Happy Halloween everyone! This weekend was the first time in years that my husband and I dressed up for Halloween. (If you’re curious about what we were, you can see the photo that I tweeted here. If you’re confused, here’s a hint: Parks and Recreation.)
Okay, enough about costumes, let’s talk about this awesome wedding I have for you all today! It’s absolutely perfect considering today is Halloween and all- deep, dark colors plus a little spookiness, yet still absolutely gorgeous and elegant. “Enchanted Forest”. Isn’t that an amazing theme to have for your wedding’s style? I love it! Oh and this is an Every Last Vendor wedding dream team- with amazing photography from Pure7Studios, planning by It’s A Shore Thing, and invitations and paper products by Gourmet Invitations! The bride Brittnie will be taking us on a little tour through her “Enchanted Forest” wedding too!
What (or who) helped you most in your planning process and/or on your wedding day?
I seriously could not have made it through the day without my AMAZING planner, Jennifer Warwick-Lewis. She went above and beyond my expectations of what wedding planners were capable of doing.
What was the most important thing to you when deciding who to work with for your wedding?
I did tons of research on wedding planners in my area. I met with a couple and chatted on the phone with a few then I went to It’s a “Shore” Thing. I knew I had found THE ONE! Everyone there seemed so excited to hear about my ideas, crazy as they may have sounded, and instantly started coming up with their own ideas for my wedding. They genuinely seemed just as excited as I was. If you don’t instantly “click” with a planner, chances are you shouldn’t work with them. Beacuse you will be stuck with them for however long it takes to plan your special day.
Did any of your vendors do anything special for you before, on, or after your wedding day that you would like to share?
I told Jennifer that I wanted a candy buffet at the reception, it was just an idea. She said I didnt have to worry about a thing, that she would take care of it. I eventually forgot about it and when it came time for my reception there it was, the most beautiful and delicious candy buffet I’ve ever seen. She had even gotten custom labels and bags made for the candy. It was amazing. Our wedding had a bit of a “creepy” theme so she even got skull and gargoyle shaped lollipops. Our Photographer, Pure7Studios, sent my husband and I a custom made christmas tree ornament with one of our wedding photos in it for our first married Christmas. then on on 1st wedding anniversary we recieved a delicious box of gourmet chocolates, also from Pure7Studios. Things like that make a couple feel more like friends and not just another client.
What was your favorite thing about your wedding?
There were SO many things that I loved about my wedding! I really loved the music from the ceremony all the way to the reception. For the ceremony we had a string quartet play nontraditional wedding music. The groomsmen and bridesmaids walked down the aisle to an arrangement of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Beliveing”. I walked down to an arrangment of Etta James’ “At Last” and the processional was an arrangement of KISS “I Was Made For Lovin You”. BBoy Productions did the music for the reception and people of all ages were shakin’ it on the dance floor the entire night.
What is your best piece of advice for other brides?
Try not to worry too much about what people think of your ideas for your wedding. It’s not their wedding, it’s yours. The day is for you and your future husband. It should be ALL ABOUT YOU and what makes you unique as individuals and as a couple. It’s a celebration of your love for eachother and if you want to dance down the aisle wearing sunglasses, and feather boa then by all means go for it! Be you and have fun with it. That’s what makes a wedding a true success.
Wow, thank you for that Brittnie! I couldn’t have said it any better- in fact, I did say it in last week’s Thursday Tips! :)
So how’s this for an AWESOME wedding to feature on this Halloween day?! A big thank you to Pure7Studios for sharing this wedding and all of it’s amazingness with us!
Now tell me- what’s your favorite part of this “Enchanted Forest” wedding? I think my favorite thing is the flowers hanging from the chandeliers (you know my love for hanging things), but the Blood & Smoke Martinis are pretty awesome too! You know what else I’m curious about? If you could have any kind of themed wedding, what would it be? The wedding of your wildest dreams. Okay, and GO! (Oh and Happy Halloween!)
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Lauren
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Wow, what a wedding! I love all of the intricate details put into this. It came out gorgeous! love the blood and smoke martinis! <3
For those who are curious. The watch on the bouquet was my “something old”. It belonged to my great grandmother. The skull garter was hand made to match our wedding colors. And the pictures with white background were taken in the amazingly fun photobooth provided by pure7studios.
Awesome post for Halloween!! Love the bird cages, the sofas and the candy buffet! But all the details of the enchanted forest look great! love it!
Are those marshmallow i<3U's???? I think I'm in love!
The bridal portraits in the trees look amazing! I love the outline of the trees behind to match the invites!
Gorgeous! Creative but so well done! Love it and I loved the pic of you and your hubs dressed up!
The most perfect wedding for Halloween day – LOVE it. You can never go wrong with purple in my opinion. SO many elements and details – this is just amazing. I keep looking thru the photos and spying something new
That purple bouquet is absolutely stunning :)
Love the colors so rich!
This was a very nice wedding. I love when a themed wedding can be pulled off so niceley! The details always tell the story and the details of this wedding were chosen quite nicely. I love the watch on the bouquet, the chocolate bars and the wrting on them, the cake, the birds on the stationery, and the florals. Such a great job!!!
This was truly an enchanted wedding and an enchanted evening for all. congrats to everyone for making it “something to remember forever”.
Thiss wedding is absolutly beautiful and the detail is amazing!! Love love the smoke touch on themartinis.
I love your centerpieces! We had the same Idea and have been looking for lanterns everywhere. Where did you find those?
I am in love with so many details of this wedding! The shape of the cake, the couple shots in the dark, and those centerpieces are just wow!
Ruth, Believe it or not I actually found them on Amazon.com and only paid 25 dollars for a set of 4 ! I love a great deal, dont you? :)
I still replay that day in my head from time to time and it always put the biggest smile on my face. Great family, great friends, and a unbelievable time!
Love, love, love!!! love this bride & groom – and couldn’t have been more excited to plan such a FUN and FABULOUS event! xoxo
What an absolutely BEAUTIFUL wedding!!! But Brittnie has been full of ideas about her wedding since I’ve known her (16 years!!), so I’m not surprised :)
Best wedding ever! Extremely honored I got to participate in the wedding of two of my favorite people!
the candy buffet look delicious :X:X
Most beautiful and fun wedding I have ever attended
This was the mest planned wedding i have ever attended, everyone did a fantastic job..it was truely breathtaking!
What an amazing wedding idea! The details, big and small, really seem to make the wedding just exactly how you want it. I hope my wedding theme comes off just as perfect!
I’m doing an Enchanted Forest theme too! I want to incorporate purple and turquoise into it and I didn’t know if it would work, but this totally proves it can! I got so much inspiration from these photos. :D And, congratulations to the bride and groom!