedding. Their lawn-party-inspired celebration kept guests cool with fans that doubled as programs, lawn games, and lots of quilts and pillows on the lawn that encouraged guests to kick off their shoes and relax. Strawberry Fields Flowers and Gifts stayed with a neutral and natural color palette for the flowers with pops of bright blue and coral here and there. A big thank you to Don Mears Photography for these sweet photos today!

Morgan and Cully knew they wanted an outdoor wedding. As a little girl, Morgan and her sisters spent days at their family’s cabin horseback riding, fishing, and making lots of memories, so it seemed perfect to have their wedding there! Their families worked for months planting flowerbeds, updated the cabin, and gathering vintage china. The whole day was filled with soft-colored, vintage details and beautiful flowers by Birdie and guests were treated to locally harvested honey as favors too! Such a sweet, personal wedding with beautiful photos (love the shots with the vintage car!) by Imago Vita Photography.

One part rustic, one part casual, one part elegant, and all parts utterly amazing, I can’t get enough of this beautiful Nashville wedding!  Every image of Becky and Jon’s wedding is absolutely gorgeous whether of the lush, elegant florals by Enchanted Florist, the stunning backdrop of Southall Eden, or of the beautiful couple themselves. After an intimate hillside ceremony where guests sat on covered hay bales, everyone enjoyed a Southern-style buffet followed by a good old fashioned hoe down!  Thanks to Adele Reding for sharing these beautiful images with us!

Although they moved around quite a bit, Mary and Scott have strong Southern roots so it was no surprise that they’d want to incorporate lots of Southern elements into their big day. It was actually Mary’s dream to be married in a cotton field but when she realized the challenge of turning a cotton field into a suitable venue, she decided instead to just bring the cotton field to their wedding. Some family friends let her raid their cotton field and then her mom made the boutonnieres and delivered loads more cotton to their florist so that it could be incorporated into the rest of their arrangements. From the Cheerwine to the Moonpies to the sparkler-lit sportsfishing boat that sent off the bride and groom, it was truly a North Carolina event beautifully photographed by the Southerner herself, Melissa Tuck!

When Lauren and Sam were dating, they would often ride past a particular house in Gastonia, North Carolina where every time Sam too would comment “that’s my dream house.” It went on for the next 2 1/2 years until after Sam popped the question and the couple decided on an outdoor wedding with Southern Living flair. What better location than their dream home so they went to ask if they could get married in the field outside the barn. The homeowners were delighted!  Speaking of dreams, these gorgeous blooms by Carey Roberts Designs are a dream come true for me! Each and every little detail is so gorgeous and photographed beautifully by Almond Leaf Studios.

Meghan and Tim had a sweet farm wedding at Swans Trail Farms not too far outside Seattle. From vintage cars, to farm stand flowers, to the adorable couple, this wedding was just too cute! Balancing out the vintage details were bright pops of color from the flowers by Blush Custom Floral and the bridesmaids’ bright green dresses from JCrew. My favorite of the wonderful photos by Deyla Huss Photography is Meghan and Tim’s sweet embrace on the dance floor. Hugs like that are so darn sweet and even sweeter between a bride and a groom, don’t you think?

Did you ever go to summer camp? The closest I ever got was watching Salute Your Shorts on Nickelodeon but I don’t think I ever saw Camp Anawanna look as beautiful as this! It was important to Elizabeth and Tom to be surrounded by nature so they were married at Camp Choconut in Friendsville, PA. Their wedding was top-to-bottom filled with DIY details including the flowers which were from the bride’s mom’s garden, friends’ gardens, and wildflowers picked from around the camp. They came out so pretty! A simple, vintage, and romantic wedding captured beautifully by Carina and Amanda from Love Me Do Photography.

Jennie and Jordan did not let a modest budget stand in the way of having their dream wedding. They brought in a team of friends and family to help create a gorgeously natural event. According to Jennie, instead of thinking about “what [they] couldn’t spend” they thought instead about “how [they] could do it differently”…really inspiring, no? The flowers, the invitations, the decor, and the desserts were just some of the details that the team effort helped put in place. But seriously, their St Louis wedding is oh-my-goodness gorgeous. The photos by Amelia Strauss Photography capture Jennie and Jordan’s day BEAUTIFULLY and make their already pretty details that much more incredible.

Heather and Jonathan’s Leesburg, Virginia wedding is overflowing with lovely details inspired by their love of the outdoors.  The color palette of cream, green, sky blue and brown echoes the beautiful setting of Raspberry Plain, and the couple infused many personal elements into the interfaith celebration, including a chuppah decorated with a crocheted cover created by Jonathan’s mother and handmade by Heather’s father from trees found on their lakeside cabin, smooth river stones as escort cards, and and ribbons streaming from the trees.  Vicki from My Simple Details made sure the day went off without a hitch, the gorgeous florals were created by Holly Heidler Chapple, and all of the lovely images are courtesy of Three Lights Photography.

Hyemi and Chris wanted their wedding weekend to be a “laid-back, rustic-chic affair,” so the most important item on their checklist was choosing a venue that would set that tone. “We chose a perfect, beautiful, peaceful spot—Red Corral Ranch—in the Texas Hill Country, which is the area where we got engaged,” says Hyemi. The ceremony was held beneath a branch arch festooned with lush peach and cream garden rose blooms from Wild Poppy Floral and Event Design. The couple called upon Christina Lewis of Wedding Warriors to handle the day-of coordination, which also included vintage touches from Bee Lavish Vintage Rentals. Bridesmaids wore peach J.Crew dresses with classic pleated skirts. Hyemi opted for a embroidered lace Enzoani gown in a column silhouette that is stunning! After a tractor ride to the red barn reception site, the bridal party joined guests inside, where elegant rustic details like burlap linens, twinkle lights, and a sweet buttercream cake from Sugar Shack Bakery completed the scene. We’re in love with these joyful images from Michelle Boyd Photography!