More than having a real genre, this shoot is defined more by a few elements and themes that we were loving in the moment…vellum, lace, and the color blue. Paper vellum was our primary material since it afforded us all the craftiness of paper in the elegant form of vellum. Joy was inspired by all the white paper installations around and wanted to make a chuppah/installation for the ceremony piece from various types of paper and vellum. And, we’d like to add, real candles were used for the shoot, but you can also always use electric tea lights if your worried about using real candles underneath the chuppah during the ceremony…
Bird and Banner created the most adorable set of invitations based around hearts, vellum, and kraft paper…
The headpiece was actually a vintage necklace which we fashioned around Chelsea’s head and attached the veil down the back. Her dress was handmade out of all these different pieces of vintage lace courtesy of Hippie Bride.
If you are interested in learning more about how we put the chuppah together, below is a more detailed sketch of the structure. Molly, the visual merchandiser for shopSCAD Atlanta, was kind enough to construct the chuppah for us. We ended up going with the sketch in the top right image and weaved 1 piece of wire every 5 inches going down the diagonal piece of wood to create the layered look you see above. We literally just threw different pieces of cut paper across each wire and stapled each paper in place to create the finished look.
Venue: King Plow Arts Center
Cake: Highland Bakery
Paper Goods: Bird and Banner
Dresses: Kelly’s Closet
Styling + Flowers: Joy Thigpen
Styling Assistant: Amy Strickland
Photography: Tec Petaja
Joy and I teamed up last year with an amazing group of vendors to shoot inside a neat loft venue here in Atlanta, King Plows Arts Center. We decided to use the dark and industrial atmosphere to our advantage and do something a little different with vellum paper and candlelight. Here is a mood board of some of our favorite film images from Tec Petaja. More coming up next…
I’m heading to Las Vegas next week for WPPI! My first stop will be the Airhorns and Lasers party, which I’m so excited about because I’ll get to meet all my photographer friends and other bloggers in the wedding world. If you can’t find me at the party, then it’s probably because I’ll be in the Smilebooth the whole time!
Click here to buy your tickets. Can’t wait to see you there!
So far in this fun partnership with Wedding Style Guide we’ve highlighted the colors pink, green, and today we are highlighting the cheerful color yellow. Sadly, we don’t get the opportunity to feature a lot of modern wedding ideas here on Once Wed, so I jumped at the chance to feature this story below in hopes of offering a bit of inspiration to any couples who are looking to achieve a more modern look and feel at their wedding.
Photography via Wedding Style Guide Issue 12
I have a lovely yellow inspired post coming up next, but before I jump right into eye candy for the day I wanted to give a shout out to one of our amazing sponsors, Bella Figura. If you’ve been reading blogs for a while you are probably already familiar with this wonderful eco-friendly letterpress company based in NY, but if this is your first time being introduced to their work you are in for a real treat. I think what really sets apart Bella Figura from the rest is not only their fabulous customer service, but the extensive customization options they offer which give you the opportunity to make the design completely unique to your own wedding.
If you are in the market for paper goods for your wedding or any type of celebration, I would highly suggest checking out their site to learn more about this wonderful company and check out the rest of their extensive collection.
