All the elements from this shoot came together to create just the right combination of girly playfulness. I love the unexpected color palette of coppers, pinks, and blues, especially with the beautiful meadow for a backdrop.
All the elements from this shoot came together to create just the right combination of girly playfulness. I love the unexpected color palette of coppers, pinks, and blues, especially with the beautiful meadow for a backdrop. Thank you again to all the wonderful vendors below who were involved in making this shoot a success…
Kelly Oshiro – design, flowers, styling, event producer
Kirsten Ellis of Beaux Arts Photographie – photographer
Alina Pizzano- wedding dress
Mission Tuxedo – suit
Robyn Loves Cake – wedding cake
SBB Catering – food and catering
Starlite Girl- hair & makeup
SB Preserves Co- favors
Stow House – location
Betsy Dunlap – calligraphy
Nutmeg Press – paper goods
How much do you love the streamer installation Kelly created for the ceremony? Not only does this idea take me back to grade school memories, but it is incredibly easy to execute and inexpensive. So sweet!
Check back later today for more inspiration!
Photography by Kirsten Ellis of Beaux Arts Photographie
I’m thrilled to start of this beautiful Monday morning with a playful springtime shoot from Kelly Oshiro Events and Kirsten Ellis of Beaux Arts Photographie. Both of these ladies are uber talented and I can’t tell you how excited I am about the opportunity to share some of their work today on Once Wed…
So much more inspiration coming up next!
Photography by Kirsten Ellis of Beaux Arts Photographie
I’m always on the look out for inspiration which take everyday objects and turn it into something beautiful. This tape installation created by artist for Rebecca Ward for the Kate Spade in Japan is probably one of the coolest and most innovative works of art I’ve seen in a long time. I know an installation of this proportion is not very realistic for a wedding, but I love the idea of taking an everyday object like tape and making it into something beautiful. The possibilities are really limitless and it goes to show you might just have everything you need for a fun project for your wedding right at home. I especially adore the invitation they sent out to guests…
Photography via Kate Spade
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
