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Tabitha + Taylor’s Nature Inspired Wedding

Today’s green wedding comes to us from High Pocket farm in Massachusetts, complete with handpicked wildflowers and centerpieces made with elements found in nature. Which is totally fitting since Tabitha and Taylor met in college when they both joined the wildlife society.

The couple really wanted to showcase the environment in their wedding. As mentioned earlier, they hand picked all the beautiful wildflowers used in the wedding from a farm via their local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and the bride and the maid of honor arranged them all.

As part of the ceremony, they had each guest hold a rock and make a blessing, and then everyone put the rocks in a jar, which the couple now keeps at home. This ties into Taylor’s proposal, when he spelled out “Marry Me?” using tiny rocks while on a nature walk.

The chuppah was built by the groom and his friends using paper birch trees. I love how guests are casually gathered around. It makes the event feel so much more comfortable and organic.

More from the bride: “The centerpieces were tree cookies cut from trees we had previously cut down in our yard. On top of the tree cookie we placed a large rock which we collected from locations we have visited together (beaches, rivers, etc.) Using a permanent marker we labeled the rocks with the table name (also places that we created memories together). The flower vases were glass jars wrapped in birch bark (harvested from already dead birch trees or bark we found on the ground). The flowers were handpicked at a local CSA wildflower farm, and the moss, lichen and twigs were also collected during hikes to decorate the rest of the centerpiece.”

“The favors were mason jars that we hand stamped for people to use during our wedding. Our goal was to reduce waste and give people something special to take home to remember the day.”

“For the place cards we used branches from our yard that we cut slits in with a sawzall. The place cards were wildflower seed paper that people could take home to plant.”

“The cake stand was also hand made using trees we cut in our yard.”

(Ed. note – I’m having difficulty processing how adorable this cake is. I mean, LOOK.)

Right before dinner, it started pouring down rain. A normal couple would panic, but not this nature-loving couple. The bride now says it’s one of her favorite memories of the day.

Rainy day wedding kayaking, anyone?

Awesome wedding, Tabitha and Taylor! Thanks for sharing it with us.

DETAILS:
Photographer: Orchard Cove Photography
Caterer: Cliff’s Smokin Barbeque
Floral: Wilder Brook Farm
Band: Destroy Babylon
Event Venue: High Pocket, Colrain, Massachusetts

Submitted via Two Bright Lights

Kati + Todd

While there are tons of cute DIY details in the wedding of Kati and Todd, my eyes stopped and stuck on the groom and his party’s vests. CAMO VESTS? I love it! I never see this, and it’s done so well here! I really need to stop using exclamation points!

In all seriousness though, I am very much enjoying this detail. Traditionally, most of the wedding aesthetic falls to the bride but Todd has interjected a nice and humorous bit of his personality into the day. As for Kati’s purview, she created the bridesmaids’ bouquets, centerpieces, and painted wine glasses. Today’s wedding is a great balance of personality, humor, and love.

DETAILS

Location: Elizabethtown, NC

Photography: Caroline Lima Photography

Venue: Lu Mil Vineyard

Dress: David’s Bridal

Florals: Elizabethtown Florist

Jessica + Travis

Holy detail shots, Batman! Today’s couple has tons of them to share.

Jessica and Travis had a beautiful outdoor Virginia wedding that spoke to their worldliness and compassionate nature as a couple. They utilized a travel theme for their wedding day by naming the tables after places they have traveled. The couple also donated to several organizations they support instead of creating favors for the guests to take home.

DETAILS

Location:Berryville, VA

Photography: Snappy Camera Studios

Venue: Historic Rosemont Manor

Caterer: Watermen’s Inn

Florals: Flowers Unlimited

Cake: Taylor Made Cakes

Dress: Rosalin Bridal

DJ: Let the Good Times Roll DJ Services and DJ Rupe

Melissa + Jeff

There are times that we get submissions and the words of the bride are so eloquent that I just cannot do them justice with my own recap. So for the very first Wedding Wednesday of September, Melissa is providing the recap about her wedding. Please pull up a seat, and enjoy.

For Jeff and I, we really wanted to provide an experience for people that felt intimate and special. We felt that doing all of the planning ourselves would help us to keep the wedding in line with what we were aiming for. When we found the Flying Caballos Ranch, we knew it was exactly what we had been hoping for. We were excited that it was a place that we could have the freedom to do what we wanted . . . since it’s not officially a wedding venue. We wanted everyone there to feel that they were there because they are important pieces of our lives, so we had photo frames that had pictures of most of the guests. We also personalized the experience by having our friends perform key parts – the service, the music, the hair/makeup, the invitations, the photography, etc. We wanted to share with people what we love so much about wine country and California (most people were traveling there from out of state, which inspired us to have a guest book made of vintage postcards that people could write on). We were motivated by the landscape and foodscape of the area, so we gave out handprinted California wildflower seed packets and a bbq rub recipe from a local restaurant which we replicated and packaged in handprinted bags. Alcohol was from local brewers and wineries, and the food was locally grown. We tried to make every detail one that we’d touched or had some creative part in, so that everywhere you looked you knew that we had put our hearts into it.

DETAILS

Location: San Luis Obispo, CA

Photography: Michelle Feileacan Photography

Venue: Flying Caballos Guest Ranch

Cake: Enjoy Cupcakes

Paroda + Matthew

All the decor for Paroda and Matthew’s wedding was created by the bride and her mother. I’m crushing on the adorable centerpieces that are a fun spin on a terrarium, and the initials burned into the wood round base. The rustic theme was carried through the bride’s wild bouquet, burlap favor bags, and outdoor ceremony. Their initials keep popping up in the decor elements, which is a sweet, personal touch to such a warm and down-to-earth wedding.

DETAILS

Location: Saratoga Springs, NY

Photography: Keira Lemonis Photography

Venue: Longfellows

Alana + Jack

We’re keeping it laid-back and relaxed at the tail end of this holiday weekend. Alana and Jack had a dreamy engagement shoot in and around their home, and it’s the perfect antidote for the end of summer.