Very excited about today's post...I've had these photos shot by Kaylee Eyelander Photography and Blue Wing Photos under wraps for weeks...just waiting for January, so I could spring them on ya! Tiffany and Daniel, along with friends and family, poured their hearts and souls into creating this dream wedding. When I saw all the handmade goodness that went into their big day it gave me chills! There are tons of charming details, from a re-styled wedding dress to hand-carved, hand-stamped invitations and vintage books galore. I'm going to stop fawning now and let the photos do the talking. Then the bride will share the inside scoop at the end of the post...enjoy!
What the bride said... "Our venue was at the historic
Monte Cristo hotel in Everett. We
fell in love with the venue and booked it before we were even publically
engaged! There was just something
so romantic about the combination of old brick, the intimate ballroom, the
fireplace and the mezzanine. We
loved the venue so much that we actually designed our invitations around the
hotel entryway. Daniel carved the
image himself and we hand stamped all of our invitations and RSVP cards.
The star of the
handmade/vintage items in our wedding was THE DRESS. Originally, I had planned on wearing my mother’s dress. She had passed away a couple of years
earlier and I couldn't think of a better way of having her with me than wearing
her dress. Unfortunately, when the
time came to try it on it just wasn't me.
I was crushed and in tears.
That's when my fairy dressmaker came to the rescue. Daniel's sister is an amazing
seamstress. Together we designed
the dress of my dreams. We
used as much of my mother’s dress as possible including all of the lace, beads,
some of the tulle, the little caplet sleeves and of course, the veil. The veil was left almost as is (we had
to remove some of that 80's poof).
In my hair I wore fabric flowers from the same dress materials
and vintage buttons gifted by my dressmaker and soon to be sister-in-law. My accessories included a necklace and
bracelet set given to me by my grandmother. She wore the same set at her prom. On my pinky finger I wore her original engagement ring as my
"something barrowed." Wrapped around
my flower bouquet was handmade lace made by a family member on my grandmother’s
side. I was draped in
beautiful items cherished and loved by the women in my family.
We spent a lot of time on
handmade items. It was important for
us to use materials we already had on hand. I salvaged a very large dictionary years ago because I was
drawn to all the beautiful pages.
We used pages in as many places as we could. We used pages as the base of our centerpieces getting as
detailed as having the definition for the word "one" on table
one. We also made matching origami
flowers and signs out of the dictionary paper. Piled on top of our dictionary centerpieces were old books
(part of my personal collection), vintage keys, gorgeous white flowers and a
letterpress stamps used to identify the table numbers. The flowers were housed in glass
milk bottles we had collected over the year. We drank a whole lot of milk from Twin Brooks Creamery! We also served our favorite chocolate
milk to the kiddos during the reception.
The best part was we were able to turn the bottles in for our deposit
funds.
Other fun vintage/handmade
touches included the aisle made up of buoys, roses and confetti (from the
dictionary paper). The cake table
was covered in lace doilies both handed down to me by family and gathered from
second hand stores. Coloring pages
were made by my brother’s wife.
Flowers were arranged by my grandmother and me. Table assignments were printed on
wedding invitation paper and placed behind old windows along with wedding
photos of our parents and grandparents.
We used silver champagne glasses and the cake knife set from my parents
wedding. My photographer and
friend Anna (Blue Wing Photos) arranged for a beautiful send off in a cream
vintage convertible. We took
a spin around the block while our guests waved wands made of ribbons.
The entire process was a fun
whirlwind. We wouldn't change a
thing and we loved putting in so much thought into the details of our
wedding."
Thanks so much to Tiffany and Daniel for sharing a glimpse into their fabulous handmade wedding! Be sure to check out their vendor list below for contact info if you're getting married in the Seattle area. And, if you're interested in having your handmade, vintage or DIY wedding featured on The Brass Paperclip Project, drop me a line at "Brasspaperclip@aol.com" I'd love to hear from you!
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Wedding Location: Everett, WA / Venue Catering: Monte Cristo Ballroom / Photographers: Kaylee Eylander Photography and Blue Wing Photos / Cake:
Central Market Bakery / Chocolate
Milk (& vases): Twin Brooks Creamery (bought at central market) / Flowers: Costco and Fifty Flowers / Dress:
Designed by the bride, made by the sister of the groom / Bridesmaids
dresses: Alfred Sung bought at LaineeMeg Bridal (formerly "From
the Gown Up") / Invitation: Bride and Groom
