Fuchsia Outdoor Wedding

Alyssa and Grant’s Wine Country wedding is oh-so-sweet! They envisioned a romantic, effortless, and intimate celebration—a true celebration of who they are as a couple, and oh, did they ever succeed! Oak Farm Vineyards provided the perfect laid-back, rustic backdrop for an outdoor ceremony and alfresco-style dinner, both featuring lovely handmade details. Guests entered underneath a floral pennant garland, and were greeted with signs created by Alyssa’s father out of wood from their backyard and a vintage truck filled with quilts Alyssa cuddled with as a child. An escort card gate salvaged from her parents’ yard, heart-shaped wreaths at each place setting made from rosemary clipped from their garden, and a vintage secretary desk showcasing family photos are just a few of the sentimental and heartfelt details they brought to their day. We adore the pastel blooms from Embellish Floral Design, Alyssa’s sophisticated Jenny Packham gown, and all of the gorgeous images from Elisabeth Millay Photography!

There are so many gorgeous elements in Jennifer and David’s wedding, held at The Blue Dress Barn in Benton Harbor, Michigan. The site itself is rustic, but touches like feathers and lush blooms in bouquets and arrangements from Posh Petals and Jennifer’s absolutely amazing Paloma Blanca gown—complete with an unbelievable rhinestone-and-lace capelet—upped the glam factor in a major way! French Country details and a chocolate wedding cake festooned with more feathers from Dee’s Specialty Cakes just furthered the sophisticated feel at this woodsy location. The images from Amy Carroll Photography captured the magical, charming sentiment of this wedding. And we totally adore the bride’s lottery ticket wedding favors, tied in festive bags with a penny! We’re somewhat teary just looking at the emotion on Jennifer and David’s faces—what an absolutely breathtaking affair!

When she pictured her wedding with Eric, Jodi envisioned rustic elegance—a blend of wood, lace and a touch of sparkle that would make a lasting impression on their guests. With Southern California’s elegant Walnut Grove ranch as their backdrop, the couple took on a multitude of do-it-yourself endeavors, as well as spent hours scouring Etsy for the perfect invitations, programs and favors. “I poured my heart into every little detail, and it ended up just how I had imagined it.,” the bride says. We’re head-over-heels for every detail ourselves, from the wooden centerpiece boxes etched with the couple’s initials to the pastel blooms that florist Regina Robertson arranged in each box. And those cakes! This couple had not one but three incredible, delectable whipped creations from Cindy Harber. We can only imagine they were as delicious as they look!

Meghan and Michael enjoyed a two year engagement, during which time the bride planned every detail of their day to perfection. “We started collecting vintage mercury glass the second I said ‘yes,’” she said. Meghan Haney Designs would later use the vessels to create a vintage chic affair with soft white and pink blooms. Wente Vineyards was the stunning backdrop for this California wedding, where photographer Bret Cole snapped some incredible portraits outside the property’s wine caves. We adore the soft patterned linens from Napa Valley Linens and the couple’s creative use of wine barrels as cocktail tables! Do you have a favorite detail?

Vanessa and Jesse’s wedding at the gorgeous Firestone Vineyard in Los Olivos is a big dose of late summer sunshine! Every little detail from the wine crate centerpieces to the glitter-dusted bud vase is positively bursting with handmade charm. Vanessa, a graphic designer, created the stationery and even hand-painted the cornhole boards! Working alongside Jacki of Huckleberry Gal, she chose blooms from Fifty Flowers for the centerpieces, which featured garden roses, ranunculus, anemones, and dusty miller, arranged by Jacki in the wine boxes built by Vanessa. We couldn’t believe the stunning florals were DIY! This couple’s wedding is full of charm and personality, and we could not be more in love with the images from Harrison Studio!

When a couple as creative as Josselyn and Jason get together with equally talented vendors and friends, wedding magic happens. This wedding was a relaxed and elegant affair in beautiful tones of blush, nude and cream, and was put together almost entirely by the couple and their friends. While Jolene Hilliard arranged stunning and organic floral bouquets, the couple and their nearest-and-dearest decorated a single 60-foot-long table with hanging tea lights and handmade napkins. Josselyn looked breathtakingly beautiful in her dress by Tadashi Shoji — so beautiful that we can’t stop staring at its beaded back! This couple truly transformed Redlands, California’s Oakmont Park into a magical, elegant and incredibly chic venue, and the photos by James Christianson are pure heaven!

There are no words to truly express how head-over-heels we are with Julie and Sam’s wedding. Not only does it have the most gorgeous color palette, but the florals by Chestnut & Vine are also nothing short of phenomenal. White clematis, astilbe, raspberries, succulents, dahlias, and among several others, orchids? Amazing. Watercolor stationery and hand painted signs by Julie Song Ink? Melt. Colorful hanging cranes? Stop it. All of this and a beautiful couple who absolutely beam with adoration for each other? We’ll be swooning over this wedding for quite a while! Bravo to the incredible team of vendors who put it together and to the incomparable Jose Villa for capturing these stunning images!

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!

Amanda and Troy’s wedding was a complete DIY labor of love – a product of caring friends and a loving and devoted family.  After considering several local venues, the couple looked closer to home and decided to marry outdoors at Amanda’s parents’ home, nestled amongst her grandfather’s farm, in Wooster, Ohio.  Blessed with green thumbs, Amanda and her mother grew all of the amazing flowers for the wedding, including an amazing array of gorgeous dahlias – bliss dahlias, koko puff dahlias, maki dahlias, Miss Molly dahlias, Zippity Do Da dahlias, and sonic bloom dahlias… I am swooning over all these delectable blooms beautifully arranged by CR Blooms, Amanda and her mum. With the help of family and friends, all the planning and DIY details came together seamlessly, and I’m utterly in love with all of the gorgeous images from Arielle Doneson!

Jaci and Matt had a beautiful and casual summer wedding in western Pennsylvania. Lots of handmade details, roasting marshmallows by the campfire, and a comfortable, natural setting helped the couple put their own unique stamp on the big day. I’m utterly drooling over beautiful florals by KS Kennedy Distinctive Floral, Gift & Gourmet, which were placed in antique milk glass vases the couple collected. And I am IN LOVE with the cake by Cafe Solstice! Isn’t it fantastic how it matches Jaci’s Bari Jay gown? A beautiful day with gorgeous photos by Leeann Marie Photography.

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.

Rick & Jennefer were married on a beautiful April afternoon at Nashville’s Historic Cedarwood. I could not be more in love with the lovely handmade and shabby chic feel of their wedding! Every little detail was unique and personal to them, from the piece of Jennefer’s grandmother’s quilt sewn into her handmade gown, to the handkerchief favors and the decor from their personal collection of antiques. This wedding is just oozing with gorgeous details and amazing images by Kristyn Hogan!

Betsy and Hunter’s wedding is easily one of my favorites of all.  Not only is Betsy a long-time blog friend (she writes the Sweet as a Peach blog and is one of EAD’s most loyal readers), but her wedding is classic, sweet, romantic, and has lovely Southern touches.  An amazing team of DC-area wedding vendors contributed to the day – Ritzy Bee Events flawlessly coordinated all the details, Holly Chapple created the beautiful, lush pink, white and peach florals, and Kate Headley captured all of the gorgeous images. Betsy was born in Georgia, so a Georgia Peach theme was the perfect choice for their elegant but relaxed affair.

The moment that we decided to do a color week of aqua, my mind immediately went to this fabulous Nashville wedding that I had seen on Style Me Pretty a few months back, held at the lovely Cedarwood.  Jessica, the bride, did an amazing job working with Cedarwood to craft an event full of personality, with a whimsical bird theme and a vibrant color palette of aqua, teal, pink, yellow and green.  Jessica collected antique birdcages for the centerpieces and painted them in shades of aqua and teal and found precious aqua birds at a local antique store to use as decor.  Thanks to Jessica and her wonderful photographers, Souder Photography, for sharing!

Jeff, a UCLA alum, and Lisa, a Chicago transplant and Vanderbilt alum, created a quintessential southern garden wedding in Nashville at historic Cedarwood.  They chose songs from the Beatles and Van Morrison for ceremony music, and an awesome replica of the UCLA stadium for the groom cake. Lisa created a lot of DIY details, including a vintage quilt photobooth and mad lib program.

Isabelle and Dominik have a true fairytale romance! The couple met in Miami, when Dominik was visiting the U.S. for the first time on holiday. Though he spoke little English and she no German, they instantly connected and within two weeks had booked a trip to Paris together. After four days in the City of Lights, they each knew without a doubt that they were in love and over the next year, they flew back and forth between her home in the U.S. and his in Switzerland for visits. At long last, a year later, Dominik relocated and the rest is history! Their September wedding was held in his native Switzerland at the gorgeous Schloss Hünigen, and Isabelle planned the entire day from afar with the help of Skype! TABEA MARIA-LISA floristik & dekoration designed the florals in shades of dusty pink and burgundy, which blended beautifully with the setting at Schloss Hünigen. Blush Monique Lhuillier bridesmaids dresses and Isabelle’s Ines di Santo gown were glamorous and perfectly appropriate for a storybook destination wedding! We simply adore the amazing images from Toldofoto—prepare to be transported to magical Switzerland!

There’s so much style and whimsy pouring out of every single moment of Megan and Bobby’s wedding! The couple selected a private estate in Santa Barbara as their venue, which the homeowner has aptly named “Villa della Famiglia”, and the unique, family-oriented charm was carried through in the decor, which was a colorful extension of the Italian villa feel. Megan designed the day to be a reflection of them as a couple: intimate, fun, and full of so much love. Her vision for the flowers was “bright, beautiful, and free-spirited” and Jenn Sanchez Design delivered in spades! From lush coral peonies to purple alliums, the colorful blooms lit up the tables on the estate’s grounds and paired beautifully with the intermixed fresh fruits. Megan hand-painted all of the signage and along with one of her bridesmaids, Rachel, all of the votive holders, as well as creating the honey jar favors. Not a detail was left unfinished, right down to the on-trend naked cake from Frost It Cupcakery! When asked about the day, there was no doubt that sharing their vows and emptying their hearts to each other surrounded by their dearest family and friends was the most unforgettable moment, followed closely by walking down the aisle to “Your Hand in Mind” by Explosions in the Sky, which reminded them of peaceful moments together stargazing. We are absolutely head over heels for every magical image from Brooke Borough Photography!

Pamela and Ryan’s Long Island City wedding is the most perfect combination of industrial chic and garden glamour! The gorgeous exposed brick and clinging ivy of The Foundry set the stage for their handmade affair. So as not to detract from the raw space, they selected a clean color palette of dove gray, navy, and mint with a glimmer of metallic accents for good measure. Soft and flowing Bari Jay bridesmaids dresses with ruffled accents and Pamela’s Mira Zwillinger gown from Mark Ingram Atelier were perfectly matched by the stunning bouquets from Designs by Ahn, which featured bluish white and blush peonies and ranunculus, accented by anemones, thistle, and eucalyptus. The fragrant greens also graced the tables, weaving throughout the candlesticks atop soft gray linens from Broadway Party Rentals. Their ceremony featured a showstopping floating floral altar that has us mesmerized! We are completely head over heels for all of the handmade details that the couple included, from the amazing groom’s cake right down to the custom wax seals. Every single moment as captured by Cassi Claire is perfection!

We couldn’t think of a more lovely way to start the week than with a Taylor and Hagan’s fairytale wedding at Nestldown, a fairytale location set in the Santa Cruz mountains among the redwoods. The couple worked with Gavita Flora to create a setting bursting with color and whimsy, and befitting the location in its full bloom. Long farmhouse tables from Classic Party Rentals were set with crisp white china and a mixture of soft greenery, fresh fruit, and vibrant full blooms. Set against all of the colorful florals, the maids’ J.Crew gowns in the palest of ivory were angelic, but of course nothing could upstage Taylor in her stunning Hayley Paige gown from Haute Bride. This wedding has our whole heart. We are completely smitten by each gorgeous image from Anna Marks Photography!