August 17, 2010

Aubrey Joy Photography

I love sharing a bit about our sponsors! This week, I’d like to highlight a wonderful photographer, Aubrey Joy Photography. Aubrey focuses on capturing real moments. From the messed up hair in the morning, to the silly faces the bride and groom make at one another during their portraits, to the tears in the Father of the bride’s eyes as he gives his speech. The genuine moments that unfold throughout the day that might otherwise be missed in the hustle bustle of everything going on. These real moments absolutely shine through in her gorgeous images! Don’t you think?

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Aubrey Joy Photography is based in the Pacific Northwest, but available for travel. You can see more of Aubrey’s beautiful work in her Best of 2009!

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And now, part two (See Part 1 here) of Stuart and Lauri’s vintage London wedding. I just adore those car and balloon pictures, and their cafe reception venue is so darling! Photos by Lisa Devlin.

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From the couple: The reception was easy. We had been on a few really lovely day-trips to a fantastic little cafe at The Needlemakers in the gorgeous town of Lewes. The building, food and staff are all amazing there, and it was just big enough to turn the place into a sweaty little disco after the meal.

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We all had a go as DJ as a lot of us know each other through the club night Stuart and his best man, Liam, ran together.

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The cake, a tiered Victoria sponge with raspberries, was provided by the Needlemakers staff upon our request…lovely people.

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Our advice is to spend money on the food and the photos, and make sure your wedding has meaning and personality.

Vintage Wedding Vendors (Lewes, UK):

Venues: Lewes Town Hall, Southover Grange Gardens, The Needlemakers / Photographer: Lisa Devlin / Wedding Dress: Hope and Harlequin / Shoes: Kurt Geiger / Headpiece: New Look / Ring: QuiltedPony / Bridesmaid dresses: all vintage / Groom’s suit: J. Lindenberg / DJ: Stuart and Liam, GOO / Caterer: The Needlemakers / Wedding Cake: The Needlemakers / Transportation: Sovereign Cars

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This London wedding is so fantastic, it had to be broken into two parts! This charming couple, Stuart and Lauri, loved the idea of a fun, relaxed vintage style with personal touches. The couple did a lot of DIY planning and styling, choosing a variety of colors and styles for everything. The photos are by the talented Lisa Devlin, a UK photographer.

The couple says:  We knew we didn’t want strange, lilac matching bridesmaids’ dresses that got worn once (begrudgingly) so we let each of the bridesmaids choose their own style of dress, asking only that it be floral and colourful. This pretty much summed up the whole day, the favours were 70 different chocolate bars wrapped in a load of different papers, with wonky, hand-stamped name tags that doubled up as place-settings. Everything from the crockery to the picnic blankets, was just a big mess of colours.

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I wore a vintage, linen dress bought for £125! It’s from a vintage boutique called Hope and Harlequin in Brighton, England. I did my own hair and make up, and the head-piece is from New Look and cost less than £10.

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My bridesmaids and I made the bouquets from flowers bought the night before the wedding at a supermarket!

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The groom wore a beautifully cut 1960s inspired suit from J.Lindenberg.

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The ceremony was at Lewes Town Hall followed by photographs and a champagne picnic at the very beautiful Southover Grange Gardens.

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Check back soon for the reception part!

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Vintage Wedding Vendors (Lewes, UK):

Venues: Lewes Town Hall, Southover Grange Gardens, The Needlemakers / Photographer: Lisa Devlin / Wedding Dress: Hope and Harlequin / Shoes: Kurt Geiger / Headpiece: New Look / Ring: QuiltedPony / Bridesmaid dresses: all vintage / Groom’s suit: J. Lindenberg / DJ: Stuart and Liam, GOO / Caterer: The Needlemakers / Wedding Cake: The Needlemakers / Transportation: Sovereign Cars

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Loving all the paper backdrops I’ve been seeing lately. These two caught my eye this week: one in a ceremony, and the other for a reception venue. Kayla and Newton, above, folded 1000 paper cranes and hung them on their ceremony altar as their backdrop, which contrasted with a dark curtain. Shot by Altmix Photography. See their entire wedding here. Below are vintage music sheet flowers pinned on a wall for a reception designed by Courtney of Merriment Events.

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Styled by Merriment Events and shot by Jennifer Colina Photography via The Inspired Bride.

And while we’re speaking about backgrounds – like the new banner up top? There’s more good news related to that: we’re relaunching the site in the Fall, with some very exciting surprises! In the meantime, check out our new look on Facebook and on Twitter as well!

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