Green Wedding Shoes Wedding Blog | Wedding Trends for Stylish + Creative Brides

If you are a big fan of color trends like me,then I’m sure you’ve heard by now that Pantone declared Tangerine Tango as their Pantone Color for 2012. While I’m not typically a fan of orange, I think this shoot today has totally changed my mind! Concept + styled by the lovely Kristy Rice of Momental Designs, this shoot involves watercolors + Tangerine Tango ideas for a gorgeous modern wedding. Kristy sketched and created the entire Trellis pattern for Envelopments and then designed the entire shoot around it bringing in custom made fabrics, chairs, paper chandeliers and of course a variety of stationery pieces. I just love all the hand painting that goes into Kristy’s work and this shoot goes to show it’s not only for the paper – the cakes, the chandeliers and even a paper flower bouquet with hand painting – simply stunning! Gorgeous photos thanks to Swoon Over It Photography.

Did you know that with Dessy Group you can customize their dresses with the exact Pantone color swatches?! How rad is that + super perfect to find the exact color of dresses you are looking for your wedding day. The dress above is from the Tangerine Tango Pantone swatch! :)

How fun are these paper chandeliers?! Love.

Love the calligraphy by Meant To Be Calligraphy and florals by Sullivan Owen.

From Kristy, Overall the look is meant to be a mix of clean and organic but not overly fussy or feminine. Versatility is key and communicating the many faces of the Trellis pattern was important. The table itself was set with minimal fluff, where stationery and watercolor spatter place settings as the focus. The color palette is monochromatic at first glance with unexpected pops of complimentary tones here and there. Custom pattern fabric were used in upholstery throughout. Small cafe chair seats, large overstuffed lounge chair, etc… 

The Ring Bearer Bowl below shoes a peek into a future project in the works between Paloma’s Nest and Momental Designs: Painted Paloma’s!

The cakes were all made in collaboration with Truly Scrumptious. Trellis was hand painted + deconstructed on each.

And a fun behind the scenes video from the day thanks to Birdhouse Productions!

Gorgeous work! Thanks so much to all the following talented vendors for sharing your creative ideas with us today.

vendors:
styling, stationery and design: Momental Designs // photography: Swoon Over It Photography // pattern and papers: Envelopments // production: Be Inspired PR // design+production assistant: Jessica DalSanto // cinema: Birdhouse Productions // floral design: Sullivan Owen // vintage rentals and custom upholstery: Maggpie Vintage // gowns: After Six by The Dessy Group // calligraphy: Meant To Be Calligraphy // cake: Truly Scrumptious // ring bearer bowl: Paloma’s Nest // custom belt: DESLA // custom fabric: Spoonflower // make-up artist: Beke Beau // hair: Tatum Neiderhiser, Aura Salon, Kingston PA // models: Danielle Pasternak, Amanda Savory, Steph Strazdus

Stephanie + Jarred are both high school teachers and met while working at the same school so of course they wanted to incorporate some school details into their day! After discovering the composition book invites from Letter Box Ink, the ideas just started to flow – right down to the last-minute discovery of the awesome green school desk they found on craigslist the day before the wedding. Stephanie + Jarred spent countless hours crafting together before the wedding – Stephanie made the hairpieces, boutonnières + bouquets, and scouted out lots of glass jars. Since Jarred is an art teacher, he made their cake topper, designed + folded the paper plane programs, and built the teal arch and planter boxes for the centerpieces. Such a personal + creative wedding! Congrats to Stephanie + Jarred and big thanks to This Modern Romance for the super gorgeous photos!

Tell us a bit about your music…
Processional: Vitamin String Quartet’s instrumental version of “In Your Eyes”
Recessional: “The Dog Days Are Over” by Florence + the Machine
First Dance: “Make You Feel My Love” by Adele’s (Bob Dylan cover)

The paper plane programs were designed by Jarred and printed at Staples on colored paper for around 20 cents/each. Only downside was that they had to fold them all but it did dave a lot of money – and they look super cute! :)

Most memorable moment of your wedding day?
Walking down the aisle. It felt completely surreal having my parents on each arm, being surrounded by my close family and friends in such an intimate setting, and of course, Jarred waiting for me at the end of the aisle. I kept wishing I could press “pause” and just soak it all in for a minute.

Reading our vows. We wrote them ourselves but did not share them with each other until we were reading them in the actual ceremony. We both cracked each other up (and our guests) by recounting our first date, thoughts about each other, why we loved each other, and also made some very important promises – both fun and serious. Now, Jarred likes to remind me that I promised to try to accept his video games (he taught me how to play one on the plane ride to our honeymoon) and always clean the house up right before our guests come over. I like to remind him that he promised to stay awake past 9 and to always be patient with me, even when he is frustrated. He has yet to break his promise to make me laugh everyday.

I also have a very vivid memory of the very end of the ceremony, right as my grandpa said, “By the power vested in me…”, Jarred looked at me and said, “Holy shit, we just got married.”

The phrase “Love you forever, like you for always, as long as I’m living” had a very special meaning to me from one of my favorite childhood books, Love You Forever. We used it in our vows, on our invites, had it printed on red pencils for favors, and my Maid of Honor strung painted wooden letters around Marvimon with the words.

Any advice for those planning now?
There are a lot of details, pieces, and emotions coming together on your wedding day. Make sure you have a really competent coordinator who takes the time to understand exactly what you want because they can really make or break your experience. Also, never underestimate the amount of work that goes into DIY projects. It was really fun to have everything so personalized and meaningful but I was also up at 11 the night before my wedding, wiring together my bouquet. 

Things will likely go wrong and you just have to roll with it. There were a lot of things that didn’t go as planned but for the most part our guests didn’t know. One of my friends told me later that she felt so comfortable at our wedding because it was so catered to our guests. We grouped our same-age cousins and friends together at tables, had Polaroid cameras at the costume photo booth, served tacos buffet style, and hired Huntington’s barista bar to serve drinks on the patio. We just tried to make the vibe as relaxed as possible and our family and friends caught on to that. My dad’s shirt fell in the toilet at Marvimon as he was getting dressed but I didn’t even know until the story came out the day after the wedding. Luckily, he had an extra (although a different color) on backup and he handled it without stressing anyone out.

vendors:
photography: This Modern Romance // venue: Marvimon // day of coordinating + partial design: Jesi Haack Design // wedding dress: ceremony dress (long) from Maggie Sottero (purchased off-the-rack from Bridal Elegance in Torrance); reception dress (short) from Priscilla of Boston (purchased second hand from recycled bride) // shoes: bridesmaids from Nina; bride’s ceremony shoe: custom-dyed Badgley Mischka (turquoise heel); reception shoe: Stuart Weitzman (grey glitter heel) with feather shoe clip from Feathers and Frills  // bridesmaid dresses: Donna Morgan and Adrianna Papell (both from Nordstrom) // hair + makeup: 10.11 makeup // groom suit: Bar III suit (from Macy’s), Sperry Top Sider loafers // invitations+ paper goods: invitations from Letter Box Ink // catering: Huntington // cake and desserts: DIY by Deirdra Clark (my awesome sister-in-law whipped us up a Champagne cake the day before the wedding). All other desserts were homemade by my mom Michele, sister Amanda, Grandma Doris, Great Aunt LaVerne, plus two cakes from Cheesecake Factory // dj: Don Covel Entertainment // valet: jeffrey valet // rentals: Archive Vintage Rentals

This Modern Romance and Archive Vintage Rentals are featured vendors of Green Wedding Shoes. Check out their vendor profiles to see more of their work or discover other GWS recommended vendors for your wedding day in our Vendor Guide.

I just love Ashley + Andrew’s heartfelt wedding. The gorgeous nature surroundings and the pops of bright colors made for such a beautiful day. Since Ashley is an artist, she wanted to create most of the details herself and did a gorgeous job with the invites, flowers and other decor elements. Thanks so much to Shannen Norman for the gorgeous photos and congrats to Ashley + Andrew!

Ashley and a few of her friends did all the flowers. Just love how each bridesmaid had a bouquet in a different color!

Tell us a bit about your music…
Processional: “Bowsprit” by Balmorhea
Recessional: “Indiana Jones Theme” by John Williams
First Dance: “Wink and a Smile” by Harry Connick Jr

For a more detailed music list, you can find additional tunes that they played on Ashley’s website

For us the central, foundational point of the day was our ceremony. I think for a lot of couples, the reception is the highlight and, seriously, who doesn’t love a good party? But that being wrapped in love, community, and spirituality that I mentioned above? Totally what the ceremony was all about. It was a place of deep introspection and hopeful contemplation.

Plenty of memories from this stand out: Andrew and I served communion to our entire host of wedding guests, to mark the importance of this new beginning. We gave thanks to each other’s parents, for raising and loving this person we were committing our lives to. And speaking our deeply heartfelt vows to one another was surreal, indescribable. But probably one of my favorite moments was after the recessional, when we had a few seconds to just hold each other and breathe and stand in awe of the moment of: “Wow, we did it. We are married.”

How cute is their cake topper!!? :)

My girlfriends, mom, and I ombre-dyed cloth napkins that we will use for years and years of meals, so that we can remember the first meal they began life at. Andrew and I wrote verbose and deeply meaningful vows to one another that would hold us tightly in their grip. I spent painstaking hours sorting and arranging music, to set and bolster the feel of the day. We went to some seriously valuable premarital counseling with an incredibly loving pastor and his wife, and hashed out our theology surrounding our wedding. Lather, rinse, repeat, on nearly every aspect. In truth, I threw myself, mind, body, and soul into this wedding, as I seldom have in any other time in life.

And after nine months of laboring (funny, but true), I gave away complete control of the wedding — to God, to the weather, to our coordinator, to all of our guests. Because honestly you can have Plan A’s and Plan B’s all lined up, and pray as much as you want, and even freak the eff out as much as you want, but there comes a point when a wedding is completely out of your hands. It was beautiful to let go, and let the day simply be what it was going to be: it allowed me to be calm and fully present for this momentous day. And in the midst of this releasing control, something completely unexpected happened: this wedding that I had worked SO hard on and poured so much love and sweat into…this wedding became a gift back to us.

vendors
photography: Shannen Norman Photography // venue: Pine Rose Cabins // day-of-coordinator: Mary Barnett // wedding dress: Modern Trousseau // hairpieces: Mignonne Handmade // shoes: Aerosoles + handmade clips // groom suit: Alfani // cinematography: our guests! we passed out half a dozen Flip video cameras, and asked them to film anything they found notable during the day. the result is an extensive and deeply personal set of wedding videos that we love to pieces // invitations+ paper goods: bride // catering: our friends and families busted out their best crackpot recipes, and we had an incredible soup and stew buffet, and an also amazing dessert spread. what more could you want than the best warming foods your family can offer, on a crisp mountain day? // cake: Sugar Sugar Cakery // music: Joel Cathey and Faith Hefty