Our Wedding Inspiration

As an avid reader of Snippet & Ink and Style Me Pretty for many, many years, when we first got engaged I immediately immersed myself in wedding blogs and magazines trying to pinpoint how I wanted our wedding to look and feel. After more iterations than I care to think about, I finally came up with what I felt captured me and Jackson as a couple and our outlook on life. I wanted something that was classic but organic and romantic with a carefree ease to it.

1. We kept our colors fairly neutral with the focus on white and charcoal gray and lots of greenery to make it feel easy instead of stuffy. Jackson was especially happy that I nixed the raspberry color that was originally part of this color palette.
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2. As someone who worked in a flower shop for 4 years as a high school student and into my undergrad years, I was very picky about the look that I wanted for the flowers. After having done many weddings with bright pops of color that color coordinated with the bridesmaids dresses, that was explicitly NOT the look I wanted. I am a more subdued person and wanted something more organic. This picture was the main inspiration of my bouquet. I chose a mix of peonies, white hydrangea, lisianthus, astilbe, stock, Queen Anne's lace, rosemary, dusty miller, eucalyptus
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3. Anyone that knows me, knows that I am a complete nerd. I have always been a bookworm and very studious. I love the smell of bookstores and new books. We incorporated books into our table pieces.
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4. Sadly this photo remained solely an inspiration. I had originally wanted to have big garlands of eucalyptus and other greens draping over the large fireplace in the main ballroom. Unfortunately, our venue didn't allow greenery outside of containers and my florist couldn't find the right kind of garland anyway. That said, the effortless greenery in this picture did come to fruition in all the girls bouquets, the centerpieces and the potted herbs we gave as gifts.
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5. For Jackson and the gents, we chose a charcoal gray tuxedo instead of the traditional black, in order to keep things classic but not stuffy.
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6. Our venue, the Branford House, which I plan to write its own post about, is an absolutely gorgeous 19th century mansion with beautifully ornate woodwork on the inside. With a venue as grand as this, we wanted to put emphasis on details that would create a welcoming experience. We totally stole this couples idea, and also set up croquet as well as some other lawn games for our guests to enjoy. Bonus feature: A quick video of some friends goofing around.
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