Tricia, the bride, is a co-worker and friend. Her husband's parents have an avocado ranch on a gorgeous hill in a rural area. It was picture perfect.
This was the most DIYed wedding I've ever attended, and I got to be a part of it. (When I say DIY....they even made all the alcohol they served - beer, wine, mojitos, sangria, and kahlua!)
I helped set the reception up on Friday & Saturday. The bride and groom built and stamped succulent boxes for the table centerpieces, with lanterns. The table runners were strips of burlap. We put together all the flowers during the rehearsal on Friday evening, just like I did the day before my own wedding!
I helped set the reception up on Friday & Saturday. The bride and groom built and stamped succulent boxes for the table centerpieces, with lanterns. The table runners were strips of burlap. We put together all the flowers during the rehearsal on Friday evening, just like I did the day before my own wedding!
The bride and groom created this monstrous succulent wall out of a pallet. It weighed over 500 lbs, and then spent 2 months gradually tilting it up to the roots of the plants would hold when it was upright.
I can't wait to get the professional pictures to share, because once it got dark, my iPhone wasn't doing the place justice, but the whole wedding turned out beautifully with a sunset ceremony, a live band (of friends!), and a cake buffet. I made two lavender lemon bundt cakes you see below :-)
There is something so electric about weddings of friends. As someone who has been married for two and a half years I feel so much excitement for the newness and the romance of marriage on a wedding day. But I also I feel joy that another friend gets to experience the wonder and struggle and comfort and completeness of marriage.
There is something so electric about weddings of friends. As someone who has been married for two and a half years I feel so much excitement for the newness and the romance of marriage on a wedding day. But I also I feel joy that another friend gets to experience the wonder and struggle and comfort and completeness of marriage.
Happy New Year indeed.
9 comments:
That was a fantastic post and I really hope you sent the link to the bride! They really made their own kahlua?! Wow! Great photos, too!
Wow!! That succulent wall is beautiful! I did not DIY much of my wedding and sometimes I regret it ... but then again I would have probably been a total stressball and I wasn't!
Jess - yes, they really made their own kahlua! SO good in coffee with dessert :-)
Very pretty! Those cakes look yummy!
Wow, your friend and her wedding are gorgeous! She's lucky to have such a fantastic venue in the family - an avocado ranch sounds divine!
Stunning photos. The bride looks beautiful!
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This wedding looks fantastic! My wedding is going to be very diy too!Can't wait to see the rest of the pictures.
That looks like such a great wedding!
Wow wow wow - that sounds like an amazing wedding! I would love to see the pro pics!!!
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