Rachel & Adam’s Rustic, Cheerful Summer Wedding

On Feb 15 · 1 Comment

The wed­ding of Rachel and Adam, held last June at the The Barns at Wes­leyan Hills, was fun, rus­tic and super cheer­ful. Designed by Jubilee Events and pho­tographed by Carla Ten Eyck, the event fea­tured an abun­dance of dif­fer­ent tex­tures and pops of sunny yel­low. Right out of the gate, Rachael wanted to give her quests a glimpse of what was to come. To achieve this, we cre­ated wooden Save The Dates with Rachael and Adam’s ini­tials “carved” into the sur­face. When their wed­ding was fea­tured on Style Me Pretty late last year, Rachel said “The Save The Dates are one of our favorite touches that really allowed us to bring the country/rustic feel­ing through­out the whole wed­ding by giv­ing us the wood heart to play with.” And we did just that! The carved heart became a cus­tom tag that adorned their invi­ta­tion and later, at their recep­tion, was tied to favor boxes of choco­late cov­ered Oreos. Even the cup­cakes by A Lit­tle Imag­i­na­tion Cakes fea­tured piped icing ini­tials and hearts!

Lace was another ele­ment that was woven through many aspects of their wed­ding with Rachel’s gor­geous lace gown serv­ing as the inspi­ra­tion. Once again, the sta­tionery helped set the stage. The invi­ta­tion suite, printed on Ecru Crane’s Let­tra to pick up the warmth of the yel­low in their wed­ding palette, had a lay­ered belly band of Kraft paper and lace. Gold and ivory twine wrapped around the band, secur­ing a wooden heart and a wooden web­site tag. At their cer­e­mony, an antique lace cloth hung from the chup­pah and strips of  lace trim­ming adorned each nap­kin. Fem­i­nine, soft and tex­tural, it was the per­fect com­pli­ment to the rus­tic design. And the tex­tures didn’t stop there! The wed­ding pro­grams were book­lets with stitched linen cov­ers. Each one was stamped with a cus­tom design to fur­ther per­son­al­ize them. The text inside explained each of the Jew­ish wed­ding tra­di­tions so that guests under­stood all the ele­ments of the cer­e­mony. The menus,  printed on unique wood grain paper, brought the sta­tionery suite full circle.

In addi­tion to being fea­tured on Style Me Pretty, Rachael and Adam’s wed­ding graces the pages of Bliss Cel­e­bra­tions newest edi­tion.

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All event pho­tog­ra­phy by Carla Ten Eyck. Sta­tionery images styled and pho­tographed by Coral Pheas­ant Stationery.

 

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Wedding Bible Planner Debuts!

On Feb 14 · 1 Comment

Last June I attended engage!, the wed­ding industry’s best lux­ury wed­ding busi­ness sum­mit. And let me tell you, it did not dis­ap­point! It was such a great expe­ri­ence that I went again in Decem­ber and have plans to attend my third this June. The sum­mit is three days full of inspi­ra­tion, insights, ideas and inno­va­tion. But one of the great­est take­aways out­side of those 4 I’s is the peo­ple you meet and the con­nec­tions you make. It’s an oppor­tu­nity to be in a room with peo­ple you might not nor­mally cross paths with because of geo­graphic dis­tances. Case in point is the sub­ject of this very post. At my first engage!, I had the great for­tune of meet­ing Sarah Hay­wood, Britain’s most sought-after wed­ding plan­ner. We sat next to each other dur­ing an after­noon of pre­sen­ta­tions and began chat­ting dur­ing the breaks. Those con­ver­sa­tions con­tin­ued (via Skype!) after the con­fer­ence ended and devel­oped into one of my favorite col­lab­o­ra­tions to date. Just weeks after  con­nect­ing, Sarah hired me to redesign her top-selling wed­ding plan­ning book and plan­ner. I was over the moon! In addi­tion to being a mas­ter at her craft, Sarah is such a delight to work with. The redesign of the Plan­ner was the first order of busi­ness and we worked for sev­eral months select­ing new images, devel­op­ing a fresh color palette and over­haul­ing the entire aes­thetic. I am par­tic­u­larly fond of the sil­ver foil printed cal­lig­ra­phy head­ings by Paul Anto­nio. Gorg! Today, on the most fit­ting of days (it’s Valentine’s Day folks!), the newly redesigned Wed­ding Bible Plan­ner debuts! To quote Ama­zon,

(The Wed­ding Bible Plan­ner is a) Styl­ish, prac­ti­cal, all-new sec­ond edi­tion of this crit­i­cally acclaimed wed­ding orga­nizer from celebrity Wed­ding Plan­ner and top-selling bridal author Sarah Hay­wood. Based upon the files and note­books Sarah cre­ates for her­self when plan­ning cel­e­bra­tions, this beau­ti­ful, detailed and prac­ti­cal orga­nizer will also become a cher­ished keep­sake for every bride who uses it as her own wed­ding plan­ning bible. Wed­ding tips and advice from ‘Sarah and friends’ – all top wed­ding names from the world of lux­ury cel­e­bra­tions includ­ing the fash­ion famous, lux­ury styl­ists, A-list hair and beauty pro­fes­sion­als, celebrity florists and chefs. Royal cou­turier Sassi Hol­ford, cup­cake Queen Peggy Porschen and Jamie Oliver’s Fab­u­lous Feasts are just some of the experts featured.

The images below are a peek of what’s inside.

 

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Feminine Meets Masculine Editorial for Well Wed Magazine

On Feb 05 · 1 Comment

Last Spring the mem­bers of inWHITE teamed up to style a fem­i­nine meets mas­cu­line edi­to­r­ial for Well Wed Mag­a­zine at the gor­geous New Haven Lawn Club – an ideal loca­tion with it’s graphic black and white floors and the incred­i­ble art deco archi­tec­ture.  The inspi­ra­tion for the shoot was heav­ily influ­enced by the looks seen on the run­ways at the Sring 2012 New York Fash­ion Week and the Alexan­der McQueen 2011 Sav­age Beauty exhibit. When devel­op­ing the paper story, I chose to take a more mas­cu­line approach to the invi­ta­tion design using a strik­ing serif font. Come on, how sexy are the numer­als? And that amper­sand?! The suite was printed using black and white foil to emu­late patent leather. The paper itself, Plike, was plastic-like and fur­ther empha­sized the slick looks used in var­i­ous bits of fash­ion and beauty. To add a touch of soft­ness, beau­ti­ful, lan­guid cal­lig­ra­phy by Brown Linen graced the outer enve­lope and place cards.

It’s no secret that I am a huge fan of Datura: a mod­ern gar­den and Tony’s work did not dis­ap­point. Sev­eral of the bou­quets that he cre­ated were, shall we say… sug­ges­tive and included blooms fash­ioned into a rid­ing crop and hand­cuffs. Genius. For an in depth look into the fash­ion styling, be sure to visit the blog of The White Dress by the shore. Still not enough? Pop over to Carla Ten Eyck and Jubilee Events for their take! To see the edi­to­r­ial in print, visit news­stands to pick up a copy of Well Wed’s Spring issue.

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Pho­tog­ra­phy: Carla Ten Eyck*  and Anna Briggs // Event Design/Coordination: Jubilee Events* // Fash­ion Styling: The White Dress by the shore* // Flo­ral Design: Datura, a mod­ern gar­den // Paper Styl­ist: Coral Pheas­ant Sta­tionery* // Cal­lig­ra­phy: Brown Linen // Cake & Con­fec­tions: Lit­tle Imag­i­na­tion Cakes // Makeup: Jen­nie Fresa Makeup and Skin­care Bou­ti­querie* // Hair: Terri Coon for Tim­o­thy Pam­ment // Lin­gerie: Beneath the Gown* // Video: Vin­tage Cinema

*Carla Ten Eyck Pho­tog­ra­phy, Jubilee Events, The White Dress by the shore , Coral Pheas­ant Sta­tionery + Design, Jen­nie Fresa Makeup and Skin­care Bou­ti­querie and Beneath the Gown are all mem­bers of inWHITE: a lux­ury wed­ding collective

 

 

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