wedding pictures at last

photos by dmitri brown photography

i'm all laid up on the couch today as i seem to have picked up some cold germs as a souvenir from our michigan trip. i really don't recommend flying with an earache as my ears are still popping two days later! but my husband is spoiling me with superfluous pillows, tea, books, and movies so i suppose i can't complain too much. i thought it'd be a perfect time to post photos of our wedding so you can enjoy all the goodness while i recuperate...just click if you want to enlarge and enjoy!

Trumpan Church Ruins
Isle of Skye, Scotland
July 3, 2010

we did so much homework beforehand trying to use as many vintage/local/handmade/small businesses for our wedding as possible. i'm listing as many as i can remember to give a little shout-out in case you are looking for something similar!

dress: kirby of button + boo
dress fitting by: virginia's custom bridal gowns, danvers, ma
clock tie tack: nouveau motley
boutiners: eventcetera (inactive etsy shop)
suit: j.crew (thank you charles!)
map cufflinks: anne holman
ballet flats: the dessy group
shoe clips: b.poetic
birdcage veil: JMG jewel design
jewelry: northview jewels
tie: cyberoptix tie lab
gloves: modcloth
facinator: giant dwarf
clutch: jennifer ladd
flowers: carole's of portree, isle of skye, scotland
photography: dmitri brown photography
rings: justine mehlman antiques, washington, dc
designs by vickie
bowman originals

some peeking is allowed:

(dress by kirby of button + boo)

my wedding dress finally arrived in the mail this week!!! it is more than i could have hoped for, i am so thrilled with the outcome and just had this huge feeling of peace and happiness upon opening the box up!


i love how beautiful it is in its simplicity and sweetness with the little pearl buttons and lace details, especially the lace peeking out from the skirt which feels so ladylike. i couldn't help but share a peek at it but i'll wait until we get photos back from the ceremony to show the whole thing...something about bad luck, right? ;)

the makings of my wedding dress!

well it's not the best photo (i've had so much to share lately but the light outside has not been cooperating for photo ops, blurgh), but here are the swatches for my wedding dress that kirby, of the etsy shop button + boo is making for moi! i can't say it enough, if you want a beautiful dress that is just yours, then she is your girl! this talented and wonderful lady has been so patient and kind and hard-working in designing the dress from scratch, going all over nyc to find just the right fabric, and now we have finally found the right one so soon the dress will actually exist (omg!). i'm not the type of girl who squeals about things really but one is beginning to eek out of me right now and it is completely beyond my control!!!!


this is the pattern i sent her as the inspiration for what i was looking for: vintage look, simple and knee length, not quite that flouncy a skirt, but with a little peter pan color and those great 50's sleeve lines. she's added some of her own signatures to it which i'm afraid you won't get to see until we get the ceremony photos back (sorry to be such a tease).

the dress will be made of the creamy polka dotted silk there in the photo and the blue satin is for a sash that i'm going to make which i really hope turns out ok. i've also got the little mother of pearl buttons from a friend's grandmother to use on the front placket, just the right touch i think! to go with it, i've got these little blue ballet flats which you saw here and now i just need to find a birdcage veil and some little white gloves...maybe a clutch but i just haven't found one i like yet.