REAL WEDDINGS | Lydia & Marcus
How did you two meet? A mutual friend had the genius idea to introduce us. We met one night at a worship service and connected right away. We fell hard and fast.
What inspired your wedding theme? Marcus and I are both “old souls” and we love and appreciate anything that has a history. So we wanted that vintage down to earth shabby chic feel with a touch of rustic. We tried to use things that have been in our families…such as all of the crocheted pieces that were used on the tables were crotched by my great - great grandmother as was the cloth used on our cake table.
What inspired your wedding color palette? I adore pale pink and neutrals so we went with a very soft color palette. My father-in-law found some vintage mason jars in an antique store that were a light tiffany blue. So we used those on the tables for a subtle pop of color.
What was special about where you got married? Marcus and I were married at the church where he serves as youth pastor and worship leader so it was a blessing being surrounded by all of our church family. The reception venue was at the bluegrass hall where Marcus and his family often played music.
What do-it-yourself projects did you do? We did everything. We wanted everything to have meaning and represent us.
Photo booth wall: My favorite of all our projects was our photo booth wall. We made an 8x8 frame and wallpapered two 4x8 masonite panels and hung wedding pictures of our parents, grandparents and other immediate family members in vintage frames. We cut out two very large frames so that people could stand behind them and take pictures of themselves in the “family wedding display”. We asked a friend of ours who is a photographer to take all the pictures for this and had photo props available if people wanted to use them. We have enjoyed looking at these pictures and being surprised by some of our guest’s silly side.
Programs: The programs for the ceremony were unique. For the cover we used double sided cardstock to match our color pallet and shabby chic feel and we used brown craft cardstock for the back. The inside was like a book layout with several pages of ivory paper. We used graphics and fonts that gave it a very old feel. Each cover was different. We cut a scalloped piece of burlap for the front and sewed the program together on the sewing machine. The crowning touch was the actual cameo we added to the center of each piece of burlap.
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Bouquet and flowers: The flowers were a very special project to me. We collected vintage cluster-clip earrings from flea markets and Etsy shops that my mom used to make flowers of different styles and techniques. Some of them were made using lace from my grandmother’s wedding dress, which was extremely special. She also made my garter from some of the lace. My bouquet was a mixture of fresh baby’s breath and the handmade flowers that we hand wrapped in vintage lace along with a cameo pin as my “something old”. Although we used fresh flowers in all the arrangements at the reception, each one had a handmade vintage flower tucked in somewhere, which I adored.
Wedding cake and display: Our cake was not only delicious and beautiful; it was also incredibly special because my grandmother made it. I love peonies but they were quite pricey so my mom used her skills and created a fabric version that was the perfect elegant compliment to the rugged hardwood stump we used as the cake plate. Our cake table was tucked inside of an “arbor” that was made using old distressed doors where we hung a beautiful antique chandelier just above the cake that created a gorgeous shabby chic feel.
Fabric wall: This was our biggest “surprise” in our all our projects. It took way more fabric than what we realized it would but the outcome was perfect. We needed to hide the kitchen area in our big open venue. SO we built a massive frame of PVC pipe and ripped strips of fabric in our color palette and tied them to the frame. The fabric was heavy and we had to put a support pipe in the middle but it was beautiful and a fairly easy way to solve the problem of needing a standing backdrop behind the food table.
Wreaths: My mom made wreaths for the front doors of the church that had our initials on them. She used round grapevine wreaths and bought thin wooden initials at Hobby Lobby and then covered them in hundreds of fabric rosettes that she used for the center of the wreaths. The day of the wedding she covered the grapevine in fresh baby’s breath.
What advice do you have for other brides? Choose things that are a reflection of you and your fiancé. Let y’alls personality flow through in all that you do. And most of all enjoy every minute of it. When you are doing most of the projects yourself, it is easy to get overwhelmed...let people help when they offer. Delegate and give jobs to the people who would be honored to help make your day special. Expect to encounter a “road block” or two along the way. Don’t fret…sometimes those detours turn out to be the greatest blessings.
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