Wow how is it Wednesday already?! I hope you all are enjoying this week… hopefully some of you are off of work and relaxing! I’ve still yet to step foot in a store… I definitely don’t recommend putting off your holiday shopping until just days before! Well today amidst my crazy holiday procrastination, I have an amazing DIY backyard wedding for you! So amazing in fact that I just couldn’t pare down the photos. I was going to split up the post into 2 parts, but you know what? I’m just going to do a huge massive post for you all- it’s gonna be a doozy! Of course it doesn’t hurt that the images from Kristin La Voie Photography are absolutely gorgeous! Oh and we have the bride Stephanie joining us to give us a little insight about her DIY wedding! Let the gorgeous doozy of a wedding begin! ;)
What (or who) helped you most in your planning process and/or on your wedding day?
My mom and I spent virtually the better portion of a year planning my wedding day. Whether we were wandering around the back yard figuring out what would look best where, creating our own versions of DIY items we saw on etsy, coming up with new exciting ideas over our morning coffee, or perusing the clearance isles at various stores around town – we felt as though we were CONSTANTLY in wedding world and we truly loved every minute of it.
What was the most important thing to you when deciding who to work with for your wedding?
I really focused on trying to stay local and to use as many services from people that we knew or had worked with before. We were THRILLED to have Kristin LaVoie photography shoot our wedding as I actually had gone to school with Kristin Elementary through College! It meant so much more to have someone there I had known for so long. We were able to use Lovin Oven Cakery which was actually the same bakery that my parents had their wedding cake made at in 1986! Our flowers came from the local flower shop my family has been using for the past 25 years.
Did any of your vendors do anything special for you before, on, or after your wedding day that you would like to share?
Kristin (our photographer) took the time to put together an absolutely amazing and extremely touching video clip in which there were a ton of our amazing photos all of which were shown while playing a beautiful song in the background. When Rob and I saw the video for the first time we were both in awe and had tears of joy running down our faces!
What was your favorite thing about your wedding?
Our favorite thing about our wedding day was the fact that we were able to have an incredible number of our very closest family and friends travel from literally all of the world and come together in the backyard of my parents home – a place where Rob and I essentially grew up together and in one way or another – fell in love. We were also able to have our three beautifully big adopted pound dogs roaming around the yard throughout the day, which for two somewhat obsessed dog owners, meant the world to us! To share such a special day with so many loved ones and to be able to do it in an environment that is so meaningful was truly an incredible experience.
In addition, we were able to have a true live string band perform at our wedding as opposed to the usual DJ, which just completed our day in every way possible. The group which performed, The Old Tin Can String Band, actually have an award winning renowned violinist in addition to three other unbelievably talented mandolin, guitar and bass guitar musicians in their group – all of which just completely blew our guests away. We had a true bluegrass hoe-down and we could not have been more thrilled with the way it all played it out!
What is your best piece of advice for other brides?
My advice would be to stay true to yourselves and to what you love and are passionate about. The more details you can personalize and make about you, your husband, and your relationship, the more meaningful the day will be for both of you. Don’t forget that it is also your husbands wedding day too, so be sure to include him in as many ways as possible. Remember to enjoy yourself and to not allow yourself to stress out too much. Regardless of what little hiccups may occur, your wedding day will truly be magical and at the end of it all you will be married to the love of your life, which is certainly the most exciting and important part!
Yes yes yes! Wonderful advice! I’ve got to hand it to these brides featured on ELD… they really get the whole personal detail thing! ;) Thank you for reliving your wedding day with us Stephanie! And thank you to the amazing Kristin La Voie Photography for capturing it all so beautifully!
I told you this was going to be a doozy didn’t I? But a gorgeous one at that! I’m absolutely in love with the bouquets- their shape and composition is beautiful! And their dog in some of those last photos… my heart definitely melted. I’m such a sucker for dogs in weddings! :) So how about you? What’s your favorite part of this backyard wedding?
Vendors who made it all happen…
Lauren
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Really adorable! I love the overall feel of the photographs Kristin took and all the details captured. Seemed like a small but mighty wedding filled with good family and friends! I especially love the wine glasses! Congrats to the bride and groom!
Love everything about this wedding. Its so natural feeling but no detail is missed. gorgeous.
Beautiful DIY and stunning pictures!
Wow! Such a rustic, romantic, special wedding! It seems that the bride and groom had their hands in everything! I enjoy so much about these pictures, the colorful fall flowers, to the wine glasses, to the cake, and must not leave off the little sign that says, “All you need is love…and a dog.” Thanks for sharing! :)