Grey Likes Weddings

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 //

This week, Lady Grey is the luckiest blogger on the block. We’ve landed the prettiest wedding around: Emmanuelle and Ari’s Ojai wedding at The Dent House. These stunning stunning stunning (triple attack adjectives…they’re better than caps lock) wedding shot by Kurt Boomer Photo. We’re sharing insight with you from both Emmanuelle, the bride and Kurt!

Read on, my darlings. Grab a box of tissues for the drool.

From Emma:

As we are both students on a limited budget, this was a complete DIY affair with friends pitching in with everything, from cooking the rehearsal dinner, making the floral arrangements, signs and invitations, picking up cakes, and creating the iPod playlist, to flea market shopping in three cities for vases, cake plates and wooden boxes. Otherwise, we focused on the things that mattered the most to us: good barbeque, music, wine and pastries. We found a wonderful family bluegrass band from Santa Monica to play before the ceremony and during the cocktail hour, and spent a lot of time at BevMo finding a range of wines and ingredients for a ginger beer cocktail. As for the décor, we chose colors that were modern (gray) and matched the property’s abundant citrus trees (orange and yellow). Because the location was so powerful and exquisite on its own, we also didn’t feel the need to overdo it. I bought three kinds of dried flowers I liked from a family farm, and my friend spent all day Saturday making the arrangements.

From Kurt:

The dent house has become one of my new favorite venues. Endless places for portraits with the tranquility only a long mountain drive and remote location can provide. I think I could shoot here all year long and always come up with new shots.

Rad vendors that made this wedding lovely: Photography: Kurt Boomer Photo // Location: The Dent House // Catering: Simply Marvelous // Dress: Vera Wang // Cake: Blackmarket Bakery // Makeup: Busy Babes Salon // Shoes: Him – John Varvatos, Her – Seychelles //

Today, I’ve got my apron on and will be spending the day in the kitchen with my family. I hope you are looking forward to your holiday plans! Here’s a little inspiration to get you excited for tomorrow!

via BHG

In continuation of our homage to Thanksgiving, today we have a gorgeous “FALL in Love” shoot from Diana Marie Photography and floral designer Fleurology. I love imagining a cozy autumn wedding with a scarf wrapped around the bride, jewel toned blooms, fig pastries, and hot apple cider! Oh…and the sweater wrapped on the invite? Too great!

Photography: Diana Marie Photography // Floral: Fleurology | Wedding + Event Floral Design // Stationery: Paper Bloom // Cake: Sugar Cubed Cake Creations // Bridal Accessories: Elizabeth Perry Collections // Bridal Gowns: Ania Couture // Bridal Headpieces: Jannie Baltzer // Bridal Sash: Nicky Design // Venue: Springhouse Cellar Winery // Dessert Table: One Divine Party // Pastries: NuVrei Bakery // Plates, napkins, cups: Anthropologie

I hope you are as excited as I am about Thanksgiving this Thursday! Bryan and I have a long list of dinners and brunches to attend and for the first time ever, I’m hosting my very own, very small, Thanksgiving dinner. I’ve been on the hunt for a little Thanksgiving inspiration, so we’ll be sharing some of our favorite finds with you this week! First up today is this rustic Thanksgiving shoot with florals and styling by Honey and Poppies, heirloom place settings and food styling by Casa de Perrin, and photography by Braedon Flynn. This shoot was originally featured over on Design Sponge, however we’ve got lots of extra images to share with you to get you inspired!

To get us in the holiday spirit, I’d love for you to share one of your favorite Thanksgiving traditions or even your favorite dish you look most forward to! I’d say for me, my favorite part about Thanksgiving is spending the entire day in the kitchen with my mom, sisters, and brother-in-law, Taylor, who cooks up a storm. There’s something about cooking and great conversation that goes so well together! And I know it might sound silly, but I always really look forward to homemade cranberry sauce! Mmmm…

Honey and Poppies  :  design and florals (which included lots of vintage mixed metal vessels filled with foraged leaves along with dahlias, roses, and berries, a hanging installation of crabapple branches, mini bouquets for the placecards, and a mantle styled with many types of pumpkins and squash) // J and R Foods: menu design and cooking // Casa de Perrin:  heirloom placesettings and food styling // Found Vintage Rentals: design and furniture // Pitbulls and Posies:  lasercut paper goods based on the idea of a modernized deconstructed quilt // Braedon Flynn:  photography // Carondelet House:  location // Dovetail:  coordination