Sunday, July 20, 2008

Real Wedding Saturday: Bria & Jonathan

I know I'm a day late with this feature, but once you see it you'll agree: better late than never! Cheri Pearl shot this darling June wedding on Bainbridge Island, off the coast of Seattle. Bria and Jonathan live in Chicago, so their wedding wouldn't have been possible without the help of family and friends.


Bria's sister designed and printed the invitations on her letterpress.








The weather and venue were quintessential of the Northwest - misty rain under the trees.




Bria asked her bridesmaids to choose dresses in complementary shades of green - they each ended up buying a dress from J.Crew!




Bria's sister also made all of the bouquets.




Bria's father and sister painted this heart on the side of the house as a surprise.








Jonathan's parents made the paper daffodils that served as seating cards.


Bria's family meticulously removed the labels from about 40 empty wine bottles; to save money they filled them with high-quality box wine for each table.


Customized temporary tattoos were fun favors for the couple's 90 guests.


Cake by Creative Cake Designs.








Congratulations Bria and Jonathan, and thank you so much for sharing your special wedding with us! And a huge thank you to Cheri Pearl for sharing these gorgeous photos!

{to submit a real wedding, email me at kathryn@snippetandink.com}

10 comments:

Martha said...

What a sweet wedding...I love how the family joined in the process (paper flowers and the painted heart!)in creating such a fun and special day! :)

Martha B.

iDoOriginals.com said...

what a wonderful surprise- painting a heart on the side of the house- how unique, special, and memorable! love the yellow & green combo as well

emily said...

What a lovely wedding!! I especially love the paper flowers....

Emily@oncewed

kati said...

gorgeous, sweet wedding. i live in portland and the "northwest-y" details are soooo pretty. the ferns and the greens. the heart on the house is great. but where did anyone find daffodils in JUNE?

bri said...

Painted heart on house is da bomb!

budgetsavvybride said...

I love this!! The paper flowers, the painted heart on the side of the house, the daffodils... so adorable! It looks really low-key and sweet. :)

Rachel said...

The paper flowers are so cute, I will have to try to be as creative for my wedding! I'm wondering where she got the temp tattoos from, my FH and I are both tattooed up and it would be a cute thing for a wedding favor.

hester said...

I'd love to know about the tattoos too! They're very cute... :-)

Holly said...

oh my gosh, i love everything!! the heart painted on the house is too precious. thanks for the pictures!

Life Design Event Planning said...

This wedding is so one of my favs now. Thank you so much for sharing and thank you to the bride and groom getting married!