Real Wedding: Rachel + Brent’s Outdoor Wedding
Monday, May, 10, 2010 
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Happy Monday everyone! I have a fun outdoor wedding to share with you guys today. Rachel + Brent are both long time readers of Green Wedding Shoes and even found their photographers, Jagger Photography, right here on Green Wedding Shoes. Rachel is a hairdresser and Brent is a photographer, so you know they have great style and vision. They were actually inspired by Heather + Grayson’s wedding – love that you guys! Rachel sent over some details from her day, so I’ll let her take it away -
When we started planning our April 3rd, spring wedding we knew that we wanted to have a outdoor, relaxed day filled with friends, family and lots of love. We wanted the day to reflect who we are, our style and personalities. When we had to decide on a theme or colors, we had a ton of ideas… love birds, lemons, vintage, rustic, eclectic things and lots of color ( i love color) . The colors we focused on were a yellow, gray, and hints on teal. When we started collecting wedding decor we started out thrifting like crazy and going to antique stores at any chance we could. Since I love antiques, and Brent proposed in an antique store we definitely wanted some old things :).
Love the bridesmaids dresses from Anthropologie. I actually bought this dress a few weeks ago :) Groomsmen’s attire from H&M.
For the ceremony I wanted to keep it really simple. We lined the aisle with lemons , and said our vows under a grapefruit tree. We had a little old desk full of random size vases filled with ranunculus flowers, which was simple stunning. Our pastor was a really great friend of Brents, which made is so special for us. One of our favorite memories of the day was looking around and seeing everyone we love, friendships from different seasons in our lives, all in one place. Brent and I felt so blessed to be surrounded by so many people who love us.
My favorite moment was starting to walk down the aisle with my dad. The string trio played “yellow” by Coldplay and everyone stood. Looking ahead to have the man of my dreams waiting for me was an unforgettable moment. My dad got tears in his eyes, and made me cry! It was a moment I will cherish always.
The Clarke Estate was perfect, it was outside with a ton of trees and bamboo. It was naturally beautiful which made it so easy to decorate. I was a little obsessed with our tables and I wanted them to be perfectly decorated. We covered them with old lace tablecloths, with different dessert plates and forks from the 70′s. The centerpieces were real wood pieces (cut down by a friend from northern california), with antique mason jars, vases and medicine bottles filled with flowers. Each table also had a wood framed picture from our engagement shoot and a pair of “lovebirds”. Brent, myself and my mom collected or made all the decor!
We also had a couple friends do some art work, Kelli Murray (also featured a few months ago on GWS) did a painting of our save the date, and Mel Metz did a “thumb print tree” for our bridal party.
I have to say to those that are planning, enjoy the process of wedding planning, it goes by so quickly, and so does the wedding day. It is amazing when you put in a million hours of preparation and planning and then feel it unfold around you. It is SO fun!!! Your wedding day should be one of the best days of your life. So Enjoy & Relax.
Venue: The Clarke Estate in Santa Fe Springs, Ca
Wedding Dress: David’s Bridal / Gray flower sash: Anthropologie
Hair: Emi Tamura Wheaton / Salon Vida in Los Alamitos
Makeup : My bestfriend/ bridesmaid Kristin Vander Ark
Shoes: Jeffrey Campbell @ Nordstroms
Bridesmaid Dresses: Anthropologie
Hair piece : H&M
Grooms Attire : H&M
Cinematography: A childhood friend of Brent’s, Tyler Faires. Simply amazing and so talented!
Floral Design: My aunt Darlene and family friend Karen Perris / all the flowers were from the LA flower mart hand picked by me.
Invitations/Paper goods: DIY by me and my mom (all paper from Paper Source)
Cake : Cheese cakes by Jon Donaire Desserts
Music: Seaside strings in Huntington Beach, Ca
Catering : Open Sesame in Long Beach, Ca
PhotoBooth: The traveling photobooth
Get away car: My dad’s 1936 chevy built for me and my sisters to drive away in on our wedding day!
Check out more from their wedding on Jagger Photography’s Blog. Thanks Rachel + Brent for sharing your beautiful wedding with us and best wishes to you both!
I love these wedding phots! I am getting married next year and want something unfussie, and definitely outdoors. I love how they managed to keep it stylish yet relaxed. And LOVE the idea of the ranunculus in the glass bottles. Super cute.
LOVE LOVE LOVE those bridesmaids dresses!
I wore that rose belt in my own wedding :-) but it was orange
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The personalized details are done so well- love the depression glass, thoughtful note, the envelope liners. This wedding has a wonderful vibe!
The personalized details are done so well- love the depression glass, thoughtful note, the envelope liners. This wedding has a wonderful vibe!
I LOVE your dress. Can you give me more information on the style number or name?
Thanks for sharing your lovely wedding!!
Love this wedding! Such fun details…I especially like the bridesmaid dresses and the cool floral/rustic/love bird centerpieces. Great inspiration!
love the colors and i love her cardigan too.
Thanks for much for featuring our wedding!!!! We both love your website!!! When we where planning out wedding we would always say, we want our wedding to make it on Green wedding shoes!!!I can always count on coming to GWS and only seeing the best of best wedding’s. PS We love Jagger photography!!!
I love how the eclectic mix of colors and patterns comes together – so fresh and fun!
JennSchwen – I think the bride’s dress is from David’s Bridal with a different sash.
I was so excited to see this wedding! Every little piece is so adorable! I am on a serious hunt for some wood pieces like that for my wedding (which is next weekend, yikes!) And then… after looking at the beautiful bride, I recognized her from Long Beach! Such a small world!
Beautiful wedding, Rachel!
I was wondering where the wood slabs used for the centerpieces came from? I love that idea and what to incorporate it into my wedding next April.
Jenn – The centerpieces were real wood pieces cut down by a friend from northern california. :)
I LOVE this wedding – it is so colourful, beautiful and fun :)
Beautiful! May I ask where you got all of the beautiful & unique glass bottles & jars you used for the flowers? I’ve wanted to do the same for my own wedding, but cannot find pieces as interesting as yours!
Thanks!
I absolutely love when a couple throws so much fun an personality into their wedding! Not to mention when they have a great photographer! Thanks for sharing!
I love the bright, cloth-covered letters, were those handmade or purchased? Any suggestions of where to get them or how to make them?
elizabeth,
the letters are from anthropologie
Man… I wanna have that girl plan my wedding… Epic! The photography is pretty rockin’ awesome too.
This is one of the most colorful weddings I’ve seen.I love that everything is natural. The color palette is just soothing to one’s eyes. The pics are amazing. Great job to all the involved individuals.
Well done on capturing the tiny details..also love the lighting!
I love these! Every bit of it is perfection!
fresh, happy and ecclectic are words that come to mind when seeing these wedding photos! love how the bridesmaids aren’t wearing typical bm dresses.. the theme is sooo fun :)
so cute. and i LOVE the bride’s sweater, would you mind sharing where it came from?
andrea… the sweater is from anthropologie :)
This wedding was so lovely and thoughtfully put together. It really reminds me of the aesthetic and overall look I’m going for in my wedding this summer. Even better- my venue is Clarke Estate too! It doesn’t seem to show up on wedding blogs too often, so it was great to see such a stylish wedding and to see how the bride and groom decorated the venue! Thanks for the inspiration!
I’m getting married in December and LOVE the brides shoes! Does anyone know where they are from?
What a beautiful Wedding!!! i love everything, all the personal touches makes it so unique! BEAUTIFUL!
Brides shoes: From Nordstroms “Jeffrey Campbell”
Please oh please tell me where you got all those amazing retro dinner plates??
Please tell me where you were able to find all of the lovebirds!!! I love them! What a beautiful wedding.
can you tell me what the name or style or the bridesmaids dresses are. Anthroplogie no longer has it on the website but i’m dying for it
you can find the slabs of wood on http://www.thisfineday.etsy.com
for $5!
You’re wedding is so beautiful! I’m getting married this June and would love something similar. I want to get married outdoors but I am just so paranoid about the weather. How did you go about planning for it?
I love the bottles that were used for the flowers in the drawer. Can you tell me where you got them? I would love to find some like that to use for my wedding. Thank you!
I love all of your details! I would love to craft centerpieces similar to yours but am having a much harder time finding glass jars/bottles than I originally thought. Any tips for me? Thanks!