Category: DIY Wedding Blog
I thought I would end the week with a couple of gorgeous engagement sessions sent over by the lovely and talented ladies over at SimplyBloom Photography. The first set is of the beautiful couple from yesterday…
How fun is this second set of images SimplyBloom Photography sent over? I just love all the bright colors. To see more of this engagement session, click here.
I am heading out early today to catch up on a few things and get a head start on posts for Monday. Anna Bond is back from vacation and will be joining us again next week with another DIY project. Have a wonderful weekend!
We picked up all of our flowers at the local wholesale florist and arranged all of the table settings, aisle decorations, corsages, and bridesmaid bouquets at the absolute last minute before getting ourselves ready for the ceremony. It was crazy but we pulled it off with the help of our wonderful wedding party and family. Every mason jar, vase, planter, bucket, radio, handkerchief, button, spool, etc. was either borrowed from a family member or found at local antique stores.
Bradley found two cute little pinecone birds at our wedding site’s gift shop, and I took them an added the feathers, tulle, and felt to create of little cake topper.
Jordyn and Bradley…thank you so much for sharing your beautiful wedding with us today. We wish you two lots of love and happiness in your new life together! And thank you again to the wonderful, Tec Petaja, for sending over this amazing wedding. If you haven’t ever had a chance to check out Tec’s work, I would highly recommend doing so. You can see more of his images on his blog or website.
Photography by Tec Petaja
Don’t you just love how so many of the elements from this wedding can be sourced from a local thrift store or made by hand? Whether its their collection of old radios or vintage coca cola crates, I adore all the quirky and unique details they decided to use for decorations. More from Jordyn…
The collage of vintage radios were Bradley’s wonderful idea, and we had old wedding-themed music playing through them as guests entered the ceremony. Classic & fun tunes such as “Don’t Falter at the Alter” ;)
My grandmother crocheted my hair band by hand, and it is definitely one of my favorite and most sentimental details.
Stay tuned for their beautiful reception up next…
Photography by Tec Petaja
When Tec Petaja sent me the link to Jordyn and Bradley’s wedding it literally took me all of two seconds before I decided to switch gears and change posts for the day. I was planning to feature their wedding on Monday, but I couldn’t wait another second to post their beautiful celebration on Once Wed. Not only are Jordyn and Bradley an absolutely gorgeous couple, but I am absolutely smitten over all the handmade and vintage details from their lovely wedding. I am so excited the bride, Jordyn, sent over a few details for me to share with you…
We wanted to have a simple yet elegant wedding with lovely but inexpensive details. And of course we pulled much inspiration from you at Once Wed among other blogs and of course Southern Weddings. We kept a notebook of pictures, ideas, and inspiration from other weddings and tried to personalize and tweak those details to create our own details that match our own styles and background. I found a pair of vintage clip-on earrings for super cheap, and just glued feathers on them and clipped to my shoes for a little extra pizzazz. They also contributed to my “something blue.” We both work for Billy Reid, and all of our groomsmen bowties were custom made, and Bradley’s handsome cognac wingtips & tie are also Billy Reid. My mother, Bradley, and I made all of the boutonnieres…
We had our invitations screen printed my a local musician and his wife (The Pine Hill Haints and The Black Owl printing company). We pretty much communicated the vision we had in mind and let them have free creative range and of course they did an amazing job with their own original artwork and handwriting.
SimplyBloom Photography from Huntsville, AL photographed our engagement session. The photo on our fans is from their lovely shoot! We decided not to do a traditional program, so we simply hand wrote our family members and wedding party to be placed on the back of the fan. Bradley’s fabulous brother and sister-in-law operate a family promotional business called Bammer Jammer, and made the fans as our wedding gift!
Part II of Jordan and Bradley’s precious wedding is coming up next!
Photography by Tec Petaja
Stay tuned for more of this beautiful wedding in the next few days on Once Wed. I am absolutely smitten…
