09/01/09

Kevin + Paige III

Real Weddings

Our caterer is a big art collector and agreed to supply all organic food and staff in trade for one of my husband’s paintings. (A small painting is worth 20K, and the food and staff would’ve been about 13K, so he made out with the good end of the stick). That allowed us a lot of room to play with on decor. We served Prairie Organic vodka cocktails, New Belgium Beer, and Casa Barranca Organic Wine. My husband and I are foodies and created the menu and cocktails ourselves, even squeezing 10 pounds of fresh lemon juice for the Vodka lemonade drinks.

Instead of a live first dance, we recorded a surprise comedic synchronized dance video. None of our guests knew this was coming and it was a huge hit. (seems to be the trend these days) We had a friend of ours who is a commercial director film it and included faux commentary about him. We projected it on the studio wall halfway through the reception, after toasts. See video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gpbsLiTVnU

After the wedding, the next day we took all the succulents that were in the flower arrangements and re-planted them in pots for our yard and terrace. They were lovely and made a great addition to our house. The rest of the flowers and the food were composted. We had no plastic at the wedding and the paper cocktail napkins were composted as well.

Location: Our backyard/art studio

Caterer: Tom Peters

Rentals: Town and Country Event Rentals

Linens: BBJ Linens

Floral: Seed Floral

Cake: SusieCakes

Invitations: Designed by moi (bash eco-events), printed by Night Owl Press

Photographer: Charley Star

Cinematographer: Dan Appel

Live Music by Charlie Wadhams band

DJ by Clay Lerner

Lighting by RB Lighting

Banners/decor by Roberta Maran

Hair by Alli Webb of Straight at Home

Make-up by Beauty by Sole and Josie Maran Cosmetics

Hemp Ring pillow by Heather Heron

Wedding dress by St. Pucci rented from One Night Affair

Jewelry by Sid Vintage

Did you know Paige also writes an awesome blog? I would highly suggest checking it out if you are looking for beautiful bits of inspiration for parties and events. Paige, thank you again for sharing your gorgeous wedding with us today!

15 comments – permalink

Tara @ Pacific Wedding Guide writes

09/01/09 at 4:35 pm

A REAL eco-chic wedding, love it! Great job and thanks for sharing the awesome pics and inspiration!

Wedding Chicks writes

09/01/09 at 6:23 pm

what a fun and absolutely gorgeous wedding! thanks for sharing so many photos!!

nicole b. writes

09/01/09 at 6:26 pm

Ha! Love the video!

kat - rock n roll bride writes

09/01/09 at 6:37 pm

that first photo is too sweet! great wedding!

Rachael writes

09/01/09 at 7:01 pm

Love the hair piece!!! Where is it from????

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09/01/09 at 11:08 pm

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That Girl, Ang writes

09/01/09 at 11:27 pm

Absolutely adorable!

Amy- Eat Drink Chic writes

09/02/09 at 12:47 am

That top “Love is Sweet” photo is the most adorable wedding photo I’ve seen- and that dress!! Gorgeous!

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09/03/09 at 9:02 am

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Gulf Shores Beach Weddings writes

09/03/09 at 3:40 pm

I also love the photo at the top. Your dress is beautiful and the hubby and kids are too cute.

Hanna writes

09/04/09 at 1:37 pm

The dress is absolutely gorgeous. Love, love, love it!

Karen writes

09/04/09 at 9:08 pm

What an awesome cake.

EB Finds writes

09/07/09 at 5:39 pm

Thnaks for the link to the i gigi site. Fantastic store…

Ulli writes

09/11/09 at 10:36 am

What’s the husbands full name? Or what’s his hp? Love to see more paintings?

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09/16/09 at 9:01 am

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