Category: DIY Wedding Blog
Stay tuned for a big announcement coming up in the next hour involving the brilliantly talented, Anna Bond…
I am a huge fan of Wren Handmade, so when Laura posted these image today from her wedding in the newest issue of Martha Stewart Weddings I couldn’t resist posting them here. Wow, I’m in love and can’t wait to pick up the Summer issue…
Jen Curtis Photography is traveling the world and wants to do it with you! Are you getting married in Greece, France, Brazil, Italy, Argentina, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, Panama, Indonesia or any other far away place? If so Tell me about your your plans and how you met your fiance…spare me no details (well almost no details), when are you getting married, where are you getting married, how many people will attend, your love story as much information as you have! Be creative or even send me a fun video via email.
Why do I want to know all this information? I will pick the most creative and fun couples…yes I said Couples!! I will be picking more then one couple that is getting married over the next 12-18 months at unique and fun destination locations. What will you win? Full day of wedding day coverage by Jen Curtis (Up to 10 hours), all your proofs, 2 8×10 wall prints and your negatives (valued at more then $4500). I will be shooting all film for your wedding and Richard Photolab out of LA will print all of the amazing images. The only thing you will need to pay for is travel expenses for Jen Curtis (airfare to and from the US, Hotel and transportation).
Entries due by August 1st and winners will be picked by September 15th! Remember.. be creative!!
Our inspiration was “Birds of a feather, flock together”, and we drew everything from that. Every element, from the invitations to the meals were bits and pieces of everyone invited. We all crafted together, and used things people gave us in everything we could. People went out of their way to get to Jamaica for our wedding and we wanted them to be happy and feel a part of something, ’cause this was truly was the day we morphed our lives together’.
The flowers we kept very minimal, because the environment was so lush. The table settings were comprised of mini birds nests with Jordan almonds in them which indicated place settings.
The centerpieces were made by a group of use who came early to set up. Each table had a larger birds nest with a wooden number in the middle. We got the idea from a wedding Once Wed posted a while back.
Thanks Lana and Joey for sharing your beautiful day with us. We wish you both a lifetime of happiness!
Photography by Jen Curtis
Stay tuned for another incredible giveaway from Jen Curtis up next!
Joey and Lana were the winners of our large giveaway with Jen Curtis a few months back, so when Jen told me she was sending over the wedding last week I couldn’t wait to feature it here on Once Wed. Lana and Joey went all out with the details crafting everything from the centerpieces to the boutonnieres(it took eight suitcases to get everything down there), and Jen of course did an incredible job of photographing the whole event. Lana was generous enough to send over some details to accompany the feature today…
Our wedding was about us and our love, of course, but it was more a tribute to those we love and an opportunity to meld everyone together and enjoy that for the first time. We selected a place which we referred to as “The Village” (also know an Tensing Pen to everyone else), which felt like a community and not a generic resort because we wanted extended time with everyone. The environment was very tropical. Bright blue ocean with the bright blue sky and lush greens everyplace you looked. We felt like adding color to this would get a bit messy, so we kept everything very light.
Lana created packets of multi-colored feathers for guests to throw at them as they walked down the aisle for the first time as husband and wife.
My husband wore a white suit with light pink stitching and I had a very washed out pink and off white dress. We kept everything off white, pink and green with brown accents so pink was the only color to really pop. I had to have pink balloons too!
Photography by Jen Curtis
Stay tuned for Part II up next!
