Grey Likes Weddings

Bold color combos like cobalt, turquoise, purple and marigold are the perfect way to add unique detailing into your wedding! One of our fave florist, Primary Petals, styled gorgeous blooms to accomplish the look, and photographer Angi Welsch shot all of the lovely images.

Flowers, styling, vintage rentals: Primary Petals // Photography by Angi Welsch and Emily Blake // Catering: DJ Catering // Cake: Occasions Cakes and Cookies // DJ: Pacific Entertainment // Graphic Design/Paper Goods: Colin Snow Design (the groom!) // Venue: McCormick Home Ranch

One of my favorite wedding traditions is the rehearsal dinner–something that has blossomed into a meal with more significance and meaning than ever before. In my experience, the rehearsal dinner has always been an opportunity for family members to reconnect, bridal parties to hang out, and guests to become acquainted. It’s also a very relaxed atmosphere that I truly believe is the first chance for the families of the bride and groom to form new bonds. Without a formal agenda and tight timeline, rehearsal dinners are also the perfect stage for meaningful speeches from family members, bridal party attendants, and close guests.

For all those reasons, we love the idea of making your rehearsal dinner special–in whichever way you decide to do that. Be it a square dance and barbecue, martinis and outdoor movie screening, afternoon picnic and croquet, or whatever else you can dream up, the idea is to squeeze in as much time with your loved ones as possible, because every married couple we know says the same thing: “The wedding went by so fast!!!”

Today, we’re sharing with you a particularly gorgeous rehearsal dinner designed by the lovely Gianna of Chic Celebrations. All the flowers are by one of our fave fave fave floral stylists, Lauryl Lane with images by Brittany Rene.  Strands of Edison light bulbs and a solo guitar player provided ambiance while guests mingled over cocktails. Dinner was served at a u-shaped over-sized family style table, creating the perfect opportunity for toasts and warm interaction. We love it all!

Resources included: Planning and Design: Chic Celebrations // Floral Styling and Design: Lauryl Lane // Rentals: Town and Country // Linens: La Tavola // Catering: Contemporary Catering and Sunseri’s Beverage Catering // Venue: Hummingbird Nest Ranch // Photography: Brittany Rene

Today’s wedding is a very sweet one that combines talented family members and inspiration from the groom’s heritage! I love personal details that are connect to significant elements from the couple’s backgrounds! Photographer Andi Hatch sent over this simply sweet wedding that is all about family charm and traditions.

The bride, Jamie, is a professor of literature at SF State University and shared a small excerpt with us about her wedding: My wonderfully talented sister, Jessica Stock painted the prints used for invitations with watercolor and then sewed the pages together for the binding to make paperback book invitations. Jessica created four different patterns inspired by the colors and patterns of Indian saris to bring in aspects of my husband’s culture. We continued to use these four patterns for our wedding programs and on our tables at the reception. The programs, which told a short story of our ceremony inside, were crafted as mini books. Like the programs, the table books were covered in one of Jessica’s four original watercolor prints and bound with book tape. Inside the books, guests could find the dinner menu, a short story that I wrote about me and my husband, and space for them to write a short note to us. The 18 table books now appear on our bookshelf at home for us to treasure forever. We also had stacks of books from our bookshelf as part of the décor, yet my favorite book item was the ring-bearer books. Jessica created ring boxes out of two beautifully antiqued books for our ring bearers to carry down the isle. I love that my wedding ring was literally resting inside the pages of Shakespeare’s love sonnets.

Resources: Handmade Stationery: Jessica Stock // Floral Design: Marin Flora // Dress: Anne Barge // Hair Stylist: Beauty By Smith // Makeup: Makeup Gourmet // Catering: Ann Walker Catering // Cake: Branching Out Cakes // Shoes: Manolo Blahnik // DJ: DJ Matteo // Venue: San Francisco Theological Seminary //

Just wait until you check out the images from Hanna and Corrie’s Stolkholm wedding. First off, have you ever seen a sweeter groom? I had to share with you his reaction as his bride walked down the aisle…and a snapshot from their speeches! Hanna and Corrie are both models, so their seaside affair, while simple and understated, includes some fabulous pops of color that are reminiscent of Sex in the City (ahem…did you see those bridesmaid dresses together?).

Very very very special thanks to Two Brides Photography for sharing such beautiful work with us!

Hair Stylist: PizofCake // Dress Store: Stockholm Brud och Fest // Dress Designer: La Sposa // Ceremony Location: Hogalidskyrkan // Makeup Artist: Gabriella Elio // Event Venue: M/S Borgila // Etsy Designer: PhotoJule (cufflinks), MissPropShop (napkin tissue pompoms)

Christmas songs are already playing on the radio. I can’t believe how quickly the holidays (and engagement season!!!) are approaching! We are getting amped up for a beautiful holiday season, but today, we are featuring Jamey and Jon’s gorgeous summer wedding shot by Mirelle Carmichael. The details are simple, sweet and perfectly charming!

A little more about Jamey and Jon’s details:

Jamey and Jon chose to compliment the gorgeous greens of the venue grounds with shades of plum, light pink, and cream. The color scheme echoed throughout their floral arrangements, wedding party attire, and dessert buffet. The bouquets and boutonnieres featured Cafe au Lait “Dinner Plate” dahlias along with natural scented geranium, lambs ear, lavender and garden rose accents. Mason jars delicately tied with raffia were hung from the ceremony aisle. Strings of edison bulbs lined the dance floor and centerpieces were made up of vintage vases and mason jars in varying heights; complimented with raffia ribbon and heart shaped wooden table numbers. The couple’s wedding programs had a custom crossword puzzle on the back, and the reception tables held cards with the answers to the puzzles. Guests enjoyed a custom designed dessert buffet in a plum and pink theme and were treated to chocolate dipped strawberries, chocolate hearts, plum colored licorice, pink and cream marshmallow sticks, and jellybeans.

Photographer: Mirelle Charmichael, Second Shooter: Cheryl Tivar, Venue: The Gardens at Peacock Farms, Florals and Candy Buffet: Flowers to  You by Jessica, Officiant: Pastor Vince Llamas, New Life Pismo, Wedding Coordinator: Jessica Nichols, DJ: Andy Morris Entertainment, Cake: Cakes by Judy, Videographer: Aubrea Felch, Hair: Marissa Whitney, Makeup: Candice Simonton, Carrie McGinnity, Wedding Gown: Essence of Australia, Down the Aisle, Arroyo Grande, Suits: Down the Aisle, Arroyo Grande, Bridal Jewelry: Nadri