I’m so glad that I stumbled upon this Wedding.  Judy the bride had a great eye for details and did a lot of them by hand.   Judy’s friend Chantry Adams arranged all her flowers and Judy wrapped her bouquet with ribbon and attached a pin that belonged to her grandmother.  Her cute little tea length dress was hand-made and commissioned from a local dress maker.   Instead of a DJ the couple had music playing via i-tunes hooked up to a computer w/ speakers, and guests could request songs by using an i-tunes application.  Judy also used recycled jars and vintage vases for their centerpieces.  And, as you can tell from my previous post, I loved their cookie cake made by dough girl.  The rest of the food was made by family and friends.   The bride is a designer and the groom a photographer…they were brilliant in all of their planning, including their orange and antique teal color scheme, and also leaving lots of time for doing unique photos…All of these photo were taken by the amazing Karen at Brown Mouse  Photography.

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Backyard weddings are some of my favorite.  Gideon Photography always does a fantastic job capturing details, and boy was this wedding full of great ones!  The single layers of wedding cake on their own stands with simple with frosting such beautiful choice.  I love how the bride decided on so many elegant white features such as the white lanterns and tables.  Take a look for yourself!

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When I first saw this wedding by Tavis Johnson I excitedly called my husband over to look at it. The first thing I said was, “do you think this reception was in a church gym?, I can’t tell.” I have always heard that no amount of streamers, paper lanterns, and balloons could ever hide that fact you had your wedding in the cultural hall. But I have to give it up for this couple because they pulled it off or at least I think they have. I mean I really still can’t tell if it was at a church. My husband and I’s conversation went something like this, “look at the ceiling–but look at the floor.” I guess the jury is still out on this one. Anyway, I stared at these photos forever trying to determine the choices they made to make this wedding so spectacular. Here are some of the details I noticed that really do make the reception. They brought in a nice table and chairs for the bride and grooms table, I’m guessing everybody’s mom has a nice dinning room table they could do this with. It’s such a little detail but it makes for gorgeous photos. I love her simple place settings and how she tied the napkins together with a little string and a white feather. Details give photographers something to focus on and illustrate a beautiful storyline. It’s brilliant how they used the long tables. The potted plants that they put up by the stage curtain are a really cute touch. And the lighting is awesome, who knew you could hang your own chandelier! Tavis did such an amazing job! If there is one area to splurge in it I would have to be photography. Images like these just don’t happen. Take a look for yourself down bellow.

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I wanted to thank Brandon and Brian Write at Bwrite photography for letting me showcase this engagement session.  These photos are some of my favorite engagements I’ve ever seen!  I love the couples style; I’d kill to have all of Rachel’s hats!  The couple was also super inventive and made all their invitations, save the dates and rsvp’s by hand.  Billy designed them and Rachel and her mom helped put them together.  Check it out.

The photos above were taken by Bwright Photography.  The ones bellow were taken by Rachel and Billy.

Billy drew this awesome RSVP postcard for his guests.  I love that some guests sent it back colored in.

Rachel and her mom printed, folded and tied all these invitations together.  So worth it!

Billy designed the save the dates.  Rachel cut out all the cards and used a stamp to punch the corners.

I can’t stand how much I love this wedding.  Everything was done by the bride and groom and on a minimal budget.  The ceremony was held in the grooms back yard.  And the couple had friends and family take the photos with lomo cameras.  You can find out more about the little toy cameras here http://lomography.com/.  I love the idea of doing a camp theme to a wedding.  And even if you didn’t have such a beautiful back yard you could rent an actual campsite, they can range from $10-$50 depending on location.  Lincoln beach in Utah County would be perfect or even up any of the Canyons.  They used beer cans and mason jars as vases.  And collected vintage plates, mugs and tea cups from local thrift shops.  I loved that they used the families canoe to hold drinks.  Victoria and Fritz are such pros doing DIY Weddings they are turning their wedding blog, http://www.frickyforever.com/, into a instruction blog to help other couples.  I will have a link posted on the side bar when they get it up and running.   I want to thank Victoria on being so prompt getting back to me and letting me feature her wedding.

*Photo taken by a photographer friend of Fritz and Victoria, Jeremy Pelley.

*Photo taken by Victoria.

*photo by family friend

*photo by Victoria

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It’s my opinion that everybody deserves a beautiful wedding.  It’s the day that little girls dream of since–I don’t know, conception?  And it should be full of little details that make you smile.  And while I think everybody realizes that not all their wildest dreams will materialize on their wedding day, I don’ think it should be your budget holding you back.  No, I’m not saying that one should spend a fortune or go into debt.  But with a little ingenuity and elbow grease I plan to show you ways to obtain those wedding dreams.  The weddings I showcase will be real life weddings done on daddy’s (ummm tight?) budget–or heaven forbid yours!  And the blog will be filled with DIY’s that give you a sophisticated look for less.  Come on girls let’s share those bright ideas….because all weddings could use a little blue.

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