"From the Bride…My wedding style was vintage, romantic, classy and detailed. I didn’t want my wedding to be generic (a wedding where you could simply switch out the bride and groom for another couple and not know the difference). I wanted my wedding day to be special, unique, and a day to celebrate our love for each other and God’s love for us. This ended up costing me (and my wonderful friends) hours upon hours of DIY work, but the result was better than I could have imagined. We put our bridal party to work: my husband & his groomsmen spent hours drilling holes in pennies and weaving them through wire just so I could spell cute things with them and my bridesmaids and I shared many late nights stitching table numbers onto felt, and tying twine onto mini spice jars.
We personalized each and every name
card for our guests. We used scrabble letters, made our own fabric
flowers, made pinwheels and used vintage buttons to make each guest’s
name card unique. My dad’s scrabble pieces spelt out “hero” because of
all of the sacrifices he has made for my family and my mom’s spelt out
“pray” because of the prayers she has showered over me throughout my
life.
Our colors were originally light grey,
coral and yellow, but during the planning I felt so constrained to them
and realized I wasn’t really a matchy-matchy person–so I just went with a
mesh of colors that accented each other well. A bride should be able to
do whatever she wants with her wedding! Our decor was DIY galore. We
made our rounds at antique stores, collected mason jars, painted and
baked a few of them so they would be blue, wrapped twine around coke
bottles, made our own lanterns for centerpieces, sewed our own burlap
runners & ring bearer pillow (with the help of my aunt), bought 10
lbs of paprika and put them into corked spice jars, hung polaroid
pictures of us across wine barrels, hand stitched signs, and much much
more. DIY can sometimes come off as cheap but I tried to make sure I
didn’t go overboard and that everything stayed classy. All of our
flowers were very organic, wild and soft-toned. Our florist did a
beautiful job filling all our jars and making the bouquets looks elegant
and classy.
I’ll never forget the moment when my
husband and I glanced at each other right after we were pronounced
husband and wife. We were both beaming and full of excitement and joy to
be around all of our loved ones. It was such a feeling of
accomplishment, as if we had just finished a long race together. But
instead of finishing a race, I know that moment marked the beginning of
our lives together as one. Our photographers caught the perfect shot of
this moment, and I’ll treasure it forever.
I’ll never forget dancing the night
away with all my crazy friends and family. I could have never imagined a
wedding without a dance floor and I’m SO thankful none of my friends
held back that night! It was a night to remember!"
Samantha you did a beautiful job on all your details!
Wedding Photography: Brandon Wong Photography / Ceremony + Reception Location + Catering: Faulkner Winery / Wedding Dress: Casablanca Bridal / Bridal Alterations: Rose Anderson Sews Bridal / Groom’s Suit: J.Crew/ Wedding Videography: The Anthem Cinema / Event Planning: Tiffany Woon / Wedding Rehearsal + Prep Location: Faulkner Winery / Officiant: Pastor David Finch / Hair: Samone at Jeslin Salon & Boutique / Make-up: Stephanie Yu / Lighting, Dinner + Dancing Music: Just 4 Fun Entertainment / Wedding Cake: Sumi’s Oven / Photobooth: MeBo Photo / Programs, Favors, Name Cards, Table Numbers, Decorations: The Bride
The flowers we used were a mix of peach peonies, dusty miller, white lisianthus, lavender and hypericum berries. It was a beautiful peach and gray wedding.
The flowers we used were a mix of peach peonies, dusty miller, white lisianthus, lavender and hypericum berries. It was a beautiful peach and gray wedding.
