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Vintage-Inspired Seaside Wedding

Amanda — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:15:40 +0000

Hope everyone stayed safe this weekend for all of us in the East Coast! Mastin Studio is bringing us sunshine all the way from California with a sweet seaside wedding in Carmel. Love the bride’s tea length wedding dress and cobalt blue heels! Of course we have many more stylish images to gaze over in the gallery.

From the groom: We both love the outdoors, so we decided to get married outside. We decided to hold our reception at Mission Ranch to extend the feeling of being outside: the patio provides expansive ocean views, and the barn gives a rustic feel. To go along with the rustic outdoor theme, we collected vintage bottles and jars for the centerpieces, and the florist filled them with wild and garden flowers. Adrienne’s dress was altered to be reminiscent of a fifties dress.

In addition to collecting vintage jars and bottles, Adrienne and some loyal family members did a few projects. We spray-painted animals silver to hold the table numbers, made flags for people to wave at the end of the wedding ceremony, and packed DIY ice cream kits for favors. Adrienne also made all of the paper goods: the invitations, programs, and cards for guests to leave their wishes. We bought the pinwheels that were at the ceremony from an artist on Etsy.

Adrienne doesn’t normally like cake, so we struggled with the choice. Our solution was to order a dozen small cakes (and several dozen French macarons) from a fantastic local bakery. We really liked that we could get creative with the flavors by having lots of small cakes, and Adrienne was particularly won over by the strawberry cake.

The summer that we first met, we’d roam around the South Bay singing “With a little help from my friends” with our group of friends. We’re both shy about dancing in public, so we made our bridal party stand up and dance with us to that song.

View all images from this wedding in the gallery

Wedding Vendors (Carmel, CA + Seattle, WA):

Venue: Mission Ranch / Wedding Photographer: Mastin Studio / Wedding Dress: WTOO / Flowers: Kathryn Smith / Music: Spencer Sutherland / Groom’s suit: Hugo Boss / Stationery: DIY / Cake: Pastries and Petals / Earrings: Pavé in Berkeley, CA

Wild Seaside Garden part II

Amanda — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:01:38 +0000

Continuing with this gorgeous Valentine’s Day inspiration styled by Canvas and Canopy and shot by John Schnack Photography, now moving in land from the beach and going straight to tablescape and wedding design.

Recognize that cute groom face? It’s Kiptyn Locke from The Bacholerette!

From Cortnie:

The menu sang it’s own love song with items labeled… To Drink: Love Potion #9 “I didn’t know if it was day or night, I started kissing everything in sight” – The Clovers; To Eat: Cheeseburger in Paradise “Heaven on earth with an actual onion slice” – Jimmy Buffet; For Dessert: Cherry Pie “Tastes so good make a grown man cry, sweet cherry pie” – Warrant

A rustic teak trough on the side of the table was propped on a moss covered frame and served as the wine bucket. A decanter was perched on a sea of beach rocks and filled with strawberry wine with a hand written love ‘note’ tied with twine around the neck that read “My first taste of love oh bittersweet, green on the vine, like strawberry wine” – Deana Carter

And since Valentine’s Day is coming up this Sunday, how about some gift ideas?

Gift for Him: make a piñata out of old music sheets! Really play up the love ‘notes’ theme by having him channel his inner child and hit the piñata until actual love notes flutter to the ground! Love was literally floating in the air with this gift. Handwritten notes like “will you be my valentine?”, favorite love song lyrics and inside jokes will make this the most personal and thoughtful gift you could give, while allowing your sweetheart to channel his inner child. Ren and Kiptyn could not contain their giggles as he wore a pink velvet blindfold while blindly swinging.

Gift for her: Her heart was fluttering as gave her a key box with a note that said ‘you’ve got the key to my heart – pull here’. At the end of the pink velvet ribbon she found her gift, a gorgeous vintage bracelet. (see Part I here)

Cortnie will be teaching how to make this fun music sheet wedding pinata in just a bit, so check back soon!

Vendors:

Event styling, coordination, bride styling, stationery: Canvas and Canopy / Flowers: Isari Flower Studio / Photography: John Schnack Photography / Gown & Head Piece: Alisa Benay / Jewelry: Noaki Jewelry / Groom Model: Kiptyn Locke / Groom Styling: By Tam Ashworth for Stylish Silhouette / Wedding Cakes: Truly Scrumptious / Makeup by Jennifer Budner / Girard Avenue Collection for chairs & I love you blocks. / Gourmet Chocolates: Dallmann Confections/ Hair Styling: Orange Blossom Salon; Jamie Rosa 760-889-5062 / Submitted by: Be Inspired PR

Wild Seaside Garden

Amanda — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:32:04 +0000

This unbelievable “Love Notes” photo shoot designed by the hugely talented ladies from Canvas and Canopy was dedicated to Valentine’s Day, but it can well be envisioned as a wedding. Brace yourself, because you’re in for a day of swooning over these images!

How much do you love the bride’s dress? I had the pleasure of meeting the designer behind that chic blush wedding dress, Alisa Benay. I have to tell you that I got all giddy wanting to try it on, it looks even more delicious in person.

The Bachelorette’s, Kiptyn Locke was our groom in training for this special Valentine wedding shoot with a little help by our gorgeous model, friend and stand-in-bride, Ren.

Cortnie, of Lollipop Events & Designs shares how the inspiration came to life:

The Beatles said it best with “All you need is love, love, love is all you need.” Whether you are dating, engaged, or getting married, it is all about sending the right message with good old-fashioned love notes. Hit even higher notes by playing on love notes by infusing musical lyrics into your sweet Valentine’s weekend. We created a play on Love ‘notes’ by handwriting actual song lyrics throughout the day.

The Setting: For this Valentines Day Soiree we created a romantically wild seaside garden with overgrown roots, driftwood and birch wood in a forest of twisted trees overlooking the pacific blue. This was truly a sweetheart table for two. The white washed wood and birch leg table was covered in anemones, spray roses and dusty miller leaves. Simple candles, sticks, shells and skeleton keys were placed in the center for a dreamy, romantic effect.

A Book of Love was also propped on the sweets table, with another love ‘note’. “I love it when you read to me and you, you can read me anything. I love it when you sing to me And you, You can sing me anything The book of love is long and boring And written very long ago It’s full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes And things we’re all too young to know But I love it when you give me things And you, You ought to give me wedding rings And I, I love it when you give me things And you, You ought to give me wedding rings” – Peter Gabriel, Book Of Love

Cake table – Another love ‘note’ made an appearance with “How sweet it is to be loved by you” – James Taylor. The table was adorned with a peach cake accented with textured flowers and an antique silver pitcher filled with a wild gathering of peach and rose toned blooms. Also making an appearance were sweet little bumps on a log made of gourmet chocolate truffles.

Oh, we have so much more coming up!

Vendors:

A Vintage Hamptons Wedding

Amanda — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:20:24 +0000

Brace yourselves folks, because this wedding will blow your mind. Designed by the über talented Heather from Amorology Weddings and photographed by rockstar photographer duo Amelia and Justin Lyon, this vintage Hamptons wedding is most likely one of my favorite weddings of the year here on Ruffled.

From Heather of Amorology Weddings:

I was so excited when Kaite came to me to help her plan her wedding and it seemed only fitting to create a vintage Hampton inspired theme for her and Jordan. After meeting at college and spending some time together in Huntington Beach, careers took both Kaite and Jordan to New York where their incredibly romantic relationship really began. Spending time on the beaches in the Hamptons, the pair often had sand in their toes and it was truly “Beside the Seaside” that they fell in love, not only with one another but with the East Coast.

The basketweave vases and hydrangeas combo is so preppy-Hamptons. Love the mix of striped and turquoise tablecloths.

Jordan’s boutonnière consisted of a tiny sea shell, succulent and orchid, which made for the perfect vintage beach bout!

Heather managed to find a crab shaped bread that decorated the reception. So cute!

Kaite’s bouquet consisted of garden roses, orchids and stalk with lace wrapped stems and vintage brooches.

Topsiders for the groomsmen seemed like a natural choice for a classic Hamptons look!

The bridesmaids wore navy blue dresses purchased at Target.

The boat photobooth that Heather from Amorology Weddings designed, with the “Beside the Seaside” logo that Courtney from Brightly Designed. They used vintage umbrellas and custom pillows (from Pin Cushion Princess on Etsy)

Wedding Vendors (San Diego, California)
Wedding Designers and Coordinators: Amorology Weddings
Florist: Twigg Botanicals
Photography: Amelia Lyon
Paper Elements: Brightly Designed
DJ: Hit it Music
Catering: Crown Point Catering
Rentals: Classic Party Rentals
Linens: Wildflower linens
Cake: European Cake Gallery
Hair and Make-Up: Tracy Mathis
Bridesmaids dresses: Target
Men’s suits: Friar Tux
Photobooth photos: Mike Cunningham from http://thedigitalorange.com/#the-digital-orange-photography-f49cd" target="blank">Digital Orange

See more photos from this gorgeous vintage Hamptons inspired wedding on Heather’s blog.