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project wedding: a holiday wedding at home

  

Here's a little article I created for Project Wedding for an at-home winter wedding. To me, it seems like a natural time to have a wedding; family is together and the house is already decorated. It's inexpensive and personal.

 
 
Another idea I love: instead of a wedding dress, order a bridesmaid's dress in white or cream. It's much cheaper. The dress pictured is absolutely adorable in real life and has pockets!! See full article here.

Thank yous: Sandra + Jon for modeling! The English Dept for the dress. Elizabeth + Sara for assisting. The lovely family in Lake Oswego who let us shoot this at their adorable home.

project wedding stories

 

These are some recent shots from two Project Wedding articles I created. You can see the mini bundt cake article here and the teal table setting here. I think they both make great holiday projects for anyone.

P.S. Thanks, Mom, for making the cakes:)! 

winter bride

I love a bride who can sport a pair of  wellies on her wedding day. Love the dress + side ponytail too.

Photo by Altura Studio.

project wedding: eggplant + linen table

 
 

For my latest Project Wedding article,  I paired Liberty napkins with linen, kraft paper, and surprisingly, some grocery store carnations, for a cozy winter table top. See full article here.

project wedding: map-inspired table settings

Here's a little map-inspired place setting I made for Project Wedding.  See full article here. 

project wedding: simple centerpieces

 

I like using parchment paper with flowers because it offers a fresh, modern feel and it's inexpensive. For these DIY centerpieces, I covered drinking glasses in parchment, stuck a number sticker on each one and filled them with blown open roses and dahlias. See full article here.

project wedding: mini lanterns

 

Here is my latest article for Project Wedding. I was excited to find these mini lanterns and thought they'd be great for escort cards/favors/centerpieces. The idea is to create a reception awash with gorgeous candlelight. How pretty would it be to have all your guests carrying lanterns to their tables? 

Also, thanks to Amber for modeling!

project wedding: a simple santorini wedding

When I was in Greece, I jumped at the chance to put together a super simple wedding/elopement story for Project Wedding. I love the idea of spending your dollars on a pretty location, finding an inexpensive dress (My friend Amber and I bargained for this dress and it ended up costing just 20 Euros!), and just celebrating with only your closest friends and family. This could definitely be done on the cheap! 

 


 
 Thank you so much to Amber and Gary for modeling and my friend, Jenny for helping! Also thanks so much to Kamares Apartments for letting us take the photos at their lovely hotel in Fira, Santorini. See full story on Project Wedding and more photos on Flickr.

once wed: blueberry + herb boutonnieres

 

Check out my new DIY project for Once Wed! 

Photos by Lisa Warninger. Shot at The Ace. Thank you to both!

jamie + joseph

I am loving these details from artist, Jamie Bertsch's wedding. Here's what she says about the decorations: 

We made the arbor together, it was our collaboration installation! (we're both artists). The decor was based off of the pieces that we've collected over the years we've been together (with the addition of a few family heirlooms). We wanted every detail to be personal, and to have an overall setting that really captured "us".

Update about the dress: "My dress is my mother's wedding dress. We altered it together for my wedding day (we were the exact same size!). 

 

More lovely photos on Jamie's Flickr.