9 01, 2014

Retro Inspired Wedding Inspiration Featured on Green Wedding Shoes!

By |2014-01-09T10:45:57-07:00January 9th, 2014|Featured|

Retro-Mod Moto Wedding Inspiration

side by side motorcycle

There is a pretty constant stream of pretty vintage weddings + inspiration floating around the blog-o-sphere daily – and we aren’t complaining! At GWS, we love a good vintage-inspired celebration! But we also know that so many of you are looking for design ideas that skew more retro or mid-century modern, so today’s gorgeous shoot, photographed by the lovely Jessica Claire, is sure to provide you with some super fun + colorful inspiration! The Amorology gals did an incredible job of styling this editorial to portray a stylish, retro-mod feel with an adventurous undertone. According to the team, Every good relationship craves a little adventure + by showing this duo hitting the road in a retro vespa and side car, in a send off like no other, we hope to inspire couples to go somewhere they’ve never been.

red bouquet

retro mod bridesmaids


Oak and the Owl provided some beautiful, punchy florals for the shoot. Loving the green velvet bouquet wrap!

retro mod bride

retro mod inspiration

retro mod inspiration

hub cap wall

rest stop

freshener escort cards


The team utilized the hubcap wall at STUDIO 1342 to invite guests to “find their name and park it” with custom plexi air freshner escort cards created by Pitbulls & Posies. Love it!

freshener escort cards

freshener escort cards

filling station

the spare tire drink

the spare tire drink

retro mod inspiration


More from Heather of Amorology, Our table was made up with a gorgeous lush assortment of flowers in shades of burgundy, pinks, caramels + gold which was accented with teals + jade in the glassware and plates. Rear view menus sat at each place setting upon custom hexagon chargers that we created while place cards lay upon carefully chosen plates to give a nod to spoked wheels.

peony centerpiece

retro mod inspiration

retro mod inspiration

laser cut names

mod chairs

mirror menu

mod chair decals

peony centerpieces

name plate setting

retro mod inspiration

lounge


I majorly adore this fun lounge space created with some awesome patterned pieces from Archive Rentals!

lounge

junk in your trunk dessert table

junk in your trunk dessert table


And isn’t this the prettiest little cake ever?

patterned cake

retro mod inspiration

bubble necklace

retro mod inspiration


This retro, tea-length Illume Wedding Gown was a perfect match for the set-up…

retro mod bride

bow tie

retro mod bow tie

retro mod bride and groom

retro mod bride and groom


And the adorable bridal party was decked out in fun frocks and accessories from  ZaraAnthropologie.

retro mod bridal party

vintage suitcase

velvet bow belt

vintage suitcase

vespa

vespa getaway


Majorly loving this send-off!

vespa getaway

vespa getaway

peony in vespa


So fun, right?! Big thanks to the very creative artists below for sharing their talents + vision with us today!

photography: Jessica Claire // event design, styling + coordination: Amorology // venue: STUDIO 1342 Los Angeles, California // cake: Hey There, Cupcake // hair + makeup: Team Hair & Makeup // flowers: Oak and the Owl // graphic design + paper elements: Pitbulls & Posies // scooters: Route 66 // bow ties: Fox & Brie // wedding dress: Illume Wedding Gown // rentals: Archive Rentals // bridal party attire: Zara and Anthropologie

1 04, 2013

Ojai Valley Inn Indian Wedding by Lacie Hansen Featured on Style Me Pretty!

By |2013-04-01T13:53:49-06:00April 1st, 2013|Featured|

Ojai Wedding from Lacie Hansen

At face value, this wedding is wildly gorgeous. Bright colors and detailed traditions are literally dancing across the images by Lacie Hansen. But once you dig a little deeper into this blend of cultures, it holds even more beauty. Beauty that is laced throughout the groom’s poetic description of a chance meeting that resulted in the ultimate happy day and in the true emotion behind all those pretty details crafted by Flowerwild and planned by La Fleur Weddings & Events. Be sure to stop by the gallery for even more and check out the new issue of Magnolia Rouge that is also debuting this sparkling Ojai beauty.

Gorgeous, no? And it’s about to get even more so with the film behind the day captured by Love Spun Films. Have a look…

From the Groom…The yoga class we religiously attend describes itself to be a style of class that, “offers nothing…if we are lucky.” And this is exactly how we met, within a whole lot of nothing. I came to class early one Thursday evening and Nicole did too. There was only one mat in the back of the class when Nicole came in, mine. She quietly set her mat down beside me and our relationship began. I guess somewhere in the silence and breath we found a connection to each other. Even before uttering a single word between us, we felt it immensely. We always reminisce about that time and about how glad we are that we met there, in that way. Yoga, for us, is a place where a person really gets to be who they are, without a façade, authentically themselves. You get to be someone who is working on strengthening not only the outside body but the inside as well, happy to live in the present. We both recall that particular yoga class being challenging but exceptionally robust and energizing. After class, as the crowd poured out of the studio, we both—uncharacteristically, sat and waited. I broke the silence by asking her how old she was when she realized that she lived a blessed life….I think we both immediately fell in love. We had our first date the next day on Friday February 5, 2010, said we Loved each other on Saturday, February 6 and on Sunday began to plan our marriage and our family. And that was it, no struggle, no fight, no second guessing. Just us.

Seeing your wife for the first time at your own wedding is a surreal moment. And I remember that moment clearly. I was sitting under the mandap with my parents and Nicole was to be walked by her parents under the branches or our tree and through the audience. As she appeared and came into my view it was just like really seeing something with naked eyes, something for the first time and it is etched into my memory.

The whole day, as the tumult was swirling around us, I had made a mental decision to stay present and be within all the big moments that make up our wedding. And this moment was the one I was practicing for all day…in fact, probably, all my life.

As she stepped into the light where I could see her, he eyes were shining, her red sari was blazing around her like fire, and as corny as it may sound, she was literally that vision you see from far away and squint your eyes hard to make sure it is really real.

As she started to walk towards me, a soft breeze began to blow, and as if on cue, the 300-year-old oak tree sent its leaves to bless her movements. They fell slowly in circles from the sky and faintly the smell of flowers and earth filled my lungs. The only time I even took my eyes off my wife was to look up at the sky, the clouds bright in the light blue sky, and a flash of the mountains that circled our ceremony. When they finally rejoined my wife’s she was happy and that memory was pressed into me forever.

My uncle told me once, that as you grow old, it isn’t the big houses or the fancy cars you drove in your youth that make you really happy. He said it’s the memories you made in your life in the crucial times that matter. The feelings the strong ones bring you are worth all the struggles and hardships you went through to get them. With this memory, I agree.

We had a beautiful traditional Brahmin Hindu ceremony to celebrate our union, and wanted to carry the Indian influences on throughout the cocktail & reception with the decor as well as the food. We are both pretty laid back in our lifestyle as well as our personal style, so we wanted to wedding to reflect that, inviting and comfortable for our guests, with unique Indian inspired details throughout the event. For our colors, we choose a lot of gold and saffron tones with pops of indigo. Our wedding fell on a beautiful, warm full moon night and our memories of dancing under the full moon with all of our closet friends will remain some of the best memories of our lives together.

Photography: Lacie Hansen | Location: Ojai Valley Inn & Spa | Creative Direction + Floral Design: Kate Holt of Flowerwild | Wedding Planner: La Fleur Weddings & Events | Cinematography: Love Spun Films | Invitation Suite + Wedding Day Paper + Production: Amber Moon of Pitbulls and Posies | Wedding Day Calligraphy + Poem Artwork: Chelsea Petaja of Oh My Deer | Invitation and Envelope Calligraphy: Kelle McCarter of DesignsGirl | Rentals: Classic Party Rentals | Wedding Decor+ Rentals: Elan Event Rentals | Linens: La Tavola | DJ: Michael Antonia of The Flash Dance | Wedding Dress: Junko Yoshiko | Shoes: Badgley Mischka | Hair + Makeup: Mar of TEAM Hair and Makeup | Lingerie: Claire Pettibone | Men’s Suit: Bar III | Men’s Shirt: Calvin Klein | Men’s Shoes: Bruno Magli

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