Real Weddings

A Vintage Nashville Wedding

It is always a treat to receive a wedding from a couple who read Once Wed while planning their wedding. This wedding in particular caught my eye not only because the bride found her vintage dress on Once Wed, but she pulled together the entire wedding on a budget of only 4k. How beautiful is the ceremony installation below they created out of simple white and cream honeycomb paper streamers?

To see more images from their wedding and lovely reception, check out Chelsey’s blog here.

Photography by Austin Gros

Hair/Makeup Nichole Lim for Rsquared Salon

Hairpiece/Boutonnieres by Oh My Deer

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Erika ~TiptoeButterfly~ writes

06/10/10 at 2:06 pm

OMG – on 4K! – that’s MY GIRL! .. amazing!

postcards and pretties writes

06/10/10 at 2:19 pm

beautiful done with such a low budget!

WeddingXpert writes

06/10/10 at 2:48 pm

My goodness. You think they’re in love? I bet I’m more in love with that headband. How dreamy and divine is that? The groom is very handsome, but that bride steals the show. Gorgeous.

Courtney writes

06/10/10 at 3:04 pm

OMG PLEASE TELL ME WHERE YOU GOT THAT DRESS!

Erin writes

06/10/10 at 3:29 pm

Where can I get a marriage certificate like that?!

Lyoness writes

06/10/10 at 3:47 pm

4K… My new best friend. What did she do for the lunch/dinner?

suzy writes

06/10/10 at 3:51 pm

oh gosh, i can hardly stand how cute they are!!

chelsey writes

06/10/10 at 4:02 pm

lyoness: we skipped dinner, we insisted people go a few blocks to see downtown since we had a lot of travelers and instead we went and took all those photos together, then we had an open bar and a dessert bar with lots of dancing! it worked out wonderfully!

Thanks for all the kind words!

Meredith Perdue writes

06/10/10 at 4:58 pm

What a truly beautiful setting- the light was heavenly! And how inspiring is her style + budget?! Love it!

Lizzie [TenThouBride] writes

06/10/10 at 5:34 pm

Great wedding! On 4k! That’s incredible. They are a totally adorable couple too!

Lauren writes

06/10/10 at 6:24 pm

I’m in love with the bow ties made by Tux and Tulle on etsy! http://www.tuxandtulle.etsy.com It’s so cool she can customize them to match your wedding colors too!

Carson writes

06/10/10 at 6:33 pm

I love that marriage certificate. Where did you get it?

Kristi writes

06/10/10 at 6:59 pm

lights! lights! lights! I am on a 5k budget. so far I am do so well…we are having a late ceremony and serving hot chocolate and cookies for dessert (food is such a huge wedding cost); but I have been lusting and drooling over the commercial string lights used in the venue. I have had no luck finding them at a price to fit the budget. Please share your fortunate find. Did you purchase them? Rent? I’m begging. :)

Album Boutique Team writes

06/10/10 at 8:41 pm

Such fun pictures – the wedding looks amazing and I love the vintage details. Congratulations!!

chelsey writes

06/10/10 at 9:16 pm

hey kristi, the lights are actually the lights for our church. Not sure where they got em! sorry lady! we also cut out dinner and had a dessert bar! it was awesome.

Julia R writes

06/11/10 at 12:59 am

Oh, I love it! Chelsey, PLEASE tell me you’ll sell me that headband? PLEASE!
(Is the begging a bit much? Oops. =P)

Stacy writes

06/11/10 at 2:03 am

Where is you dress from? I absolutely LOVE it :) and your wedding was dreamy and beautiful!

michelle writes

06/11/10 at 9:34 am

Gorgeous all around! I just got married two weeks ago and this wedding makes me want to do it all over again!!!

Parks writes

06/11/10 at 9:49 am

The Tennessee countryside – what a beautiful place for the photo shoot. Yet another reason why I love Nashville. The bride looks great!

Linda writes

06/11/10 at 2:39 pm

I MUST know where you got or how you made the groom’s boutonniere! I have been searching for something exactly like that, and can’t find anything that doesn’t have the stem going through it!

Laura writes

06/11/10 at 3:29 pm

This is great inspiration! I love it and 4K?! Wow! Beautiful :)

Kristi writes

06/11/10 at 7:57 pm

aw shucks. lucky church…and lucky you. thanks anyway. everything was beautiful. i was feeling so limited with my budget…but honestly looking at this bundle of wonderfulness is very inspiring. :)

nichole writes

06/11/10 at 9:34 pm

kristi- the lights from the church were found 5 or so years ago on a simple garden supply website. hope that helps!

Teresa writes

06/11/10 at 11:00 pm

Love the wedding! I’m from Nashville, do you know what church they got married?

eryn writes

06/13/10 at 8:58 pm

chelsey your wedding was so beautiful! i can’t stop looking at the pictures! that last picture especially is just wonderful. Austin did an amazing job, and well, you two are fantastic. can’t wait to see you!

and teresa – at The Anchor Fellowship. The building is 150+ years old – absolutely beautiful and tons of character. we all kind of love it.

Maggie L writes

06/13/10 at 10:49 pm

Beautiful wedding especially on such a tight budget! Very impressive.

nichole writes

06/14/10 at 5:32 pm

The Anchor Fellowship. its downtown.
I got married there too. Its so beautiful.
http://www.theanchorfellowship.com

Karen writes

06/15/10 at 6:32 pm

How lovely! Where did you find that beautiful marriage certificate? Also, a tip on the lights: I found similar ones at Target.

Gemma writes

06/16/10 at 4:05 pm

Chelsey’s dress is incredible!! Where is it from?!

emily writes

06/16/10 at 4:07 pm

Hey Gemma

It is vintage. She found it on Once Wed though:)

Thanks

Emily

jessica define writes

06/16/10 at 8:01 pm

This is a very sweet, very beautiful wedding!

Brandi writes

06/30/10 at 2:00 pm

Chelsey who is the designer of your dress? I am looking for something like this.

C. Bee writes

07/12/10 at 6:09 pm

Such a beautiful wedding!

Several people have asked about the marriage certificate, but I don’t think there has been a response. We’re super jealous. :-) Please let us eager brides-to-be know where we can get one!

Melody writes

07/18/10 at 1:59 pm

The wedding certificate is from weddingdepot.com. I bought one just like it and it was only 10 bucks!

Katelyn writes

02/13/11 at 11:47 pm

I was wondering where you got the marriage license? THANKS!!!

Sarah (Simply Stunning Events) writes

11/09/11 at 2:20 pm

This is amazing- and just the inspiration I needed for my March bride!

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