Real Wedding: Keren & Asaf

I first saw some snippets of this wedding over at The Wedding Library's blog, and just had to know more! There are so many lovely elements in this wedding, shot by the very talented Karen Hill, that I think I'll skip the introduction and just get to the photos...


Mr. Boddington's Studio designed all of the stationery, including these invitations that were perforated to resemble a ticket. Claudia Hanlin at The Wedding Library helped to coordinate the day and made sure that everything went smoothly.


Keren's bouquet was tied with beautiful French, Italian and Swiss ribbons.










Originally, the couple wanted to get married in the bride's parents' back yard. When that didn't work out, they didn't want to sacrifice the low-key elegance of a garden setting, and opted to hold the wedding at the beautiful Brooklyn Botanic Garden.


The bride wore a gorgeous dress by Lanvin that she purchased off the rack at Bergdorf Goodman, and then changed into a short Marc Jacobs dress for the rest of the reception. She wore shoes by Lanvin, and borrowed jewelry from her mother and best friend.






All of the gorgeous flowers were designed and created by Matthew Robbins at Artfool. Keren says, I loved that he used vintage mirrored platters and had small vases with little variety of flowers so guests could each take something home as opposed to a huge centerpiece at each table. I love aromatherapy, so Matthew did an incredible job incorporating fresh herbs at the ceremony and reception.






Ron Ben-Israel designed the simple cake using the stationery as inspiration.


A jazz trio played during the cocktail hour, and Golem, a punk klezmer band, played for the reception. Afterward, a DJ kept everyone dancing into the night.





Congratulations Keren and Asaf! Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful day with us. And thank you to Karen Hill for sharing all of these stunning photos, and to Claudia Hanlin for letting me know about this beautiful wedding. I thought I'd leave you with some wise words from the bride: I went into the weekend telling myself that something will go wrong because that's life but not to worry - all those little things will give our wedding charm and make it memorable. With that thought in mind, really nothing went wrong. It was perfect. And it doesn't even matter as long as you enjoy the moment and get back to what it's really about: you and your new partner, your family and friends! Without those things, it just wouldn't matter. So that would be my advice to someone else... plan and prepare as best you can and then let go of control for the big day. If you have fun so will everyone else!